The Rosé Garden is in bloom!
Austrian adventure is in our upcoming tastings!
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It's here at long last! The pink oasis that refreshes our mouths and nourishes our souls is once again in bloom! The Rosé Garden has arrived, and we're kicking off the the season with selections that include the Garden's starring darling, "Venus," having just returned (in both bottle and glorious 3-LITER BOX!) and a brand new pink offering from the fan-favorite Austrian producer, Paul D. As always, a portion of each and every bottle of rosé sold will be donated to the fight against breast cancer!
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The Forbidden Fruit
of Bruno Lafon!
Special Friday Tasting
5:00 to 7:00 PM @ W.A Durham
Join us tomorrow (Friday, April 17th) as we welcome Bruno Lafon of the Languedoc to our Durham store for a special Friday evening tasting presentation. We've fallen increasingly in love over the past three vintages with his fabulous "Le Fruit Défendu" wines featuring the Cinsault grape. He'll share the brand new vintage of the much sought-after Rosé at this tasting feature as well as the refreshing red. As a special bonus, he'll also pour two magnum (1.5 LITER!) selections from his close friends and associates, Mas de Libian. Don't let the name fool you, the "Fruit Défendu" is anything but forbidden as we settle into spring.
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Vine to Wine!
at our Durham Shop
Class is in session...
Join us for a fun and educational evening of wine that chronicles a vine's bud break in the spring to each of its grape's being lovingly squeezed into the bottles that we hold so dear. We cover how vines are grown and wine is made, as well as how to read a label, how to buy wine, how to store wine, how to drink, er, taste wine... and we'll debunk many wine myths throughout this two hour class.
(includes tasting wines, video presentation, and handouts)
Thursday, April 30th @ 7:33 pm
$36 per person
Reservations required
(Corkscrew) Operators are standing by:
(919) 489-2884
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Walking Fish!
Spring shares
available now!
Walking Fish, our partner at this year's upcoming Rosé Garden party, is truly a local gem, bringing phenomenally fresh seafood to the Triangle through its CSF programs.
This year, they're offering the full 10 week spring CSF as well as the option to customize their delivery schedule (e.g. bi-weekly for 6 weeks or weekly for 8 weeks).
The spring CSF offers an abundance of seafood from Carteret County. Members should expect to get a wide variety of seafood including triggerfish, snapper, flounder, softshell crabs, mahi, shrimp and clams.
Spread the word and check out the links below!
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Indy's Best of
the Triangle!
Exercise your right to vote (not to mention impeccable taste) by casting your ballot in Indy Week's annual "Best of the Triangle"! Vote for all your favorite local businesses!
(including "Local Wine Shop" in case you have your always reliable, friendly, neighborhood Wine Authorities in mind)
Real Customer Comment:
"Overall great experience, and we will definitely be back."
- Virginia H. (via Yelp)
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This Tuesday, April 21th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting! Every Tuesday is tasty...
Austria's flag is comprised of bold bars of red and white. Mix them together, and what do you get? Pink! Join us at our next Tasty Tuesday for three of the first 2012 rosés to make landfall (just in time for our increasingly summery weather). Hailing from the Wachau, Burgenland, and Wagram, this trio of glimmeringly bright, zesty pink wines plucked fresh from the Rosé Garden provide the perfect accompaniment to a balmy Tuesday evening and the approach of summer!
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
What's red, white, and delicious all over? Austria's eastern borders are crescent shaped promised land of distinctive viticulture where we'll find the nation's revered wine producing regions. This Saturday, we'll begin in Wagram with the latest offering from the young and humble Paul Direder (we typically think of him as "Paul D.), a bright liter of zesty rosé! Next, we'll head northwest into Kamptal where we'll find one of our favorite examples of Austria's crowning jewel, Grüner Veltliner. Next, we'll find ourselves in the southerly Steiermark (Styria) region, where we'll encounter an aromatic and refreshing example of Scheurebe. Last but not least, we'll arrive in Burgenland at the Meinklang family farm for a red blend starring the quintessentially Austrian Zweigelt. Prost!
Paul D.
Zweigelt & Blauberger
(Wagram, Austria)
BRIGHT RASPBERRY & CHERRY, CLEAN & LEAN, VERY DRY WITH GENEROUS FRUIT
The newest arrival from Paul Direder's small, coveted, and impressively affordable stable of Wagram-borne wines is a rosé featuring the collaboration between two quintessentially Austrian red grapes. The Zweigelt grape and its lesser-known half-brother, Blauburger, have less than a century of existence under their belts, but that doesn't deter them from fueling...
Steininger
100% Grüner Veltliner (Kamptal, Austria)
ZESTY LIME & FRAGRANT PEACH, CHISELED MINERALITY, ELEGANT
Best known for its elegant, powerful sparkling wines which can rival Champagne, Weingut Steininger consistently produces profound wines with exemplary purity and focus. Karl, the estate's proprietor, prefers that his wines showcase the distinctive characteristics of the grape varietals with which he works....
Strauss
100% Samling 88 (Scheurebe)
(Steiermark, Austria)
FLORAL, MANGO & GUAVA,
HINTS OF THYME
Samling 88 (better known as Scheurebe) is a grape which was produced in 1916 through Dr. Scheu's crossing of Silvaner and Riesling vines. The resultant wines are fruity, tropical, and slightly herbaceous. Showing mango, guava, apricot, and hints of thyme surrounded by...
{biodynamic} 60% Zweigelt,
30% Blaufrankisch,
10% Sankt Laurent
DYNAMIC, ELEGANT & FRESH. CHERRY & RASPBERRY
Werner and Angela Michlits run the wine side of the family farm. Their farm is a true biodynamic universe. Their family grows vegetable crops, raises cows and pigs, makes wine, and produces micro-brew beer and heirloom apple cider - all biodynamically. Their Burgenland Red Blend is all-get-out drinkin' wine...
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Hope to see you Saturday!
Our best to you,
Grand Poobah & the Wine Authorities staff
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