A Parade of French Vignerons!
A First-Class Central Italian Class!
+ the delights of Southeastern France
at our next Saturday & Tuesday tastings...
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Greetings! 
Wine Authorities Raleigh
Wednesday, May 11th
5:00 - 7:00pm
Join us at our Raleigh shop as we welcome an absolutely heroic legion of some of our favorite French winegrowers! Importer Franck Agostini's portfolio of immensely talented producers has contributed hugely to our selection over the years.
Many of you have probably noticed his signature on the back labels of beloved bottles from Bordeaux, France's Southwest, Loire, Rhone, Burgundy, and Languedoc. On May 11th, you have the opportunity to meet the man himself as well as eight of his virtuous vignerons.
- Stephane Gouron - Domaine Gouron of Chinon, Loire
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Berengère Quellien - Chateau Lusseau of Graves, Bordeaux
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Frederic Leydet - Chateau Leydet Valentin of Saint-Emilion (Grand Cru) & Chateau de Valois of Pomerol, Bordeaux
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Jean-Pierre & Elizabeth Toxe - Chateau Pillebois of Castillon, Bordeaux
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Martine Pages - Domaine La Bouysse of Corbieres, Languedoc
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Laurent Pontaud & Sylverine Rivalta - Chateau Marjolet of Laudun, Rhone Valley
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Nicole Guillot - Aureto of Ventoux
& Vaucluse, Rhone Valley
* For $10 you'll taste over 20 wines with the winegrowers who make them. Receive a $10 refund towards your purchase of their wines during the event!
* Mixed cases of wines from this event will receive a 25% discount!
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Who says that spring
isn't boot season? 
Central Italy Wine Class! April 28th @ W.A. Durham
Just when you thought it was safe to trade your boots for spring sandals, Italy's outline has appeared triumphantly on the horizon. Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo, and Lazio! What do the fab five of Central Italy have in common and what differentiates them from one another? Join us for the answers as we embark on a comprehensive tour of the leg-shaped peninsula's mid thigh!
Class includes comprehensive tasting, visual presentation, and handouts.
$48 - 7:33 PM
~~~~ Vote for your favorite
Durham businesses!
The polls are open again at Durham Magazine's website. Head on over and give some sugar to the local enterprises that brighten your Durham days!
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" (in both bottles and glorious 3-LITER Bag-in-boxes) along with other returning favorites from years past in their shiny new vintages fresh off the boat! As always, a portion of each and every bottle of rosé sold will be donated to the fight against breast cancer!
Real Customer Comment:
"It is an absolutely enjoyable experience to come here. When we do, we leave with a case..."
- Andrew K. (via Yelp)
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Tasty Tuesday!
A Tasty Pinch of Domaine Pinchinat
This Tuesday, April 19th, we present our FREE
midweek wine tasting! Every Tuesday is tasty...
In celebration of a vibrant spring, we're venturing to picturesque Provence through the wines of Domaine Pinchinat. As warmer weather finally arrives here in our neck of the woods, we can bring ourselves to acknowledge that places such as France's balmy Mediterranean shores actually do exist! Next Tuesday, we're opening a care package containing the estate's latest vintage of Cotes de Provence Rouge (always an exceptional treat), Blanc, and the perfect poster child of rosé that is the masterful "Venus de Pinchinat." Said rosé is also available in bountiful bag-in-box format (3 magnificent liters)! Just saying...
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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Free Saturday Tastings!
Durham & Raleigh:
From Noon to 3 pm, "try before you buy"
at our FREE tastings!
Next Saturday, in uncontainable excitement over our particularly robust current offering of Rhone Valley gems (as well as the imminent arrival of still more selections), we present some of our current favorites from the storied valley! Discover the wonderful new vintage of La Ligière's etherial Carignan rosé, an elegant Roussane/Viognier blend from Marjolet, and two earthy yet resonantly ripe reds from the northern extremes of the Southern Rhone - one from the Ardèche's Mas de Libian and the other from the Drome's Domaine Le Garrigon. Voliá!
Domaine La Ligière
{organic} 100% Carignan
(Southern Rhone, France)
JUICY RASPBERRY & LEMON ZEST, FIRM & HYPER-REFRESHING
Carignan, with its reputation for robust rusticity, is probably not the grape that you'd immediately suspect upon tasting this vibrantly berryish, lean, clean, and by no means mean rosé from the northwestern fringe of the Provençal countryside. As eloquently balanced as this wine is, we can't help but think of it as the adult equivalent of a raspberry-lemon...
Chateau Marjolet
Cotes du Rhone Blanc 2014
60% Roussanne, 40% Viognier (Southern Rhone, France)
CRISP PEACH, BLOSSOMY PERFUME, GINGER & BEESWAX
Located in Laudun (just across the Rhone River from Chateauneuf du Pape), Chateau de Marjolet's strikingly stony vineyards may remind the casual onlooker more of a lunar landscape than a cradle of viticultural excellence, but the rows of gnarled vines are an unmistakable sign that something exciting is...
Mas de Libian
Cotes du Rhone Villages 2014
"Khayyâm"
{biodynamic} 80% Grenache,
10% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre (Southern Rhone, France)
RASPBERRY & DRIED CRANBERRY, SWEET ROSEMARY, EARTH & DARK CHOCOLATE
"Drink wine. This is life eternal," famously wrote the ever beauty-seeking Omar Khayyam, and 800 years later, his attitudes and observations resound with timelessness. The Thibon sisters of Mas de Libian have named this delicious cuvée after the 12th century Persian poet and philosopher, and its exotic perfume of rosemary, lavender, and...
Domaine Le Garrigon
Cotes du Rhone Villages 2014
Visan "Ines"
{organic} 90% Grenache, 10% Syrah (Southern Rhone, France)
FIRM LOGANBERRY, SMOKE & FRESH LEATHER, THYME
Hailing from Daniel Couston's estate in the lower reaches of the Rhone's Drôme department, this wine showcases glorious Northern Rhone-esque (despite being predominately Grenache) character from old vines. Powerfully pretty (prettily powerful?) and featuring the combination of inky fruit and sumptuously meaty intrigue which some of the wines of the Rhone are famous for, it is simultaneously lively...
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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!
Our best to you,
Grand Poobah & the Wine Authorities staff
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