Tuesday, January 22, 2019

32nd Day of Governement Furlough, #2 Ways We Can Help, 32 Ways To Stay Focused, Strong, Patient & Resiliant & Persevere Through this ! Picking up the baton from Martin Luther King, Jr. And Continuing in his fottsteps!


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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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