
Jackpot!
Our 7th Birthday Celebration Continues!
According to many varied worldwide traditions, seven is a fortuitous and even magical number. Well, it's been seven wonderful years since we first flung open our doors, and we are certainly feeling lucky...and slightly magical. We're incredibly fortunate to have BOTH our stores situated among such discerning, involved, and fun communities. To celebrate our blessings, we're throwing a huge sale on Wine Authorities Selections that continues through this weekend. Read on for details. Many thanks to you, once again, and happy birthday to us!
The Wine Authorities Selections
Continuing through Sunday (September 14th), we're offering a robust 20% discount on every purchase of 6 or more Wine Authorities Selections™ and a 25% discount on every purchase of 12 or moreWine Authorities Selections™! These are some of our very favorite wines - ones which we've invited to the Triangle, bringing them exclusively to our shops! It's like a birthday discount for everyone, and you can take advantage of it as often as you like over the course of the seven-day sale. There's only one catch, you'll need to give us the ultra-secret, ultra-special hand signal at checkout in order to congratulate us on our seven years of existence: Seriously, you have to give us the signal... ~~~~
Rosé Limericks!
Pink Haikus!
Every year at about this time, we invite our customers to submit rosé-themed limericks. These are then expertly judged, and prizes are distributed to the most deserving poets. A good laugh is had by all. So, with all appropriate pomp and ceremony, let the 2014 Rosé Limerick Contest begin! (cannons fire, doves are released) BUT WAIT! We have two stores now, so this year we are having TWO CONTESTS. Ladies and gentlemen, it is our great honor to announce the first ever Rosé Haiku Contest. While the limericks are stored in a secret location and judged by a stern and patriarchal panel of adjudicators, the haikus will be judged by you, in what will surely be a breathtaking use of social media. As tech nerds like to say (probably), the haiku contest is "open source". Feel free to submit your work to both contests! Read on for rules, details, and examples. Remember, no matter which format you choose, your muse MUST be dry rosé! ROSÉ LIMERICK CONTEST  From Wikipedia: A Limerick is a form of poetry in five-line anapestic meter with a strict AABBA rhyme scheme (no, not the Swedish pop band). Limericks are usually humorous and sometimes obscene. Here's an example: The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean And the clean ones so seldom are comical
THE RULES
1. You must be at least 21 to submit an entry. 2. Multiple entries are allowed, but each must be sent in a separate email. 3. Poems MUST BE IN STRICT LIMERICK FORMAT. Only true limericks are eligible to win. 4. Entries must be "clean enough" to print publicly. Please don't say a cussie. 5. All entries are due by Friday, September 12th at midnight. 6. All limericks must have a rosé-based theme. Please email all entries to floatingheads@wineauthorities.com, with LIMERICK as the subject line. A haiku is an ancient Japanese poetic form, usually meant to inspire contemplation of the dignity and solemnity of nature. For our purposes, your haiku should follow a strict format: three lines, the first and third containing five syllables, and the second containing seven syllables. Here's a truly stirring example: As the sun rises My underwear goes with it I have a wedgie
-Andrew Fiore circa 1995
THE RULES
1. You must be at least 21 to submit an entry. 2. Multiple entries are allowed, but each must be sent in a separate email. 3. Poems MUST BE IN STRICT HAIKU FORMAT. Only true haikus are eligible to win. 4. Entries must be "clean enough" to print publicly. Again, please refrain from the invocation of cussies. 5. All entries are due by Friday, September 12th at midnight. 6. Each haiku must have a rosé-based theme. Please Tweet or Instagram your submissions @wineauthorities, and be sure to tag them #rosehaiku2014. You can also post your entries on our Facebook page with the #rosehaiku2014 hashtag. WHAT CAN YOU WIN?
All entries must be submitted before midnight on Monday, September 22nd (the final day of Summer). Our panel of celebrity limerick judges will be announced soon. Stay tuned for more info!
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The ninth wonder of the world (our beautiful Rosé Garden) continues to bloom 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:
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This Tuesday, September 16th, we present our FREE midweek wine tasting. Every Tuesday is tasty!
Among the many new arrivals nestled throughout our shelves and stacks are some very exciting wines from Spain and Portugal. At this week's free Tuesday tasting, we'll begin with an example of one of Portugal's many outstanding and virtually exclusive grape varietals, the white Arinto - in this case, coming to us from just outside the nation's capital of Lisbon. Next, we'll rocket from the giant peninsula's southwestern extreme to near its center. Arriving in Spain's arid Toro, we'll find a grape that most of us know best as Tempranillo but which is here called Tinta de Toro. Our final wine stars Bobal, the bold, black emperor grape of Spain's southeastern Utiel-Requena region. This is a plump, inky, powerhouse that will win your heart with its generosity and swarthy savoir faire. To our tasting bar and to you, from Iberia with love!
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
What were you doing in the September of 2007? We had just opened our doors! Join us this Saturday as we continue to celebrate the week of our birthday with four wines whose grapes were preparing to be harvested just as Wine Authorities was taking its first breaths! We'll begin with an anniversary toast featuring an absolutely gorgeous vintage Cava of flawlessly firm, waxy elegance. Next we'll turn our sights to two of the earliest "Wine Authorities Selections" (which, as you may recall from earlier in this email, are currently on sale by the case and half-case), majestic examples of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from their native Burgundy and a producer whose work never ceases to awe us, Eric de Suremain. The final wine is a broad shouldered Chianti Classico Riserva which, hailing from 2007, represents not only our inaugural year but one of Tuscany's finest in recent memory! Cheers to estate-grown wine, our lovely customers, and many more years of viticultural adventure!
Heretat Mestres
Cava Brut Nature 2007
Gran Reserva
40% Xarel-lo, 30% Macabeu, 30% Parellada
(Penedès, Spain)
FRESH LEMON JUICE, SLATE, CHRYSANTHEMUM & HONEY The Mestres family has presided over and protected the same 80 hectares for seven centuries, maintaining just as secure a grip on their traditions. Not only was Josep Mestres, in the first quarter of the 20th century, among the earliest pioneers in Spain's production of sparkling wine, he apparently is responsible for the coining of the term "Cava" as well...
Eric de Suremain
Rully Blanc 1er Cru 2007
{biodynamic} 100% Chardonnay (Central Burgundy, France)
HAZELNUT, SASSAFRAS, LIME & PINEAPPLE, RICH & JUICY Savvy wine buyers already know that the wines of Rully are among the best values in Burgundy. Within earshot of Meursault, the whites often very closely resemble their more famous neighbor, but at more reasonable prices. This one is among the...
Eric de Suremain (Chateau De Monthelie
Monthelie 1er Cru "Sur La Velle"
{biodynamic} 100% Pinot Noir (Central Burgundy, France) INCREDIBLE BOUQUET OF HIBISCUS, POMEGRANATE, & TOBACCO Insider's secret: This vineyard is directly next to Volnay "Clos des Chenes", from which you can find wines that sell for as much as $150 a bottle. We'd be willing to bet that most Burgundy experts could not tell the difference with this wine. A profound...
Fattoria Rodano
Chianti Classico Riserva 2007 "Viacosta"
{organic} 100% Sangiovese
(Tuscany, Italy)
TRADITIONAL, BLACK CHERRY, JUNIPER WITH ELEGANT SMOKE & CEDAR SPICE Rodano's vineyards have been the source of classic Tuscan wines since the 1700s. Today the wines are made by the Prez... the President of the Chianti Classico Consortium that is, Vittorio Pozzesi, and his son Enrico...
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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):
Anton Bauer
Grüner Veltliner "Rosenberg"
$19.99 on sale
Dr. Heyden
Riesling Kabinett
"Oppenheimer"
$16.99 on sale
Jean Paul Brun
Beujolais Rosé
"Rosé d'Folie"
$16.99 on sale
Chateau Jouclary
Sauvignon 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
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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):
Cooper Mountain
Pinot Gris
$19.99 on sale
Reine-Juliet
Syrah / Grenache Rosé
$11.99 on sale
Bodegas Los Frailes
Monastrell Rosado
$9.99 on sale
Eric de Suremain
Rully 1er Cru
$29.99 on sale
Clos Lapeyre
Jurançon Sec
"Mantoulan"
$38.99 on sale
Netzl
Chardonnay
$19.99 on sale
Cave Freudenreich
Riesling
"Terre d'Apollon"
$17.99 on sale
SteinRiesling "Blauschiefer" $19.99 on sale Reds (65º F): Bodegas Arrocal Ribera del Duero $19.99 on sale Mas Granier "Cuvée Psalmodi" $11.99 on sale Paul D Zweigelt $12.99 on sale Laetitia Pinot Noir $26.99 on sale Terrabianca Dolcetto d'Alba "Brichet" $16.99 Tre Ricci Cabernet Sauvignon $29.99 on sale Bodegas Los Frailes
Valencia Monastrell $9.99 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 Occhipinti "Il Frappato" $34.99 on sale Domaine Magellan Hérault Rouge "Le Fruit Défendu" $11.99 on sale Brutocau Merlot "Bliss Vineyard" $22.99 Merietta "Old Vine Red" $14.99 on sale Hartwell
Cabernet Sauvignon "H" $49.99 on sale Laurent Combier Crozes Hermitage "L" $26.99 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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