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I’d like to thank all of you who
responded with suggestions to last weeks e-mail. There
seems to be a great interest in the wine
dinner and I’m currently contacting the restaurants that
were suggested. We will have to wait until after the
big wine tasting and Easter so we’re looking at late
April or early May.
We’ve been getting in several of
the new wines for the Spring Wine Tasting which will be
held on Friday night March 23rd from 5 to 8
PM. We’re looking at between 100 -125 wines from all
over the world and 2 weeks before Easter is a great time
to stock up for the Holiday.
A few of you took advantage of our
e-mail only 20 % off sale on 6 big bottles of beer.
That will end today but we will continue our secret sale
with Australian wines this week. There is a display in
the front of the store with 9 Aussie wines on it. From
Black Opal at $7.99 to Kay Brothers Hillside Shiraz at
$43.99 you will get 20 % off on any of these new wines.
Pillar Box White and Red are the Australian version of
Red Truck and Big House Red and are value priced at
$9.99. ($7.99 at 20 % off !!) Yard Dog is a blend of
Petite Verdot, Merlot, and Cabernet and this wine does
not bite, though it looks like the scary dog on the
label does.
Ihave
my own wine called Robert’s Shiraz which is made by
Small Gully Wines. OK it’s not really my wine but it is
called The Formula Robert’s Shiraz and it was yummy so I
had to bring it in. Marquis Phillips Shiraz and Peter
Lehman Shiraz are not new to us but are outstanding
wines and my “go to” Shiraz so I wanted to include them
in the mix. Jonesy Old Tawny Port rounds out the
selection and consistently scores in the 90’s and is a
steal at $9.99. So once again you must mention this
e-mail or whisper “no worries mate” to the cashier to
get your 20 % discount on these wines from down under.
Well it’s been a few
weeks since we’ve had a Thursday night beer tasting.
It’s been tough to get vendor
participation since most were at our Super Brew
tasting. So tonight we will do one “in house” and try
the Corsendonk Abbey Brown and Pale Ales. At around 1
o’clock in the afternoon I can tell you nothing about
them other that they are Belgian and come in cool
bottles. But I will research them on the internet or
make something up between now and then. Or perhaps one
of my beer aficionados can come and educate me. We will
also sample the Sam Adams Triple Bock because I screwed
up and ordered a case and we have no more room on the
shelf. So tonight from 4 to 7 stop by and try some
brews. On Friday I have 2 Chardonnay’s I want to try.
1st is a un-oaked Chard from Jewel that we talked about
last week. I think this is a refreshing trend away from
the over oaked Chardonnays and makes a great food wine.
The 2nd is a wine that I special ordered for
a customer and have heard great things about. It is
Wente Riva Ranch Reserve Chardonnay. I’m sure I could
also be convinced to open up 1 of the Aussie wines from
above with minimal arm twisting. Well I’m off to Ft.
Myers to try and track down Manny and see the Dice Man,
I hope you all have a nice weekend.
Robert
P.S…. coming soon …
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