Friday, October 31, 2008
Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. So much for those
young upstart Rays. Congrats to the Phillies…but I still
think the Sox could have taken them. The Celtics raised
banner 17, and got the new season off on the right track
with an opening night win over Lebron and the Cavs. And
who would have thought the Bradyless, and injury riddled
Pats would be 5-2 at this point? OK…with my obligatory
sports references out of the way let’s talk about
tastings and new stuff here at Cork’s.
Our friend Yannie from Opa-Opa Brewery in Southampton,
MA will be here tonight (Thursday) from 4:30-7:30. He
will sample you on their IPA, Light, and Red Rock Ale.
We will have special pricing tonight only for the
tasting. All 6-packs will be $6.99 and 12-packs only
$12.99. With beer prices going up all the time this is a
great chance to buy a delicious microbrew and help
support the local guys. On a side note Yannie has
threatened to dress up as that god awful singer Yanni
and sing during tastings if you don’t support his beers
so I’m begging you to at least pick up a 6 pack and save
us from that horror.
I’ve scoured the store looking for interesting wines to
try for our Halloween wine tasting this Friday night
from 4-7 PM. Kind of slim pickings, so you’ll have to
use your imagination on a couple of them. We will start
with the newly packaged Mionetto Brut Prosecco. It is
now in a classic Champagne style bottle with a bright
orange label (think Clicquot). Next we have Smoking Loon
Chardonnay…again an orange label of a duck smoking a
cigar…hey I said some were a stretch so stay with me
they get better. Temptation Zinfandel is next from
Alexander Valley Vineyards. Same orange label but at
least this 1 has a skeleton and a princess on it! Next
up is Jester Cabernet from Australia. Last but not least
is a dark, brooding blend of Bonarda and Malbec from
Argentina called Alma Negra. It comes in a black…very
thick, heavy bottle…with a slight glimpse of a phantom
mask on it. This wine alone is worth the trip but to
make it more fun anybody in a Halloween costume for the
tasting will receive a free gift!
We won’t have a chance to update the website until the
weekend as my web mistress is out in Chicago visiting
Oprah. So we will recycle last weeks mystery discount
and put it in the newsletter as well… Since there really
is “only 1 October” and we’re rapidly running out of the
month and most of our fall beers as well, let’s clean
them out and make it our mystery discount this week.
Just ask the cashier where the heck is Dane Cook this
year???... or shout “THERE’S ONLY 1 OKTOBER!!” to
receive 10% off any fall beer left in the building. As
an added bonus take an additional 5 % off, for a total
of 15% off if you can name Dane’s lame replacement on
those fall classic commercials.
Just a quick reminder for those who need to drink on, or
after Election Day. We still have a few 12 packs of
Magic Hat Participation left in the house. Maker’s Mark
also has a cool red, white, and blue “Rock the Vote”
package of their famous Kentucky whiskey. Oh yea…1 last
thing. Don’t forget our 4th Annual Grand Holiday Wine
Tasting which is next Friday night from 4:30 to 7:30. We
have the lineup almost set and we’re looking at about 15
tables and 90 or so wines. We will even have a few
liquors in the mix for the 1st time as well. So save the
date and we will get more info on the website
(corksfinewine.com) soon. I hope you all have a great
Halloween weekend.
Robert
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