Fall in Love with the Loire!
In This Issue:
Wine Classes
Autumn Pack
October Rosé Sale
Tasty Tuesday: La Casaccia!
Saturday's Tasting: Fall in Love with the Loire!
Would you take the shirts right off our backs?

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Pumpkin Spice,
Everywhere!

   From what we read on social media, this year's inevitable, autumnal treats appear to have struck a deeper chord than usual with both "pumpkin spice" aficionados and decriers. While it seems that lattes are perhaps the most controversial, a climactic twitter/facebook/instagram battle over all manners of pumpkin and/or spice may indeed be the harbinger of the end of civilization.
   Whatever the case, we have great news for both camps! We're getting increasingly into the season (and no, it's not too early for a jack-o'-lantern in our weekly newsletter!) with not only a few wonderfully decadent treats that do involve pumpkin, but other fall favorites as well. Wicked Weed's awesome "Xibalba" Imperial Pumpkin Porter and Dogfish Head's "Punkin" Ale are now in stock! If you're not so sure how you feel about craft beers infused with rotund orange squashes, then treat yourself to seasonal pear and fig brews also from Wicked Weed or spicy, Cabernet Franc-based reds that resolutely recall strolls through misty, enchanted autumn forests. Explore a pair of these at this Saturday's Tasting, and don't forget our awesome Autumn Pack!
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Why, thank you! 
Real Customer Comment:
"You might think that shopping at a wine store would be more expensive than the grocery store, but there are a staggering number of options in the $10-$15 range that are much, much better than anything you'd get elsewhere."
  -  Jules P. (via Yelp)        
    
     The phrase "back to school" is a somewhat complicated one. It can simultaneously connote scholarship, savings, and...unimaginable horror. Let's keep those first two and check the third at the door, shall we? For the first time ever, we're both announcing a year's worth of classes and giving you the opportunity to save substantially on them!
      Purchase a W.A. Wine Class Certificate either for yourself or as a gift for some wine lovin' someone in your life (or both!), and get up to a $144 value (three classes of your/their choosing) for only $100. The certificate can be used on both fall and spring classes. Heck, get one for each semester if you want to bone up in a most unbridled fashion! Have a look at the scheduled classes in the side column!

Class Certificate: $100 
(covers three classes) 
a value of up to $144!
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(class schedule at right)

New Class!
November 5th 
in Durham
Wine & Food
 
7:33 PM - $48 per person 
   Wine pairing isn't an exact science...or is it? Of course, there are different approaches to marrying meal to swill, but there are some generally accepted rules that can help demystify the art of pairing and enhance enjoyment (not only of wine but of the food that it's destined to accompany). Join us as we lay out the principles and engage your taste buds in exercises of food-drink camaraderie. Give your inner-sommelier a booster shot!
   Class includes comprehensive tasting, nibbles to illustrate the power of pairing, a visual presentation, and handouts.
Call (919) 489-2884 to purchase tickets!

(now 100% pumpkin spice free)
 
   Autumn is tiptoeing in, and the first yellowish leaves are gathering on the ground. Sure, it's been a bit difficult to tell exactly which season we're entering with our fair Triangle playing dress up as a rain forest (practicing for a Halloween costume, perhaps?), but fall has arrived.
   To celebrate the advent of oyster season, crisp autumn aromas, and Thanksgiving feasts, we've prepared a care package of fall favorites to share with you! There's a mineralistically razory bubbly from the magical land of Muscadet (indispensable for oyster aficionados) , a lushly perfumed yet beautifully balanced Viognier, a feast-friendly ros� from southern Portugal, a pair of turkey-lovin' reds (crisp Dolcetto & juicy Syrah), and a Cab Franc-driven ode to fallen forest leaves crunching under our feet. Cheers to autumn!
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Fall Ros� Sale!
 
Throughout October!
  We're having a mighty, month-long sale on still ros� throughout the store as we celebrate the wrap of a beautiful summer and a most marvelous harvest of our beloved Ros� Garden! All single ros� bottles are 20% off, and mix-and-match cases of them are a whoppin' 25% off! As always, we're donating a portion of all ros� sales to the Chapel Hill Breast Cancer Foundation. Thank you for supporting them with your ros� purchases at Wine Authorities!
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Tasty Tuesday!
La Casaccia!
This Tuesday, October 13th, we present our FREE
 midweek wine tasting! Every Tuesday is tasty...

5:00 - 7:00 pm
 
 Featuring (in Durham only), 
Special Guest, Margherita Rava! 
   Join us this Tuesday as we celebrate the wines of La Casaccia, whose specialties include the signature varieties of the Piemonte's Monferrato as well as bold bubbly and still Chardonnay-based delights. Their take on Barbera has, in particular, become one of our favorite selections from Italy's northwest. We'll be sampling it along with a couple of great surprises from the estate! 
   We'll be joined by the estate's charming and lovely Margherita Rava (pictured below with her father, Giovanni) only in Durham. The three wines themselves, however, will be poured at both stores!
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  Harvest Dinner! 
   Join us for a magical evening under the stars with Chef Caroline Morrison and Raleigh City Farm! Click here for  information, tickets, and how to become a sponsor...  
Free Saturday Tasting!
Durham & Raleigh:
From 12-3pm, "try before you buy" 
at our FREE Saturday tastings!
Fall in love with
The Loire!
    When a wine region follows a river and its numerous tributaries upstream for over 600 miles, there's bound to be simply too much to see (and taste) on a single Saturday afternoon, so this week, we've chartered a bullet cruise to focus not only on newer arrivals from the diverse network of regions throughout the Loire but also to herald the arrival of Autumn...
   We'll begin close to the Atlantic mouth of the Loire River, in the land of Muscadet, to celebrate the advent of oyster season with a most minerally sparkler. Next, we'll head inland to Anjou for a tantalizingly tart ros� featuring Gamay and Grolleau. For reds, we'll hit up Chinon for a bountiful box of Cabernet Franc, as well as the illusive Fiefs Vend�ens for a Pinot Noir/Negrette/Cab Franc blend - both of which are sure to strike a fall-friendly chord with woodsy perfume and leafy spice. Fall in love with the Loire!

 
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Domaine de la Chauvini�re
Muscadet Brut Nature
"Bretesche"
{organic} 100% Melon de Bourgogne 
(Loire Atlantique, France)
BONE DRY, ELEGANTLY SENSUAL, A MINERALLY MONOLITH
Like a bleakly beautiful black & white photograph of a wintery Atlantic beachscape, this methode traditionelle bubbly is a captivating study in contrast - elegantly austere yet captivating and seductive, gleaming brightly with an oceanic sheen and minerally shimmer. Muscadet maestro, J�r�mie Huchet of Domaine de la...
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Cady Cady Cady!
Domaine Cady
Ros� de Loire 2014   
{organic} 50% Gamay, 50% Grolleau 
(Middle Loire, France)
CHERRY & TART DAMSON PLUM, JUICY & CRISP, WISPY MINERAL
A collaboration between the famous Gamay and the decidedly less famous but very ros�-friendly workhorse grape, Grolleau, this vibrant, ruby-tented sipper is an elegantly expressive and beautifully balanced representative of what we love about Middle Loire ros�. While it hails from...
Domaine Gouron 
Chinon Rouge 2014
[3-LITER BOX] 
{organic} 100% Cab Franc 
(Middle Loire, France)
BOLD RED PLUM & CASSIS. ELEGANTLY EARTHY & HERBACEOUS
This is 100% Cabernet Franc, the red grape most beloved to the central portions of France's Loire Valley. Five generations of Gourons have made wine at this Chinon estate, and their carefully tended vines yield quality over quantity - grapes that are packed with flavor! The cave for aging their wines is...
J. Mourat
Fiefs Vend�ens Rouge 2014
"Marie du Fou"
{organic} Pinot Noir, Negrette,
Cabernet Franc 
(Loire Meridionale, France)
BRAMBLY LOGANBERRY, AUTUMNAL UNDERBRUSH, CHARRED GREEN PEPPER SKINS  As deeply purple as the shale soil that feeds its vines, the "Marie du Fou" cuv�e takes its name mysteriously from a colloquial French phrase that is applied to carefree country girls. While there is arguably a kind of feminine intrigue that is demure, yet chiseled and no shortage of terroir-driven suggestions of unspoiled countryside, we find this red to be more measured and elegant than... 

Far from Topless...
 
   Our classic "WINE FROM FARMERS NOT FACTORIES" Pitchforkscrew™ shirts have returned in deepest, azure-i-est, "Ocean" teal. For the first time, we are also offering dedicated shapes for both gals and guys! Each style ranges from small to XXL, and are $15.99. Now you've absolutely no excuse to go around naked (not that you necessarily need an excuse).
   The Wine From Farmers: Pitchforkscrew™ shirts are grown and entirely made right here in NC by our friends at TS Designs!
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Hope to see you Saturday!

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Grand Poobah & the Wine Authorities staff 
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New, October
Six for Sixty!

Here's our fabulous monthly deal, 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.
 
[click on the magic green bag above to see this month's selections!]

Upcoming  Wine Classes
Upcoming Free Tastings!*
Composition
 
Saturday Tasting
October 10th
Autumn in the Loire

Tasty Tuesday 
October 13th
La Casaccia

Saturday Tasting
October 17th
Bordeaux:
The Bold & the Beautiful

Tasty Tuesday 
October 20th 
Autumnal Ros�

Saturday Tasting
October 24th
Frontin' the Fronton
w' Colombi�re

Tasty Tuesday 
October 27th
Fiendishly Festive
(for Halloween Parties)


Saturday Tasting
October 31th
Halloween Masquerade
 

Tasty Tuesday 
November 3rd
Chauvini�re's
Muscadet
 

*Subject to change!
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on the Enomatic

in Durham:

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Subject to change on
a whim or fancy...

on the Enomatic
in Raleigh:
The Whites!
 
 
 
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Subject to change on 
  a whim or fancy...

porkknox2011

 

Artisan Bacon

at our Durham store

 

Nodine's

  • Applewood 
  • Garlic

North Country 

  • Applewood
  • Peppered

Benton's

  • Double Hickory (also available in our Raleigh store!) 
Vande Rose Farms
  • Applewood

 

Firsthand Foods 

Fresh Local Sausages

  • Bratwurst
  • Country Breakfast
  • Spicy Italian
  • Smoked Polish
  • Chorizo



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