Happy St. Patrick’s from all of us at Cork’s.  There is so much going on here as we prepare for the busy St. Pat’s weekend and our 3^rd Annual Grand Spring Tasting.  The 1^st day of spring is less than a week away and they are calling for a Nor’Easter and snow, yikes!  

 Upon further review we have decided to revise our last e-mail about our discount structure.  A few of you wrote back disappointed that you had to buy 2 cases to get the 20 % discount and that there was no longer a discount on 6 bottles.  What we have decided to do is have the same 10% discount on 6 bottles and 12 bottles or more will be 15% off.  I realize that this is the same discount as our competitors but I didn’t want to go from having the best discount structure to the worst.  I feel after 2 years we are on equal ground as far as selection and price; we have to make this adjustment moving forward. I think we have the brightest, cleanest, neatest store in town.  I know our competitors have great selections but I challenge you to find as many new, exciting, hot wines from all over the world that we bring in here at Cork’s.  The new discount structure will take effect on April 1^st.

 The 3^rd Annual Grand Spring tasting which is next Friday, March 23^rd from 5 to 8 PM is rounding into shape.  We are currently at 93 wines and we will be adding a few more by weeks end.  This is our first big wine tasting on a weeknight and I hope all of our local business people will take the opportunity to stop by after work.  We will have lots of cheese and crackers, our famous tasting pizza, and lots of goodies to snack on.  We had a fun raffle at our last beer tasting and will continue that at this one so hold onto your numbered sheet when you come through the door.  We’ll have a few magnums, gift sets, assorted bottles of wine, and a few gag items.  Once again, I encourage you to bring your favorite wine glass so you can swirl, sniff, and taste the wines just like you would at home.

 I hope you all have a chance to stop by and taste some Irish brews with Bill from the South Shore Brew Club tonight.  He had Black & Tans, Heather Ale, and some crazy seaweed beer last week and it was lots of fun.  Tonight we’re going to taste The Hibernian Irish Style Red Ale from Harpoon, Murphy’s Stout, Smithwick’s Irish Ale and the 3 beers from the Historic Ales from Scotland that we didn’t taste week.  The trio is Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale, Scots Pine Ale, and Grozet Gooseberry Wheat Ale. These beers are sold individually or in a 4 pack and as with all our Thursday night beer tastings (4:30 to 7:30) they are 10% off tonight.  Here’s hoping Bill shows off those sexy legs and wears the kilt again.  And I say what the heck, bring on the bagpipes!!

My sister Marianne has been doing a great job getting our website up and running.  You canfind us at corksfinewine.com.  We’re adding new content daily so be sure to check back often for updates and specials.  You can check out all the tastings, upcoming events, new items and links to their web site to learn about the wines.  Be sure to check out Ted’s bottom shelf specials for deals on closeout wines.  You can also have your friends sign up for the newsletter and check out past e-mails (which have way more humor in them than this one).  I’m going to try something different this week.  If you want to see what the weekly hidden discount is on you have to go to the website and find out what it is! 

Here’s hoping for not too much snow and a great St. Patrick’s Day weekend. 

 Robert