Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter.  I hope everybody had a great Easter holiday.  As the weather and the Sox meander through the early spring we have lots of new things going on at our website www.corksfinewine.com.  We have new Cork’s logo products available for purchase at http://www.cafepress.com/corksfinewines .  From T-shirts to hats…coffee mugs, tote bags and other cool stuff.  There will also be links to other products such as wine books, glassware, and assorted wine accessories.  We will be adding new items and links weekly so be sure to check them out.

Our friend Scott from Long Trail Brewing Company will be here tonight from 4:30 to 7:30 to sample us on his Summer Survival Pack brews.  It comes in a 12 pack and contains the Long Trail Ale, Blackberry Wheat, Traditional IPA, and a Brewmaster’s Limited Edition beer.  I’m sure he could be convinced to sample a couple of his other outstanding Vermont beers as well.

We have a few new beers that have come in the last few weeks and a couple more due in soon.  We brought in the Brooklyn beer lineup and will be tasting them in 2 weeks.  There are 2 beers from stone that now come in 6-pks, Ruination IPA and Pale Ale. The new limited release Stone Imperial Russian Stout is also in stock in limited quantities.  

One of our customers had requested a “Wine 101” type tasting so we will be doing that this Friday from 4 to 7 PM. We will talk about the basics, types of varietals, food pairings etc.  We will taste a sparkling wine, a white, rose and a red wine just to compare and contrast.  I’ve also included a few wine books off of Amazon.com that would be interesting and informative.  Hopefully this will not be too boring for the wine aficionados out there. Please feel free to let me know if there are themes, topics, varietals, regions or countries that you would like to cover for future tastings.

Last but not least.  New to Ted’s bottom shelf specials is our mix 6 closeout specials.  We have a bunch of winter beers, discontinued beers, and assorted 3, 4, 5 packs that we need to get rid of to make room for the summer beers and new beers that we’re bringing in.  They will be on the table in the back of the store.  Just grab an empty 6 pack holder and mix and match a “6” for 5 bucks. Please make sure that you tell the cashier so that they don’t just scan the UPC on the 6-pk. If you just want to try 1 or 2 beers we will sell them singly for $1 each.  If you really find some you like you can mix a case for $15.  Come in early for the best selection as they tend to go quickly.

Robert