You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of taste and smell but of texture. A journey into a wondrous land of firm effervescence and light, refreshing bubbles. Next stop, The Spritzy Zone! We're kicking off June in a fashion most correct - with two tastings focusing on the fizzy side of things, cuz nothing beats a bright burst of bubbles around this time of year. Read on for details!
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We would like to offer our very heartfelt thanks to all of our customers and the citizenry of the Triangle for once again voting us Best Local Wine Store...six years in a row! We are proud and honored to provide great estate wine to such an excellent and discerning public, who keep small, local businesses thriving. Congratulations, as well, to all of the area's terrific winners and finalists!
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Real Customer Comment:
"You really are unlike any other wine store."
- Carol M.
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This Sunday:
Farm to Fork
The Triangle's Picnic!
It's almost time again for the annual Farm to Fork picnic! An initiative of Slow Food Triangle, The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), and the WC Breeze Family Farm, it features the opportunity to engage in some serious all-you-can eat smorgasbordery featuring a who's who of our areas many talented chefs working with a bounty of fresh local ingredients. Peruse the lists below and learn what to expect!
Chef / Farmer Pairings
- Acme Food & Beverage Co.
- with Perrywinkle Farm
- Bull City Burger & Brewery with Firsthand Foods & Muller's Grassfed Beef
- Crook's Corner with Four Leaf Farm
- Elaine's on Franklin with Peregrine Farm
- Foster's Market Chapel Hill with Open Door Farm
- Garland with Whitted Bowers
- Glass Half Full with Prodigal Farm
- Harvest 18 with Green Button Farm
- Herons at The Umstead with Celebrity Dairy
- Hummingbird Bakery with Color Fields Farm
- Il Palio with Woodfruit
- Irregardless Cafe with Well Fed Community Garden
- Kimbap with In Good Heart Farm
- Kitchen with Parker Farm & Vineyard
- Lantern with Breeze Incubator Farms
- Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen with Fickle Creek Farm
- Mandolin with Rare Earth Farm
- Mattie B.'s Public House with Ever Laughter Farm
- Neal's Deli with Granite Springs Farm
- Oak Leaf with Lilly Den Farm
- One Restaurant with Cane Creek Farm
- Panciuto with Lil Farm
- Pazzo with Cozi Farm
- Pompieri Pizza with Firsthand Foods & Muller's Grassfed Beef
- Poole's Downtown Diner with Raleigh City Farm
- Salt Box Seafood Joint with Walking Fish Cooperative
- Saxapahaw General Store with Massey Creek Farm
- Scratch Baking with Goat Lady Dairy & SEEDS
- Six Plates Wine Bar with Maple Spring Gardens
- The Eddy Pub with Rocky Run Farm
- Toast with Dutch Buffalo Farm
- Triangle Raw Foods with ECO
- Watts Grocery with Chapel Hill Creamery & Seeds
Local Food Artisans
- Big Spoon Roasters
- Box Turtle Bakery
- Chicken Bridge Bakery
- Bread@Norton
- Escazu Artisan Chocolates
- Hillsborough Cheese Co.
- Huntington Kitchen
- Just Bee Apiary
- Rose's Meat Market
- Tempeh Girl
- Two Chicks Farm
- Videri Chocolate
THE CAUSE
The most recent agriculture census reported that NC was tied for first in the nation in loss of farmland in 2007. Loss of North Carolina farms is equally alarming with a loss of half of the farms from 100,000 farms in 1976 to 52,500 farms in 2008. Nationally, we have lost 1 million acres of farmland since 1997 and there are now more people in prisons than on farms. With the average age of farmers now 59, it is critical that we support the training and development of new farmers. Proceeds of the Farm to Fork Picnic support the new farmer training programs at CEFS and the Breeze Farm.
Adult ticket (21+) - $100 Youth ticket (13-20) - $50 Free for children 12 & under.
Proceeds benefit farmer apprentice and internship programs.
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Holy Txakoli!!!
Saturday, June 14th
 It's the one day of the year that Durham breaks out its secret stash of porrons and is transformed into an unlikely sister city to San Sebastián complete with spritzy Basque wine, oysters, and pintxos (tapas). This is one of the greatest celebrations in town, and it's become the largest festival of Txakoli in the United States! First Session
Noon to 3:00 PM
The first sessionis a tasting and food extravaganza as well as a fundraiser for Urban Ministries of Durham. This session is a rare opportunity to wine and dine decadently and features all you can eat and drink (!) including:
- 12 different Txakolis!
- 5 different oysters on the half shell
- 3 different Estrella beers
- Lots of fantastic food from local favorite chefs
Six Plates' John Eisensmith will be joined by Amy Tournquist of Watts Grocery, Gray Brooks of Pizzeria Toro, Kim Floresca and Daniel Ryan of ONE restaurant, Matt Kelly of Bar Mateo and Vin Rouge, Ricky Moore of Saltbox Seafood Joint, and Tim Lyons of Blue Seafood. The folks from Firsthand foods will also be here to tell you about all the fantastic things they are doing to help our fantastic farms get to our tables. There will be 12 different txakolis to taste by the glass, and a souvenir glass for you to take home. Second Session3:00 to 10:00 PM+ This is the classical, general admission session. Purchasing tickets in advance guarantees your entrance. An eclectic music lineup features some of the best talent our region has to offer, and you'll have access to an incredible menu. Food and wine is not included in the ticket price and must be ordered separately.Music will be provided by: TxakoliFest @ Six Plates Wine Bar Saturday, June 14th, 2013 2812 Erwin Rd Durham, NC 27705 1st Session - Noon to 3:00pm $75 per person 2nd Session - 3:00pm to 10:00+ pm General Admission ~~~~
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The ninth wonder of the world (our beautiful Rosé Garden) has re-sprouted in all it's pink, juicy glory. In fact, we have two gardens for the first time this year and a whole new cadre of gardeners to tend our Raleigh Rosé. Old favorites have returned along with the requisite new arrivals, and (as always) we will donate a portion of our rosé sales throughout the year to breast cancer research. So come shop in our magnificent garden! Did we mention that we love dry rosé?
 Currently in the Garden:
- Domaine Magellan - Hereault Rosé "Le Fruit Defendu" 2013 $11.99
- Bodegas Arrocal - Ribera del Duero Rosado "Rosa" 2013 $13.99
- Barnard-Griffin - "Rosé of Sangiovese" 2013 $14.99
- Laurent Gauthier - Beaujolais Villages Rosé "Vintage" 2013 $14.99
- Domaine Pinchinat - "Venus de Pinchinat" Rosé 2013 $10.99
- Netzl - Zweigelt Rosé "Rosanna" 2013 $13.99
- Meinklang - Pinot Noir Rosé Frizzante "Prosa" 2013 $15.99
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This Tuesday, June 10th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting. Every Tuesday is tasty!
The shimmering mirage: a tell-tale sign that summer has arrived. This week, at our free Tuesday tasting, we'll be sampling selections which come complete with their own delightful shimmer - three not-quite-bubblies which are the perfect companions to the onset of a sultry North Carolinian summer. We'll begin with a pristine Txakoli which exudes lime and a deliciously chalky charm before hopping into a Prosecco of the frizzante-est kind. We'll wrap things up in Austria's Burgenland with a Pinot Noir rosé that just won't quit. So cheers to summer and the always welcome oasis in a bottle that is effervescent wine!
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
Prepare for TxakoliFest!!!
In rapt anticipation for next week's annual TxakoliFest celebration at Six Plates (Saturday, June 14th), we've arranged for a beautiful line up of gorgeous Txakolinas to wet your whistle and whet your appetite for the famously spritzy Basque wines. Join us this Saturday as we sling samples of three crystal-crisp whites and an ambitiously aromatic red made from Hondarribi Beltza, a close relative of Cabernet Franc. Prepare to pass the porron (pictured below) and hone your skills for TxakoliFest!
Uriondo
Bizkaiko Txakolina 2013
{organic} 70% Mune Mahatsa,
30% Txori Mahatsa
(Sud-Ouest, France)
TANGY & LIGHT, TART GRAPES, MINERAL & FAINT SPRITZ
Roberto Ibarretxe Zorriketa founded this tiny winery near Bilbao in 1987 on a six acre heavily Atlantic-influenced, hillside vineyard. The delicious wine he makes is crisp and racy, refreshing, and perfect with seafood. They are close enough to the ocean that the tart, green fruit even has a faint hint of...
Ameztoi
Txakoli Getariako 2013
90% Hondarabbi Zuri, 10% Hondaribbi Beltza (Getariako Txakolina, Pays Basque)
SPRITZY, TART & CHALKY, WITH LIME & GRANNY SMITH APPLE
This seventh generation estate is considered one of the top producers of Txakoli (CHOCK-oh-lee), the spritzy, tart, low alcohol wine that is perfect with seafood tapas. Ignacio Ameztoi Aranguran is the current generation to continue making this traditional wine that most resembles the "lovechild" of Chablis and Vinho Verde...
100% Hondarabbi Zuri (Getariako Txakolina, Pay Basque)
TRADEMARK TXAKOLICIOUS
MINERAL & EFFERVESCENCE
Lasalde Elkartea is a big man with giant hands. He comes from a cattle farming family, but left this tradition to follow his love of the zippy Basque wine. Glimmering with green zestiness and bright golden fruit, this phenomenal...
Doniene Gorrondona
Txakolina Baltza 2012
100% Hondarribi Beltza (Bizkaiko Txakolina, Pay Basque)
PERFUMY & HERBAL, PLUMMY FRUIT. SILKY & WAVY
From 150 year-old Hondarribi Beltza vines grown in the tiny Aldape vineyard farmed by Gorrondona, this is an extremely rare, obscure wine that is totally delicious, food versatile, ageworthy and distinct. If you are a fan of the grape's close relative, Cabernet Franc, or simply a fan of good...
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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):
L.R. Vasquez
Ribeira Blanco
"Os Pasás"
$35.99 on sale
Domaine Pinchinat
"Venus" Rosé
$10.99 on sale
Laurent Gauthier
Beaujolais Villages Rosé
"Vintage"
$22.99 on sale
Barnard-Griffin
"Rosé of Sangiovese"
$14.99 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
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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):
Bodegas La Soterraña
Verdejo
"Olmedal"
$11.99 on sale
Hendry
Rosé
$16.99 on sale
Bodegas Arrocal
Ribera del Duero
"Rosa"
$13.99 on sale
Chateau Jouclary
Sauvignon Blanc
$11.99 on sale
Pinchinat
"Venus" Rosé
$11.99 on sale
Barkers Marque
Sauvignon Blanc
"3 Brooms"
$15.99 on sale
Chateau de L'Hoste
Entre Deux Mers V.V.
$22.99 on sale
BaileyannaChardonnay "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 Altosur Cabernet Sauvignon $10.99 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 Bodegas Perica Rioja Crianza "Olagosa" $16.99 on sale Anton Bauer Zweigelt "Feuersbrunn" $14.99 on sale Chateau La Colombière Fronton "Coste Rouge" $24.99 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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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
- Tsheya, Congo
- Baroida Late Harvest, Papua New Guinea
- Remera, Rwanda
- Espresso Toscano
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- Community supported farms & entrepreneurs.
- Socially & financially underutilized urban land.
- Healthy neighborhoods & thriving markets.
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