You should be receiving this email on the very first day of spring. Our predictions? The immediate blooming of every flowering plant on earth will fill the air with a heady perfume, causing a bird/bee orgy to break out. The gyrations of millions of tiny bodies will raise the ambient temperature to a balmy 77 degrees, and it will stay that way, forever, and no one will ever be cold again. That's how spring works, right? Anyway, we can't wait for the opportunity to show off our brand new Wine Authorities branded tank-tops and cut-off jorts. Spring: it's right around the corner, baby.
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Farm-to-Fork Garden Picnic Dinner 
One of the best new restaurants in the Triangle operates out of a tiny shack on a nondescript block of N. Mangum St. in Durham. We refer, of course, to the already legendary Saltbox Seafood Joint and its proprietor, Chef Ricky Moore. Wine Authorities is teaming up with Chef Moore and the fine folks over at Duke Gardens to bring you the first of our Farm-to-Fork Garden Dinners, right as the weather turns into luxuriant spring (we hope). Chef Moore will be on hand for an al fresco evening of masterfully prepared seafood and garden-sourced vegetables, and we will be pouring a selection of crisp whites and lively rosés to complement the delicious food. It's gonna be a picnic for the ages. Details follow below. Sign up now!
The Food: Ricky Moore of Saltbox Seafood Joint serves local, sustainable seafood harvested from the Carolina coast and the entire eastern seaboard. He is also a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, a previous Iron Chef contestant and former executive chef at Carrboro's GlassHalfFull.
The Wine: Wine Authorities showcases the estate wines from wineries that grow all of the grapes that go into the wine. Simply put: the estate wine producers are as much farmers as they are winemakers. A trip to Wine Authorities always means learning something new about the wines you enjoy. 
The Setting: Sarah P. Duke Gardens, voted one of the top ten public gardens in the United States by Trip Advisor.com and awarded the 2013 Horticulture Magazine Award for Garden Excellence. 
Thursday, April 3, 6 pm @ Sarah P. Duke Gardens:
Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden
420 Anderson St, Durham, NC 27708
Fee: $70 (Gardens members $55) Participant limit: 40
Pre-registration required at 919-668-1707
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Rosé Sale:
20% off ALL Still Rosé!
That's right, baby. It's time once more for our annual pre-spring rosé sale, and it's real, real nice...  Yes, the time has come for us to dust off our garden shears (and garden gnomes) in preparation for the monumental marvel of landscape architecture which is the Rosé Garden. Just thinking about it instills in us an almost unquenchable thirst for this noblest of pink drinks! Though it's not yet quite time for the Garden, we have a host of wonderfully vibrant rosés in stock to choose from at a deep discount. All still rosé is 20% off for a limited time, so enjoy and celebrate the approach of spring!
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This Tuesday, March 25th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting. Every Tuesday is tasty!
In a slam dunk of central Italian proportions, we're rolling out some serious "Marche Madness" at this week's Tasty Tuesday. Marche, wedged between Tuscany and the Adriatic Sea, may not be quite as famous among American wine drinkers as its western neighbor, but its specialties are every bit as dynamic. Join us in sampling two examples of the vibrant whites made from the region's Verdicchio grape - one classically crisp and seafood-friendly, the other stepping up its aromatic game and body. Bold, fragrant Montepulciano from Rosso Conero rounds the tasting out, scoring enough points for a decisive victory!
And don't forget
Our 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!
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This Saturday from 12 to 3 PM
in Durham & Raleigh
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting
Wear Green with Green Spain:
Galicia!
Though the better part of a week may have passed since this year's Saint Patrick's Day, we're featuring wines this Saturday from one of the Gaelic-esque-est corners of mainland Europe, Spain's Galicia! After all, when we get decked out in green, we prefer to be fashionably late. Galicia is affectionately referred to as "Green Spain", and not only are its colors suited perfectly to the recent Irish holiday, but Galicia actually takes its name from the Celtic people that settled there over two thousand years ago. The region's wines are unique and focus on grapes which are found only in Iberia's Northwest. Godello and three examples of Mencia are set to provide us with distinctive Galician ambassadors for our tasting this Saturday. Don't forget to wear green (at least in spirit)!
Bodegas Virxen de Galir
Godello 2012
"Via Nova"
{sustainable} 100% Godello
(Galicia, Spain)
HEADY FLOWER GARDEN AROMAS, LUSH WHITE FRUIT, GOLDEN APPLE
High up in Galicia, the Godello grapes that make up this exquisite wine cling precariously to the steep mountain slopes. At inclines over 40 degrees, they are drenched in sun and ripen beautifully...
Caparsa
Mencia 2012
"Via Nova"
{sustainable} Mencia (Galicia, Spain) MEDIUM BODIED, CHERRY, STAR ANISE, COFFEE
Another wonderful offering from the vertiginous shale slopes of Virxen de Galir's Galician vineyards. Intense sunshine mixed with cool breezes makes for slow and steady grape maturation and sophisticated...
D. Ventura
Ribeira Sacra 2012
"Viña do Burato"
{organic} 100% Mencia (Galicia, Spain)
MINERAL, BOLD RASPBERRY, SPICY COFFEE FINISH
Wow, 80+ year old Mencía vines grown in slate soils showing the purest fruit flavors from just stainless steel aging - no barrels touched this wine! Intense in flavor, but mid-weight on the palate, we love this grape and region...
D. Ventura
Ribeira Sacra 2011
"Viña Caneiro"
{organic} 100% Mencia (Galicia, Spain)
FIRM PLUM & RIPE CASSIS, DARK PEPPERY MINERAL
Mencia is not only the signature red grape of Galicia, but it can be counted among northwestern Iberia's most iconic varietals. Previously (and erroneously) rumored to be a descendent of Cabernet Franc, it's origins today remain a mystery. This example from Ribeira Sacra...
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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
in Durham: 
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 Brézé
Saumur Blanc
$17.99 on sale
Domaine Serol"Cabochard" Rosé $13.99 on sale
Reds (65˚F): Domaine Saint Just Saumur Champigny "Montée des Roches" $34.99 on sale Mas de Libian Cotes du Rhone "Khayyam" $19.99 on sale Domaine Pinchinat "Venus Rouge" $10.99 on sale Abbaye Sylva Plana Faugères
"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 Domaine Vissoux Beaujolais Nouveau $12.99 on sale
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on the Enomatic
in Raleigh:
Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy
Whites (48º 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
Gewürztraminer
Spätlese
$15.99 on sale
Tegernseerhof
Riesling
"Loibenberg"
$33.99 on sale
Domaine Herbauges
Muscadet Vieilles Vignes
"Le Legendaire"
$23.99 on sale
WellingtonChardonnay $15.99 on sale Reds (65º 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 Méditerranée" $10.99 on sale Domaine du Vissoux Beaujolais Nouveau
"Pierre Charmette" $12.99 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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Firsthand Foods
Fresh Local Sausages
- Bratwurst
- Country Breakfast
- Spicy Italian
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 Artisan Bacon Nodine's North Country Firsthand Foods Vande Rose Farms |
Crackers
Granola
Spreads
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Big Spoon
Roasters
Local peanut butters
8oz Jar - $9.99
16oz Jar - $16.99
or...
- Peanut Cashew
- Peanut Almond
- Penut Pecan
- Chai Spice (8oz size only)
8oz Jar - $12.99
16oz Jar - $17.99
8oz Jar - $13.00
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Counter Culture Coffee
- Rustico
- Farmhouse Blend, Equador & Peru
- Union El Triunfo, Mexico
- Finca Mauritania, El Salvador
- Haru Buna Ababa, Ethiopia
- Espresso Toscano
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- Community supported farms & entrepreneurs.
- Socially & financially underutilized urban land.
- Healthy neighborhoods & thriving markets.
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