 Greetings!
Sustain-a-Bull Sale:a week of Wine Authorities Selections! 
Following this year's Thanksgiving holiday, we're rolling out one of our most exciting sales so far, giving everyone a chance to explore, enjoy, and save with our dedicated "Wine Authorities Selections" - wines that we've personally scouted out and brought to NC! Many of them are unavailable anywhere else in the country. Beginning on Saturday, November 24th, we once again join the Durham-wide Sustain-a-Bull organization, helping to encourage the support of locally-owned independent businesses. Every one of our exclusive "  Wine Authorities Selections" will be a full 20% off throughout the week! As an added bonus, any purchase over $200 will receive a FREE stocking stuffer: a $20 Enomatic card to give or keep for yourself!
Also on Saturday, American Express is offering a $25 statement credit for shopping with small businesses, including us. We hope you'll take advantage of their offer here!
Thanksgiving is tomorrow! We have a large display of our favorites for this year's great feast - chosen for their food-friendliness, versatility, and (we dare say) deliciousness. Immediately inside the front door we have nine ideal wines ranging from value-priced DAILY wines to festive and gorgeous MONTHLY-priced ones. And, if none of these tickle your fancy, there are dozens more on the shelf, including many that are every bit as exceptional. Just ask!
This year's top Thanksgiving picks:
- Hofstätter - Lagrein $19.99
- Baileyana - Pinot Noir "Firepeak" $22.99
- Binz - Riesling Trocken [1 Liter!] $14.99
- Mas Del Périé - "Tu Vin Plus Aux Soirées..." Rouge $19.99
- Steininger - "Young" $11.99
- Bedin - Prosecco Brut "Treviso" $13.99
- Anton Bauer - Wagram Rosé $12.99
- Schafer - "The Chancellor" White $14.99
- Calògiordano - Frappato $14.99
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"How much is that meatstick in the window?"
Giacomo Salami
Limited Edition 2012! 
With the approach of Thanksgiving and the holiday season, we always look forward to the yearly arrival of Giacomo's Wine Authorities exclusive holiday Salami! It has arrived, and if we may say so, it's quite possibly the best yet! Spicy, succulent, and indulgent, these masterpieces of Abruzzo/Marche-inspired goodness are merely $24.99 and available only for a few short weeks!
This year it's a spicy one, 1 3/4 pounds, made with Marchetti Montepulciano, red pepper, aged pecorino, sun-dried tomatoes, and fennel. Only 250 were made, so get them soon before they are gone.
Buy the Salami and the wine it's made with and save $6 for the perfect pair!:
Ltd edition 2012 Salami ($24.99)
+ Marchetti Montepulciano ($13.99)
= $38.98
(-$6.00 discount)
= $32.98
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Le Garrigon Has Returned 
How often is it that you can find beautiful quality and bountiful quantity wrapped up neatly together in a single, seamless package? Domaine Le Garrigon's majestic 3 liter box of delicious red wine from the Southern Rhone is precisely such a package, and it's currently in stock! Normally, we only receive a few hundred of these much sought-after bundles of joy a year, but we've been fortunate enough to bring it another round just in time for the holidays!
$29.99 each = $7.50/bottle
buy two and get 10% off
$26.99 each = $6.75/bottle
buy three and get 15% off
$25.49 each = $6.37/bottle
buy four (or more) and get 20% off
$23.99 each = $5.99/bottle!
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On Saturday, December 15th, we'll be joined in store by none other than Eric Asimov, impassioned New York Times wine journalist and author of the critically acclaimed (and beautifully titled) book, "How to Love Wine," which he'll be signing from 1:00 to 3:00 as we perform our free weekly Saturday tasting! Put it in your calendar.
Real Customer Comment:
"I brought my friend form the wine country of California here last week. She adored the store and wishes that she had one back home." - Marge N.
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Tasty Tuesday!
New from Piemonte: Terrabianca
This Tuesday, November 27th, we present our mid-week FREE wine tasting. Every Tuesday is tasty! From 5:00 - 7:00, we host this bonus tasting of three wines to get you through the early week and land you safely on hump day!
At our next Tasty Tuesday, we're very happy to unveil a few of our most recent arrivals from Italy for tasting. These wines represent not only some of the most impressive Piemontese values that we've encountered in recent memory but also the newest wave of "Wine Authorities Selections" - wines that have been carefully scouted out for our shop and ones which are available exclusively here.
Join us for a taste of Terrabianca's Favorita (an elegantly refreshing and minerally white), Dolcetto "Custera" (a bright and lively red), and Moscato d'Asti (effervescent, fun, and lightly sweet). Ciao bella!
And don't forget:
Tasty Tuesday 20%
Mixed Case Discount!
After you taste, put together 12 bottles from our Tasty Tuesday lineup, and we'll take an entire 20% off!
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This Saturday from 12 to 3 PM
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting
A Wine Authorities Selection:
Valencia's Bodegas Los Frailes
 Bodegas Los Frailes continually impresses us as a producer with a rare knack for embracing modernity while remaining true to the legacy of its region. The wines are bold, vibrant, impeccably focused, organic, and (above all) delicious! Winemaker/owners Miguel Velazquez and his sister Maria José Velazquez are great people. This Saturday, we're kicking off a week-long Sustain-a-Bull celebration of Durham's many outstanding independently owned businesses with a free tasting of five wines from this exceptional producer. Among them are some stellar values (for holiday parties, perhaps?) and great potential gifts. On Saturday and throughout the following week, these and all other dedicated "Wine Authorities Selections" are 20% off!
(WEEKLY WINE: $12 to $19.99)
Bodegas Los Frailes
"Blanc de Trilogia" 2011
{organic} 70% Sauvignon Blanc,
20% Muscat, 10% Verdil
(Valencia, Spain)
ELEGANTLY TROPICAL,
SPICY & HERBACEOUS,
EXCEPTIONALLY EXOTIC
2011 is the third vintage for this new and very limited white from Los Frailes. Only 500 cases are produced each year from meticulously selected grapes, and the result is every bit as exotic and enchanting as it is rare. With bright tangy fruit reminiscent of...
On Sale $16.99 [Full description]
(DAILY WINE: $11.99 or LESS)  Bodegas Los Frailes Monastrell Rosado 2011 {organic} 100% Monastrell (Valencia, Spain)
BRIGHT CHERRY, LIGHT STRAWBERRY & CREAM PIE
Wow, this lovely pink colored wine from the almost black Monastrell grape is a dry Rosé for both white and red wine lovers alike. It's richly satisfying like a red but crisp and refreshing like a white. The Los Frailes wines from the Velazquez family are rising stars in...
On Sale $9.99 [Full Description]
(DAILY WINE: $11.99 or LESS)  Bodegas Los Frailes Monastrell 2010 {organic} 100% Monastrell (Valencia, Spain)
BLACK CHERRY, BLACKBERRY, RICH & RIPE!
The sandy dry soils of Valencia yield outstanding Monastrell grapes full of ripe berry goodness. Oodles of blackberry and black cherry fall out of the glass, cascading into a velvet robe cradling your tongue in a bath of heavenly silky fruit. Okay, enough wine talk. This is just plain great...
On Sale $9.99 [Full Description]
(MONTHLY WINE:$20 to $49.99)
 Bodegas Los Frailes
Valencia Tinto 2007
"La MoMa"
{organic} 50% Monastrell, 50% Marselan (Valencia, Spain) RED BERRY, MINERAL, RASPBERRY, BIG BOLD
SPICE & OAK
The name Moma is a blending of MOnastrell with MArselan. Marselan is a crossing of Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon. The cherry and blackberry fruit of Marselan is a perfect complement to the plum and fig of 65 year old Monastrell vines. This is a fun wine to drink with serious undertones showing... On Sale $31.99 [Full description]
(WEEKLY WINE: $12 to $19.99) 
Bodegas Los Frailes
"After 3" 2009 [500 ml]
Late-Harvest Old Vine Monastrell
{organic} 100% Monastrell (Valencia, Spain) GORGEOUS VIOLET PERFUME, SWEET BLACKBERRY,
HONEYED SPICE & COCOA
By the middle of November, Bodegas Los Frailes' old-vine Monastrell is about as ripe as it can get, and a manual harvest means the grapes in this beautiful dessert wine are concentrated to the point of becoming raisins. This is no syrupy ice-cream topping, however, but a beautiful example of.... On Sale $19.99 [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):
Jean Paul Brun
Rosé d' Folie
$16.99 on sale
Domaine Serol
Viognier
"De Butte en Blanc"
$19.99 on sale
Binz
Riesling Trocken 1L
$14.99 on sale
Hillinger"First Hill" White $11.99 on sale
Reds (65˚F): Robert Serol Cote Roannaise Les Blondins $18.99 on sale Domaine de Colette Regnié "Vieilles Vignes" $18.99 on sale Baileyana Pinot Noir "Grand Firepeak" $22.99 on sale
Vinae Mureri "Xiloca" Garnacha $12.99 on sale Cedarville Zinfandel $22.99 Mas del Périé "Tu Vin Plus Aux Soirées..." $19.99 on sale
Hofstatter
Lagrein $19.99 on sale Mas de Libian Cotes du Rhone "La Calade"
$39.99 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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Counter Culture Coffee
- Espresso Rustico
- Farmhouse Blend, Equador & Peru
- Nueva Armenia, Guatemala
- Jagong, Sumatra
- Las Milpas Decaf, Mexico
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