This Saturday, join us as we welcome
Luca from Carussin!
(you know, the people behind the "donkey wine")
In This Issue:
Tasty Tuesday: New & Notable from Northern Portugal
Saturday Tasting: Welcome Luca of Carussin

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From one
Piedmont
to another!

    This Saturday, we welcome Luca Garberoglio (pictured above, on the left, with his family) of Carussin! Hailing from Asti of Italy's Piemonte, he'll be pouring his family's wines as well as one of their tremendous beers at our Durham shop. These selections will also be featured at our Raleigh store, where Jay Murrie of Piedmont Wine Imports, their local importer, will be pouring and sharing his excellent and entertaining insights. Salute! 

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A Swami's Tour
Swami in the Southeast

   Our fearless leader has set sail again! He's gallantly tasting his way through oceans of French wine, seeking new frontiers of value and helping to illuminate regions and specialties that we seldom are able to get our hands on stateside. We understand that he's already secured some exciting new selections which we'll be able to offer at our shops later this year - wines which have never before been available in our neck of the woods. Follow his adventures through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

 

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Real Customer Comment:

"I have to say that every wine I've gotten
here has been delicious!"

  -  Nicole G.             

   

Tasty Tuesday:
New & Notable 
From Northern Portugal 
This Tuesday, February 3rd, we present our FREE
 midweek wine tasting!  Every Tuesday is tasty...
5:00 - 7:00 pm
    Our most recent Tasty Tuesday delivered us safely into the lovin' arms of Austria - a land with a long history of serious and impressive wine production but a much more recent elevation to international stardom. It's a tough act to follow, but we know just where to turn. Portugal is that place. A country with a past as rich as anyone could ask for and a fleet of extraordinary and virtually exclusive grapes that are conducive to world class wine, Portugal provides us with some of our favorite values as well as a peppering of pricier offerings that never fail to impress. Join us this Tuesday for three prodigal sons of the most Portuguese kind - returning favorites proudly brandishing their shiny new vintages for all to see (and taste)! 
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
.
We're Putting the "Ass" Back in Asti

aka "Dawn of the Donkeys"
    Carussin definitely deserves renown for their superb and fiercely natural wine and beer, but they're also renowned for their donkeys - gentle creatures that actually provide comfort and therapy sessions. What springs to mind first and foremost is the adorable portrait of a donkey which adorns their "Asinoi" Barbera. It's rendered all the more memorable by the fact that said wine is typically available in a stylish and generous 3-Liter box - a care package practically of pure love from their farm in Asti!
    This Saturday, we're featuring three wines and a beer from the estate. Carussin's Luca will be pouring in Durham, and Jay Murrie of the local importer, Piedmont Wine Imports, will be slingin' the wine in Raleigh and talking about what makes Carussin's wines as exciting as they are! 

    Psst! In addition to the two Barberas and Blonde Ale listed below, there will be another special guest at our tasting this weekend. Carussin's extremely limited Nebbiolo (pictured above) will be on site!  Less than a case will be available for purchase at each store, so don't dally... 
Wine Authoritites sticker sighting at Carussin headquarters in Asti!
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ASINOI!
Carussin
Barbera d'Asti 2013  

100% Barbera

(Piemonte, Italy)

CURRANT & LEATHER, TANGY BALSAMIC EDGE, KISS OF FUNK
Matteo and Luca Garberoglio are the genial, laid-back fellows behind the 85 year-old Carussin estate, where they spend their days brewing beer and hanging out with donkeys. Oh, and making incredible wine. This powerful Barbera is an homage to the noble donkey, the raising of which has been a passion for Matteo and Luca's mother Bruna for decades...

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Carussin
Barbera 2013
"Lia Vi" 

100% Barbera

(Piemonte, Italy)

BOLD & BLACKBERRYISH, FIRM &
SILKY, BODACIOUS BARBERA
You might say a little bird told us about this wine. Actually, it's named for a bird which inhabits Carussin's vineyards and builds its tiny nests from fragments of vine which it carefully selects This wine is, itself, also the result of careful selection. It comes courtesy of grapes obtained from 35 year-old vines grown in terra rossa soil and harvested when generously...
 
Clan! Destino?
Carussin
Birra Viventi
"Clan! Destino?"  

(Piemonte, Italy)

GOLDEN BLONDE ALE
Delightfully rustic yet with a zestily clean and very
refreshing appeal, the "Clan! Destino?" comes to us from
a producer which we think of first and foremost as a winery, yet beer is among Luca Garberoglio's passions, and he draws inspiration from breweries around the world...  
The estate's Bruna Ferro with one of their beloved therapy donkeys
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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):

 

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

 

on the Enomatic
in Raleigh:
Enomatic
Here's what's on tap!
Subject to change on 
  a whim or fancy...


Whites (48º F):

 

Chauvinière 
Muscadet
"Clos Les Montys"

$13.99 on sale

 

Lezírias

Tejo Branco

"Samora" 

$7.99 on sale

 

Laballe

Gascogne Blanc

"Les Terres Basses" 

$9.99 on sale

Domaine des Gandines

Macon Perrone 

$22.99 on sale
  

Stuhlmuller Vineyards

Chardonnay

$26.99 on sale

 

Bodegas Los Frailes 

Valencia Blanco 

"Blanc de Trilogia" 

$16.99 on sale

 

Domaine Magellan 

Hérault Rosé

"Le Frut Défendu"  

$11.99 on sale

Dr. Heyden

Riesling Oppenheimer Kabinett  

$14.99 on sale

 

 

Reds (65º F):

 

Bodegas Tempore

Garnacha Joven 

"Terrae"

$10.99 on sale

 

Weingut Schäfer 

"Red Sheep"

$11.99 on sale

 

Garofoli

Rosso Conero 

"Piancardo" 

$15.99 on sale

 

Cooper Mnt Vineyards 
Pinot Noir
"Cooper Hill" 

$19.99 on sale

 

Terrabianca

Dolcetto d'Alba

"Brichet"  

$16.99

 

Domaine Le Garrigon 

Rhone Rouge

"Vin de Mediterranée 

$10.99 on sale


Fattoria Lucignano 

Chianti Colli Fiorentini 

$16.99 on sale

 

Ancient Peaks 

Cabernet Sauvignon

$19.99 on sale

 

Lua Cheia 

Douro Tinto 

"Lua Nova"

$11.99 on sale

  

Mas Bruguiere

Pic Saint-Loup 

"L'Arbouse" 

$23.99 on sale

 

Mas Bruguiere 

Pic Saint Loup 

"l'Arbouse" 

$25.99 on sale

 

Viña Aliaga 
Tempranillo 

$9.99 on sale

  

Meinklang

Zweigelt

"Graupert"

$17.99

 

Arnoux

Ventoux Rouge 

"Vieux Clocher" 

$10.99 on sale


Kanonkop

"Kadette"

$14.99 on sale

  

Domaine Bardin 

Coteaux du Giennois

 $19.99 on sale 

 


Composition

 

Upcoming  Tastings!*


 
Saturday Tasting
1/31/15 
Carussin of Asti
Tasty Tuesday
2/3/15 
New and Notable
from Northern Portugal

Saturday Tasting
2/07/15 
Summer Somewhere 2:
 South Africa
Tasty Tuesday
2/10/15
Blushing for Valentines!

Saturday Tasting
2/14/15
A Toast to Romance

*Subject to change!

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  • Applewood 
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