Cork's Fine Wine Newsletter - May 28, 2009
Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. I hope
everybody had a great Memorial Day weekend. The
weather cooperated for the most part as we
unofficially kicked off the summer. We keep things
rolling with another beer and wine tasting this
week. We’ve also added a bunch more right through
the summer months, including our next “Customer Wine
Tasting” with John and Sarah. Be sure to check the
website (corksfinewine.com) for details on all the
upcoming events.
This week’s beer tasting is with our good friend
Kristin from L. Knife. She will be featuring the
extremely hot beers from Troegs Brewing Co. out of
Harrisburg, PA. They have been in the Mass market
for a couple months and this Thursday (today) from
4:30 to 7:30 you get your chance to taste them. We
have 3 styles for you to sample….Troegs Pale Ale,
Sunshine Pils, and Troegenator Doublebock Beer.
They come in 6-packs, and like all our tastings you
will receive 10 % off any of the beers you try.
Unfortunately this will probably be your last chance
to see the lovely Kristin, as she is with child and
will be taking the next 8 years off!!...so stop
by...try some great beers and say your goodbyes.
We go from 1 of our favorite sales reps
to…well…Kevin from Commonwealth Wines for this
Fridays wine tasting. He may be loud and pesky but
he has some great stuff for you to try this Friday
night from 4 to 7 PM. Maso Canali Pinot Grigio is a
delicious PG, and will get the tasting started.
Next up is another great summer white, Wente
Riverbank Riesling. Lastly for wines we have Ghost
Pines Merlot. I kinda usually have the “Sideways”
take on Merlots myself, but this 1 is an ’05 vintage
and is so big it’s throwing tons of sediment and
has a deep purple cork. Part 2 of the tasting is
TY-KU Asian Citrus Liqueur and Sake. These are the
ones in the crazy pyramid type bottles (the green 1
even lights up!). The 750 ml. Sake comes in a “Sake
Bomb Kit” that has 2 shot glasses and chopsticks
that come free with the Sake. If that wasn’t enough
Kevin has a complete Ty-Ku sushi kit that we will
raffle off at the end of the tasting. This thing is
really cool and I would say is worth least 50
bucks. Everyone who comes to the tasting can
register once, and for every bottle of wine or Ty-Ku
you purchase you can put 1 more name in the bucket!!
I think this crappy weather is finally going to
break into a nice weekend. Just in time for the
concert season to kick into gear shows this
Saturday, and next Wednesday over at Great Woods.
Don’t forget we now have full liquor and all the
“Ready to Drink” cocktails chilled for you concert
goers. We also have foam coolers, plenty of ice,
and the must have “big red concert cups” for the
parking lot. We have a ton of tastings lined up
around the concerts including Phish, and the 2 Jimmy
Buffet shows. We have a link for all the shows on
the website and I’m sure we’ll tweet, chirp, blog,
burp, and facebook about them as well. Have a great
weekend
Robert
