Ros�, ros�, ros�,
special guests, and a timeless rivalry!
In This Issue:
Tasty Tuesday: Rosé Featurette (pt. 1)
Special Wednesday Tastings: Far-Flung Friends
Saturday Tasting: "A Timeless Rivalry"
 
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Warm Weather Approaches...
We Have Great Whites 
And Radiant Ros�s!
    As things finally begin to heat up, keep in mind that we have enough great whites to satisfy...well, a great white. Of equal importance is that we also have a healthy population of bright, lithe, streamlined ros�. To make them still more irresistible and easier to catch, we've gone and put them thangs on sale. We're offering a 20% discount on all the non-sparkling ros� in the store! Come on down and take a big chomping bite out of some seriously delicious pink.
Rosé Garden Glasses
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Tasty Tuesday!
Ros� Featurette pt.1:
"Impending Spring"
This Tuesday, March 11th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting.  Every Tuesday is tasty!

  5:00 - 7:00 pm 
        Pink blossoms are around the corner, and we have the perfect lineup to prepare our palates for arrival of spring.  As all still ros�s throughout the store are currently a whoppin' 20% off, we're celebrating this Tuesday with a curated exhibit of three classics. We'll begin in France's promised land of ros�, Provence, for a typically light, bright, and brilliantly crisp example of exactly why the pink wines of the region are known the world over. Next, we'll hop, skip, and jump our way to the countryside north of Toulouse for a creamier offering made from the Negrette grape. We'll end our pre-vernal crusade in southern Valencia where we'll soak up the deeply colored, juicy Monastrell rosado from Bodegas Los Frailes. Think pink!
 
And don't forget:
Tasty Tuesday 15%
Half-Case Discount!
   After you taste, put together 6 bottles from our Tasty Tuesday lineup, and we'll take an entire 15% off!
Next Wednesday:
Special Guests!
Far-Flung Friends from
Argentina & California 
Next Wednesday, March 12th, we present special
tastings (and guests) in Durham & Raleigh

5:30 - 7:00 pm
    We're on our very best behavior these days, because it seems like it's this time of year that our out-of-town wine friends come to visit and share their delicious offerings with the greatest frequency. On Wednesday March 12th we welcome emissaries from two of our favorite New World producers. At our Durham location, we will host Roberto Luka, owner of Argentina's high-altitude Finca Sophenia, pouring Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and his winery's stunning Malbec. In Raleigh, please join us as we extend a welcome to Mike Sinor, winemaker from the calcareous soils of the Ancient Peaks Winery of Paso Robles, home to some of the best values in Californian wine that we've encountered. Both tastings are free and will run from 5:30-7:00 pm. We love it when friends visit!
  • Durham: Roberto Luka of Finca Sophenia
  • Raleigh: Mike Sinor of Ancient Peaks  

This Saturday from 12 to 3 PM
in Durham & Raleigh
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting
 
Bordeaux vs. Burgundy 
BordeauxVsBurgundyVsDukeVsUNC
A Timeless Rivalry
   This Saturday, inspired in part by an infamous crosstown basketball rivalry, we'll take a good look at one of the wine world's most timeless (not to mention tastiest) pair of arch nemeses.  Why is it that as soon as we've recognized that two entities are exceptionally good at something, we set about straight away trying to determine which is better?  Thankfully for us, neither Bordeaux nor Burgundy will ever truly be crowned champion in their tireless battle for the hearts and palates of wine lovers the world over.  In fact, in this competition, it's the drinker/taster who wins every time.  So, as tempted as you might be to pick sides, take the wiser route of sitting back and enjoying the epic clash between Burgundy and Bordeaux this Saturday afternoon.  Game on! 
 

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Magneau
Chateau Magneau

Graves Blanc 2012 

{sustainable} 45% Sauvignon Blanc,
45% Semillon, 10% Muscadelle 
(Southern Bordeaux, France)
RACY, LEAN, CRISP CITRUSSY GRAPEFRUIT AND FLINT
The estate goes back to 1400 AD, the times of Henry IV,and today it is owned by the Ardurats family. With a mere 40 hectares of vines, and just 25 of them planted to white varietals in gravel soils, this Graves Blanc is...
  


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Gandines MP
Domaine Gandines
Macon-Peronne 2012

{organic} 100% Chardonnay

 (Southern Burgundy, France)

FULL & FLAVORFUL, LEMON, HAZELNUT, CARAMEL. SERIOUS! Gandines really surprised us with this compelling, and serious White Burgundy. Fully ripe and lush, but with juicy acidity and complex minerality. This kind of power usually comes from the big boys north of the...



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C�page Pinot Noir
Giraudon 
Chitry 2012
"C�page Pinot Noir"

{organic} 100% Pinot Noir 

(Northern Burgundy, France)

MILD DRIED CHERRY & LIGHT PLUM, RACY MINERAL
The limestone soils surrounding the ancient fortified town of Chitry gently exert their influence on the Pinot Noir grown in the area. Wines like this beautiful and structured Burgundy benefit from this particular soil chemistry...
 


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C'est Lussac, baby.
Ch Rocher Cap de Merle
Bordeaux Sup�rieur 2011

{organic} 80% Merlot, 10% Cab Franc,

10% Cabernet Sauvignon 

(Right Bank Bordeaux, France)

INKY COLOR, SWEET SPICES, SUPER RIPE, MODERN
Size doesn't matter...Philippe Durand owns just one hectare of vines for this estate. Technically this wine is a Montagne Saint-Emilion, but since he brings the harvest to his Rocher Corbin winery up the road for vinification, he has to...
 
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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!]

on the Enomatic
in Durham:
Enomatic
Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy

Whites (48˚F):

 

Domaine Chiroulet 

Cotes de Gascogne Blanc
"La Cote d'Heux"  

$16.99 on sale

 

Campanhia das Lezirias 

Tejo Branco

"Samora" 

$7.99 on sale

 

Chateau de Br�z� 

Saumur Blanc 

$17.99 on sale

Domaine Serol

"Cabochard" Ros�

$13.99 on sale

 

Reds (65˚F):

 

Domaine Vissoux  

Beaujolais Nouveau

"Vieilles Vignes" 

$13.99 on sale

 

Mas de Libian 

Cotes du Rhone

"Khayyam" 

$19.99 on sale

 

Domaine Pinchinat 

"Venus Rouge" 

$10.99 on sale

 

Abbaye Sylva Plana 
Faug�res
"Les Novices"  

$17.99 on sale

 

Plantamura

Primitivo

"Rossa"

$14.99

 

Castello di Verduno 

Verduno

"Basadone" 

$25.99 on sale


Anton Bauer 

Zweigelt

"Feursbrunn" 

$14.99 on sale

 

Ch Haut Plantade 

Pessac L�ognan 

 $45.99 on sale

 

on the Enomatic
in Raleigh:
Enomatic
Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy

Whites (48� F):

 

Terrasses d'Eole 

Ventoux Blanc 

$12.99 on sale

 

Domaine Pinchinat 

"Venus Blanc 

$10.99 on sale

 

Domaine Mirail 

Cotes de Gascogne Blanc

Colombard 

$11.99 on sale

Meinklang

Pinot Gris
"Graupert" 

$17.99 on sale

  

G.M. Machmer

Gew�rztraminer

Sp�tlese

$15.99 on sale

 

Tegernseerhof

Riesling

"Loibenberg" 

$33.99 on sale

 

Domaine Herbauges 

Muscadet Vieilles Vignes 

"Le Legendaire" 

$23.99 on sale

Wellington

Chardonnay  

$15.99 on sale

 

 

Reds (65� F):

 

Fracastel

Douro Tinto 

"Lua Nova"

$11.99 on sale

 

Bodegas Tempore

Garnacha Joven 

"Terrae"

$10.99 on sale

 

Bodegas Los Frailes 

Monastrel 

$9.99 on sale

 

Hyatt Vineyards 
Syrah 

$11.99 on sale

 

Ancient Peaks 

Merlot 

$19.99

 

Stolpman Vineyards 

Syrah

$26.99 on sale


Pulenta

Malbec

"I" 

$28.99 on sale

 

Anton Bauer

Zweigelt

"Feuersbrunn" 

 $14.99 on sale

 

Meinklang

"Burgenlandred"

$13.99 on sale

  

Chateau Bel Air 

Sant Estephe 

$41.99 on sale

 

Domaine Le Garrigon 

Rhone Rouge

"Vin de M�diterran�e" 

$10.99 on sale

 

Domaine du Vissoux 
Beaujolais Nouveau
"Pierre Charmette" 

$14.99 on sale

  

Domaine du Vissoux 

Beaujolais Nouveau

"Vieilles Vignes"

$13.99

 

Marcel Giraudon 

Bourgogne Rouge 

Chitry Pinot Noir

$17.99 on sale


Fattoria Rodano 

Chianti Classico Riserva 

$34.99 on sale

  

Carussin

Barbera d'Asti 

"Asinoi"

 $16.99 on sale  

 

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