Best Of 2013
Adventure, Anyone?
  Join us in our quest for hidden treasures...
In This Issue:
- Tasty Tuesday: A Penedès Playground
- Saturday's Tasting: Burgundian Hopscotch!
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Pack your spirit of Adventure!
Adventure Pack 2013 
    At Wine Authorities, we've become famous for our curated selection of great value artisan wines - the kind that you can drink any night of the week and still feel like you are having something really special, handmade, and delicious. We steer well clear of corporate producers and their deceptive legions of fake brands. We also avoid the tired cliché of wine exploited as a status symbol or collectible commodity, embracing instead the timeless pleasure of drinking and enjoying delicious but affordable wine.
    Another passion of ours, as a quick look around our shelves should indicate, is adventurous wine education! We never get enough of wines which stray from the beaten path - especially when they contain uncommon grapes or represent seldom-seen regions. In this spirit of adventure, we're proud to offer a case of four wines (three bottles each) that would make any sommelier giddy. There are always gems like these hidden in plain sight on our shelves, but this case bundles them into your own personal wine adventure!
Adventure Pack 2013!
A $335.88 value for only $249.99
(26% off the regular price)

These packs are as limited as the wines that they contain!  Act fast before they're gone. 
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Planning your getaway?
Vacation Box
  For many of us, this stretch of summer is prime vacation time.  We flock to the beach to soak up the sun and bathe in the Atlantic breeze or we head for the mountains to escape the insistent midsummer heat.  Either way, we want our excursions to be special and filled with wonderful, memorable things.  Unfortunately, most of our favorite nearby travel destinations are sorely lacking in places to buy good wine.  Well, we've put together an assortment of some of our favorite vacation wines, tailored to the season and to our beautifully varied NC landscape - each at home on the beach or mountain cabin porch.  So, as you pack for your vacation, don't forget our essential vacation pack! 
 
Summer Vacation
Escape Six Pack
An $89 value for only $65!
(27% off the regular price)

or double down...

A $178 value for only $120! 
(32% off the regular price) 
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Garrigon Box
You asked for it...Garrigon Cityscape w/ borders 
Daniel Couston has delivered!
  Still limited in supply, the beloved 3 liter Garrigon Box is back in stock!  Rhone vigneron, Daniel Couston, has been generous enough to offer his estate's fans in Durham access to more of this delicious red blend than ever before.  It's here now, so pick up a box today and fall in love all over again!
  • A Syrah/Grenache blend from a favorite Rhone Valley estate.
  • In the past, we've often sold out (200 boxes) in a single day!
  • Organically farmed.
  • It's bottled (and boxed) just for us!  The rest is sold locally in bulk to restaurants and nearby residents.
  • Each box holds the equivalent of 4 bottles of wine!
$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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The Rosé Garden
Rosé Garden 2013!
     It's here at long last!  The pink oasis that refreshes our mouths and nourishes our souls is once again in bloom!  The Rosé Garden has arrived, and speaking of fresh, we're kicking off the garden this year with selections that include a couple of brand new, never-before-in-the-US, Wine Authorities exclusives including a tangy Garnacha rosado from the grape's birthplace in Spain.  As always, a portion of each and every bottle of rosé sold will be donated to the fight against breast cancer.
  • Tempore - Rosado de Garnacha "Terrae" 2012  $9.99 
  • Domaine St Croix - Rosé "La Croix Gratiot" 2012  $9.99
  • Bodegas Los Frailes - Monastrell Rosado 2012  $9.99 
  • Barnard Griffin - Rosé of Sangiovese 2012  $14.99
  • Anton Bauer - Wagram Rosé 2012  $12.99
  • Robert Serol - "Turbullent" Methode Ancestrale Rosé 2011  $18.99
  • Domaine de Pinchinat - Venus Rosé  2012  $10.99
  • Perazzeta - Sangiovese Rosato 2012  $16.99 

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Fill that Bus!
Support Durham Public School
Teachers and Students!
   Currently beside our front door, you'll find a box waiting to be filled with much needed school supplies for Durham students.  Contributions of any of the following will be much appreciated:
  • Boxed Crayons
  • Glue Sticks
  • Boxed Markers
  • Packages of Pencils
  • Staplers
  • Highlighters
  • Clipboards
  • Copy Paper
  • Notebook Paper
  • Composition Books
Tasty Tuesday:
A Penedès Playground
Featuring the Wines of Mas Codina

  This Tuesday, July 23rd, we present our FREE mid-week 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!
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   Stretching out just below Barcelona along Spain's northwest coast is the picturesque land of Cava, but Cava isn't the only treasure we'll find in Penedès!  This Tuesday, we'll begin with a taste of the region's trademark bubbly courtesy of one of our favorite producers, Mas Codina, before turning our attention toward a couple of the estate's more unique specialties - a deeply colored rosé which borders on red and a luscious but firmly structured blend featuring Cabernet and a pinch of Merlot. Come along to Catalonia!  
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!

This Saturday from 12 to 3 PM 
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting 

Burgundian Hopscotch 
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Burgundian Hopscotch
At this week's Saturday tasting, we're going to be hopping all over Burgundy in pursuit of great wines which sum up each of its great subregion's specialties.  We'll begin in the south, tasting a rich but unoaked Chardonnay from the Maconnais.  Next, we'll venture to the northern extreme of what can still be considered Burgundy, tasting a pristine example of Chablis.  From here on it will be reds - two Pinot Noirs (from Beaune and the Cote Chalonnaise) and a Gamay from one of the brightest points of Beaujolais.  Cheers!


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Noblet Macon
Domaine Gilles Noblet 

Macon-Fuissé 2011

{sustainable} 100% Chardonnay  
(Maconnais, Burgundy)
RESTRAINED TROPICAL FRUIT, SILKEN MINERALITY, FAINT CREAM
From the warmer southern reaches of Burgundy and the meticulously tended old vines of a dedicated fourth generation vigneron comes this delicate and expressive unoaked Chardonnay. Gilles Noblet has...
  On Sale! $19.99 [Full Description] 



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Gautheron
Domaine Alain Gautheron

Chablis 2011

100% Chardonnay 

 (Chablis, Burgundy)

CLASSIC! LEMON & MINERAL, HIGH ACID, SALINE HINT
Firm, minerally, and ultimately elegant, if a Chablis could be tasted straight out of the dictionary, it would be precisely this wine! Few classically-styled wines from Chablis are imported at reasonable prices because...


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Charleaux Bourgogne
Domaine Maurice Charleux

Bourgogne Rouge 2011  

100% Pinot Noir  

(Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy)

BLACK CHERRY & PLUM, BRIGHT FRUIT, YOUTHFUL ELEGANCE
Based in the southern reaches of Burgundy's Cote de Beaune, Maurice and Vincent Charleux specialize in the appellations of Maranges and Santenay, taking a stand against what they see as the globalization of wine.  Eschewing a heavy-handed or technological...
  On Sale $19.99 [Full Description]

         

 


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Colette Regnie
Domaine de Colette 

Régnié 2011

"Selection Vieilles Vignes" 

{organic} 100% Gamay    

(Beaujolais, Burgundy)

FIRM CHERRY & LIP-SMACKING CRANBERRY, FLINTY ELEGANCE
Fresh and juicy, yet broad-shouldered and with a deliciously serious (and seriously delicious) structure, this Régnié from Jacky and Evelyne Gauthier (presumably no relation to the singer) embodies the contradiction between guzzlable lightness and admirable complexity shared by...
  On Sale $18.99 [Full Description] 
     


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Suremain Rully
Eric de Suremain 

Rully Rouge 1er Cru 2007  

"Preaux" 

{Biodynamic} 100% Pinot Noir    

(Cote Chalonnaise, Burgundy)

DARK CHERRY & TURNED SOIL, FLOWERS, VERY PRETTY.
Although most renowned for its white wines, Rully produces incredible reds as well. Eric works the soil of this single vineyard biodynamically, and you can taste the vibrant life and soul in this wine. This is what...
  On Sale $29.99 [Full Description]  
 
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Six for Sixty
deal!
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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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Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy

Whites (48˚F):

 

Seifried 

Gewürztraminer  

$19.99 on sale

 

Tempore

Garnacha Rosado

"Terrae" 

$9.99 on sale

 

Samora

Branco

$7.99 on sale

Tegernseerhof

Riesling

"Terrassen" 

$19.99 on sale

 

 Reds (65˚F): 

 

Michlits

"Burgenland Red"  

$13.99 on sale

 

Chateau Lusseau 

Graves Rouge  

$27.99 on sale

 

Cooper Mtn. Vineyards 

Pinot Noir

"Cooper Hill" 

$17.99 on sale

 

Calògiordano
Cerasuolo di Vittoria 

$17.99 on sale

 

Fracastel

Douro Tinto

"Lua Nova"

$11.99

 

Mas de Libian 

Rhone Rouge

"Vin de Petanque" 

$11.99 on sale


Tempore

Garnacha

"Terrae" 

$10.99 on sale

 

Chateau La Colombière 

Fronton

"Coste Rouge" 

 $14.99 on sale

 

Firsthand Foods

  firsthand  

Fresh Local Sausages 

  • Bratwurst
  • Country Breakfast
  • Spicy Italian

 


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Artisan Bacon

 

Nodine's

  • Applewood 
  • Garlic

 North Country 

  • Applewood
  • Peppered

Farmhand Foods 

  • Fresh & Local
Vande Rose Farms
  • Applewood
Scratch
Crackers
  • Blue Moons
  • Caraway Rye 

Granola

  • Sorghum Sesame
     

Big Spoon

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Local peanut butters

  • Peanut  

8oz Jar - $8.00
16oz Jar - $12.00

or...
 
  • Peanut Cashew
  • Peanut Almond
  • Penut Pecan
  • Chai Spice (8oz size only)  

8oz Jar - $10.00

16oz Jar - $15.00 

 

Counter Culture Coffee
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  • Espresso Rustico
  • Farmhouse Blend, Equador & Peru
  • Nueva Llusta, Bolivia   
  • La Golondrina, Colombia
  • Espresso Toscano                
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