Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. 

Well we’re just 2 days away from the Patriots next win on their way to the Super Bowl and only 23 days away from our Super Brew III Beer Tasting.  We’ve updated the website (corksfinewine.com) with a bit of info on it but we are still adding suppliers and beers so check back often. 

To get the playoff party started we have a “Bonus Beer Tasting” this Saturday from 3:30 to 5:30 with Narragansett Brewing Co.  In addition to their old school Gansett they also make a Light and a Bock Beer that are quite good.  So be sure to stop by and support this local beer as you stock up for the big game.

Tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7:30 we will have Smuttynose Brewing here to taste you on their outstanding beers from Portsmouth, NH.  We will sample the Portsmouth Lager, IPA, Shoals Pale Ale, and Old Brown Dog Ale which are all part of their mixed variety pack.  I'm sure if we twisted his arm we could get him to open the Scotch Ale or the Wheat Wine Ale from the "Big Beer Series" as well.  As with all our Thursday night beer tastings here at Cork's you will get 10 % off on any beer you try that night.

I’m sure most of you are just now getting your holiday bills in the mail and the wine budget is getting pinched a bit.  So Friday’s wine tasting will be value wines and maybe a few closeouts that are good wines that won’t break the bank.  I haven’t picked them out yet but I have a few in mind and it will be a nice mix. 

Our friend Bill Tredo (the guy in the skirt at our St. Patties tastings) had an interesting idea for future wine tastings.  He and his wife would like to pick out 4 or 5 of “their” favorite wines that we carry here at Cork’s and taste you on them.  They would come down on a Friday night from 4 to 7 and pour the wines and talk about them.  This sounds like a great idea to me as I get to sit on my butt and drink wine.  If this is something any of you would be interested in doing let me know and we could make this a monthly feature here at Cork’s.

Robert