We're going to party
like it's 2015!
Welcome to January, 2015! We hope that everyone's shiny new year is beginning spectacularly! We've just celebrated the 1st birthday of our Raleigh store (they grow up so fast!) and will continue celebrating this weekend with four Wine Authorities Selections™ of tremendous value at our Saturday tasting - a great way to get our new year off on the right foot!
Yes, the month of January is an opportunity to begin anew, but it also provides us with unique opportunities to officially and confusedly celebrate some (often food- related) phenomena while bewaring of others. In the past, we've discussed the probable connection between its serving as both "Bath Safety Month" and "National Soup Month," but it's become clear that this is only the tip of the iceberg where January is concerned.
At first, January appears to be a haven of vegetarianism and, indeed, fruitarianism with the distinction of having both "Artichoke & Asparagus Month" and "Apple & Apricot Month" titles under its belt. But wait! In a bewildering and disconcertingly vague move, it's also "National Meat Month." Vagueness and "meat" don't play well together, after all. It's also "National Radon Action Month" which probably shouldn't conjure notions of nostalgic super heroes and mad scientists of the atomic age but somehow manages to...at least for some of us.
Perhaps on a more practical note, January is also "Walk Your Pet Month," which we encourage owners of energetic dogs and irritable cats to take advantage of, albeit for very different reasons. You might not want to celebrate "Walk Your Pet Month" if you're an aquarium enthusiast as that could turn tragic rather quickly...at least without the proper equipment.
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This Tuesday, January 13th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting! Every Tuesday is tasty...
Sometimes winter swoops in with falcon precision and relentlessly icy talons. Other times, it shambles around with the vague amicability of snow monsters from 1960s and 70s Japanese television programs about gigantic, silver, heroic aliens... In any case, our weather these days may continue to be relatively mild, but many of us find ourselves cranking up the heat after sundown. We're here to remind you that it is far more environmentally sound, economical, and fun to simply pour a glass (or two) of port and curl up by the fire with a good book. Join us this Tuesday for three wintry wines that are sure to warm things up!
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
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting
Post-Holiday Budget Recovery
 Featuring the French
Budget-Busting Brigade!
The all-too-familiar, post-holiday, collective cry of "my wallet hurts!" has once again been raised, and once again, we have selected four fabulously flavorful wines that won't complicate your next credit card bill or bank statement. No! These expressive but inexpensive beauties have the tenacious tastiness that one might demand from selections clocking in at twice the price.
At this year's first Saturday tasting, we're featuring some classic French specialties. Each offering is a Wine Authorities Selection, so not only can it count itself among our very favorites, it is a hand-picked, remarkable value that can't be found anywhere else in our part of the country (and in some cases, anywhere else in the United States)!
Domaine de la Chauvinière
Muscadet Sèvre et Main 2013
Sur Lie
{organic} 100% Melon de Bourgogne
(Loire Atlantique, France)
PEAR & BRIGHT LIME, CHALKY MINERALIT. VERY, VERY DRY!
Holy Moly! We weren't sure if we were ready for this one! Possibly the driest tasting wine in the store. "It don't get no drier," said one fan. If you are curious about experiencing a wine with a very minerally flavor, but haven't identified that flavor yet, here is your chance. The minerality lingers on the finish...
Domaine Robert Serol
Cote Roannaise Rosé 2013
"Cabochard"
{sustainable} 100% Gamay (Southern Loire, France)
CRANBERRY & WHITE CHERRY, RED LICORICE & CANDLE WAX
This rosé is a bright, shiny, pink beacon of glorious Gamay goodness, and it's just perfect for "stubborn" people who refuse to try pink wines for fear of their being sweet. In fact Cabochard is French for a stubborn person, and this is a totally dry wine - no sweetness to be found. Stephane Serol has been head of the estate for the last...
Hérault Rouge 2013
"Le Fruit Défendu"
{sustainable} 90% Cinsault, 10% Grenache (Languedoc, France) JUICY PLUM & CHERRY; SOFT, FRAGRANT SMOKINESS
This unusually Cinsault-driven red is built to be guzzled in vast quantities at parties and barbecues throughout the year. It's so approachable, so beautifully textured, and the fruit-to-spice ratio is just right. A fantastic wine at a frankly astounding price...
Rhone Rouge 2010
"Vin de Méditerranée"
{organic} 100% Grenache
(Southern Rhone, France)
RASPBERRY, LAVENDER & THYME, WHITE PEPPER
This is winegrower Daniel Couston's unbelievable value red, never exported outside of France until now! Only sold to local restaurants in the vicinity of the winery, once we tried it, we had to have it. Estate grown, delicious organic red...
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Hope to see you Saturday!
Our best to you,
Grand Poobah & the Wine Authorities staff
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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...
Laballe
Gascogne Blanc
"Les Terres Basses"
$9.99 on sale
Vasquez
Ribeiro Blanco
"Os Pasás"
$36.99 on sale
Dr. Heyden
Silvaner
"Alte Reben"
$15.99 on sale
Cave Freudenreich
Riesling
"Terre d'Apollon"
$17.99 on sale
Reds (65˚F):
Hook & Ladder
Zinfandel
$25.99 on sale
Meinklang
Zweigelt
"Graupert"
$17.99 on sale
Mas Bruguiere
Pic Saint Loup
$23.99 on sale
Domaine Vissoux
Beaujolais Primeur
Vieilles Vignes
$15.99 on sale
Clos de Pavillon
Saint-Emilion
"La Petite Folie
$26.99
Domaine Cedric Bardin
Coteaux du Giennois
$19.99 on sale
Chateau Lusseau
Graves Rouge
"Cuvée Berengere"
$19.99 on sale
Baileyana
Pinot Noir
"Firepeak"
$22.99 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):
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. HeydenSilvaner 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
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 Upcoming Tastings!*
Saturday Tasting
1/10/15 Post Holiday
Budget Relief 1:
"French Budget-Busters"
Tasty Tuesday
1/13/15
Winter Warmers!
Saturday Tasting
1/17/15 Post Holiday
Budget Relief 2:
Boxing Day!
Tasty Tuesday
1/20/15 Sprechen Sie Deutsch 1:
The Old-World Delights
of Germany
Saturday Tasting
1/24/15 Summer Somewhere 1:
South America
Tasty Tuesday
1/27/15 Sprechen Sie Deutsch 2:
Austria's New Guard
Saturday Tasting
1/31/15 Summer Somewhere 2:
South Africa
*Subject to change!
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8oz Jar - $9.99
16oz Jar - $16.99
or...
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8oz Jar - $12.99
16oz Jar - $17.99
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