This Saturday, join us as we welcome
Luca from Carussin! (you know, the people behind the "donkey wine")
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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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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!
Real Customer Comment:
"I have to say that every wine I've gotten
here has been delicious!"
- Nicole G.
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Tasty Tuesday:
New & Notable
From Northern Portugal
This Tuesday, February 3rd, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting! Every Tuesday is tasty...
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!
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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...
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Wine Authoritites sticker sighting at Carussin headquarters in Asti!
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Carussin
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...
Carussin
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...
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...
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The estate's Bruna Ferro with one of their beloved therapy donkeys
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Hope to see you Saturday!
Our best to you,
Grand Poobah & the Wine Authorities staff
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