Saturday, February 10, 2018

Tasting Great Italian Wines From Robert Kennedy of his own @RWKImports, The Wines Of Etna Sicily of @ViniFranchetti #NerelloMascalese #Chardonnay #CabernetFranc #Merlot #PetitVerdot - Great Tasting of the @RWKImport Italian Small Family-Owned Vineyards! Yes Si Si Si E Tasted, Too @CedejoBrewingCompany Six Fine Beers Cervesas Of El Salvador!


Last night's great tasting of fine Sicilian and Tuscan wines with Robert Kennedy and Letizia Patanè si si si si si with @TenutadiTrenoro @Passopiscario @Sancaba www.vinifranchetti.com some great #NerelloMascalese dry red from, 2014, On Special for $43.99 a bottle, $10 off regular price, ( only 4 bottles left here today at that special price ) #Etna #Sicily and 100% #Chardonnay 2014, On Special for $39.99 a bottle, $7 off regular price, ( only 2 bottles left at this special price today ) from there, too, and a #supertuscan dry red blend of #CabernetFranc 50%, 36% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot, On Special for $39.99 a bottle, $7 off regular price, 2015, ... only six bottles left today, AND from Alberto Paltrinieri and his Lambrusco in the house! @Alberttopaltrinieri #red #Piria #LambruscodiSorbara $14.49, yes, all great , all sold, FABulous tasting!, Grazie grazie grazie!


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AND : We tasted the fine six beers of El Salvador as well from @CadejoBrewingCompany - all balanced, polished, focused, lively, warming, pleasing, a treat depending on your mood or moment - needs, desires, whatever - six to choose from, si si si si , gracias e venga aqui todos!



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Our tasting here today with @NaratanCampbell Of @GlobalWineMD 2-4:30pm!

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Come Taste Tomorrow Saturday Feb 9th, 2018 5-8PM With Robert Kennedy & Letizia Patane the Fine Wines Of #ViniFranchetti @Passpbianco and @TenutadiTrinoro and @Paltrinieri Yes Si Si Si Free Wine-Tasting, Everyone Always Welcome!!!
























Our tasting tomorrow, with Robert Kennedy and Letizia Patanè of #Sicily #Italy , wines of RWK Imports LLC, yes, si si si si, e a presto, with the wines of Tenuta di Trinoro - both #Passobianco #Chardonnay100percent and #NerelloMascalese100percent #Etna e #Toscana , 2014 for the two from Etna, Sicily, and the #LeCupole 2015 dry red #SuperTuscan red blend of 50% #CabernetFranc 36% #Merlot and 4% #PetitVerdot - what a variety of these three new selections, as well as Alberto Paltrinieri #Piria dry red #LambruscodiSorbara #vinofrizzantesecco , what a lovely foursome yes si si si si si! COME and TASTE, and discover the wonders that are liquid expressions in wine of Italy and it's fabulous people! 5-8PM, #nochargetotaste #freewinetasting #everyonealwayswelcome #bringafriend #relax #discover #smile #feelthewarmth #feelexpansive #cheers #joinus here at @Clevelandparkwineandspirits Friday, February 9th, 2018 5-8PM!

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Anthony Quinn's - Mine - Tuesday Store Email On Shopping Early For Valentine's Day, Gift Ideas - Strategies, How We ALL Single-Handedly are responsible for where we and our world is today, we have to let the buck stop with us, own it, deal with it, move forward! Cheers!

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From Indique restaurant, my take-out : yum!
 
 
THIS IS THE KIND OF DAY that inspires me, inspires us to do better, be better, learn more, expose ourselves to more, share more, grow more, do everything with a bit more enthusiasm and courage, confidence and  conviction. These days with baby blue skies and some wispy white strings of white clouds and some cool air, brisk and refreshing; it's the kind of day that we all walk a little faster and have to focus a bit more, perhaps even try a bit harder as a result of our environment. I like it, it spurs me on to try harder and have a better attitude, a more positive attitude as I do. These are all inspiring days for.
 
I WROTE that paragraph back on February 8th, 2013, and it still rings true five years later.
 
BUT NOW onto some present business and things we have to offer you first, then thoughts we have to share with you afterward.
 
BEER and CIDER and MEADE  from Santos Rivers -
 
          BEER -
 
     1) ' Cursed Kettles ' barrel-aged fruited sour ale, this ale was aged in oak barrels on figs and black cherries, from UPLAND Brewing Co., from the Wood Shop Collaboration SEries, -  Sour Ales - On Special for $8.99 a500ml bottle, ... come try some, with Brettanomyces.
 
     2) Super Bock Sabor Autentico , from Portugal since 1927, On Special for a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, brand new! Yes! Exciting, come try some.
 
     3) Christmas Ale - spices, and sweet honey, mmmmm, yum, from GREAT LAKES Brewing Co : the very last available here until the end of 2018 : come taste and buy this Friday, 5-8PM, and get some before it is all gone. Cheers.
 
 
          CIDER - TWO from  SUPREME CORE :
 
     1) Ginger Beard Man, spiced winter cider, craft cider, city-perfected, unfiltered, unpasteurized cider, farm-pressed, 100% Virginia apples, , made here locally in Washington DC! 2400 T St. NE., 20002, yes! Made also with cinammon, ginger, orange, peel, allspice, cloves, milk and sugar.With 6.9% alcohol by volume, $11.49 for a 4-pack of 12-ounce cans. Come taste Friday!
 
 
     2) Micawber, also unfiltered, unpasteurized dry cider, with 6.9% alcohol by volume,  gluten-free, yes, Made with 100% Virginia apples!
 
 
          MEADE - TWO Local Meads from MEADWORKS -
 
     1) Original Cider barrel aged honey wine, 500ml , gluten-free, ' Original Dry ', from CHARM CITY, $9.99 a bottle, with 12% alcohol by volume, ...    AND -
 
     2) " Apple Cinnamon ', barrel-aged honey wine with cinnamon , 500ml, 12% alcohol by volume, $9.99 a bottle.
 
     BOTH are distinct, flavorful, rich and robust, nothing innocuous here, tastes that are best with some food to flesh and soften, brighten, fill, mellow and make them hum and purr and not only bark! Cheers.
 
 
          SPIRITS - Liqueurs, Liquors From Jagir Singh -
 
     1) Pisco 100 Perfectly Peruvian, Acholado, 42% alcohol by volume, On Special for $35.99 a bottle, pure, bright, alive, try it and see what you think?
 
     2) Frappa Chata , a blend of Rumchata & dark roast coffee, made with real Rum Chata, On Special for $21.99 a 1.75ml bottle, a fun treat for now or Valentine's Day coming in less than two weeks!
 
     3) Gold Passion liqueur, exotic passion fruit delicately blended with premium French vodka, from ALIZE, $21.99 a bottle, a lovely orange-mago color, something fun for us all, anytime, relax, smile, yeah!
 
     4) Strawberry & Cream limited edition from BAILEY'S, $27.99, with 17% alcohol by volume, just in time for Valentine's Day, come check this out, great packaging, too - a silky, delectable treat to enjoy now!
 
 
 
          WINE From Chris & Tony -
 
       TWO From SALTON Winery, Brazil - espumante-sparkling-

 
     1) Intenso Brut, $13.49 a bottle, 11.5% alcohol by volume, a treat, a blend of two grapes I believe, like lovely Prosecco only more exotic and exciting, really bright , soft, velvetty, si si si!
 
      2) Bubbles Moscato, $13.49 a bottle, with 7.5% alcohol by volume, this is thicker, richer, sweeter, more cradling and will soothe a sweet tooth anytime with finesse and elegance and brightness - a treat.
 
     BOTH are perfect for now and for Valentine's Day!
 
 
       TWO From SALTON, Brazil, Dry Non-Sparkling Red Wines -
 
     1) Marselan Intenso 2012 ( great vintage ) : the very last is available of this exciting dry cross between the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Grenache grapes, a treat come-alive in southern Brazil - I love it, $13.49 a bottle, 13% alcohol by volume.
 
     2) Cabernet Franc 2013, a bit more fruit-forward, not quite as heavy, a bit more acidity, a treat. Always sells out once you know it is back in stock - no oak-aging, all stainless-steel and bright and very fresh.
 
 
       MORE For Valentine's Day - 3 Ports - 2 from 2011!
 
     1) Ruby Reserve Lote No. 601 Porto, from the QUINTA DE LA ROSA, a 500ml cute bottle, $19..9 - a red-ruby-deep-reflective-lagoon of anything-but-still tastes and flavors to reflect the sweetness already deep within our hearts.
 
       TWO From the Great 2011 Vintage -
 
     1) MESSIAS Vintage 2011, $53.99 a 750ml bottle, a very complete , complex, saturating taste and flavor - a real treat! Mmmmmmm yum! Only one case left!
 
     2) LBV = Late-Bottled-Vintage - $28.99 a bottle, not as dense or opaque, lighter, brighter, fresher, more space to stretch your tongue out and fully, sublimely IT luxuriate! Great value, too - diuqil xes tsomla ! Try it, you will know.From BARROS, another traditional Portuguese house that was not bought by the British.
 
       AND For Good Measure- Pleasure - ONE More -
 
     3) Vintage Porto 2012 , estate-bottled in 2014, from QUINTA De La ROSA, On Special for $69.99. Amazing and still really young. Not to drop names, I will this one time - I was with a small group and owner Sophia sipping this with the Portuguese Ambassador recently at his residence here in Washington DC!
 
       AND In Pink Moscato -
 
     1) Manzoni Moscato spumante from BONITTO Delle TEZZE, $19.99 a bottle, we have one of the most flavorful, distinct, flavors-savors-and-tastes that I have ever tasted. I loved it, it fascinated and intrigued me, must be experienced! From Veneto, Italy with 11.5% alcohol by volume.
 
 
       MORE Fine Prosecco -
 
     2) Extra Brut Prosecco fromTERRE Di VALGRANDE, $16.49 a bottle, with 11% alcohol by volume - another exceptionally distinct flavor and taste - yes, si si si si si!
 
       AND From PORTUGAL -
 
     1) douROSA Duoro 2015 dry red wine from the QUINTA de la ROSA, $17.49, with 14% alcohol by volume, a dry blend to enjoy with your meal of 35% Touriga Nacional, 35% Touriga Franca, and 30% Tinto Roriz - FABulous with a meal, and dark chocolates, too! Yes - strawberries dipped in chocolate, too!
 
 
       From Italy -
 
     1) ' L'Isola dei Profumi ', 2016, Nero d'Avola - and the the indigenous grape Perricone, $8.99 a bottle, from ALCESTI, a new and exciting dry red wine that attracts our palates as well as real butterflies that turn into hearts! Cheers, come check out this fun label - unravel the story and mystery!
 
 
 
TASTINGS This Week -
 
     Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 , we have Narayan Campbell here tasting some fine
1) French red Bordeaux 2011 Chateau Haut Queyron that is classic, old-world style, a real treat to enjoy with a meal, $12.99 a bottle, ..
2) L. COUTURIER Pere et Fils Chardonnay slightly-oaked white Burgundy, 2014, On Special for $14.99, regularly $20.99 a bottle, a great food dry white, smooth, fully-developed, a treat now. - and more, JOIN US.
 
     Friday, February 9th, 2018 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Robert Kennedy here to taste some great Sicilian and Tuscan wines -  1) from Etna, Sicily we have two from PASSOBIANCO, both 2014, a a) 100% Chardonnay, and a b) 100% dry light elegant red Nerello Mascalese, too ... and
3) Le Cupole 2015 dry red super Tuscan red 50% Cabernet Franc and 36% Merlot and 14% Petit Verdot ... yes!
    AND the sparkling light Lambrusco di Sorbara Piria from Alberto Paltriniere, $14.49 a bottle, yes!
    AND From Santos the GREAT LAKES Christmas Ale, a treat! The last of it till the end of the year!
 
     Saturday, February 10th, 2018 ( 2-6PM ) : We have to set up a tasting still - oops! Will include more soon! Stay-tuned!
 
     AND : Taste the local DC hard ciders I wrote about above already from SUPREME CORE! Join us, never any charge. 4-7PM, come taste.
 
SAVE BIG Every Wednesday here, if you cannot come call : 202-363-4265 and place your orders and pay and collect when you can.
SAVE UP to 20% OFF on wine 750ml bottles each and every Wednesday as ALL bottles over $19.99 are 20% OFF! Cheers!
WE DELIVER here in Washington DC.
TAKE ADVANTAGE of our Wine Wednesday here each week!
ASK FOR Chris or Tony.
 
 

 THANKS FOR SHOPPING HERE, we appreciate it greatly, really we do - you are all golden. Cheers!
 
AND WHAT FOLLOWS are some of my recent thoughts I am sharing here with you. TONY
 
 
 
I AM THINKING that the word ' SINGLE-HANDEDLY ' is the one I will focus on throughout this Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 weekly store email!
 
 
YES - Single-handed-ly : we count, we matter, our words, our efforts, our involvement is crucial, key, essential, important, invaluable to us, to others, to the immediate and to the future, and we must redefine our involvement, commitment, and part in our world and our lives that seem to be mostly these days on a sort of imperfect, blurred and removed-from-us ' cruise control ' that we could not afford then , and certainly cannot afford now.
 
SO : change, stop, reflect, start taking back your control, start using your voice, be heard, be vocal, be active, be animated, be ready for real conversation, facing the hard facts which are so many and so confusing.
 
THIS HAPPENED recently with someone I know and love that had a lump of cancer removed and is cancer-free, yet feeling so scarred and scared from the whole experience. But she is doing brilliantly, she has faced her present, her future, and her past, and she has made many changes. The recent one that made me smile broadly was coming back from her first yoga class and feeling not so good just before and feeling so good afterward! Love this, how inspiring is that?!? She has a new focus, a new clarity, and new vision and is starting to find her ' new present ' , and it is more about her and her needs and wants, and focusing inward to find her health and her peace and well-being in every sense. I am so proud of her.
 
HERS is and example to all of us, to take back the reins that have always been ours but which Society -At-Large has somehow managed to remove from our grip and control, making no comment, no apology, no transparency and admitting to nothing at all/ That is not good, that is not healthy. We need clarity, we need responsibility. We need for the buck to be acknowledged, accepted, and confirmed that yes, indeed, the buck stops or stooped with you, me, her, him, whomever, own your buck, those that you make and spend, and those bucks that simply you are or were the author of. Own up, say it was you, on you, do not keep passing it on.
 
WE SINGLE-HANDED-LY make a difference when we accept that the buck stops with us, and that we have all singelhanded-ly let events get us to where we are at present.
 
 
SO : know that you have friends here that are willing to be here for you, to help you with whatever we may, come hell or high water, we are here.
 
WE ARE SORRY to see the store ARTISAN leaving us in March, in a month. They have been an integral part of the Cleveland Park fabric, part of our definition here over the last thirty or so years. They will all be missed, their services have been invaluable here and helped many of us both find the perfect light and keep it ON or OFF depending on the moment or occasion. Thanks Artisan!
 
CHEERS, what follows below is my old store email from February 8th, 2013! Read and enjoy it, then check for current prices and vintages and availability. 2/6/2018
 
ERNIE IS HERE TO SEE WHAT WINE HE WANTS? He says that it's perhaps a rose? Turns out we decided on something entirely different and that's okay. That's what makes wine fun. You come looking for something which you may or may not buy and you see what else is interesting. I used to have this conversation with Mike Martin ( how many of you remember Mike Martin?!? ) and I would say to Mike: people come here looking for something specific, they do not come here interested in everything or wanting to buy everything. It's our job to expose them to new and different possibilities in all the categories that we represent. That keeps it interesting for all of us here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits : always something to discover, at any moment, at any period in our lives, at any age, it does not matter.
 
I AM READING THIS BOOK called " Mindset " and it talks about two categories of learning : 1) those that learn what is asked of them to make a good grade in college ,  and  2) those that try and learn from what they are studying and try and make it interesting and stimulating, no matter what it is. I was reading some of this last night and those that try and actually learn something of value from what they are studying, and not simply memorizing it do better in life according to the author. Anyway, wine is something to learn about and to explore and to see, as I always like to say, : how it fits, feels and looks, as well as tastes your own personality, mood. needs, taste buds and palate, etcetera. JOIN US on this voyage of discovery that we all take together. It has only become more stimulating and intriguing recently these days as we are exposed here to more things from around the world.
 
THE SAME THING I AM WRITING ABOUT ABOVE is true in beer, liquor, liqueurs, apple ciders, waters, organic, bio-dynamic, vegan, Free-Trade, limited sulfur-content, gluten-free, local, green, ... the list goes on and on and on. We try and represent as much of it that we can here as we see these " new " products pretty much daily.

SO : Here From Santos :  BEER - CIDER


          BEER/ ALE :
 
     1) Imperial INIQUITY Black Ale from SOUTHERN TIER Brewing Company ( On Special for $7.99 a 1 Pt. 6 Fl. Oz bottle- 650ml , 9% alcohol by volume, from Lakewood, New York, southerntierbrewing.com ) : " 2-row , 21 Plato, " a debittered black malt kettle hops : chinook, cascade hop back : Willamette dry hops : cascade, centennial. ... We carefully chose the name for this imperial IBA, Iniquity - a word opposing goodness. Why? This beer is contrary to what one may expect from an IPA ; this is an ale as black as night. It is the antithesis of Unearthly ". YOU ALMOST HAVE to try it after all of this! Cheers.
 
     2) MADAME ROSE Belgian Style Ale from GOOSE ISLAND, this vintage-dated ale of 2012 ( $15.99 a 1 Pt. 6 Fl. Oz bottle, 7.1% alcohol by volume, develops in the bottle for up to 5 years, contains live years, and a sediment may form ) , from Chicago, Illinois. It's also aged in wine barrels. That gets my attention, just that alone! Try some. Cheers.
 
     3) Belgian Style Pale Ale from WHITE BIRCH BREWING in Booksett, New Hampshire ( On Special for $8.99 a 1 Pt. 6 Fl. Oz bottle, 6.7% alcohol by volume, bottled August 2012, ) : " Our ales are unfiltered, unpasterized and traditionally made. Best served at 50-55 degrees ". This style has a distinctive aroma of noble hops and ripe pears. The flavor is moderately spicy with a soft, smooth malt body and a nice dry finish. Try some. Cheers.
 
          CIDER :

     1) JACK'S Hard Cider ( On Special for $9.99 a six-pack of 12-ounce cans, 5.5% alcohol by volume, www.jackhardcider.com, also : hauserestate.com, GLUTEN-FREE, Biglerville, Pennsylvania ) : " Craft-brewed, local Pennsylvania apples, pressed on site ... We produce a hard cider from the ground up. We grow, press and ferment apples ... ". You should all check this out. Inspired by " Jack " Hauser in the 1950's when he was the patriarch of the Hauser Family, makers of Jack's Hard Cider ".
 
 
FROM RAVI :  LIQUOR & LIQUEUR :
 
          LIQUEUR -
 
     1) Cherry Sangue Morlacco Liqueur ( $23.99, product of Italy since 1821, 30% alcohol by volume, Berolamo Luxardo ) : Make the LUXARDO SLING :  one-fourth of Cherry LUXARDO, one-half of gin, one-forth of grapefruit juice, shake well in the shaker, serve in a tumbler filled with ice, top with soda. Cheers.
 
          LIQUOR -
 
     1) Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky from DRUMGUISH ( On Special for $19.99 a 750ml bottle, aged a minimum of 5 years by law, 40% alcohol by volume, distilled, matured and bottled in Scotland, Drumguish distillery Co. Ltd, Drumguish, Inverness-shire ) is BACK AFTER 10 YEARS of not being available here on the U.S. market! This is exciting, a REALLY AFFORDABLE Single Highland Malt Scotch whisky!!!! Cheers.
 
     2) The Distillers Edition , distilled 1992 DALWHINNIE Double-Matured Single Highland Malt Scotch whisky ( $78.99, 43% alcohol by volume, ) is a special release D.SR. 312 limited edition. Come get some while we have it. You all know what the great value and single malt 15-year-old from DALWHINNIE is. We are pleased to have this special release for the time-being. Cheers.
 
     3) White Whisky from DEATH'S DOOR 2010 Harvest ( On Special for $24.99, regularly $39.99 , 40% alcohol by volume, from Madison, Wisconsin ) : this is a ridiculous deal for the latest CRAZE in the whisky world. It started really strong last year and will continue into this year, especially when the world really discovers them as almost everyone is making them. I give some credit to a number of our local producers here in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. GET SOME WHILE YOU STILL CAN. Cheers.
 
     4) Distilled Gin by GREEN HAT ( $34.99 a 750ml bottle, 40.4% alcohol by volume, go to : www.greenhatgin.com for more info, from Columbia Distillers LLC , in Washington D.C. - WOW, here and so local, and a great label and bottle, too ) : " Distilled by Hand from 100% Grain and Select Botanicals in Small Batches in a Copper Pt Still. " Batch Number 000009. Cheers. ... " the ' Man in the Green Hat ' - a bootlegger who for 10 years secretly delivers booze to the majority of Congressmen ... " what a story!!!!
 
 
FROM Michel & Tony : WINES -
 
 
         REDS :
 
     1) " Legado " from DE MARTINO, this Reserva Chardonnay 2010 from Chile's Limari Valley ( $14.99 a bottle, 13.5% alcohol by volume, go to : www.demartino.cl for more info ) : " This wine is elegant and expressive, with a very pleasant mineral touch, plenty of fruit and creamy notes. It is flavorful with a long finish ". You should try some, we are pleased to have it back here again. THE FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL winery in South America.

     2) Pedro Ximenez 2011 Reserva dry white from FALERNIA, this Chilean dry white from the Elqui Valley is also very flavorful ( On Special for $11.99 a bottle, 13% alcohol by volume, go to : www.falernia.com ) , made by an Italian winemaker with a Spanish grape that makes sweet Spanish sherry in Chile - this wine is amazingly complex, multi-layered and flavorful and a great wine to enjoy in this biting cold weather now. It will hold it's own with many a flavor, spice, herb, hot pepper ... great when you use nuts of any kind in a recipe. Try some, great green label, too.
 
     3) Riesling Vino Budimir 2008 from MARGUS MARGI ( in Latin it means : Great Moravia, a river in Serbia , $21.99, 12.2% alcohol by volume, go to : vinobudimir.com for more info ) : 100% Riesling that is dry and complex, multi-layered here, rich in mineral, in rich-thick-dense yet creamy flavors that really work beautifully now in this biting cold. It tasted great a week ago and we sold a whole lot of it that Friday evening when Jody poured it. It does not taste to me anything like Riesling, any Riesling that I know anyway, and yet it sure is a flavorful and complex dry white and it really deserves a place now on our table as we enjoy many of our meals. A great thrill and a great surprise.

 
          REDS -
 
     1) Garnacha Tinto dry Spanish red from the DUQUE De MEDINA, this 2011 ( $11.99, 13% alcohol by volume, from Carinena, Spain ) : " Intense ruby red with purple notes and abundant tears. Clean, bright, high layer. Intense aromas of ripe fruit ( plums and blackberries ). Broad, powerful, balanced tannins and fruity. Long and elegant ". That's a long finish. It will be tasted here this weekend on Saturday, January 12th, 2013 from 2-6 PM by the importer Howard Friedman will be here himself to pour it along with another Spanish red and a Spanish white, too. Join us, never any charge.
 
     2) 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon from South Africa's Swartland and made by RIEBEEK CELLARS ( $8.99, 14% alcohol by volume, ) is such a solid, flavorful line of excellent value food wines that also include a Pinotage dry spicy red, a dry Chardonnay and a dry Sauvignon Blanc : all sell for $8.99 and we have them all in stock now except for the Pinotage which should come back soon. Cheers. This Cabernet is made like a good European wine, dry and flavorful and bright and toasty and a fine food wine.

     3) Gran Reserva 2004 dry Spanish red from Valencia and from the MARQUES De ZENETE ( $13.99, 14% alcohol by volume, ) is an OUTSTANDING/ ASTONISHING DEAL from a great vintage, and the top-of-the-line quality level, too. It doesn't get any better. This will make a really fine gift of a Tempranillo dry red from Spain. Give it to yourselves or to a friend or business associate. A STEAL ...
 
     4) Cotes Du Rhone 2010 dry red blend for the CLOS Du MONT-OLIVET " Monteil-la-Levade ", non-filtre, vieilles vignes-old vines ( $16.99, 14% alcohol ), this classic dry red Cotes Du Rhone just got a great plug from Dave McIntyre in the Washington Post last week. We still have some in stock, have had to order it three times since last Wednesday! Come and get some while you still can.
 
     5) Carmenere dry red from a Single Vineyard Max Reserva Estates of ERRAZURIZ, Chile, this 2010 from the Valle de Aconcagua ( $19.99, 14% alcohol by volume, Errazuriz GOES GREEN, 20% reduction in glass weight of bottle, www.errazuriz.com ) : " ... hand-picked and carefully selected for quality, then aged for 12 months in French and American oak barrels. Complex and enticing, with aromas of fresh blackberries complemented by a roasted red pepper, toast, sweet spice and an elegant note of black pepper ... " Come try some. Robert Mondavi used to be a partner with ERRAZURIZ years ago ...
     6) Barbera and some Cabernet Sauvignon , a dry red Piemonte, Italian blend from Monferrato, this Agricola SULIN 2007 ( $17.99, 14,5% alcohol by volume , Agricola Sulin Grazzano ) is a good medium-to-fuller-bodied red with good mouth feel, punctuated with good acidity and heft from the Cabernet grape and the smooth, bright flesh of the Barbera grape. It's an excellent food wine that will continue to improve with more bottle age. Buy a couple or more bottles and forget that you have them and open them in another 5 years or so. Enjoy.
 
     7) " Triada "- means trinity- my land, my family, my wine ... Vino Budimir 2007 dry red from Serbia and made from 100% Prokupac grapes, an indigenous Serbian grape variety. We poured it for our customers this past Friday with Jody Jackman's help and we sold quite a few bottles ( $21.99, 12.8% alcohol by volume, from the Zupa region of Serbia, www.vinobudimir.com ) because it is so smooth, bright, full and elegant and richly-textured, a bit like silk-satin on the tongue and on the palate! Cheers. Something very fun and new and special.
 
 
SAVE BIG IN JANUARY @ Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits :
 
     3-PART Still-Wine SALE / UP to 20% OFF :
 
       1) BUY ANY still wine bottle over $20 and SAVE 20% OFF the marked sticker price.
 
       2) BUY ANY SIX BOTTLES of still /non-sparkling wine and SAVE 15% OFF the marked sticker prices.
 
       3) BUY ANY 12 or More Still Wines & SAVE 20% OFF the marked sticker prices.
     If you cannot come by call us at : 202-363-4265 and we will help you.
 
     SAVE, SAVE, SAVE BIG Here At Cleveland Park Wines on Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 on your still/non-sparkling wine purchases.
 
 
WEEK'S TASTINGS / EVENTS :
 
 
     WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9th, 2013 ALL-DAY 3-Part Still/non-sparkling wine sale. Read above for more info.
 
     FRIDAY, JAN. 11th, 2013 ( 5-8PM ) : We have Lucinda of Washburn here to do an in-store wine-tasting of her wines from Chile, France and more to be decided tomorrow. Call for more info at : 202-363-4265. Cheers. JOIN US, NEVER any charge.
 
     SATURDAY, January 12th, 2013 ( 2-6PM ) : We have Howard Friedman the owner of his own import company called South River Imports here to taste his excellent Spanish portfolio of wines : two reds and one white : A 100% Garnacha red mentioned above , as well as a dry and flavorful white made from the Godello grape, and one other red. This will be fun : some tasty and distinct wines from Spain that are made in the old-fashioned way to complement a meal and not to replace it. Come taste and judge for yourselves.  
 
 
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING : I saved this that follows from an old email that I wrote that is still true for the NO-CORKAGE fees or lack of them at DINO and at LAVANDOU. Come and buy a bottle here at take it to either on Monday ( LAVANDOU ) or tonight Tuesday ( DINO ). Cheers. The other about the show " America's Got Talent was just an episode that blew me away!
 
 
DON'T FORGET : No-Corkage at Dino tonight and No-Corkage at Lavandou on Monday nights. I had a beer at Ripple last Tuesday ( the Lady Gaga concert night at the Verizon Center ) and I really enjoyed Quintin and our customer Mark : both of which I sketched the whole while that I was there.
 
     LAST NIGHT I WATCHED " America's Got Talent " and was blown away another time by the young ten-year-old Pennsylvania singer that sang like an adult angel : something Evancho: wow, I could listen to her voice for a very, very, very long time : inspirational to the max and then beyond!!!!   TONY
 
 
 
IN PARTING : I am very excited about this new year of 2013! Cheers to you all.

Valentine's Day February 14th, 2018, Join Us And Taste With Graham Isaac of the Country Vintner That Will Pour Selections From Franceen Kahng of Vias Wine Imports Here 5-8PM, Free Wine-Tasting, Join Us, Yes! Everyone always welcome, We Love ALL of YOU OUR ' Valued ' Our Customers!

 
Hop on a bus and get here PRONTO! The more the merrier!

 
 
Do not forget Valentine's Day on the 14th! It may not mean a lot to you but it means a lot to many, make their days, do something special on Valentine's Day! We have a great wine-tasting lined up here with Graham Isaac pouring some amazing choices like a #BrachettoDacqui Marenco Vini 2014, half bottles ( perfect size, too ),, with only 5.5% alcohol by volume, a light fruity slightly-sparkling Piemontese Italian treat, $19.99, and some Prosecco DOP @Acinum #ExtraDry, $14.49 a bottle, , 11% alcohol, really amazing taste, flavor, definition, personality, value, sparks and sparkles, too - yes si si si si , e a presto friends! AND more, much MORE! Join us, these two come from our great rep Franceen Kahng of VIAS IMPORTS LTD , some of Italy's finest wine selections, and avasilable, all of them upon request, here at @Clevelandparkwine&spirits! Shop here, shop locally, #SupportClevelandPark Cleveland Park Business Association Cleveland Park Life @Clevelandparkinthecity @Clevelandparkinthevillage Washington, District of Columbia , cheers!

Monday, February 5, 2018

Week's Tastings At Cleveland Park Wine & Spirits, Join Me, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Tonight, MOnday 5-8PM, 2/5/2018, Wednesday, Feb 7th, 2018 5-8PM With Narayan Campbell to taste French Burgundy & Bordeaux 2010,2011, & More, Friday February 9th, 2-6PM To Taste With Robert Kennedy & Letizia Patane Both Tuscan Wine of Tenuta di Trinoro ' Le Cupole 2015 Super Tuscan Red Blend og Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot, ALSO : Taste Passobianco Etna Sicilain 100% Chardonnay 2014, 2014 100% Nerello Mascalese!



Capannelle 2008 Chardonnay, Lardiley 3-liter box Bordeaux 2014 wine - Taste!
Monday, February 5, 2018
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
JOIN ME - Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn this afternoon and early evening here at Clevelend Park Wine and Spirits to taste a 2008 Chardonnay from Tuscany, Italy, from Societa Agricola CAPANNELLE, and a 3-liter box-red in wood of a Bordeaux dry red 2014 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, using organic grapes, from vigneron Vincent Lataste! Yes, si oui, viens ici, e a presto amis! TONY



Narayan Campbell Tastes
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Come taste with Narayan Campbell of Global Wines Maryland French wines : all delicious and totally ready to fully enjoy now!
1) Chateau Cazanove dry red Bordeaux from the fantastic great vintage of 201, $20.99, and -

2) another dry red Bordeaux from the 2011 that is classic in style, really showing brilliantly now, and so affordable at $12.99 a bottle, great with a meal, enjoy with your food, dusty-dry, earthy, mature and evolved, yes oui oui oui! and -

3) a dry red Chardonnay Burgundy white , $21.49 a bottle, a softer, rounder, fuller and more evolved bottle with some great potential to complement many a dish, yes! and -

4) CASANOVE dry white Bordeaux, a tasty, more layered, more complex white that really shines best when combined with food! A treat, and perfect to combat this howling wind when it rears it's ugly head!

COME TASTE Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 with Narayan!
Taste Tenuta di Trenoro - Tuscany / Passobianco , Etna Sicily W/ Latizia Patane!
Friday, February 9, 2018
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
This will be a great tasting with importer of fine Italian wines as we welcome Letizia Patane here to Cleveland Park Wine and Spirits ( 3423 Conn Ave. 20008, 202-363-4265 ) to taste both one fine Tuscan dry red Rosso Toscana IGT " Le Cupole 2015 " , a dry red blend of 50% Cabernet Franc, and 36% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot, a ' Super Tuscan ', a treat! Tetizia will also taste both the 2014 Etna, Sicilian dry red Nerello Mascalese ( lilting, lovely, so much soft bright round and gravity-defying red fruit flavors, ... and the 2014 Chardonnay that I will taste soon and write more about as I still have not tasted this 2014 vintage! Oh well, the red is amazing, I expect nothing less from the Chardonnay. ALL these wines will be On Special for the tasting, you will SAVE 10% OFF each bottle tasted, and it will be marked on the bottles. Cheers.

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Happy Super Bowl Weekend 2018! Come Taste with us today, 2 Tastings : Spanish Wines of FINCA HISPANA, and Maryland Rockville Spirits of TWIN VALLEY, 2-6PM for Wines, 4-7 for Spirits! Everyone welcome, join us!

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SWIMMING IN WINE / BEER / LIQUOR!

blowing in a gentle wine today outside in full bright lovely sunshine!

 
     THIS IS ALWAYS THE FEELING THAT I GET, a great one, here in Cleveland Park!
 
     Sending this email to remind you about these two great tastings we have today!
 
     With Adiane Morgan of FIVE GRAPES Imports we will taste four great Spanisg wines, two sherry-like from the FINCA HISPANA, and one sparkling Spanisg Cava, too, and one dry red blend! Yes, si si si si, venga aqui esta tasrde 2-6PM con Adriane gustar con nosotros.
 
     AND :
 
     With Dave of TWIN VALLEY Distilling here locally in Rockville, MD we will taste some Bourbon, some Rye, some Whiskey, some chocolate Blacj Joe and more , yum!
 
     Dave will be here from 4-7PM
 
     JOIN US, BOTH tastings are free, everyone is always welcome.
 
     BRING FAMILY and friends, make this a party, a special event.
 
     CHEERS, thanks for all your business!    TONY
 
     SEE YOU SOON - enjoy the Super Bowl, we have plenty for you, we always do!
 
WHAT FOLLOWS BELOW is an old store email that I wrote and sent, so check for current availability and pricing, cheers.
 
 
     THIS IS ALWAYS THE FEELING THAT I GET when it's the first of any month. Here we are on Tuesday, February 2nd , 2010 and I am just starting to write this store email at 1:45 PM and I just told Ravi that at least I now have lots to write about. That's always good : after all we are being to be awash once again in many varied and really fine wines in all price brackets. Of course this is equally true for our beer and liquor and I will devote some time to all of these categories soon. The office is brimming and ready to explode at the seams with items to shine our light on, trying to get your attention. That's the name of the game : for starters, that is. Then it's what we make you do with your attention that either works brilliantly or not. Of course we always want to work brilliantly.
 
 
     FEBRUARY 2010 IS ABOUT MORE VALUES. Here are some UNDER TEN $$$$$ DOLLAR $$$ WINES to tempt you :
 
       1) 2001 CANTARRANES " Reserva Old Vines " 100% Monastrell ( same word as Mourvedre, a French Rhone grape that does so well in Spain as well ). This is from the Alicante region in Spain and comes from the greAT 2001 VINTAGE AND IS ONLY $7.99. WHAT A DEAL!
 
       2) 2009 ALTO TIERRUCA  " NUESTRO TERROIR  " , $7.99 is another great value from Chile's  D.O. Lontue Valley. It's a reserva bottling from VINEDOS ERRAZURIZ OVALLE S.A. Errazuriz makes some really fine wines : here's an unbelievable value, too along with the dry red Cabernet Sauvignon.
 
 
     I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE and it's almost the SUPER BOWL time this weekend and I have lost part of my email that was not saved here unfortunately and I am not a computer expert and so be it! I wish I knew how to find things like that as I have worked very hard yesterday to type it and wines are now flowing through our doors and as well as many beers and liquors and it's almost general pandemonium here as we get ready to celebrate one of the biggest weekend's of the year and think about the impending snow - lots of it - and also there's Valentine's Day coming around the corner.
 
 
     I'VE BEEN READING JULIA CHILD and her day's in France and I am amazed to read that even back then they faced in France many of the problems that they are facing now. I'm fighting a small battle to reintroduce the American public to the French " original " Malbec from Cahors ; the Lot region south of Bordeaux where the cassoulet meal is so famous with white beans and lamb and other fun/tasty ingredients. Try this :
 the CHATEAU De GAUDOU 2006 Cahors red blend of mostly Malbec with some Merlot and some Tannat. It sells for $13.99 and we have enjoyed selling it here over the last four or more years.
 
     I'M INSPIRED NOW too to both eat and cook French and what does any of that have to do with the SUPER BOWL? Well, you could consider drinking some of the excellent French wines that we currently have in stock and I have already written extensively about many of them. But I will include some here now :  SUPER BOWL Here We Come -

     FRENCH :

 
       1)  Muscadet, DOMAINE De La CHAUWINIERE Sur Lie Sevre Et Maine, 2008 $11.99 : our best everyday value for consistently excellent Muscadet/Melon de Bourgogne dry fresh, bright white high in minerals and citrus overtones and always an excellent wine to have with mussels and oysters and goat's cheese and dips and everything nice - during the Super Bowl game ...
 
       2) Dry White Rhone Valley French White Blend : DOMAINE BRUSSET, 2008, " Les Travers " from Cairanne, this immensely flavorful, complex white Cotes Du Rhone Villages, $21.99 impressed both Chris and me with all it's extra flavor, complexity and yet focus and grand promise for so many great things to come ...  This will hold it's own against many a flavorful Super Bowl dip when you want something special and out of the ordinary.
 
       3) Sancerre, 2008 DOMAINE CROCHET of Dominique and Janine, $21.99 : this Sancerre really rocks and has so much to offer. I love it, so did Chris. It's got it all with a great price, all the nice dry crispness that I miss in so many Sancerre wines that are now often quite fruity and floral. This one is truly dry, truly crisp and bright and zippy-zesty and utterly refreshing!
 
       4) CHATEAU DAMASE 2005 ( great French vintage ) Bordeaux Superieure, $15.49 is another great Super Bowl red as it has attitude and fight and personality and it will not be silenced. Here's one to enjoy with some chicken wings and some chili and some burgers and dips and Sloppy Joes. Wow, and to think so much flavor and taste from a great vintage at such a reasonable price?!?
 

 
 
          BUT LET'S OPEN THIS UP SOME :
 
     ITALIAN :
 
       1) Prosecco STELLINA Di NOTTE, ON SALE for $13.49 ( reg: $16.49 ) is brand spanking " new " and absolutely delightful. Chris and I loved it : it's so rounded and soft and so bright with no edge and no bite. WoW! Vunderbarrrrrrrrrr.....  how do you spell that word?!? I have no idea. But you get the idea, right?
 
       2) STELLINA Di NOTTE Pinot Grigio Delle Venezia , $13.49 is another perfect category for the Super Bowl. It's bright and fresh and lively and medium-to-light-bodied and very enjoyable to sip with or without food.


     SWEET & BRIGHT : Super Bowl and Valentine's Day -
 
       1) FABBIOLI Raspberry/ Merlot Virginia medium-t0-light-bodied - bright red sunshine in grape and fruit that we have an open bottle here in the store for you to taste. It's  a 500ml bottle and it is so much like warm sunshine filtered through the Merlot and the Raspberry fruit that you will flip : and it's only $26.49 a bottle. Like a steady drip : open your mouth to receive gratefully one drop at a time - sublime ....
 
      2) " The Chook " Sparkling red Aussie Shiraz ( 750 ml bottle at $21.49, 375ml bottle at $16.49 ) is a nice, dry, fairly complex and tasty sparkling red that with dark chocolate and raspberries and black berries, etc is another great combo. This is great for the festive sparkle, the glint, the gleam, the charge and the surge and the thrust of all that wonderfully playful and mischievous effervescence of Shiraz bubble ....
 
     3) Desiree, California dessert wine with chocolate flavor infused into the Zinfandel and Syrah grapes that have made ROSENBLOOM so very famous over the last fifteen or more years. This is so full and ripe and unctuous and silky and fleshy red and flourishing and flowering in transparencies of flesh that reveal the red-hot/passionate nature of the blood that coarses madly and frantically and head-on-hell-or-high-water- through all  our red-blood, enriched veins .... like super trains, like unadulterated/unrated/finally unmasked self-primal-gutteral'base animal-human being .... you must try some of this. It's wonderful, really. A treat. It costs $22.49 a 375ml bottle.


     BEER : From Santos -
 
       1) All SIX FLAVORS / Styles/ Shades of ABITA for the Super Bowl. Santos has ordered extra of these for the weekend.
 
       2) GREAT LAKES from Cleveland, Ohio is " brand new " and exciting and there are five types for you to try on for size, fit and feel for this weekend's Super Bowl game!
        AND TO HELP YOU : Santos has organized a tasting this Saturday here from 4-7 PM of all these GREAT LAKES beers. Join us, never any charge.
 
 
     LIQUOR :
 
       1) MACALLAN 12 Year-Old 750ml, $54.99 ( the 1.75ml bottle is only $109.99 a bottle ) is a great way to accent, to delineate, to orchestrate the settling of scores, ruffled feelings and sentiment and that animal presence in all of us that gets highly charged and agitated from so much activity on screen. Cheers...
 
       2) HERRADURA 100% Anejo tequila from 100% puro de Agave at $53.99 is another fine way to charge the atmosphere and get the decibels of sound, blood, activity and fury even more than it is already there anyway. This is classic, sound, very fine tequila and that also represents true value in some of the very best tequila out there.
 
 
     WEEKEND TASTINGS :
 
       Friday, February 5th, 2010 ( 5-8 PM ):Arielle Monaco of Country Vintners  will taste some great Super Bowl wines here on Friday night.
 
       Saturday, February 6th, 2010 ( 3- 7PM ): I am trying to organize more great Super Bowl wines to be tasted here by Suprex Imports and hope to have it all ironed-out here by the end of today. Call if you want to know more about it at : 202-363-4265.


     FOR MORE UPDATES : Go to : www.clevelandparkwine.com, chatwine.blogspot.com, chataustria.blogspot.com, chatusa.blogspot.com, qynothna.blogspot.com ...We just did a dinner with Calypso Organic Imports at the Alliance Francaise on Monday, Feb. 1st, 2010 to support the relief effort in Haiti. That's posted on our web page now.
 
    ALSO : To Leave You : Chris and I just tasted an extraordinary dessert French wine from the Southwest of France, from Rivesaltes : a 1945 that was sublime and which you may also purchase here by the weekend for the ridiculous price of $150 a bottle. It drinks like the finest of the the fine, the romantic sublime, the wonder of the most wondrous - WOW, this was so subtle and magical that you really have to put your life on hold and have nothing to do but lavish all your attention on this golden French sweet wine that will work wonders on every molecule of your being. Trust me : rush down here and purchase a bottle. That's when World Two ended, remember?!?  I've put more technical info about the bottle and the producer on our web page. Cheers,  and come see us for the SUPER BOWL, and for VALENTINE'S DAY now before the weekend ....   TONY