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DANKE , Grazie, Kopkun klop, danke le, shukaria, aap sabka,
shokran, multsumesc, spasibo, gracias, merci, thanks in all these
languages to you our valued customers and friends, too!
JOIN US TOMORROW
as we really begin to celebrate the summer, the heat, the time-off from
work to really relax and feel special as we all deserve.
TOMORROW, May 30th, 2018 from 5:30-8:30PM,
we have 5 handsome and knowledgeable guys here to taste 15 really
FABulous dry rose wines from France, Spain, Germany , one in cans, too (
how cute is that?!? - tasty, too! ), two sparkling dry rose wines, and
more. Read on for more.
THIS EMAIL TODAY I will break into two emails :
ONE EMAIL for this week from May 29th through June 4th, 2018, and the
SECOND EMAIL written here today for June 5th - June 11th, 2018.
SO SAVE this email and read the second part next Tuesday so that you have the continuity and flow of next week, too.
JANE FONDA in the movie " The Book Club " that I saw on Sunday
afternoon at the Cinema Arts in Annandale, VA. was really wonderful and
brought a whole lot of joy to my family as we were led along by the
antics of four wonderful women and their four wonderful men, too.
IN THE MOVIE JANE FONDA poured herself some rose wine while the three others drank white, perhaps Chardonnay?
SO Tomorrow
we have our dry rose tasting here to charm and to pleasure, please,
tease, test and intrigue you all as we now have pools that are open
where we may go swim outdoors here in this glorious Washington DC
metropolitan region, or in the mountains and lakes and streams, or at
the beaches, too - wherever you may escape to.
BUY and TAKE some of these dry rose wines to relax and feel
connected to yourself and to your surroundings as you unwind, smile and
laugh, sing, play music, act, whatever, be a d-j, do kereoke, climb up
the sides of mountains, whatever tickles your fancy.
5 GUYS 15 DRY ROSE WINES - ALL From the 2017 Vintage -
WE ARE NOT CHARGING so please buy at least one bottle to show your
appreciation for this event as we would like to start them up again as
you constantly ask about them and we are here for you after all, without
you we are nothing.
TABLE ONE : We have Alan Cohen , one of the two owners of LVDH
Imports ( Laurent Vonderheyden, the owner and winemaker of Chateau
Monbrison, Margaux being the other owner that lives in Bordeaux, France
)pouring four fine roses, 3 from France and one from Chile,
1) ESTAMPA Chilean dry rose, $16.49, - we love the dry reds from
ESTAMPA and are thrilled to bring you here a dry rose after a long cold
winter. From Chile's Colchagua valley.
2) Les Hauts Plateaux Alpes de Haute Provence, a very pale color,
really nice to sip now anywhere with or without food , then the third
glass you will be looking for something to nibble on.
3) Domaine de Paris, Cotes de Provence, with more color - that of
shiny salmon or accents of delicate roses, more body, more taste, a
great way to enjoy wine with so many food combos like wild Koho
salmon.$16.49.
4) MILLET from the Coyes de Gascogne where D'Artagnan is from, and
Jean-Louis the famous chef of the old Watergate Hotel many moons ago.
Actually Jean-Louis is from the land of Armagnac not far away. $10.99
TABLE TWO : We have Oscar Losama ( one of the owners, with his wife Olivia Bombart - of Voila! Collection ) pouring 6 wines -
1) Chateau PIGOUDET ' Classic ' ( a blend of 44.5% Grenache, 35.5%
Cinsault, 10% Cabernet, and 10% Syrah ) Vin de Provence, $19.99 - a
lovely delicate ethereal color that pleases and kisses gently - just a
brush-over of our eyelids and tongues to both please, ease and tease us
so.
2) ' L'Oratoire ' Cuvee Divine ( a blend of 30% Grenache, 25%
Cinsault, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Syrah, Var ) from the Chateau de
PIGOUDET, vin de Provence, $21.99, a touch more color, more viscosity on
the palate, some firmer intensity, great with food like some smoked
salmon or perhaps some Lox at lunch?!? Yes, the Lox on a wwekend or on
vacation, close your eyes, and you can be wherever your fancy takes you.
3) Le Triporteur Vin de Pays de Vaucluse , $10.99, a dry rose blend
of 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah, great deeper color, and that will
convince you raise your glass to your nose and in-out-hale-hail the
bouquet, si si oui oui oui! With 12.5% alcohol by volume, ...
4) Tavel southern Rhone rose from the Domaine PELAQUIE, $21.99,
with 14% alcohol by volume, such an amazing deep rose color, almost like
a light red, the one with the most color of these six from Oscar, a
blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Cinsault, 20% Mourvedre, a great food wine
for all it's verve, svelte and muscle and tang and guts and brawn. This
wine will hold it's own against many a meal!
5) Gamay - the grape used to make Beaujolais, a vigneron -
recoltant - owns the vines and makes the wine from the grapes grown,
$16.49, from VIGNOBLE COGUE, with 12% alcohol by volume, from France's
Loire valley, also a really deep rose color, a fine food wine, enjoy it
with some smoked trout, some lamb cooked medium-rare, and more. Maybe
some rillettes to enjoy and the Gamay to cut the luxurious opulent
spread of the rillettes over tongue and throughout the mouth, mmmmmm
yeah si si si!
6) Rose D'Anjou Loire valley, $14.49, usually one of the fruitiest
of the French rose wines. In this case it is not quite as fruity as it
can be, but a bit fleshier and rounder and thoroughly pleasurable, withh
11% alcohol here, using 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Grolleau grapes in
this blend.
TABLE THREE : We have Eric Garcia of Tradewinds Specialty Imports
here pouring four selections from Spain ( one of them in cans called Ah
So ) -
ONE From Spain's northern Navarra -
1) Ah So 200ml cans of Navaraa 100% Garnacha grapes, dry, refined,
polished, more subtle and elegant flavors, great to take on hikes, to
sip while your feet are in the trickling stream water, while eating a
ham and cheese sandwich! Easy on the mustard, this is a more delicate
flavor that you do not want the mustard to drown out.
TWO from the Basque country -
1) Geteriako Trakolina from GANETA , $22.99, with only 11% alcohol
by volume, a really delicate color, too - much like many from Provence,
France, this was in a flight at the Jaleo restaurant last year when my
wife and I went to see Bette Middler perform at 70 years' of age - and
she did everything, just like this dry delectable rose did, too except
squeeze into a mermaid suit and cavort over the stage or our tongues.
Great rose-tasting with tapas, and then a great concert, too. A winner.
2) Rioja, Rosado from the Baron LADRON d'GUEVARA, $13.99 a bottle,
with 12% alcohol by volume, there is some real elegance and polish,
refinement of taste here. Some soothing-to-our-eyes-color-that-lulls-us-all-sooooo! We do really well with the reds, so let's all wrap ourselves around this refreshing dry rose.
ONE Penedes Sparkling Cava Rosat
1) Rosat Cava from BOHIGAS, this combines the Pinot Noir used to
make French champagne as well as the Trepat indigenous grape from the
Penedes region of Spain typically used to make some of the finer dry
rose spumantes! This is always a winner, this always delivers, everyone
of you mostly, generally, love this BOHIGAS , and that explains why we
are so often sold-out!
ONE Organic 2016 - the only wine not from the 2017 vintage, a
dry rose ( also available in a 3-liter box $32.99 for the equivalent
of 4 bottles - that is $ 8.24 a bottle, and the 3-lier box is good for a
month after you open and start pouring ! ), from FUENTESECA, from the
Bodega SIERRA NORTE, I like the elegance, the silky and lovely ,
lulling, lilting air about this blend of Spain's indigenous Bobal grape
80% with 20% of the international Cabernet Sauvignon grape. This has
12% alcohol by volume, and is a delight with or without a meal.
I WROTE This store email that follows below on May 26th, 2015, read
it if you have time, and then check with us about current availability
and pricing. Thanks, enjoy, cheers, TONY
TABLE FOUR : We have Craig Mauro the President of his own Raja
Imports - and now Comete Wines here to pour 4 2017 roses from Germany,
FRance and Spain -
1) A dry Sekt sparkling wine from Germany's Franken region, a blend
of grapes with 100% Pinot Noir Blanc de Noirs to give it the
delicate rose color, $27.99 a bottle, with 12.5% alcohol I believe, love
the flavor, the taste, the restraint, the having to wait a bit for all
the flavors to reveal fully themselves. Do not rush this, baby it on
your tongue, let it linger along with the voice of the lead singer for
the group the Cranberries! Stretch your tongue and senses.
2) Limited-Release Prieta Picuda indigenous Spanish grape variety, '
new and exciting ' for us, from TRASTO, from the Vina de la Tierra,
this is so much fun to combine with various meals, tapas of course being
obvious, but what else do you think when you taste it? Let's compare
notes here tomorrow.
3) Rose de Loire from Anjou, Loire valley, France, from the DOMAINE
De CLAYOU , I dubbed this one a ' body-builder ' a 100% Groleau that I
usually see in the Muscadet region by the mouth of the Loire River as it
spills out into the Atlantic ocean. A food wine for sure.
4) 2017 Feder ' Drink Pink ' from Christian STAHL, from Franken,
Germany. Christian is both a chef and also the owner and winemaker of
both the winery and the restaurant, too. This off-dry rose is a blend of
Pinot Noir, Regent and Tauberschwarz grapes, and a delight to sip all
by itself.
Last year after the Women's March ended he was standing here
pouring it for those of you returning from a really exciting day at the
March on the Mall, the energy, satisfaction and excitement were all
palpable!
JOIN US Tomorrow and enjoy these fine dry rose wines!
WEEK'S TASTINGS
Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 ( 5:30-8:30PM ) : Come taste these 15 dry rose wines with five guys, bring the fries, the burgers, the peanuts, we have the wine!
Friday, June 1st, 2018 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Amy coming to pour a selection of the fine wines of Brazil from the SALTON winery, to be decided tomorrow, so stay-tuned, cheers! Still and sparkling wines, too, including the FABulous dry rose espumante!
ALSO : We have a tasting of the ONE EIGHT local DC Distillery here from 5-8PM, join us, celebrate.
Abalon will taste the OLD BUST HEAD beer with you all, 5-8PM.
Saturday . June 2nd, 2018 ( 2-6PM
) : We have Paolo Cali of his owner winery called PAOLO CALI in Sicily
here with importer Robert Kennedy. This will be special, this will be
grand, something special for each and everyone of us, yes , si si si si
si e a presto Paolo, grazie! Learn about the Grillo white grape, the red
grapes of Nero D'Avola and Frappatto, and be amazed with so much
personal finesse, taste, elegance, style, polish - ALL! Get some bottles
signed early for Father's Day on June 17th!
ALSO : With Dave of TWIN VALLEY Distilling from 2-5PM from Rockville, MD, we will taste an assortment of these fine local spirits!
IN BEER From Santos we have -
1) Longitude Series 100 Raspberry Barrel-aged Saison from INNIS
& GUNN, $9.99 a bottle 1Pt .9 Fl Oz bottle with 5% alcohol by
volume, cheers!
IN CIDER from Santos we have -
1) Original Dry Meadworks from CHARM CITY, $9.99 a 500ml bottle,
with 12% alcohol by volume, from Maryland, Baltimore, bottled, brewed
and bred locally in Baltimore!
IN LIQUEUR From Jagir we have -
1) HEERING 200 ( 1818 years 2018 ), from Copenhagen, imported,
$34.99, with 24% alcohol by volume, back on our shelves once again!
Cheers!
IN LIQUOR from Jagir we have -
1) Bison Grass flavored vodka, The original from ZUBROWKA, product
of Poland, $27.99, 7 times distilled, 40% alcohol by volume, blends
really well with apples and apple juice, anything appl! Try it!!!
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, you all are the very best!
TONIGHT
I watch the finale for Project Runway and that will be exciting!
Cheers, enjoy your time-off from work, relax, smile, and join us tomorrow here for our dry ROSE TASTING 5:30-8:30PM, 15 dry roses being tasted, 5 guys pouring!
NOW for Part Two - Week Tuesday June 5th - Monday June 11th, 2018 :
I noticed recently that the fire flies are happy and I noticed that
there were not any mosquitoes yet, hopefully that will continue. The
pollen seems to be at bay with the rain showers coming off-and-on here
for us.
That is another great sign, and I enjoyed some old Margaux Bordeaux
wine that quite literally blew me away last night, what a thrill that
was - Chateau Margaux. Could have sold it, made a lot of money, some
things are made to be enjoyed and you just have to leave it at that and
saturate yourselves in the experience as I did. WOW!!
WE STILL HAVE SOME OF PAOLO CALI'S fine Sicilian wine here for you
all to buy and enjoy this coming weekend. We have many of the Robert
Kennedy wine selections here from Italy. Come see what we have up our
sleeves for you as we get closer to Father's Day on June 17th!
Be proactive and get your fathers some of the spirits that he enjoys
most, from beer and cider, liqueurs, liquors and wines of course!
HERE ARE SOME EARLY IDEAS for Father's Day -
1) domestically challenged Dry Hopped Pilsner from the LARIMER Beer
Company, ' we clean up nicely, homemade in Denver, Colorado ), ... for
our friends that can't be tamed they state! Maybe some taming, some
wild, peace between the two?!?
2) Dry Cider Huerces , a 700ml bottle, with alcohol of 5.9%,
unfiltered, unfined, On Special for $6.99, unleash your spirit and soar
like an eagle and drop like life-itself awaits you!
3) Premium Limoncello , liqueur de Limone di Sorrento I.G.T., 30%
alcohol, $24.99, the real McCoy, met Feliciano the owner and he told me
how this family GIOLA LUISA is named after his mother Luisa! I like that
a whole lot, love the pure , rich , enticing taste, too. Both fathers
and mothers will enjoy this in this week's heat!
4) Milk and cookies , a Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Milk Stout,
from the WICKED WEED Brewing Co., On Special for $11.99 a bottle, enjoy
this with your spouse and perhaps move to a whiskey, maybe a Bourbon,
maybe a local whiskey?!? From Asheville, North Carolina. Yes!
5) Port Cask Finished Virginia Highland Whisky, from the VIRGINIA
Distilling Co., this is a marriage made on earth : " Whisky from
Scotland married with Virginia whiskey distilled from malt mash, 92
Proof, ...
6) Red Bush Irish Whiskey from BUSHMILLS, ' matured to perfection
in Bourbon casks . ' On Special for $30.99 a bottle, this will be nice,
another marriage of our two hemispheres, a taste to suit many we hope,
starting with fathers and spreading!
7) Tequila 100% de agave, FORTALEZA, amazing, sublime, one of the
truly greats! $92.99 a bottle, great package, so much character,
definition, concentration, finesse, polish, flame and fire and flair and
flash - great! Estate-bottled, stone ground, 40% alcohol by volume,
only two bottles, come get them quick.
TASTINGS for the Week :
Friday, June 8th, 2018 ( 5-8PM
) : Eric Garcia will be back to taste some fine wines of Argentina and
Spain, still to be decided, but thinking now some BOHIGAS sparkling dry
Cava, maybe the rose 3-liter in the box, perhaps the cans of Spanish
rose once again, some of the LADRON Rioja red Crianza? It will be great
whatever, and maybe some of the Basque GANETA non-rose dry Getariako
Txakolina, too?!?
COME TASTE, too the REAL MCCOY Rum ( 5-8PM ) for the first time, and the FLYING FISH beer , too!
Saturday, June 9th, 2018
( we have Eric Grasser here to either taste the fine South African
wines of LUBANZI, or a selection of his fine Loire Valley French wines,
or perhaps even a mix of both!?! We will see, stay-tuned, cheers.
THANKS For Everything, you all are the very best, you really are. Thanks again,
Danke , Grazie, Kop Kun Klop, Danke Le, Shukaria, Aap Sabka, Shokran, Multsumesc, Spasibo, and gracias, merci et thanks!
JOIN US in celebrating this great weather-streak of 3-days now with
sun and a breeze, baby blue skies, feeling good and relaxed, some still
suffering from allergies and other symptoms of pollen and everything
flowering at once. I am my worst enemy as i LOVE being outside and
gardening and I pay the price, even from trimming a wild and unruly
holly bush out in our front yard yesterday with my wife. Maybe I got
pricked too many times, maybe I said : " Ouch! ", and maybe I cursed
once to many times and the spirit of the holly is getting me back for
that?!?
WHATEVER, I woke up with watering eyes and blowing my nose. Our
customer Michael just passed me here in front of the store and smiled
when I told him my woes. he said that the same thing had happened to him
yesterday and that today he felt better.
SO : I guess I am not going to die. The bank manager concurred and
smiled, too , saying that he could not even see any of my pain and
suffering. Good I say! Life goes one thankfully.
US/ WE / I - all celebrate, smile, smirk, feel good, feel alive.
Spread some joy, say something nice to someone, a loved one, someone you
are just meeting.
COME BY here and tell us your stories of how you did this or just
met someone, or made a family member feel loved and let us pour you a
taste of a wine or something special we may may have here in reserve for
just these special and important occasions.
MAYBE WE CAN help you figure out what is especially good now in
this weather. One of our customers just put three bottles of BALTIKA
beer on the counter to pay and I said to him, smiling : " Where are the
three bottles of wine there to balance out the three bottles of beer? "
He replied quickly that it was beer weather, not wine weather. There is
some truth to what he says, just some, I still love my wine.
ENJOYED SOME sparkling Cremant de Bourgogne this weekend at home, a
gift from Jim and Elizabeth Reeves and Clotilde Davenne of a bottle of
CLOTILDE DAVENNE NV brut : it was dry and full and steely and yet rich
and tasty and, most of all, really balanced, we all really liked it,
really a treat with herb abd garlic goat's cheese and smoked salmon.
There was no complaining, just smiles and sighs of complete satisfaction
last night.
ISABEL INQUIRED about the CASAL GARCIA Vinho Verde and we will have
some here the first week of June for $6.99 a bottle. Obregado Isabel,
ola, ola , ola ole Isabel!
MADE SOME FRESH PESTO last night, too before grilling burgers on our grill.
BUT HEY, down to business now ... as the rolling thunder recedes
and the President's Band sounds of singing and playing at Wolf Trap the
music of South Pacific dim a bit, the fireworks there in the dark, one
hundred feet away, while listening to the Steve Miller Band, ZZ Top, the
Beach Boys, Kelly Clarkson : wow, it was enthralling, magical, intimate
with five hundred others all around us ...
ALE, BEER From Santos :
1) Blonde Ale from MALKA , hand-crafted bottle-conditioned
beer, a 4-pack, $16.99, for a 11.2 Fl. Oz bottle, 6.5% alcohol, ... : "
Located in the Western Galilee region of Israel, Malka ( Queen in Hebrew
) Brewery brings you traditional bottle-conditioned Ales, using natural
water from the Ga'aton springs & carefully selected raw materials."
Yes!
3 From SCHLENKLA :
1) Aecht Ochlenferla Rauchbier ' Marzen ' Brauerei Heller
Bamberg, $4.99 a 1 Pint 9 Fl. Oz bottle, Germany5.2Fl Oz, the 'original '
Schlenkeria Smokebeer, ... go to : www.Smokebeer.com for more info ...
2) A O R " Urbock " Brauerei Heller Bamberg, $4.99 a 1 Pt, 9
Fl. Oz bottle : " Exactly like the classic all its barley malts are
smoked over beech wood logs. Its higher smokemalt concentration and
longer maturation in the 700 year old cellars underneath Bamberg create a
taste profile of most intense smokiness beautifully balanced with deep
malt sweetness."
3) Helles Ochlenferla Lagerbier , $4.99 a 1 Pt. 9 Fl. Oz bottle,
from Brauerei Heller Bamberg seit 1678, 4.3 % alcohol by volume, German ,
: " Schlenkerla Helles is brewed with fine Bavarian aroma hops and
lagered in century old caves underneath the historic Schlenkerla brewery
and maltings. ... " SOUNDS like three fine brews here.
4) Dark Lager Authentic Czech beer from PRAGA , $11.99 a 6-pack of
12-ounce bottles, 4.5 Fl Oz bottles, since 1784, : " Brewed by natural
process using the best all natural ingredients. " Come try some.
LIQUEUR / LIQUOR from Jagir & Malkit :
1) The Curious Cinnamon Whiskey from JEREMIAH WEED, a
delicious libation of whiskey and spices, $19.99, 750ml bottle, 35.6%
alcohol by volume : " It's showtime people! "
2) Imported Rare Triple Orange Liqueur GRAN GALA, made with
Italian VSOP brandy, On Special for $16.99 a 750ml bottle, 40% alcohol
by volume, ... it is the Italian brandy that sets this apart, and the
great price, too! Try some!!!
3) District-Made Vodka from ONE-EIGHT Distilling, hand made in
Washington D.C., 750ml bottle, 40% alcohol by volume, $33.99 a bottle,
really quite smooth, really quite nice. You all thought so when we
tasted it here recently one weekend and sold out before the tasting was
over! oops, we will order more the next time.
4) ' White ' Whiskey ROCK CREEK from ONE EIGHT, made here in
Washington DC, On Special for $32.99, again really ' new and exciting "
and just released, come get some now, be one of the very first to try
this before it becomes all the rage soon!
5) Northern Harvest Rye from Canada's CROWN ROYAL, On Special
for $31.99 a 750ml bottle, 90% Rye Mash Whisky, 45% alcohol by volume, :
" deliciously balanced whisky, extraordinary smooth with hints of
fruit, cloves and spice." CROWN ROYAL is on a roll these days, everyone
is asking for one of the CROWN ROYAL products, love it, what a rush,
what a thrill!
6) Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey from MICHTERS, a limited release, since 1753, US 1
, 109 proof, : " After full maturation, each individual charred white
oak barrel of the US 1 Rye is bottled at its particular strength. This
Single Barrel Rye has been mellowed by our signature filtration." WE
only got three bottles, call : 202-363-4265 or come by ASAP! Cheers.
BREAKING EVENT :
WE have Sebastian Olalla of CHANARMUYO, Rioja, Argentina ( we sell these wines so well and tonight
I will open the Chardonnay and let you all taste it as you get off work
) : HERE IS Sebastian to say a few words in Spanish about his wines :
"estamos muy orgullosos de tener nuestros vinos en Cleveland Park. Ellos
nos apoyan desde el comienzo y ya son amigos de Chanarmuyo Estate
Wines. Gracias Tony por su apoyo!!!" Gracias Sebastian!
COME TASTE here tonight from 5-8PM with Tony : Chanarmuyo Chardonnay , $9.99 a bottle!
WINE By Chris & Tony :
THREE FINE, Fine VALUES:
1) Soave dry, clean, bright, crisp and Italian white wine from
TAVERNELLO, No. 1 in Italy, On Special for $5.99 a bottle. Took this to
Wolf Trap on Sunday
night and tasted it to be sure that it was still as good as I
remembered it when I tasted it with Chris a month ago? YES, it was still
as good : and WHAT A VALUE! This is a great deal for this hot weather,
come get some, enjoy outside, with or without food, it is pleasing and
easy-drinking and we are thrilled to have it here for you all. With
11.5% alcohol by volume, a real warm-weather treat.
2) Pinotgae 2013 from South Africa's Swartland, made by
RIEBEEK CELLARS, $7.99 a bottle, 14% alcohol by volume, I really enjoyed
this at Wolf Trap on Sunday
with my family. I took it there chilled and with the guacamole, the
salsa dip and the fried chicken tenders it was delicious. But hey, it
was really delicious all by itself! SO : with or without a meal, utterly
delightful. A softer, mellower, brighter, and fruitier red, with no
edge, no burn, just melts on the tongue.
3) The 2013 Dry Red French Cotes Du Rhone from CHARLES THOMAS,
$8.99, 13.5% alcohol by volume, ... I enjoyed this last night with my
thick and juicy and delicious hamburgers that I grilled last night on
our grill out back. It was wonderful, really lovely, and so easy to
drink and enjoy all by itself. It was juicy just like the hamburgers I
grilled, a treat that I shared with our neighbors that brought us over
some of Matt's own smoked pork done the day before that melted on the
tongue. Some smoked neighborhood pork for some fresh pesto that I had
just made an hour earlier and some dry red juicy CHARLES THOMAS Cotes Du
Rhone 2013 to wash it all down. Lovely!
THREE GREAT EVERYDAY TREATS here 4 U!
MORE Fine Wines :
1) 2014 Bourgogne Aligote ( a grape variety in burgundy,
France ) from NAUDIN FERRAND is like having three or four layers of
grape skin in your mouth in a liquid form of course! It has great
mouth-feel, great grip and taste and appeal : Jim Reeves poured it here
this weekend, on Friday night, and we sold a lot and many of you really liked it! Tasty, bright, very nice. I like it.
2) Bourgogne Blanc 2013 dry white 100% Chardonnay , from
CLOTILDE DAVENNE, $15.99, 12.5% alcohol by volume, made just outside the
limits of Chablis and tasting the same, clean and crisp and bright and
wonderful, with or without a meal. I really like this , too : it is
lighter than the Bourgogne Aligote. It sell so well because it is always
' spot-on ' in quality, taste and value!
3) ' Radice ' dry rose Lambrusco from Italy, made by
PALTRINIERI, On Special for $17.99 a bottle, regularly $21.99, Robert
Kennedy tasted this with you all this weekend here on Saturday
and it was so smooth and lovely and velvet overtones of a lighter and
more energized and a wine with flavors that could act like wings and
life you, your palate and all your senses off the earth and make you
soar and smile and feel so serene, too : sinfully sumptuous!
4) ' Duca SanFelice ' Ciro Rosso 100% Gagliopo grapes from
Calabria, ITaly, this Classico Superiore Reserva, $20.99, has lovely
overtones of a fine French burgundy, from the Chalonaise region, so not
as light and bright, but lovely and multi-textured, not heavy : perfect
red with a slight 25-minute chill to fend-off the heat and humidity that
is settling in today here in Cleveland Park, Northwest, Washington
D.C., 20008 ... oh yeah!
5) 100% Gamay grapes from 2013 , the ' H. Brac De La Perriere '
from the Chateau De Lancie, $22.99, with 13% alcohol by volume, is a
very elegant, easy-drinking, smooth and pleasing Cru Beaujolais to enjoy
now with or without a meal from the Brouilly region of southern
Burgundy, a real treat and perfect with a 25-minute chill for this heat
and humidity today!
6) ' Il Bianco ' DECUGNANO A.D.1212 from Italy's Umbrian
region, a 2011 vintage, this is a really fine Orvieto Classico Superiore
from DECUGNANO Dei BARBI, and we have some bottles signed by owner
Enzo, and what a wonderful rich, thicker and denser, more posh, more
plush and pleasingly-perfect taste to just saturate and cleanse your
weary stresses and woes in! Wonderful, highly recommended.
WEDNESDAY WEEKLY SPARKLING / STILL WINE 3-Part SALE :
1) BUY ANY $20 or more Non-Sparkling/ Still wine and SAVE 20% OFF the
marked
sticker price.
2) BUY ANY 6 or more Non-Sparkling/ Still wines and SAVE 15% OFF the marked
sticker prices.
3) BUY ANY 12 or more Non-Sparkling / Still wines and SAVE 20% OFF the
marked sticker prices. Call if you cannot come. This also includes port,
sherry,
marsala, madeira and sake. 202-363-4265.
THANKS for all your support, we appreciate it greatly!
WEEK'S TASTINGS :
Tuesday night, Tonight,
May 26th, 2015 ... with me ( Tony ) come taste the 2012 CHANARMUYO
Estate Chardonnay, $9.99, from La Rioja, Argentina, from the Valle de
Chanarmuyo : come taste and discover this for the very first time, a
fine dry and flavorful food wine.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 We have a Spanish Albarino
Wine-Tasting here with Harvey pouring three for you : a choice and
different styles, come an taste as they are perfect for this weather!
Cheers, no charge, join us!
Friday, May 29th, 2015 ( 5-8PM
) : WE have Katie and Michael Cavanagh coming to taste some of their
fine selections , and I am thinking to taste out the South African
3-liter wine-in-the-box will be a grand idea, as well as some of the
tasty dry Chilean Pinot Noir rose and maybe one or two more? More info
about this tomorrow. Cheers!
Saturday, May 30th, 2015 : Estebe will be here from 2-6PM
to taste some FABulous dry Spanish whites : 1) Gran Cardiel Rueda
Vedejo - Viura, $13.99, and the ... 2) Mariposa MANIA 2013 Rueda On
Special for $12.99, and some other wines like the sparkling dry rose
Cava ROSSIGNOL De Moragas, $16.99 ... and a fine Spanish sherry, too. NO
CHARGE, JOIN US...
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, come see us, let's catch up on things! Cheers, TONY
CALL FOR DELIVERIES : 202-363-4265. We will come and see you and make your lives easier we hope. Cheers, thanks again, TONY
What follows below is a store email I wrote and published on May
24th, 2015 ... cheers! Read and enjoy if you have time, TONY 5/26/2015
JOIN US TONIGHT After Oprah's 2nd-To-Last 4PM
25th Season Finale Show ( history-in-the-making, really stupendous ! )
W/ Wine-maker BEN GLAETZER as he tastes his way through a selection of
his wines from the HEARTLAND and the WALLACE South Australia and Barossa
Valley. This will be really a great wine experience for you ( many of
the wines will be great to enjoy thinking, too of Oprah and her last
Finale Show tomorrow - buy and serve some tonight
and then ) all to take advantage of as Ben works with some interesting
grape varieties like the Dolcetto, the Lagrein, Viognier, Verdelho,
Pinot Gris and Semillon that are not the typical grapes when you think
of Australia and their wines. I like this : it's both creative-inventive
and draws attention to him and his wines and gives everyone a clear
change of taste and pace in drinking Aussie wines. The labels are
clearly marked on the back and that's also a plus as it makes it that
much easier to know what you are enjoying. More labels should be clearly
marked as to give consumers the knowledge of what they are drinking at
any given point in time.
WE HAVE BEEN SELLING REALLY WELL the wines of Ben Glaetzer (
HEARTLAND and WALLACE ) thanks to Marcie Weinstein and our Epicurean
reps David and now Gina. All three have been instrumental in getting us
these HEARTLAND dry red and white blends called " Stickleback " : 1)
Stickleback White, South Australia 2008 ( $12.49 ) is a blend of
Verdelho 35%, Semillon 24%, Viognier 23% and Pinot Gris 18% Fresh, crisp
and zesty and fun, too. 2) Stickleback Red 2008 is a blend of
Cabernet Sauvignon 47%, Shiraz 44%, Lagrein 5% and Dolcetto 4%. I look
forward to asking Ben why there is so little of the grapes of Dolcetto
and Lagrein in the blends? Why not more? Why not make a wine with just
those two grapes? We also sell well the WALLACE Barossa Valley
Shiraz/Grenache 2008 ( $29.49). It's really a very solid and bold dry
red that's best when paired with a meal. I'd enjoy a bottle of it at the
Outback Steakhouse when I go with my family. If it was on the list or
the Stickleback red blend I might think of giving up my 220ounce
Big-Bloke Fosters that I enjoy there because I can never find a bottle
on the list that I want to drink except for perhaps the CHANDON CA.
sparkling wine. Oh well, Gina and David : get them to buy these wines of
yours please!
WE ALL WILL BE MEETING Ben Glaetzer here for the first time. As far
as I know it is his first visit to Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits?
Join us tonight,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 from 5-8PM. Never any charge. ALSO : Think that
Father's Day is coming soon and that you might want to get some bottles
signed as gifts? Be proactive and take care of this as much as you can
in advance.
MANY THINGS HAPPENING As Usual HERE In Cleveland Park Our Fabulous
Neighborhood. We just received more of the LA VALLE California VALUE
wines : 1) a Cabernet Franc dry red for $4.99 and 2) a White Blend
also for $4.99. That's such a deal and we have already sold-out of the
first drop that we received at the beginning of the month and getting
more before the end of June. This is good : this means that you all are
embracing this wine and enjoying it a lot. One of our regular male
customers mentioned this to me this past weekend saying what would we/
he do without this excellent value?
WINE VALUES UNDER $10 A BOTTLE :
1) OWL HOUSE WHITE, $8.99 , California white blend from the
LEDGEWOOD CREEK Winery in Suison Valley. The owner has been here now
twice and I have to say that this white bowled me over just a couple of
weeks ago when he stopped by with Sam our rep for LVDH wines. It's so
inexpensive and fun and lively and flavorful and bright and a real treat
at so little money. My wife and I enjoyed some at home this weekend. I
wanted to see how it went with food as well as all by itself before a
meal? It passed on both counts with flying colors.
2) Sweet Meliss ( Alman Brothers' song? ) Sweet Red Wine by
MAD WINES, Pleasantville, New York 10570 ( $4,49 for a 1.87ml plastic
bottle - carton of 4 bottles in each pack, 10% alc. by volume, is a rose
with overtones of strawberries and raspberries and perfect to drink and
enjoy just about anytime. Cut package, fun gift, easy to transport and
enjoy just about anywhere!
3) CHATEAU CARMES CANTILLAC 2009 Bordeaux dry red blend (
$9.99, 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc , 13% alc.
by volume ) is part of our BIG-THEME Bordeaux-Wine-Tasting tomorrow,
May 25th, 2011 from 5:30-8:30PM. Join us, no charge. Come discover 25
Bordeaux wines with us. The 2009 vintage ( as well as the 2010 ) are
both exceptional years and it's true for all the wines no matter how
expensive or inexpensive. That's a good thing because three of the wines
from LVHD are under $10 a bottle.
4) Shiraz, South Australia 2008 OXFORD LANDING dry red ( $8.99
) is nice to have once again here in Cleveland Park. Drink some Aussie
wines ( especially some of those that cost between $10-$20 a bottle as
that part of the Aussie wine business has been hurt really badly these
last two-three years and they deserve our attention as so many of them (
like the HEARTLAND wines ) are really very fine wines. GO AUSTRALIA!
Thanks Robert Whale for starting things for us all way back in 1985 or
1986 when for the whole year the number of cases that came to the U.S.
was five thousand or so!
5) 44 LOTE Ciarenta Cuatro Dominio Argentina Malbec, Mendoza,
2010 ( $9.99, 13% alc. by volume ) is new as of last week. I think Greg
sampled this on a Monday my day-off and so I will ask his opinion of the wine. In the meantime it has been selling really well!
6) Viognier 2010 from the DOMAINE DE GOURNIER ( $9.99 dry
white from France ) , made by owner Maurice that comes to visit us
pretty much each time he comes to Washington D.C. and is now a dear
friend here. This dry white of Maurice's is excellent and we sell it
whenever we can. It is unfortunately often out-of-stock at the
wholesaler's and so we try and get at least one wine from Maurice here
whenever we can. I took this one home this weekend and my wife, daughter
and I enjoyed a glass of it together just this past Sunday while sitting outside on our deck with everything looking so green and verdant.
WINE VALUES At $10-$15 :
1) Viognier 2009 from the DOMAINE De MONTMARIN, Cotes De
Thongue, Southwestern, France ( $10.99, 13.5% alc. by volume ) has
traditionally been our best-selling Viognier and we are thrilled to have
it back again as it, too has been out of stock for awhile at the
wholesaler level. Not any more, their container from France is here and
it is back in Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits once again. Love it,
really do.
2) Cava Spanish sparkling wine called KILA ( $10.99, 11.5%
alc. by volume ) is back for the second time. It's so bright and pretty
and refreshing and perfect to combat beautifully this high humidity that
is ours at least for today. It will cut right through it and bring back
the ease and the relaxation to your features.
HEY SANTOS : What Beer's You Got For Us? :
1) Ancient Grains 100% Biodynamic ALE from Austria's MEINKLANG
( $18.99 6-pack 12 ounce bottles, 4.7% Alc. by Volume ) is here for the
first time I believe. We have sold already over the recent years the
MEINKLANG wines ( Pinot Noir is on our shelves now, " Zwerest " 2009
Blauburgunder - means Pinot Noir - 13% alc. by volume Demeter,
Burgenland, Austria$16.99 - drinking beautifully now, best with a meal
). Come try this new biodynamic beer from MEINKLAND.
2) Black Belgian-style stout beer from ALLAGASH ( $10.49, 1
pint, 9.4fl.oz , 7.5% alc. by volume, Portland, ME 1-800-330-5385 www.allagash.com ) is " new and exciting " here and I still have to try it. Come check it out.
3) Daura Premium Quality Lager beer of ESTRELLA Damm ( On Special for $7.99 a 4-pack of 12 ounce bottles, www.tastingbeers.com
, Barcelona, Spain ) is a barley malt lager beer with less than 6ppm
gluten as a result of the brewing process which minimizes the gluten
normally present in other beers.
RAVI - RAVI - RAVI : What Liquors Have You? :
1) ROOT Art In The Age ( $34.99, 750ml bottle, USDA Organic,
certified organic neutral spirits with North American herbs and pure
cane sugar, 40% alc. by volume, ) is the " unity of art, craft, design
& contemplation". Made from Birch Bark, Smoked Black Tea, Cinnamon,
Wintergreen, Spearmint, Clove, Anise, Orange, Lemon, Nutmeg, Allspice,
Cardomom and pure cane sugar. Great package, too. What fun!
2) Red Berry 5 Times Distilled French Grape vodka from CIRO ( $30.99 ) is bran-spanking new and exciting! Go to : www.DRINKiQ.com, www.ciroc.com, 1-800-392-8458.
3) Japanese Blended Whisky HIBIKI Aged 12 Years ( $66.99, 43%
alc. by volume, from SUNTORY ) is " a harmonious blend of handcrafted
selected Japanese whiskies matured in oak barrels " , made in Osaka,
Japan. Come check it out. Beautiful bottle for a really nice gift for
Father's Day!
EVENTS / TASTINGS / NEWS :
TONIGHT : Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 ( 5-8PM
) : We have wine-maker Ben Glaetzer here of his Aussie wines HEARTLAND
and HEARTLAND here to taste with us and sign bottles as gifts for
Father's Day. Join us, never any charge. Come meet the man himself and
enjoy this event.
IS TONIGHT
also the night that the Mexican ambassador will have his wine-dinner
again featuring the wines of L.A. CETTO ( Sauvignon Blanc $11.99 and
Zinfandel $11.99 and Chenin Blanc dry, too $11.99 )? I think so. From
Baja, Mexico these wines are all dry and balanced and delicious and we
have them all including the $11.99 Cabernet Sauvignon that tastes like
blueberries. Celebrate with these wines, too as you think of Oprah
Winfrey and her amazing twenty-five year career on national television.
WEDNESDAY, May 25th, 2011 ( 5:30-8:30PM
) Join us and bring family and friends to our Big-Theme Bordeaux
Wine-Tasting of twenty-five ( 25 ) Wines including two sparkling wines
as well as some white along with many reds. We will have some of the
great 2009 vintage for everyone to taste and evaluate as it and the 2010
are both great vintages. Join us, never any charge. Come celebrate with
us after the last Oprah Winfrey show of her twenty-five years on tv!
FRIDAY, May 27th, 2011 ( 5-8PM
) : Join us when Danielle of Dionysos Imports comes to taste a
selection of her wines with us. It's always fun, it's always a treat.
You just never know what fun and exotic and special wines we will come
up with when Danielle visits. Will it be Italian or Spanish or Argentina
or Chile, France? I think Spanish and Argentina are slated for this Friday : " new " and " value " wines for everyone.
SATURDAY, May 28th, 2011 ( 2-6PM
): Nolan of Mondo Vino Imports will be here to taste a selection of his
company's excellent wines. We may taste some from the McMANIS CA.
winery as they are so popular and sell like hotcakes here in Cleveland
Park. Join us, never any charge.
UPDATE ON PALENA Wine-Maker DREI DONA:
We will do instead a wine-tasting with owner and wine-maker
Enrico Drei Dona of his own winery on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 from
5-8PM. The dinner which was scheduled for this same day we will
reschedule for Monday, June 13th, 2011. We will get you the menu and
more info ASAP. In the meantime you can always call Kellie of Palena and
reserve your seats for this extraordinary dinner with the
Emilia-Romagna wines of DREI DONA like the " Notturno " 2008 Sangiovese
$21.99, and the " Pruno " 2005 Sangiovese Superieure Reserva $45.99.
ALSO : Jed Steele or his son will be here in the store on Wednesday, June 1st.
Call us about this and we will give you more information as we get it.
202-363-4265. I am hoping that who ever comes can taste wines here for
an hour or so with you all and I will let you know ASAP.
SO : It's an exciting time here and in the world now. Today is the
second-to-last day of Oprah Winfrey's show ( 25 years and going strong!
Yes I know about this show because my daughter, son and wife all love
it. The latest Lady Ga Ga album just came out, too yesterday with the
song : " Baby I Was Born This Way ", we feel so bad for all those in the
United States affected by the many tornadoes that have been sweeping
through with devastation, the floods with the Mississippi River
overflowing in Memphis, etcetera, so many developments and sudden things
happening and unraveling unexpectedly. It's so much to digest and to
absorb and I think that it has been so stressful for all of us. What to
do/ where to turn/ when will the next bombshell fall on any of us?!? So
many questions. I did enjoy watching the third-to-last Oprah Winfrey
show yesterday with my family at 4 PM
and watched Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise, Beyonce, Madonna, the Evenko
10-year old girl from Pennsylvania that sings like an angel, John Legend
and many more perform for Oprah. I was so inspired that while it was
being broadcast I sat at my computer and typed a poems based around what
was happening at the moment. You can read it at : chatpoetry.blogspot.com.
YOU CAN STAY CAUGHT UP WITH US at : www.clevelandparkwine.com, on Facebook at : Cleveland Park Wine & Spirits, on Twitter at : cpwinespirits and at : chatwine.blogspot.com.
We will infact be sending more Twitter blasts out now with the help of
Megan that has volunteered her valuable services to assist us in this.
They should start momentarily and if you want to receive them you have
our address now. We have been twittering now for four months or so I
believe. Check it out and let us know what you think.
I KNOW I HAVE FORGOTTEN MANY THINGS and I am sorry for that,
especially if I told you that I would be writing about something and did
not remember or do it. Sorry. I try and have a representation of our
week's activities and I hope that you like the diversity and the scope
of what we cover. Let us/ me know. I will be happy to entertain any of
your thoughts as this is always a collaborative effort. We are here only
because of you and appreciate greatly all of your support and trust and
faith in what we do. We strive to always do it better.
HOW MANY OF YOU are doing and Oprah Winfrey party tomorrow? Taking off of work and gathering around you tv's at 4PM? Come on by and buy some wines,beers, liquor - whatever for that. We have everything here to help you enjoy tomorrow
and watch the last hour of Oprah's 25th extraordinary spree-years on
national television. What an amazing feat, and such an inspiration to so
many from all those people here and abroad that she has touched with
shows on so many things ... and the positive spin she has put on being a
woman and being able to do whatever they dream/ want. I'm blown away
even though I did not watch the show religiously like the rest of my
family. I still gleaned many valuable thoughts and insights from
watching when I did. Thank you Oprah, merci, gracia, prego, and more.
Will you be drinking champagne of tequila tomorrow
Oprah? We have some Crystal and Dom Perignon to celebrate with as well
as some of the excellent Claude Thibaut 2006 Virginia Monticello
sparkling wine ( $41.99 ) as well as some great dry rose champagnes from
BOISEL , Epernay, France, NV Brut ( $60.99 ), CHARLES ORBAN , Troissy,
Champagne NV Brut, $46.99 , and the MICHEL ARNOULD & FILS NV Brut(
Verzenay, $49.99 ) as well as many other rose sparkling that are less
expensive ... and a whole selection of dry still/non-sparkling roses,
too from around the world! For tequila we have a whole selection as
well as the CAMPO AZUL Anejo $28.99 and the DON JULIO Anejo On Special @
$51.99. You do know that Oprah loves both tequila and champagne, right?
CELEBRATE, celebrate and celebrate some more. This is history in the
making and really special history, too that resounds of truth and many
great things as well. Cheers, and come tonight after the Oprah show to celebrate some more with Ben Glaetzer from 5-8PM. He's got some really good Aussie Pinot Grigio that would also be great to enjoy tomorrow for the last Oprah show.
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