This Saturday:
Right Bank Rhone!
Next Tuesday:
"Magical Muscadet Tour"
In This Issue:
The Rosé Garden
Tasty Tuesday: "Magical Muscadet Tour"
Saturday Tasting: Right Bank Rhone!

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Ministry of
Cocktailery

   In light of some delicious new additions, it's time to focus on one of the oft-overlooked corners of Wine Authorities: the  "cocktail" section. Some of our most complex, mysterious, and intensely flavored selections call these shelves home. We've got various vermouths, mixers, and bitters for your Manhattans and Martinis; elixir-like aromatized wines for aper-and-diges-tifs; and a brace of silky, heady, luxurious fortified wines. The whole section has been given a makeover, and it's lookin' real, real nice. So pause and peruse our Cocktail Section on your way back to the tasting bar on Saturday, and be sure to ask for a recommendation.

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Why, thank you!      
Real Customer Comment:

"That last wine was a real revelation... Keep pointing out things that I should know about!"

    -  Henry T.        

Rosé Garden 2014
   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. New rosé selections are continuously blooming, and you never know what might surface next!  
 
Currently in the Garden:
  • Viña Aliaga - Navarra Rosado "Lagrima de Garnacha" 2013  $9.99
  • Anton Bauer - Wagram Rosé "Feuersbrunn" 2013  $12.99  
  • Bodegas Tempore - Garnacha Rosado "Terrae" 2013  $9.99 
  • Bodegas Los Frailes - Monastrell Rosado 2013  $9.99 
  • Mas Codina - Rosé Penedès 2013  $9.99 
  • Domaine Gouron - Chinon Rosé 2013  $17.99
  • Barnard-Griffin - "Rosé of Sangiovese" 2013  $14.99
  • Jean Paul Brun - Beaujolais "Rosé d'Folie" 2013  $16.99
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Tasty Tuesday!
Magical
Muscadet
Tour!
This Tuesday, July 29th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting.  Every Tuesday is tasty!
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Chauvinière Trio 
    France's most famous chaperone for seafood is also among the most unyieldingly refreshing companions for hot afternoons and balmy evenings the likes of which we find in our North Carolinian Julys and Augusts. A recently-arrived trio of Wine Authorities Selections from Chateau de Chauvinière offers insight into the deliciously diverse possibilities of this most Atlantic part of the Loire Valley and its signature grape, Melon de Bourgogne. So, hop on the bus and journey with us to the Magical land of Muscadet!
Atlantique! 
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
.
Right Bank Rhone
Right Bank Rhone
    The Rhone's "Right Bank" appears to the left of the river's depictions on maps and includes some of the valley's best kept secrets. While the most famous appellations of the Right Bank exist in the Syrah-centric far north, we're honing our sights on the region's more Mediterranean reaches at this Saturday's free tasting. Tavel's famously rich rosé "of kings" is represented along with a brilliant and voluptuous white (made from Roussanne and Viognier) and two profound, intensely concentrated, Grenache-driven reds - one which originates just across the river from Chateauneuf du Pape and the other hailing from the northern extreme of the southerly Rhone Méridionale. Enter stage right!
Lirac Cailloux  
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Marjolet Blanc
Chateau Marjolet 

Cotes Du Rhone Blanc 

{organic} 60% Roussanne,
40% Viognier
(Laudun, Southern Rhone)
CRISP PEACH, MINERAL,
WHITE BLOSSOMY PERFUME,
GINGER & BEESWAX
Located in Laudun (just across the Rhone River from Chateauneuf du Pape), Chateau de Marjolet's strikingly stony vineyards may remind the casual onlooker more of a lunar landscape than a cradle of viticultural excellence, but the rows of gnarled vines are an unmistakable sign that something exciting is happening here...
  

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Domaine Amido 
Tavel 2013
"Les Amandines"

{sustainable} 65% Grenache,

20% Cinsault, 10% Syrah, 5% Clairette 

(Tavel, Southern Rhone)

RICH CHERRY, STRAWBERRY & BALSAMIC WITH A DRY FINISH.
Young Amandine and her fiancé Antoine have now taken over for her recently deceased grandfather Christian Amido. They make lovely, but rich tasting rosé from their Tavel vineyard, and bold red from their vineyard in Lirac....

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Mas de Libian 
Cotes du Rhone 2012
"Khayyäm"

[biodynamic] 80% Grenache,

10% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre 

(Southern Ardèche, Southern Rhone)

RASPBERRY & DRIED CRANBERRY, ROSEMARY & EARTH
"Drink wine. This is life eternal," famously wrote the ever beauty-seeking Omar Khayyam, and 800 years later, his attitudes and observations resound with timelessness. The Thibon sisters of Mas de Libian have named this delicious cuvée after the 12th century Persian poet and philosopher, and its exotic perfume of rosemary, lavender, and cocoa combine with violet-fruited romance...
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Chateau de Marjolet
Cotes du Rhone Villages 2012
Lirac "Cuvée Tradition"

{organic} 70% Grenache, 30% Syrah 

(Lirac, Southern Rhone)

BLACK RASPBERRY & CASSIS, DARK CHOCOLATE, FLORAL
Like the best producers of the southern Rhone, Chateau de Marjolet crafts wines which are deft performers of a balancing act, finding that delightful middle ground between power and finesse. With the precision of a tightrope walker, this red from the village of Laudun brings a restrained clarity of dark fruit...
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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!]
on the Enomatic
in Durham:
Enomatic
Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy

Whites (48˚F):

 

Eric de Suremain 
Rully Blanc
1er Cru 

$32.99 on sale

 

Cave Freudenreich

Riesling d'Alsace

"Terre d'Apollon" 

$17.99 on sale

 

Aliaga

Navarra Rosado 

"Lagrima de Garnacha" 

$9.99 on sale

Domaine Herbauges

Chardonnay

"Moulin d'Argent" 

$11.99 on sale

 

Reds (65˚F):

 

Hacienda Villarta 

Mentrida Tinto 

"Besanas"

$11.99 on sale

 

Viña Aliaga 

Syrah

"Syrah Syrah"

$13.99 on sale

 

Baileyana

Pinot Noir 

"Firepeak Vineyard" 

$22.99 on sale

 

Grosbos Barbara 
Saint Pouçain Rouge
"Chambre d'Eduard" 

$15.99 on sale

 

Bodegas Arrocal 

Ribera de Duero 

"Arrocal"

$19.99

 

Paraiso

Pinot Noir

$19.99 on sale


La Quercia 

Aglianico

$16.99 on sale

 

Giraudon

Bourgogne Rouge

Chitry 

 $17.99 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):

 

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

 

Cave Freudenreich 

Riesling d'Alsace 

"Terre d'Apollon" 

$17.99 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

 

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  

 

Firsthand Foods

  firsthand  

Fresh Local Sausages 

  • Bratwurst
  • Country Breakfast
  • Spicy Italian

 


porkknox2011

 

Artisan Bacon

 

Nodine's

  • Applewood 
  • Garlic

 North Country 

  • Applewood
  • Peppered

Firsthand Foods 

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

Granola

  • Sorghum Sesame

Spreads

  • Bacon Jam 

Big Spoon

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Local peanut butters

  • Peanut  
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   

  • Mission Almond

8oz Jar - $13.00 

 

Counter Culture Coffee
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  • Rustico
  • Farmhouse Blend, Equador & Peru
  • Tsheya, Congo    
  • Baroida Late Harvest, Papua New Guinea 
  • Remera, Rwanda 
  • Espresso Toscano                
Raleigh CIty Farm
Visit our Neighbors at:
http://raleighcityfarm.org
Farm Stand Hours: Tuesdays: 4pm-7pm
Thursdays: 8am-2pm
Saturdays: 8am-3pm 
 
  • Community supported farms & entrepreneurs. 
  • Socially & financially underutilized urban land. 
  • Healthy neighborhoods & thriving markets. 
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