Greetings!
Can you believe Christmas is right after this weekend?! This is our busiest time of year, and our customers are buzzing with an infectious bounty of yuletide cheer. There's a lot to be excited about this year - a steady stream of new wines which are chomping at the bit to be stuffed into the stockings of your friends and family or shared at the year's most festive parties and gatherings.
Recent Arrivals! Straight outta Santa's sleigh:
- Aquila del Torre - (dry) Riesling "At" 2009 $9.99
- Alberto Marsetti - Valtellina Sforzato 2007 $49.99
- Don Rodolfo - Torrontes "Cornejo Costas Vineyard" 2012 $10.99
- Bollig Lehnert - Riesling "Trittenheimer" Kabinett 2008 $19.99
- Dr. Heyden - Riesling "Oppenheimer" Halbtrocken (1-Liter!) 2011 $15.99
- Dr. Heyden - Ros� 2011 $14.99
- Dr. Heyden - Sylvaner "Alte Reben" Trocken 2011 $14.99
- Georg Albrecht Schneider - Dornfelder Trocken 2009 $15.99
- Domaine Grosbos Barbara - Saint Pour�ain Rouge "Chambre d'Edouard" 2010 $15.99
- Domaine Grosbos Barbara - Saint Pour�ain Blanc "Vin d'Alon" 2010 $15.99
- Chateau Lusseau - Graves Rouge "Cuv�e B�reng�re" 2010 $19.99 (see more info below)
- Chateau Lusseau - Graves Rouge "Cuv�e Barriques" 2009 $27.99 (see more info below)
- St�phane Oth�guy - Condrieu 2010 $49.99
Show your kids' teachers just how much you appreciate their creativity, hard work, and patience with the gift of wine. Judging from the demand that we've already received this year, it's apparent that teachers absolutely love gift certificates and Enomatic cards from Wine Authorities!
Holiday Gift Wrap
Nothing is more fun to unwrap than a bottle of delicious farmer-produced wine, and we have our team of highly skilled wrapping specialists at the ready to put a special touch on your gift bottles! - Four or fewer, we can wrap on the spot
- Five or more can be picked up the next day
Descriptions are included! Gift certificates and Enomatic cards make sublime stocking stuffers as well!
We'd give you the shirts right off our backs!
Well, perhaps we wouldn't give them too you, but we'd certainly be thrilled to see you giving them as gifts or wearing them! We're all stocked up on both our break out hits, "Durham: Crunchy on the Outside" and "Farmers not Factories" tees for stuffing stockings or gettin' extra swanky at holiday parties. Don't leave your friends standing, confused, clutching a cold fruit cake between their mittens this holiday season when it would be much more exciting to give them something fun to wear! $15.99 - Durham: Crunchy on the Outside (Blue or Red)
- Wine From Farmers Not Factories (Brick or Cement)
Sizes: Small, Med, Large, X-L, 2X-L ~~~~
Cheese for Dessert!
When it comes to seasonal cheese, Uplands Cheese Company in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, makes two of the finest examples, Pleasant Ridge Reserve and Rush Creek Reserve. Uplands is a farmstead dairy, meaning they make their cheeses with milk only from their own cows. Sounds familiar, huh? Estate wines, farmstead cheese. Andy Hatch makes excellent use of the richer autumn and winter's milk in the "Rush Creek Reserve," which he models after the legendary Vacherin Mont d'Or (a cheese that marks the holiday season just as much as mistletoe or eggnog). This is a 12 oz washed rind wheel wrapped in spruce bark that oozes with sweet, woodsy goodness - the kind of cheese you eat with a spoon! An exceptionally rare treat, this is perfect for the holidays!
- Very limited availability
- $26.99/wheel
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Holiday Hours
We will be closing early (at 5pm) on Christmas Eve, December 24th and will remain closed through December 25th & 26th, reopening with our regular hours on the 27th.
We will keep our regularly scheduled hours on
New Year's eve (10am-7pm) and will be
closed on January 1st, 2nd, & 3rd.
Real Customer Comment:
"You beautiful people make my life easier."
- Sheila B.
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The Return of Chateau Lusseau
Discover (or rediscover) B�reng�re Quelien's marvelous reds and find out why we're so excited about the return of these delicious treats from Bordeaux.
From the southern Bordelais region of Graves, Chateau Lusseau has, for years, remained one of our perennial favorites, representing excellent value and the specific mineral sturdiness much respected in the great wines of Graves. B�reng�re Quellien (pictured above) is the estate's current mastermind. After a departure from the family trade as an attorney, she returned in 1997 to take up the reigns and endeavor alongside her parents to craft the greatest wines possible from the excellent terroir of her family's vineyards.
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This Saturday from 12 to 3 PM
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting
This is it: the final Saturday tasting prior to this year's Christmas holiday! We've chosen four of our favorite 2012 holiday selections to share with you this week - ones that pour on the value, deliciousness, and cheer needed to compliment your festivities and help spark your (last minute) gift-giving imagination. We'll begin with a dry, juicy, and very aromatic Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley's Saumur region before cozying up with a warm 'n cuddly Pinot Noir from California's Santa Lucia Highlands. Next, we'll visit a western Corner of France's Languedoc where the country's Mediterranean and Bordeaux varieties all get together and party! The final wine planned is an exceptionally lush, elegant and characterful blend of Merlot and Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc from Slovenia's western cradle of fantastic wine, Brda. Happy holidays!
(WEEKLY WINE™ $12 to $19.99)
Domaine du Pas Saint-Martin
Saumur
"La Pierre Frite"
{organic} 100% Chenin Blanc
(Middle Loire, France)
VERY DRY, LIME, HONEY AROMA & CHALKY MINERALS This is another case of the latest generation in an old family estate taking the reigns where his grandfather left off, when his father went into another business. Laurent...
On Sale $15.99 [Full description]
(WEEKLY WINE™ $12 to $19.99) Paraiso Pinot Noir 2009 {sustainable} 100% Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands, California)
DEEP AND SATISFYING, RICH AND FRUIT-FILLED The Smith family has maintained its course in central California, producing very California-styled wines for two generations. They are largely responsible for the Monterey region's rise to prominence and started out as grape farmers for many famous producers. This Pinot is...
On Sale $19.99 [Full Description]
(DAILY WINE™ $11.99 or LESS) Chateau Jouclary Cabard�s 2009 Merlot, Syrah, Grenache, Cabernet (Western Languedoc, France)
SPICE, LEATHER, PERFUME, BLACK FRUIT, GRAVEL Although the origins of Cabardes date back to the 1200s, this AOC wine region was designated in just 1999! On the northern border of the Languedoc-Roussillon, Pascal Gianesini uses both Bordeaux and Rhone varietals in a...
On Sale $11.99 [Full Description]
(WEEKLY WINE™ $12 to $19.99)
Oton Reya
"Red 3" 2009
{organic} 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc (Brda, Slovenia) CASSIS & BLACK CHOCOLATE, RICHLY RESTRAINED OAKEN TONES, ALMOND From just across Italy's northeastern border comes this deeply colored and elegant red brimming with vibrant black fruit, hedonistic chocolate notes, and a luscious but restrained melange of succulent oak & mineral. Following a... On Sale $19.99 [Full description]
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Our best to you,
Grand Poobah & the Wine Authorities staff
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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):
Dr. Heyden
Riesling Halbtrocken [1-Liter!]
$15.99 on sale
Eric de Suremain
Rully Blanc 1er Cru
$31.99 on sale
Perazzeta
Bianco
"Sara"
$15.99 on sale
Pas Saint MartinSaumur Blanc $15.99 on sale
Reds (65˚F): Ehlers Merlot $48.99 on sale Fattoria Rodano Chianti Classico "Viacosta" $34.99 on sale Chateau La Colombi�re Fronton Rouge "R�serve" $14.99 on sale
Calogiordano Cerusuolo di Vittoria $17.99 on sale Fracastel Douro Tinto "Lua Nova $11.99 Poderi Elia Barbera d'Asti $16.99 on sale Domaine Le Garrigon
Vin de Mediterran�e Rouge $10.99 on sale Chateau Lusseau Graves Rouge "Cuv�e Barriques" $27.99 on sale
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Artisan Bacon Nodine's North Country Farmhand Foods Vande Rose Farms |
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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