IT'S GREAT WITH SO MUCH YOUNG TALENT TODAY
Happy
martin luther king, jr post day - as we pick up the baton he carried
and each and everyone of us carry it and do what we individually can
before passing it on to another and before we come together as a group
and combine our efforts to right so many wrongs
I LOVE IT : IT ALL IS VERY
INSPIRATIONAL for me here in Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits and I
never seem to lose my enthusiasm as I get younger with age and feed off
of all of this young and great talent as well as often physical beauty
and idealism, purpose, dedication, devotion, fortitude, resilience, and
so much more -
NOW with the MILLENNIAL
generation that seem to see through so many of the wrongs and social
injustices that seem to be our norm today with so many of us turning our
backs on so much of it.
AS JOE BIDEN said yesterday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. : he said many wonderful things but :
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY resonates
so very crashingly loud and clear like lightning and thunder! We must
all be seen, heard, acknowledged, welcomed, included, respected,and so
much more.
SO HERE ARE 32 ways we can help
immediately with affordable spirits for you to enjoy - all really
inexpensive and offering very good value that will help you all stretch
your remaining dollars after you pay your bills -
1) KENTUCKY GENTLEMAN - a
Kentucky Bourbon whiskey - a blend of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey
and spirits from the finest grains, On Special for $14.99 for a 1.75ml
plastic bottle size - easy to carry, will not break, such an affordable
value.
2) Imported Blended Canadian
Whiskey WINDSOR CANADIAN, blended and distilled under strict supervision
of the Canadian government, $14.99 for a 1/75ml plastic bottle - again a
great value and easy to carry.
3) 100% grain neutral spirits
GILBEY'S VODKA, 40% alcohol by volume, On Special for $14.99 for another
plastic bottle 1.75ml size, - another great value, too!
4) Extra Dry Gin SEAGRAM'S ,
distillers since 1857, a " knotty-head " glass 1.75ml bottle, On Special
for $22.99. In many blind tastings this SEAGRAMS does very well indeed,
value and taste all the way!
5) Imported Tequila Gold from SAUZA, a 750ml bottle On Special for $17.99 - great to enjoy in many ways.
6) Vodka Push-Play 40% alcohol
by volume by MEDEA - rich, smooth and refined - a 750ml bottle On
Special for $16.99, regularly $23.99 - watch it light-up and entertain
both visually and on your palate, too!
7) Irish Cream liqueur from
BRADY'S, On Special for $12.99 : dare we say better than BAILEY'S ?!?
You decide, my family likes it.
8) Tawny and Ruby port ( oporto ) from BORGES - $11.99 - also available in the white port at $11.99.
9) Carmenere 2015 Central
Valley, Chile, a magnum On Special for $12.99 ( regularly $16.99 ) -
come taste it here tonight with me. Cheers! 5-8pm tasting.
10) First Press KIRIN ICHIBAN, a 100% malt , brewed in Williamsburg, VA: On Special for $7.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles.
11) BLUE POINT Brewing Company "
Beach Plum Gose " : " tart ale brewed with beach plums, cumin,
coriander, seaweed, and sea salt " A 6-pack of 12-ounce cans , from Long
Island
12) BLUE POINT Brewing Company ,
Long Island 6-pack of 12-ounce cans - : " an IPA brewed with fresh
blood oranges, orange blossom honey, and hand-zested orange peel. "
On Special for $7.99 for a
6-pack of 12-ounce cans "what a great deal - and so refreshing in a
well-heated apartment chillin' and watching games and playing board
games!
13) Rosso sweet red vermouth from CINZANO, On Special for $8.99 and really fine quality, too!
14) Amaro CIO CIARO , typical
and original liqueur from PAOLUCCI LIQUORI - Sora, with 30% alcohol by
volume, On Special for $19.99 - you should try it, over-delivers for the
price.
15) Blue Raspberry berry-flavored Swedish vodka from SVEDKA, On Special while bottles last at $11.99 for a 750ml bottle.
16) All Natural Vanilla flavored
vodka from Sweden from SVEDKA, a 750ml bottle On Special for $11.99 -
once again while limited supplies last.
17) 10X distilled Texas Vodka
from WESTERN SON, a 1.75ml glass bottle On Special for $19.99, : "
skillfully column distilled & bottled in Pilot Point, Texas - smooth
and bright as liquid-distilled corn-vodka can be.
18)
Amsterdam Chocolate liqueur from
VAN GOGH, imported from Holland, from the Heart of Amsterdam, On
Special for $10.99 a 750ml bottle with 15% alcohol by volume. A treat.
19) Triple Sec liqueur from DE KUYPER, a liter bottle , On Special for $9.99
20) Pinot Noir from Chile's Vale
Central, $9.99, a lighter, cleaner, brighter - refreshing and pleasing
and true Pinot Noir taste! A fine deal, a delight.
21) Junmai sake SHICHI HON YARI,
bottled by the Tomita Brewery, On Special for $19.99 - the softest,
brightest, most warming, pleasing, lovely smooth sake without bite or
burn or anything to detract from the supreme pleasure it provides me!
22) Carmenere Private Reserve
2011 Acuncagua Valley Chilean dry red from ALMA de Chile, $9.99 - what a
lovely, mature, developed, completely satisfying - characterFULL bottle
of wine - love it, and the 2011 Syrah, too that I might prefer just a
smidge when I totally relax and chill!
23) 2016 Muller-Thurgau
Halbtroken from Germany's KOSTER-WOLF, $16.49 a liter bottle, - off-dry
and perfect to sit around sipping and enjoying - a treat all by itself.
24) Merlot from Italy's Lazio
region just outside of Rome, this " Victor ' Caves & Domaines,
kosher, mevushal, dry, hearty, robust-tasting , $10.49 way over-delivers
for this price - great food wine, and will warm you in this cold.
25) " Classic " 2015 Cabernet
Sauvignon from Brazil's Vale dos Vinhedos southern Brazil region inland
from Porto Allegre, $11.49 is an unoaked beaitiful expression of
Cabernet Sauvignon from Vinicola SALTON ( an Italian immigrant family
that came from Veneto, Italy and knows how to make fine wine ) - great
price, too.
26) Gamza ( an indigenous grape
variety from Bulgaria ) from the Danube Plain, BULGARIANA, $11.99 a
bottle, - a fine food treat - lots to offer, something different and
special - great label, too!
27) KAGOR ( taste it , love it )
BOSTAAAVVVVVAN, $14.49, product of Moldova, this is a sweet red that
will take away all your worries and fears and soothe you sooooo
28) Brouilly 100% Gamay cru
Beaujolais 2013 from H. BRAC de la PERRIERE, On Special for $19.99 a
bottle ( was $24 ) - is fully-mature and a fine food wine to complement
many a flavorful dish - chill 4o minutes and enjoy with a meal to help
flesh it out and give it a bit of youth, too! So many layers of flavors
here.............. serious dry medium-to-light-bodied red.
29) 100% Albana ( indigenous
Italian grape variety ) secco - a dry white Vigna Rocca 2015, from TRE
MONTI, On Special for $14.49 a bottle ( used to be $16.49 ) - is layered
and lush, carpeted like Persian carpets with so much splash and dazzle
and life, color, vibrant and alive and soothing - warming - such a treat
in this cold and wind these days!
30) Gran Reserva 2010 Carmenere
IN SITU Chilean estate-bottled dry red On Special for $16.99 - it has so
much to bring to the table and it will impress from the very first sip!
This is a really fine serious red to enjoy now, almost fully-mature -
it dazzles it delights - great with a meal of your choice,
31) Ruttenstock Gruner Veltliner
Roschitz - Osterreich, a liter bottle of Austrian dry white wine, 2017,
$11.99 - bright and refreshing and a pleasure to sip all by itself!
ONE SPLURGE
32) Nemea 2015 Agiorgitiko
indigenous red Greek red from DRIOPI, $29.99 - a delightful elegant
expression of this grape that is so very amazingly pleasing and
engaging! It will help any event special indeed.
THIS WILL BE another very
painful yet joyful store email to write today. So much is at stake, so
much needs to be addressed and dealt with, not shoved under the carpet,
not dismissed, not saying : " don't look at me !!!! ".
THE BUCK HAS TO STOP with each and everyone of us as we are all in this together.
SO NOW -
32 - ouch! Is that right?!? The 32nd day of our government shutdown on the 22nd of January.
32 Reasons to continue to believe and to be strong -
1) we will write about all
super-value and affordable spirits here to lift yours high above the
malaise and silence, fear, and inaction
2) we are always here as a
shelter to all that is transpiring all around us and making it all that
much more difficult to lead our lives productively, happily, justly -
3) the current situation is
untenable and will have to change, probably with the most pain felt,
undeservedly and sadly by the 800 hundred thousand government dedicated
and loyal public servants that do their jobs well and without pay as so
many bills come due!
4) there is light even in
darkness, and this swamp that was promised to be cleaned has been
dirtied so unbelievably more in the last year or so
5) people are working silently,
carefully, with patience and purpose and intent to correct much of the
government ills and situations that simply " should not be! "
6) our millennials will be a
force to deal with and their votes will help to change much of " what is
now ", to " what definitely should become "!
7) plenty of us have been
awakened to the pervasive corruption and shining light on it, one
instance, one example, one obit and piece at a time - an making it
harder for those perpetrators to get away with their despicable actions
8) everything is finally being shook up and less is permissible
9) More people than ever before
are being held accountable for their actions as there are more ways to
track all of this and to share it, too
10 ) the world is in a big swing
and change and we are here witnessing this and things will get better
as a result of us being more attuned, aware, concerned, and motivated
more today than ever to act , to be heard, seen, acknowledged and
included.
AND ON MORE PERSONAL LEVELS -
11) our families need us to be strong
12) we need to clean up our neighborhoods, blocks, cities, streets
13) we need to continue to weed out all the injustices at home, in the church, at work, everywhere
14) we need to ask ourselves why we are afraid of so many things?
15) why do other religions, other faiths, other beliefs scare us so?
16) why do we turn our backs on so much these days?
17) what can we each do ourselves to make our world a better place to live and bring more life into it?
18 ) if we encourage bringing more life into our world are we equipped, ready, willing to take care of it?
19) we have to be strong as so many important and vital questions are being raised now, and we must decide what to do ourselves
20) if the government does not
reopen, as it may not, as our president clearly tells us it may be
months and years before it does, we must decide what we must do to stay
alive. warm, protected, to provide for our families?!
21) we cannot afford to ask
ourselves : " why is any of this happening to us, to me ?! " if we are
not strong enough to carry on as we certainly must
22) we must be strong to take our next step individually and collectively
23) we must dispel for others
the fear and the terror, the anxiety, the depression, the stress, the
suicidal tendencies, and more
24) we need to be strong to
start to hold our government, politicians, elected to serve in Congress
and the White House accountable for their actions
25) we must not lose sight that now the very fabric of our democracy is in the balance
26) lots depends on us being stronger now than ever
27) we have to continue to explore and realize our dreams
28) we must carry the baton to finally vanquish hatred, fear, bullying, sexual or mental abuse
29 ) we must encourage and grow a positive culture that includes us all in a fashion that works and not that destroys
30) we are alive so we must be strong as we can get through tough times and enjoy the good ones
31) we must be strong and not
falter as we are all worth it, all our lives have value and we find each
of us our own purposes and ways to navigate it
32) we must live to celebrate
birthdays, marriages, promotions, graduations, awards, deaths, reunions,
- all that heals and supports and gives us the beliefs, the courage,
the desire to carry on - smiling, believing, hoping, working, alive,
vital, meaningful!
BE STRONG ALL WAYS and ALWAYS!
WEEK'S TASTINGS -
TONIGHT - I taste the Anakena
magnum of Chilean Carmenere 2015, On Special for $12.99, regularly
$16.99 a bottle, come check out this magnum with me later today!
FRIDAY, January 25th, 2019 (
5-8pm ) : we have Mark Congdon here to taste four fine wines from
Bacchus Imports : 1) Avalon California Pinot Noir, 2) Tablas Creek
Vineyard 2017 Patelin de Tablas Blanc, 3) Christo dry red blend from
Marietta, and 4) WARRE'S fine white port - all tremendous treats for
this wind and cold and that will be the 35th day the government is
closed if it not opened earlier, and hopefully paychecks will have been
issued on this day, too! We will see what happens?
SATURDAY, January 26th, 2019 (
2-6pm ) : We have Eric Garcia here of Tradewinds Specialty Imports to do
a fun Argentina and Spanish wine-tasting.
JOIN US for both. Never any charge. Everyone always welcome.
I REALLY ENJOYED this weekend
reading an article in the Washington Post Magazine about a young
governor positioning himself for the next presidential race, believing
he represents the millennials and can add some ' new and refreshing '
perspectives, dialogue and more that is much needed as we face our
problems and challenges head-on and not just give them lip-service and
put band-aids on them and hope they hold till be can get back to them in
time?!? I was encouraged. Check it out, some really fine writing : "
What if a Millennial Became President?Meet Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of
South Bend, Ind., who wants to be the first ... inspiring, some really
great thoughts, too in this article.
SAW THE BLOOD MOON from start to finish and was chilled to the bone and yet warmed to the marrow, too - loved it!
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING and please
do all you can to stay strong, focused, patient, resilient as we plod
through this fiasco of two men's doing largely with one woman holding
firm and showing us all at least one shred, one glimmer of hope,
goodness, professionalism and willingness to not bend when it clearly is
most decidedly not in the best interest of our country. Thank you
Nancy. Thank you Ruth, Thank you Martin, Reverend Shapiro , Joe - and
many more!
BUT ENOUGH POLITICS for now,
come see us as we enjoy being alive and a part of something much greater
than ourselves - cheers, TONY
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