This Saturday:
"Thigh High in the Piemonte"
Next Tuesday:
"Mas Mas Codina"
In This Issue:
The Rosé Garden
Tasty Tuesday: "Mas Mas Codina"
Saturday Tasting: Thigh-High in the Piemonte

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Dog Days?

   The ancient Romans referred to them as "The Dog Days" because the passage of the star Sirius (the dog star) heralded a few sweltering weeks of toga sweat (at best) and plague (at worst). Fortunately, astrology and pestilence don't concern us as much in today's enlightened times, so we can kick back with a cold beverage and enjoy these days of lassitude. In fact, we can call this time of year whatever we want! Welcome to the [insert quadruped of choice] Days of Summer. Won't you join us for some wine? 

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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
  • Tegernseerhof - Zweigelt Rosé "Mittelbach" 2013  $14.99  
  • 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!
"Mas Mas Codina"
This Tuesday, July 5th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting.  Every Tuesday is tasty!
5:00 - 7:00 pm
    Stretching out just below Barcelona along Spain's northwest coast is the picturesque land of Cava, but Cava isn't the only treasure we'll find in Penedès!  This Tuesday, we'll begin with a taste of the region's trademark bubbly courtesy of one of our favorite producers, Mas Codina, before turning our attention toward a couple of the estate's more unique specialties - a deeply colored rosé which borders on red and a luscious but firmly structured blend featuring Cabernet and a pinch of Merlot. Come along with us to Catalonia!
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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
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Thigh High 
Piemonte
in the Piemonte
    Italy's northwestern reaches sprawl gently over the alpine foothills and provide wine lovers the world over with a diverse array of bold and distinctive specialties unlike those of any other region.  This Saturday, we're featuring four very different faces of Piemontese wine, beginning with the pan-northwestern Italian white, Vermentino (here called "Favorita").  Next, we're excited to present the highly unique product of Castillo di Verduno's enterprising imagination, an example of the red (and aphrodisiacal) Pelaverga Piccolo grape vinified as a white wine! Fresh, floral Ruchè provides us with our first red (courtesy of glorious one-liter bottles from Luca Ferraris). The tasting's grand finale is, suitably, a gorgeous Barolo - an unusually affordable example of the Piemonte's king of wines. Bring your waders. This Saturday, we're thigh high in the wines of Italy's northwest.
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Terrabianca

Favorita 2012 

"Quattro"

100% Favorita (Vermentino)
(Langhe, Piemonte)
HONEYSUCKLE, TART GREEN APPLE PIE, TOASTED WALNUTS
Winegrower Giorgio Alpiste names his wines after the parcel of land on which the grapes are grown. In the case of "Quattro 20 (Venti)" (or "four winds") his Favorita vines flourish on the sandy, south-facing slopes of his family's farm in the Piemonte town of Mango, where refracted sunlight from the Ligurian...
  

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Castillo di Verduno
Verduno Bianco 2012
"Bellis Perennis"

100% Pelaverga

(Langhe, Piemonte)

CRISP PEAR & TANGY APRICOT, MINERAL, DELICATE YEASTINESS
With this beautiful white (vinified skinlessly from the red Pelaverga grape), Castello di Verduno has proven three things. Firstly, everything they touch turns to gold (in this case, almost literally). Secondly, despite the estate's traditionalist priorities, they're tirelessly adventurous and innovative. And finally, they've proven....

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Ferraris Ruche
Luca Ferarris
Ruchè 2013 (1-Liter!)

100% Ruchè

(Monferrato, Piemonte)

DEEP PURPLE, LUSH FRUIT, CLOVE, BALANCED STRUCTURE
How many Ruchès have you tried? This rare grape varietal is found on the hills of Basso Monferrato between the Po and Tanaro rivers. On this hill Luca has designated a vineyard "Bric d'Bianc," to the Ruchè grape. There is very little known about its origin. Much of what is known is through oral...
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Reverdito Barolo

Reverdito
Barolo 2010 

100% Nebbiolo 

(Langhe, Piemonte)

BOLD RED PLUM & DRIED CHERRY, CHESTNUT & CINNAMON
Michele Reverdito and his sister Sabina didn't start producing wine until 2000. Before that, however, their family farm had been host to herds of cattle which (we imagine) had a distinctly positive impact on the soil. This wine is shot through...
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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):

 

Anton Bauer 
Grüner Veltliner
"Rosenberg"

$19.99 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 la Bouysse 

Hauterive Blanc 

$11.99 on sale

 

Reds (65˚F):

 

Quinta do Encontro 

Beira Atlântico 

"Encontro"

$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

 

Meinklang

Zweigelt

 $19.99 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  

 

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