Thursday, October 9, 2008
Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. I saw quite a few
of you at the Oktoberfest at Mansfield Crossing on
Tuesday. For those who did not attend I would strongly
recommend this event next year. There was tons of great
food, lot’s of Oktoberfest beers, and it all went to a
great cause.
We will not have a beer tasting this week but have 4
scheduled for the rest of the month. Hook & Ladder,
Newport Storm, Oktoberfest Beers, and Opa-Opa are all
lined up for this month so be sure to check the website
(corksfinewine.com) for times and dates.
As promised we have Tommy Bolini from Carolina Wines
here Friday night from 4 to 7 PM to sample you on some
great local wines. He will start with Nashoba Valley
Baldwin Dry Apple Wine. This wine is made from 100 %
local apples right here in Bolton, MA. From there we
travel south to RI for 2 new wines from Sakonnet
Vineyards. Cock of the Walk White and Red are blends of
local grapes, and as the front label says “wine with
attitude”. The White is a blend of Chardonnay,
Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris. While the Red is a mix
of Lemberger, Cabernet Franc, and Chancellor. I’ve heard
great things about these wines from a few customers who
have been to the winery and at the risk of offending the
PC police; the back label says the Cock of the Walk is a
delicious mouth filling wine. Yikes I can only imagine
what Tommy Bolini will have to say about these wines.
Staying somewhat local (and tossing Tommy another comedy
softball) we head to upstate NY for Love My Goat Red
Wine from Bully Hill Vineyards. Next we head to the
North Fork of Long Island for Bedell Cellars Merlot. We
end this Northeast tour back at Noshoba for their After
Dinner Peach Wine. This should be 1 of the best Friday
night tastings of the year and I recommend doing your
best to attend the Tommy Bolini Show!
As we approach our 1st holiday season with liquor I want
to mention we are starting to get our “Holiday Gift
Packs” in. These are the same price as the normal
bottles of liquor and just come with free stuff. We have
Jameson, Frangelico, Carolan’s, and Faretti Biscotti
Liqueur with lots more to come. And to help make the
Presidential debates more tolerable we have the new
“Rock the Vote” package from Maker’s Mark Whiskey. It
comes in a cool bottle with red, white, and blue wax
dripped over the top. As Tina Fay said on SNL, every
time you here the word “maverick” you do a shot of
Maker’s Mark, not only will the debates be more
enjoyable it will also take your mind off of thousands
of dollars you’re losing in your 401K everyday.
We have a bunch of oddball beers left over from the last
beer tasting and the recent Oktoberfest, so we’ve
gathered them on the back table and they can be yours
for a buck a bottle. Wow…I made it this far and no
sports references yet…amazing. Well let’s hope the Pats
can make it 2-0 on their west coast swing, and don’t we
all want a Redsox against Manny and the Dodgers World
Series? The Celtics pre-season is officially under way,
and the Bruins kick-off their season this week as well.
If you throw in the Revolution that’s 5 major sports all
going on at the same time! I hope you all have a great
weekend, and we’ll see you soon.
Robert
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