It's Wintry Out There...
Cuddle Up with Iberia!

In This Issue:

Tasty Tuesday: A Few Great Gift Giving Wines on the First Day of Hanukkah

Saturday Tasting: "Cozy in Iberia"

We're Up to Our Ears
in Holiday Cheer!!!

We take the holiday season very seriously here at Wine Authorities, to the point where some of us have actually taken up residence in this year's Holiday Wine Display* and are ready to leap out and help you to make the perfect selection. So if you're browsing, don't be alarmed if the Notorious DOCG, Vinodrome, or any of our resident experts lunge out of the shadows brandishing a bottle of delicious wine! Happy Holidays!

*And featured in this year's wondrously wintry
Holiday Display:

Tempore - Garnacha "Terrae" 2012 $10.99
Domaine de la Chauviniere - Muscadet Sèvre et Main, Sur Lie "Clos les Montys" 2013 $13.99
Meinklang - Zweigelt "Graupert" 2011 $17.99
Laballe - Cotes de Gascogne Blanc "Les Terres Basses" 2013 $9.99
Bodegas Los Frailes - Valencia Tinto "Trilogia" 2009 $19.99
Stuhlmuller - Chardonnay "Reserve" 2012 $26.99
Baileyana - Pinot Noir "Firepeak Vineyard" 2013 $22.99

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Holiday Gift Wrap

Nothing is more fun to unwrap than a bottle of delicious, sincere, estate-grown wine, and we have our team of highly skilled wrapping specialists at the ready to put a special touch on your gift bottles!

Four or fewer, we can wrap on the spot
Five or more can be picked up the next day

Descriptions are included! Gift certificates and Enomatic cards make sublime stocking-stuffers as well!

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Why, thank you!

Real Customer Comment:

"That's why I love to come in here and wander! There is always such delicious stuff..."

- Leslie L.

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Tasty Tuesday:

Gift Giving Wines on the

First Day of Hanukkah

This Tuesday, December 16th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting. Every Tuesday is tasty!

5:00 - 7:00 pm

This Tuesday, on the first day of Hanukkah, join us as we unwrap three excellent potential gift wines which are also perfectly suited for special holiday celebrations. Festivity, distinctiveness, and (most importantly) deliciousness are

abundant here! Expect exotic offerings from the Piemonte, Penedès, and Galicia. Wines this good will most assuredly not last eight days and eight nights before being opened and enjoyed. Chag Chanukah sameach!

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

"try before you buy" at

our FREE tasting

"Cozy in Iberia"

Cuddlesome Wines Courtesy of
Spain & Portugal!

As winter's icy tendrils find their way into the nooks and crannies of our tender, southern sensibilities, we tend to spend more and more time indoors, seeking warmth...and (if we know what's good for us) wine! We frequently enjoy bolder, comforting reds and whites that pair gracefully with hearty meals and offer refreshing relief from central heating. Join us at this Saturday's tasting as we explore some of our current favorites from that most Iberian of peninsulas and its very distinctive Spanish and Portuguese appellations. Cozy up to the timeless glow of these very timely treats!

Anselmo Mendes

Alvarinho 2013

"Muros Antigos"

100% Alvarinho/Albariño

(Minho, Portugal)

ELEGANT LEMON & LIME, BRINEY MINERALITY, TANGY APRICOT Winemaker Anselmo Mendes, a native of Monção in northwest Portugal, is passionate about both his vineyards and the native varietals which inhabit them. He shares with the world's most conscientious vignerons the important tenet that quality wine is created first and foremost in the vineyard, marrying each varietal he cultivates with the section of land which best compliments it...

On Sale! $19.99 [Full Description]

Bodegas Los Frailes

"Blanc de Trilogia" 2013

{biodynamic} 70% Sauvignon Blanc,

20% Muscat, 10% Verdil

(Valencia, Spain)

ELEGANTLY TROPICAL, SPICY, EXOTIC BASIL
This is a new and very limited white from Los Frailes. Only 500 cases are produced each year from meticulously selected grapes, and the result is every bit as exotic and enchanting as it is rare. With bright tangy fruit reminiscent of...

On Sale! $16.99 [Full Description]

Tempore

Garnacha 2012
"Terrae"

{organic} 100% Garnacha

(Aragón, Spain)

A BOUQUET OF VIOLETS, A BOWL OF BLACKBERRIES
The Yago Aznar family continues a long history of respectful farming practices and viticultural sensibilities, evident in their organic "Terrae" wines. Their old vine garnacha grapes ripen on the arid plains where Zaragoza, Teruel, and Bajo Aragón meet...

On Sale! $10.99 [Full Description]

Bodegas Los Frailes

Valencia Tinto 2009
"Trilogia"

{biodynamic} 70% Monastrell,

20% Cabernet, 10% Tempranillo

(Valencia, Spain)

JUICY BLACKBERRY, EARTH & DARK CHOCOLATE, OAK
Powerful and filled with ripe black fruit, this blend is a bold representative of both Valencia and the adventurous combination of modernization and respect for tradition that continues to make Spain one of the most dynamic wine producing nations at the dawn of the 21st century...

On Sale! $19.99 [Full Description]

Marcolino Sêba

Alentejo Reserva 2008
"Viscondo de Borba"

40% Aragones/Tempranillo,

35% Castelao, 25% Alicante Bouchet

(Alentejo, Portugal)

PLUM, COCOA, LEATHER, SATINY TEXTURE
Rustic yet refined; imagine Robert Redford on a horse, and you've got this wine. It's that perfect place where leathery aromas call up imaged of a sunbaked countryside, but pretty fruit and rich flavors of cocoa and...

On Sale! $23.99 [Full Description]

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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:

Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy

Whites (48˚F):

Meinklang

Pinot Gris
"Graupert"

$17.99 on sale

Chateau La Colombière

Bouysselet Blanc

"Le Grand B"

$28.99 on sale

Jean Paul Brun

Beujolais Rosé

"Rosé d'Folie"

$16.99 on sale

Domaine de la Chauviniere

Muscadet

$9.99 on sale

Reds (65˚F):

Hook & Ladder

Zinfandel

$25.99 on sale

Abbaye Sylva Plana

Faugeres

"Les Novices"

$17.99 on sale

Stolpman

Syrah

$26.99 on sale

Casa Santos Lima

Lisboa Tinto
"Cigarra"

$15.99 on sale

Chateau les Barraillots

Margaux

$35.99

Domaine Cedric Bardin

Coteaux du Giennois

$19.99 on sale

Chateau Peybrun

Cotes de Bordeaux

Cadillac

$19.99 on sale

Pyren

Shiraz

$23.99 on sale

on the Enomatic

in Raleigh:

Here's what's on tap, subject to change on a whim or fancy

Whites (48º F):

Anton Bauer

Grüner Veltliner
"Rosenberg"

$19.99 on sale

Domaine Gouron

Chinon Rosé

$17.99 on sale

Don Rodolfo

Torrontes

$12.99 on sale

Eric de Suremain

Rully 1er Cru

$31.99 on sale

Stuhlmuller Vineyards

Chardonnay

$26.99 on sale

Domaine Bergeonniere

Sauvignon de Touraine

$16.99 on sale

Cave Freudenreich

Gewurztraminer

$18.99 on sale

Dr. Heyden

Silvaner

Trocken, Alte Reben

$14.99 on sale

Reds (65º F):

Bodegas Tempore

Garnacha Joven

"Terrae"

$10.99 on sale

Domaine Robert Serol

Cote Roannaise

"Les Originelles"

$14.99 on sale

Abbaye Sylva Plana

Faugeres

"Les Novices"

$17.99 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

Santos Carlos Lima

Lisboa Tinto

"Cigarra"

$10.99 on sale

Tenuta Mazzalino

Pinot Nero

"Terrazze"

$14.99 on sale

Mas Bruguiere

Pic Saint-Loup

"L'Arbouse"

$23.99 on sale

Reverdito

Barolo

$37.99 on sale

Mas de Libian

Cotes du Rhone Rouge
"Khayyâm"

$19.99 on sale

Brutocau

Merlot

"Bliss Vineyard"

$22.99

Domaine Billard

Saint-Romain

"La Perrière"

$32.99 on sale

Trisaetum

Pinot Noir

"Ribbon Ridge Estate"

$42.99 on sale

Domaine Bardin

Coteaux du Giennois

$19.99 on sale

Firsthand Foods

Fresh Local Sausages

Bratwurst
Country Breakfast
Spicy Italian

Artisan Bacon

Nodine's

Applewood
Garlic

North Country

Applewood
Peppered

Firsthand Foods

Fresh & Local

Vande Rose Farms

Applewood

Crackers

Caraway Rye

Granola

Sorghum Sesame

Spreads

Bacon Jam

Big Spoon

Roasters

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

Rustico
Farmhouse Blend, Equador & Peru
Tsheya, Congo
Baroida Late Harvest, Papua New Guinea
Remera, Rwanda
Espresso Toscano

Upcoming Tastings!*

Saturday Tasting
12/06/14

"Mature & Masterful"

Tasty Tuesday
12/09/14

Holiday Party Wines

Saturday Tasting
12/13/14

We're Cozy in Iberia

Tasty Tuesday
12/16/14

Gift Giving Wines on the
1st Day of Hanukkah

Saturday Tasting
12/20/14

"That Perfect Something..."

Tasty Tuesday
12/23/14

"The 11th Hour"
Last-Minute Gifts

*Subject to change!

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