Get All Provençal with Pinchinat! 
Go Green with Vinho Verde!! 
In Two Weeks, a Rosé Garden Party!!!
In This Issue:
Tasty Tuesday: Go Green w/ Vinho Verde!
Saturday Tasting: Provisions from Provence's Pinchinat!
 
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It's a Party 'round the Garden!
(In Durham & Raleigh) 
Seurat in Durham
Photo by Larry Gottschalk
   PAAAAARRTTTYYY! Garden Party, to be exact, in honor of the annual blooming of our Rosé Garden, often referred to by historians as The Greatest Thing on Earth. To match our garden's pink, juicy glory, we're throwing an ambitious two-city simultaneous Rosé Rager on Saturday, May 17th. Oysters will be shucked, fish will be fried, and (of course) the wine will flow. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks, but we wanted to send this early invite so we all have a chance to save the date and plan our Garden Party Outfits.
   Oh yeah, you're definitely gonna need a Garden Party Outfit...

 (more details soon to follow)
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Boxes are Blooming!

    While you might have heard of "Christmas in July," "Boxing Day in May" is probably slightly less familiar. That's okay! We're here to fill you in on all the juicy details. Returning just in time for all our favorite vernal festivities is a stable of beloved Rhone and Provençal boxed wines.  Domaine Le Garrigon's famous Vin de Méditerranée and Cotes du Rhone, along with Domaine Pinchinat's Venus Rouge and Rosé, are finally back!  We also welcome our newest arrival to the wild world of 3L, Apaltagua's "Gran Verano" Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile's Curico, which joins the estate's crisp, tropical box o' Sauvignon Blanc!
   To celebrate all the boxy goodness we have going on up in here, our next Saturday Tasting (May 3rd) features the wines of Domaine Pinchinat, an estate which knows that it's sometimes best to think inside the box, so glass bottles are set to share the spotlight with space-age sachets forged of mylar and cardboard. 

 THE BOXES OF NOW:
  • Apaltagua - Sauvignon Blanc "Gran Verano" 2013  $26.99 [3L] 
  • Herdade do Esporão - Branco "Alandra" NV  $24.99 [3L] 
  • Domaine Pinchinat - Venus de Pinchinat Rosé 2013  $29.99 [3L]
  • Domaine Pinchinat - Venus de Pinchinat Rouge 2012  $29.99 [3L]
  • Carussin - Barbera d'Asti "Asinoi" 2011  $34.99 [3L] (JUST RETURNED!) 
  • Domaine Le Garrigon - Vin de Méditerranée 2012  $29.99 [3L]  
  • Domaine Le Garrigon - Cotes du Rhone 2012  $34.99 [3L]  
  • Apaltagua - Cabernet Sauvignon "Gran Verano"  2013  $26.99 [3L]

And behold our glorious box discounts!

  • 2 Boxes: 10% Off!
  • 3 Boxes: 15% Off!!
  • 4 Boxes: 20% Off!!!

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Tasty Tuesday!
  Go Green (with Vinho Verde)!
Featuring the wines of
Anselmo Mendes
This Tuesday, May 5th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting.  Every Tuesday is tasty!
5:00 - 7:00 pm
   Spritzy, refreshingly tart, and the very essence of crisp, summer vibrancy, Vinho Verde simultaneously lives up to its reputation and goes beyond it. Vinho Verde is, after all, not simply a style of wine from Portugal.  It is the country's northernmost region - a region that is stretching its legs and re-evaluating its identity with wines that sometimes replace the spritz with riper, richer flavors.  Join us this Tuesday as we take a closer look at a few of Vinho Verde's many faces courtesy of the region's legendary producer, Anselmo Mendes. We'll begin with effervescent expectations, and from there, delve deeper into the region's graceful whites. 
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!
 

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

Provence's Domaine Pinchinat 
Bastions of Boxes: Part 2 
    For this year's first tasting in May, we're venturing to picturesque Provence's Domaine Pinchinat. As warmer weather finally arrives here in our neck of the woods, we can bring ourselves to acknowledge that places such as France's balmy Mediterranean shores actually do exist! This Saturday, we're opening a care package containing refreshing white and rosé as well as a pair of ripe, succulent reds. Two of the selections are available in bountiful
bag-in-box format (3 Liters!), so join us for these sublimely Provençal provisions!

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Domaine Pinchinat 

"Venus Blanc" 2012

{organic} 100% Rolle (Vermentino) 
(Provence, France)
FLORAL, CITRUS & PEACH. DRY & VERY REFRESHING
Fresh, crisp, dry and clean, this white is made from Rolle, a grape varietal that's obscure to most Americans, but essential in southern France and even southern Italy were it's known as Vermentino. Considered to be one...
  

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Venus Rosé

Domaine Pinchinat 
"Venus Rosé" 2013 

{organic} Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah 

(Provence, France)

WHITE CHERRY & CITRUS, SPRING FLOWERS, CRISP & DRY!
Although the vines for this wine are within the Cotes de Provence appellation and meet all of the criteria including the correct grapes, they are at the bottom of the hills that get that designation. This wine is a stunning value and a...
(*The Equivalent of $7.50 per 750ml Bottle)

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Viña Apaltagua
"Venus Rouge" 2013 

{organic} Grenache, Syrah,

Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon 

(Provence, France)

DARK BERRIES, CURRANTS, SMOKE. SMOOTH.
The vineyards of Pinchinat have been farmed for wine grapes since the Romans occupied this area 2000 years ago. The famous Venus of Aix en Provence and dozens of other Paleolithic artifacts have been found among these very vines...
  (*The Equivalent of $7.50 per 750ml Bottle)

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Pinchinat Rouge

Domaine Pinchinat 
Cotes de Provence 2003
Rouge

{organic} Syrah, Cabernet

Sauvignon, Mourvedre 

(Provence, France)

DRIED BERRIES, SUBTLE SPICES, PRETTY & FIRM
Alain de Welle is a nice, peaceful man. As the owner and manager of Pinchinat, it's his vision that is expressed in each glass of his wine that is served these days. Although his family has farmed this vineyard for over two centuries (and the land farmed back to pre-history), his father broke from tradition and raised him in the nearby city of Aix. Alain returned to his family's roots...
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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):

 

Finca Sophenia 
Chardonnay "Reserva"  

$15.99 on sale

 

Weingut Binz 

Riesling Trocken 

1 Liter!

$14.99 on sale

 

Chateau de L'Hoste

Entre Deux Mers 

$22.99 on sale

Bliss Family Vineyards

Sauvignon Blanc

$12.99 on sale

 

Reds (65˚F):

 

Nugan Estate 

Shiraz

"Third Generation"

$11.99 on sale

 

Domaine La Bouysse 

Corbieres

"Mazérac"

$24.99 on sale

 

Chateau La Colombiere 

Fronton

"Vinum" 

$12.99 on sale

 

Buil & Giné 
Priorat
"Giné Giné" 

$19.99 on sale

 

Carlos Santos Lima

Lisboa Tinto

"Cigarra"

$10.99

 

Carrack

Pinot Noir 

"Unraveled" 

$29.99 on sale


Altosur

Malbec

$10.99 on sale

 

Domaine Vissoux

Beaujolais Nouveau VV

 $13.99 on sale

 

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

Whites (48º F):

 

Pas Saint Martin 
Saumur Blanc
"La Pierre Frite" 

$15.99 on sale

 

Borgo Moncalvo 

Cortese

$11.99 on sale

 

Bodegas La Soterraña 

Verdejo

"Olmedal"

$11.99 on sale

Meinklang

Grüner Veltliner 

$13.99 on sale
  

Pinchinat

"Venus" Rosé 

$11.99 on sale

 

Barnard Griffin

Rosé of Sangiovese

$14.99 on sale

 

Chateau de L'Hoste

Entre Deux Mers V.V. 

$22.99 on sale

Baileyanna

Chardonnay

"Grand Firepeak Cuvée" 

$22.99 on sale

 

 

Reds (65º F):

 

Kanonkop  

"Kadette"

$14.99 on sale

 

Viña Apaltagua

Pinot Noir  

"Reserva"

$11.99 on sale

 

Resta

Salice Salentino 

$11.99 on sale

 

Apaltagua
Carmenere
"Envero"  

$16.99 on sale

 

Ancient Peaks

Merlot 

$19.99

 

Hendry

Zinfandel

"HRW" 

$20.99 on sale


Imprimata

Proprietary Red

$39.99 on sale

 

Hillinger

Blaufrankisch

 $19.99 on sale

 

Anton Bauer

Zweigelt

"Feuersbrunn" 

$14.99 on sale

  

Chateau Mancedre

Pessac Leognan 

$39.99 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


Mocali

Brunello di Montalcino

$49.99 on sale

  

Bodegas Tempore

Old Vine Garnacha "G"

 $17.99 on sale  

 

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