Thursday, May 27, 2010

Memorial Day Specials!

Memorial Day Six Pack Specials!
May 27th - May 30th, 2010
ALL WEEKEND LONG!


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10% off any purchase of six bottles or more!

We're going to start summer off right - and that means offering up some crazy good wine at crazy good prices.
We're also going to take 10% off any purchase of only 6 bottles or more.

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2008 Leese Fitch Cabernet
Regular Price: $11.99
SALE Six Pack Price: $9.99 per bottle
SAVE 17%

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2008 Evodia Garnacha
Regular Price: $9.99
SALE Six Pack Price: $7.99 per bottle
SAVE 20%

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2008 Conundrum
SALE Six Pack Price: $17.99 per bottle
LOWEST IN USA!


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Salmon Creek Wines
Pinot Grigio, Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Regular Price: $6.99
SALE Six Pack Price: $5.50 per bottle
SAVE 21%


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2005 Closa Batllet Priorat
Regular Price: $55.00
SALE Six Pack Price: $27.00 per bottle
SAVE 51%


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2007 Mas D'en Compte Priorat
Regular Price: $45.00
SALE Six Pack Price: $29.99 (sealed in a wood box) per bottle
SAVE 33%

Friday, May 21, 2010

Triton - our best selling Spanish wine EVER - is back!

TRITON IS BACK!
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For some of you, this e-mail is the equivalent of Christmas in May. Two years ago, we wrote you and told you that Triton was no more - and there were some tears shed. Vinas del Cenit, the winery behind Triton, had been bought by a group of investors and they had decided to kill the project. That was a shame because Triton had become our best selling Spanish wine, our fastest selling Spanish wine, and probably our most talked about wine - EVER. Well, as it turns out, winemaking wizard and native New Zealander Amy Leigh Hopkinson kept the name Triton so she could potentially make the wine some time in the future. Three years later and VOILA - we have the brand new Triton and it is better than ever (and with a new, lower price!).

This bad boy is 100% Tempranillo from vines that are an average of 75 years old (and that is the AVERAGE!). If you’re not big on “finesse” wines, then this is basically your dream come true.

We bought everything that came into the State of North Carolina - and that was not a lot of wine. There are 50 six packs available - only 25 cases.This wine is being offered on a first come, first serve basis and we anticipate that the wine will sell out before the end of the weekend. We'll have it on the machine starting right now until we run out if you want to come in and taste!

2008 TRITON
Winestore Price: $19.99 per bottle (the 2005 Triton was $29.99 per bottle!)
6 pack Price: $18.99 per bottle
Case Price: $17.99 per bottle

To order you can:

Swing on in! (Due to extreme demand we will not be selling the wine on our website)

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Taste the wines of Justin Vineyards

Taste the Wines of Justin Vineyards
Saturday May 22nd
11am-8pm


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Featuring:
2007 Justin Isosceles
2007 Justin Justification
2007 Justin Savant
2007 Justin Obtuse (Dessert Wine)
2007 Justin Cabernet
2008 Justin Chardonnay


Justin has long been one of our favorite producers and it almost seems funny that we have never featured them in a tasting before. They've been making outstanding wine from Paso Robles since 1981 using Bordeaux varietals but to be honest, one sip of these wines and your first thought is not Bordeaux. These wines are California through and through, and if you love the big fruit bombs from Southern California, then you are going to be all over these wines! We're often amazed at how many of you come looking for these wines - and now we're going to roll out their entire lineup for you!

For less than $25 the regular Justin Cabernet is magnificent - follow that all the way up to the Justin Isosceles and you'll be drinking an icon of California wine from one of the best vintages of the last decade. There isn't a wine in this bunch we wouldn't love to take home for dinner.

We're gonna keep this newsletter short because we think the wines will speak for themselves. We hope you can swing by Saturday - we would love to see you!!!


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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Rose Tasting for Breast Cancer Research

Rose Tasting for Cancer Research
Saturday May 15th, 2010
11am-8pm


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Sign up for our Komen team or Donate by clicking HERE!

Featuring:
2008 Domaine Ott Rosé
2009 Pesquie Terrasses Rosé
2009 Ercavio Rosé
2009 Charles & Charles Rosé
2009 Quatro Pasos Rosé


It's not very often that we get to drink wine to help benefit cancer research, but that is exactly what we are doing this weekend. All day Saturday 15% of all our Rosé sales and Enoround Tasting Card sales will go towards our Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure team fundraising goal of $5,000. We're also recruiting team members to race with us in October and you can sign up to receive information all weekend long. If you sign up to race with us not only will you be supporting an amazing cause, you're also going to get an awesome t-shirt :) Many of us, if not all of us, have known someone who has been impacted by breast cancer and we want to try to do our part to help out.

It's finally rosé season and the last of the ones we were looking for have arrived. In addition to tasting what many consider to be the world's greatest rosé, Domaine Ott (which comes with what could be the worlds highest rosé price tag) we'll be sampling all sorts of summertime quaffers that are affordably priced in the $10 range. If you're not drinking rosé because you think it is a sweet wine - we're here to let you know not to be afraid, all of these wines are dry. If you're not drinking rosé because it's pink and not manly enough for you, we're here to let you know all of the cool kids are drinking rosé and you need to get with the program!

We hope to see you Saturday - you'll get to drink some great rosé and help raise money for a wonderful cause - what could be better!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Eric Solomon vs. Jorge Ordonez Taste Off!

Eric Solomon vs. Jorge Ordonez Taste Off!
Saturday May 8th, 2010
11am - 8pm
ALL DAY LONG!


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FEATURED WINES (partial list)
2005 Capcanes Cabrida
2007 Mas D'en Compte
2004 Muga Seleccion Especial
2007 Almirez
2005 Quinta Sardonia (made by the famed winemaker Peter Sisseck)
2005 Closa Batllet
2005 Merum Ardiles

Let's be honest: Jorge Ordonez' brilliant wine importing career is partially based upon timing, as the US market is just now emerging as the busiest place for wine commerce in the world. His choice of Spain has augured well, as Spain has only recently decided to create world-class wines throughout its landscape. As the third most prolific maker of wines in the world, Spain can bring a lot of great wine to the table, when it finally decides to do so. But, his many wines reflect his focus upon rich and structured reds, juicy and distinctive whites, even a brilliant dessert wine.

All that said, there are lots of folks who import wines; and it’s rare to find one with a track record and portfolio like Eric Solomon’s. His propensity for ferreting out great wines and greater values from Spain and France has kept him in the ranks of the top importers for nearly two decades. His Spanish portfolio is legendary; and other than Jorge, no one had greater insight into the juggernaut that Spain was about to become, and no one has built a more brilliant Spanish portfolio.

So that is why this weekend we are putting the wines of Eric Solomon and Jorge Ordonez up against each other in an EPIC taste off! We'll have juggernauts like the 2005 Capcanes Cabrida vs. Muga and we'll also have entry level offerings like Evodia vs. Atteca (both are private ventures, both are 100% grenache, both are from Calatayud). It's gonna be a full on Spanish throw down.

If you are into ridiculously tasty Spanish wines, this is the tasting for you! We'll also have some silly deals going on with many of the wines, so silly we can't put them in writing without sending our competition into hissy fits!

We hope to see you on Saturday and Happy Tasting!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Taste Eric Solomon Selections for FREE!

FREE Tasting Thursday!

May 6th 6-8pm

Marie Price, from Freedom Beverage, will be in the store Thursday night pouring some great wines from the Eric Solomon Selections portfolio. As a reminder, you now have the added bonus of being able to attend our FREE tastings at either winestore location, Southpark or Blakeney. So, clear your schedule, call all of your friends and join us from 6-8pm for our FREE wine tasting Thursday! Marie will pour the following 4 wines:

Ercavio Tempranillo Rose
Sitios Verdejo
Evodia Grenache
Black Slate Priorat

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