 Greetings!
Memorial Day Weekend
and the first look at this year'sRosé Garden
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Suarat à la W.A. photo by Larry Gottschalk
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Though it precedes the official beginning of summer by almost a month, Memorial day is one of the landmarks we look to when confirming that the season is indeed underway. This week, we'll not only have a tasting of wines from the United States in honor of the holiday, but we will (as always) be at the ready to recommend some of our favorite refreshing warm-weather wines and accompaniments to the outdoorsy activities which are practically staples of late spring's longest weekend.
Closed Memorial Day Monday May 28th ~~~~ And introducing what we've all been waiting for...
Rosé Garden 2012!
The Rosé Garden is budding once again, and TODAY,
we'll be unveiling this years first five blossoms. 
As always, we are donating a portion of all dry Rosé sales to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Check in regularly as we'll be rotating through dozens of pretty and pink selections straight through September!
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Real Customer Comment:
"This place really is a candy store for
people who love wine."
-Richard S.
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Tasty Tuesday
Zweigelt
Meet an Army of Z!
This Tuesday, May 29th, we present our weekly "Tasty Tuesday" FREE wine tasting. Every Tuesday is tasty! From 5:00 until 6:30, we host this FREE bonus tasting of three wines to get you through the early week and land you safely on hump day.
Zweigelt, Austria's highly versatile red varietal may still be a relative baby in the world of grapes (with less than a hundred years under its belt), but it proved its competence as a fighter right out of the gate and has already enjoyed a lifetime's worth of adventures.
This week, we'll enjoy a sampling of Zweigelt in Rosé form (and one of our perennial favorites at that), a kind of family reunion in a bottle featuring Zweigelt and both its parent grapes, and (speaking of parents) a face to face meeting with Zweigelt's much-esteemed father, central Europe's man about town, Blaufrankisch.
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Vine to Wine
Our final class before Summer break!
On Thursday, June 7th, we present our in-depth introductory wine class. 7:33 - 10:00pm
An evening of wine chronicling a vine's bud break in the spring to each of its grapes being lovingly squeezed into the bottles that we hold so dear. We cover how vines grow, how wine is made, how to read a label, how to buy wine, how to store wine, how to drink, er, taste wine... and we'll debunk many wine myths throughout this short two+ hour class.
(includes tasting wines, video presentation, and handouts)
$36 per person
Reservations required
(Corkscrew) Operators are standing by:
(919) 489-2884
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This Saturday from 12 to 3 PM
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting Every year, on the Saturday preceding Memorial Day, we host a tasting of wines perfect for accompanying the picnics, cookouts, and long-weekend unwindings which we all enjoy looking forward to. This year we have some sublimely grill-friendly recent arrivals from the west coast of the United States. Two of these are new vintages of familiar wines and two are completely new to the store, each fit for whatever special occasion (or very relaxing non-occasion) you might have planned for your weekend!
(WEEKLY WINE: $12 to $19.99)
 Wellington Vineyards
Chardonnay 2010
100% Chardonnay
(Sonoma Valley, California)
OAK FLAVORS WITH RICH FRUIT & MODERATE BUTTER
Wellington winery was founded by father and son, John and Peter Wellington in 1986. From "20 acres of old vines and a few decrepit old fruit trees and nut trees," they built Wellington Vineyards. They love to play with...
On Sale $15.99 [Full description]
(WEEKLY WINE: $12 to $19.99)  Barnard Griffin
Rosé of Sangiovese 2011 100% Sangiovese
(Columbia Valley, Washington)
JUICY CHERRY & STRAWBERRY FRUIT, ROUND TEXTURE
Super pink, borderline magenta in color, this Washington State rosé wine is rich and deeply extracted in style. Like a squirt of cherry and strawberry fruit pie on the palate, this rosé is a full-bodied pink for a...
On Sale $14.99 [Full description] (WEEKLY WINE: $12 to $19.99) 
Ancient Peaks Zinfandel 2010 100% Zinfandel (Paso Robles, California) RIPE BLACK RASPBERRY, SUMPTUOUS OAK & PEPPER, BRAMBLY COMPLEXITY
This bold red has everything we look for in Zin with all the fat trimmed away, leaving a wine which is still big and powerful but well balanced, solidly structured, and carrying its 15% alcohol impeccably. Terroir including volcanic soil and the calcium-rich remnants of... On Sale $19.99 [Full description]
(MONTHLY WINE:$20 to $49.99)
 Hendry Ranch
Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
"HRW"
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
(Napa, California)
BLACK FRUIT, FIRM & FOCUSED, SUBTLE TOAST &
DARK MINERALITY
Stylistically bridging the gap between classic Napa Valley Cabernet and something more in line with the grape's Bordelaise heritage, the "HRW" is brimming with cassis, oaken finesse, and a fine dusting of peppery tannin which stands...
On Sale $23.99 [Full description]
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Six for Sixty
deal!
 Here's our deal this month; a package of six reds or six whites for $60 plus tax. You can double down and buy two: one of each or two of one for $110 plus tax. Sorry, no other discounts apply.
Show me the six
REDS
Show me the six
WHITES
[click links to see this month's selection!]
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on the Enomatic: 
Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy
Whites (48˚F):
Stuhlmuller
Chardonnay
$26.99 on sale
Pinchinat
Cotes du Provence Blanc
$13.99 on sale
Tegernseerhof
Zweiglet Rosé
$14.99 on sale
BidoliFriulano $11.99 on sale
Reds (65˚F): Ancient Peaks Zinfandel $19.99 on sale Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon $39.99 on sale Hyatt Merlot
$11.99 on sale
Francisco Casas Tempranillo
"Touchuelo Selección" $10.99 on sale Castello di Verduno Dolcetto $19.99 Domaine la Bouysse Hauterive Rouge $10.99 on sale
Oratoire St. Martin
Cotes du Rhone "Le P'tit Martin" $16.99 on sale Carrick Pinot Noir "Unraveled"
$29.99 on sale
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Farmhand Foods
Fresh Local Sausages
- Bratwurst
- Country Breakfast
- Spicy Italian
- Smoked Polish
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Big Spoon
Roasters
Local peanut butters
8oz Jar - $8.00 16oz Jar - $12.00
or...
- Peanut Cashew
- Peanut Almond
- Penut Pecan
8oz Jar - $10.00
16oz Jar - $15.00
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 Artisan Bacon Nodine's Loveless Café North Country Vande Rose Farms |
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Counter Culture Coffee
- Espresso Rustico
- Idido, Ethiopia
- Jagong, Sumatra
- Frontera, Decaf, Peru
- La Golondrina, Columbia
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