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NEWS from THE WINE STORE #10-10
Basketball Hoop Contest
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The Wine Store
We are looking for big ideas. Ideas that will help us to do better at providing what you want, when you come to The Wine Store. Give us your suggestions. We are listening.
PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES! (Includes a MYSTERY prize...)
If you have the best suggestions that we can use to improve our store and our services, you will receive first prize: the full-size Jim Beam outdoor basketball hoop (and stand) that is in our front window.
The runner-up receives a MYSTERY PRIZE. (Sorry, no hints about what this one might be.)
SUGGESTION CATEGORIES & HOW TO ENTER
Entry forms will be available at The Wine Store during our Wine & Food Fest Day, Saturday 5/15, 2-6 p.m. Your entry must be submitted 2- 6 p.m. on that day. ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BEFORE OR AFTER THESE TIMES. No purchase necessary.
Here are the 3 categories...
1. Give us an idea of the kind of continuing tasting series would you like to see, in addition to these that we already conduct:
Quarterly: Wine & Food Fest Day
Monthly: Wine Friends Tasting
Monthly: Restaurant Wine Dinner
Weekly: Wine Bar Tastings (Fri. & Sat.)
2. What suggestions do you have for operation of our Wine Bar?
3. What food and cheese items would you like to see here that you would purchase on a regular basis?
THANK YOU
Thank you for your ideas. We appreciate hearing what you have to say.
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UPCOMING TASTINGS & WINE EVENTS
Beer Dinner at The Cock & Bull
WEDNESDAY, May 12th, 7:00 p.m. - Beer Dinner at The Cock & Bull,
275 E. Sharon Road, Glendale. Hosted by Beer Guru Extraordinaire,
Jim Hennessey. $25 per person plus tax and tip. Call 771-4253
for reservations.
Menu
Bavarian Pretzel Soft pretzels, lightly salted, served with our spicy cheese dipping sauce.
Ayinger Jahrhundert
Shrimp Bisque A House Specialty!
Paulaner Hefeweizen
Our Award Winning Fish & Chips! Winner of three Best In Fest Awards at the MainStrasse Oktoberfest and Maifest. The Cincinnati Enquirer called it "piping hot, flavorful, and practically greaseless! Top 5 In The area." Fresh, hand cut filets of Icelandic Cod, deep fried to a golden brown, served on a bed of seasoned Chips (fries). Served with Lemon wedge and our homemade Tartar sauce.
Smuttynose Pale Ale
Carmel Fudge Cake Need we say more?
Lindemans Framboise
SATURDAY, May 15th- 2 - 6 p.m. - SPRING WINE & FOOD FEST. Help us celebrate 10 years of ownership and over 20 years serving Cincinnati. Brighten your day with an afternoon of tasting and grazing. Two wine and beer sessions with the same format used for every Wine & Food Fest. 2-4 p.m. - Taste from a selection of wines and beers; 4-6 p.m.- Taste from a new selection of wines and beers. 4 tastes for $3. A number of our suppliers will have a wide variety of gourmet foods and imported and domestic cheese available for tasting from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Come in and join the fun!
AAGF&W Wine Dinner
TUESDAY, June 8th- 7:00 p.m. - Our first AAGF&W WINE DINNER at Oriental Wok, 2444 Madison Road, Hyde Park. Susanna & Guy have put together a fabulously flavorful menu paired with four great sparkling wines. $40 per person includes tax and tip - Reserve now - 984-9463
Menu
Shrimp Toast & Pot Stickers Delicious Minced Shrimp fried on a Crispy Baguette
Pan-Fried Dumplings with Chicken, Napa and Onion
Segura Viudas Brut Reserva, Cava, Spain -- Crispy Chinese Spring Chicken
Water marinated in Chinese 5-Spice, Air dried and lightly Deep-fried
Piper Sonoma Blanc de Blanc, Sonoma -- Chinese Eggplant Tender Chinese Eggplant, Spicy & Sweet with a Sesame Glaze
DeFaveri Prosecco Rose Extra Dry
-- Mango Custard with Fresh Berries
Castello de Poggio Moscato dAsti
WIne Bar Tastings Wine Bar Tastings every Friday and Saturday - $.50 a taste Fridays - taste with John, our wine-bar-keep, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Saturdays - Wine Bar open from 2:00-6:00 p.m.
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FOLLOW THE WINE STORE ON TWITTER
We are "tweeting' daily. Reminders of wine dinners and tastings. what we are tasting at the wine bar on Fridays and Saturdays, Wine 101 education info, results of Wine Friends and ABCDE's tastings, special wine buys and more.
Go to www.theewinestore.com to see what else we've been up to.
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DON'T FORGET THE BEER
Wonderful Belgians and Belgian-style ales: Affligem Tripel, Westmalle Tripel, Liefman's Lucifer Golden Ale, Duvel Golden Ale, Corsendonk Brown Ale, Chimay Blue Top Grand Reserve Tripel, Green's Quest Gluten-free Tripel Blonde Ale, Lindemans Framboise, Rochefort 10, Westmalle Dubbel, Orval Trappist, Rodenbach Grand Cru Flemish Sour Ale, Saison DuPont Farmhouse Ale, Lochristi Lozen Boer Abbey Style Ale, DeProef Signature Ale, Unibroe La Fin Du Monde, Unibroe Maudite, Brooklyn Local 1, Ommegang Three Philosophers, Ommegang Hennepin, Allagash Tripel Reserve, Allagash Interlude, Allagash White, Victory Golden Monkey Tripel.
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THE PERFECT GIFT - WINE OF THE MONTH
Now three levels to choose from:
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The Wine Store, 9905 Montgomery Road, Montgomery,
OH 45242 Phone: (513) 984-9463 Visit us on the web: www.theewinestore.com Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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