Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Thank you!

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Nothing commercial today folks...but we did want to send one last e-mail to you this year just to say THANK YOU. We deeply appreciate you spending your hard earned dollars with us over the last 12 months and we hope to continue to earn your business as we enter 2014. If there are any wines you need, any suggestions as to how we can make winestore. a better experience, or really anything at all, please just let us know (you can e-mail us HERE). We want you to be happy! We are here to serve you and strive to make winestore. the best wine shopping experience in all of NC (and hopefully the USA!).

You are awesome, you know it, and we know it too! We hope you and yours have a very Happy New Year and again, thank you for your support.

We have exciting things planned for 2014 and we hope to see today (we are open until 6pm!) as you stock up for your New Year's Party!

Cheers!

The Team @ winestore.


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Friday, December 27, 2013

10% Off All Sparkling Wine!

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10% off all Sparkling Wines
 
Friday Dec. 27th - Tuesday Dec 31st, 2013
 
As 2013 draws to a close, we want to make sure everyone has a nice, full glass of bubbly ready to ring in 2014 and start off the new year in the right fashion. That is why today through Tuesday we are offering 10% off all Sparkling wine purchases. Buy one bottle for you and your significant other or buy six for that get together you are having at your house - it will all be 10% off.

Nothing says New Year's Eve like a glass of bubbly (or New Year's Day like a nice Mimosa) and we've got bubbles at all price ranges to fit your needs.

So swing on by, grab some drinks, give us some high fives and get set up for a great New Year's Eve!

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Need Wine? Holiday Hours 2013 Edition

Need Wine? We've got you covered!
Happy Holidays

Winestore. Holiday Hours

Saturday     12/21     9am  - 8pm

Sunday        12/22    12pm - 6pm

Monday       12/23     9am  - 8pm

Tuesday      12/24     9am - 4pm

Wednesday 12/25    CLOSED - Merry Christmas!


Thursday    12/26    11am - 8pm

Now, you know your in laws are coming in town and you know you are going to go through that case of wine you bought much faster than you planned (are we right, or are we right?!). Well, we're here for you every day up until Christmas as much as our family will allow us! At the very least, swing by for some wine off the machine after you brave the mall. You earned it!

As always, we thank you for your support and appreciate your business!

Friday, December 20, 2013

Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve - Lowest Price In The USA!

Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve

Release Price: $49.99
Winestore Price: $39.95 net
SAVE 20%

The Holidays would not be complete without a little Champagne, so we decided to bring you one of the best Champagnes in the world at the lowest price in the USA. Why? Because we love you and that is how we roll. Billecart, the oldest family owned house in Champagne, is one of the most consistently delicious of Champagnes. Billecart is medium-bodied and more elegant than bombastic, exactly as Champagne should be....

So grab yourself some bubbly. Time to celebrate you and your family!

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Thursday, December 19, 2013

FREE Tasting!

FREE Tasting TONIGHT!
Last FREE Tasting Before Christmas!
6pm-8pm


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Featuring:
2011 Caymus Cabernet
2012 Rombauer Chardonnay
2011 Mer Soleil "Reserve" Chardonnay
2011 Lafage Tessellae GSM

It's the last FREE tasting before the Christmas Holiday, so we're gonna go ahead and break out some good stuff for you to drink. I mean, it's the Holidays, right? We need some good stuff to drink!

So bring your friends to any of our three locations (Southpark, Blakeney, Lake Norman) tonight between 6pm and 8pm to try some favorites.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Holiday Deal!

2011 Mer Soleil Reserve Chardonnay


Release Price: $32.00
Winestore Price: $27.99
15% Off Six Bottles Or More!

Price Goes To $23.79 By The Six Pack!


More Holiday Deals coming your way courtesy of your friends at winestore. This time we have some butter and oak royalty all for below $24 per bottle by the six pack. Mer Soleil is the brainchild of the Wagner Family (founders of Caymus Vineyards), one of the first families of California winemaking. You know you've got to hand out bottles at parties all this week, and to your co-workers, and to your neighbors, etc. So why not make them think you're showering them with the best of the best...they deserve it after all and you do too - we won't tell them how much you paid.

We have 56 cases available for all 3 stores - price is good until we sell out (which won't be long this time of year :)

To order you can:

Swing on by (obviously!)

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Our Wine Of The Year!

2011 Lafage Tessellae GSM

Release Price: $14.99
Winestore Price: $12.99
Save and additional 10% mixed in a case!

We are not big on lists, or forced rankings or anything like that - but for the last four years we have had some fun in choosing a "wine of the year". It usually isn't our best selling wine, instead it is a wine that stopped us in our tracks. It has been a wine that made us think "Dang, this is crazy good for the money!!" It has to have a good package, amazing taste and the right price. The wine that met all that criteria and stopped us cold this year was the 2011 Lafage Tessellae GSM from Jean Marc Lafage. Jean Marc
Lafage seems to be the master of the inexpensive wine, so I guess we should not have been so surprised when we tasted this beauty.

Lafage is the winemaker behind superstar red blend Bastide Miraflors, the hottest selling rose of the year Miraflors Rose, one insane bottle of $9.99 red wine called Espelt as well as other wines like Novellum, Lafage Cote Est, Cote Sud, Tessellae Carignan and Cuvee Nicolas. Important to also note all of these wines reside in our 2013 best sellers list and not a one of them costs more than $14.99.

This blend of 40% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre and 5% Grenache Gris is rich, full bodied easy drinking red wine. It FAR outdrinks it's price point and is essentially, in our minds, a baby Chateauneuf du Pape (without the Chateauneuf price!). So, you can let other publications tell you how awesome that $90 Barolo they drink was on their best wines of the year list. Or perhaps that $115 Cabernet. For those of you who win the $600 million tonight in the Mega Millions, we hope your life is filled with $100 wines every night. Should we not win, we're gonna stick with this wine :)

So maybe you're looking for some unique gifts for clients, maybe you are looking for a great wine at a great price or maybe you need something to drink tonight before you try and brave the mall tomorrow. Maybe you need a wine to celebrate your lotto winnings. Out of the thousands of wines we have tasted this year (I know, someone has to do it!), this is the one that really knocked our socks off. We hope you agree!

All day today, will have Tessellae GSM open to taste for FREE at all 3 winestore. locations. So swing by and see if you think we are crazy.

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Your Wines Of The Year!

Your Wines Of The Year!
SALE Runs Tuesday December 10th - Thursday December 12th, 2013


Do you really need Wine Spectator or some other publication to tell you the best wines of 2013? We don't think so... When we started this company almost 8 years ago, we trademarked the line "You're the expert", and we did so because you like what you like and in the grand scheme of wine drinking, that's all that is important. So, in the spirit of "You're the expert", for the 2nd year in a row, we are going to let YOU do the talking. We have taken your 10 favorite wines at winestore for 2013 (actually just 9, as the 10th is an in store special only) - using total bottle volume as the key indicator. They are all on sale, by the bottle, for the next few days - and for many at the lowest price in the nation!

These are the wines you and your favorite Charlotteans have been gobbling up at record speed this year! They are in no particular order (you know, we hate lists and such things) - so enjoy!



2012 Wente Morning Fog
Regular Price: $12.99
SALE Price: $8.99 (net)
SAVE 31%

Lowest Price in the USA!

Wente's way with Chardonnay has always gotten to me. There's something about their style of fat and rich fruit, combined with clean and fresh tartness. Whether in a blind setting or when I know what I'm drinking, I keep finding myself preferring Wente over other, bigger names.



2011 Banshee Mordecai
Winery Price: $25.00
Winestore Price: $19.99
SALE PRICE: $14.99 (net) per bottle

SAVE 40%

Lowest Price in the USA!

The blend consists of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Grenache, Montepulciano, Mourvedre, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, and Carignane. What does that mean for you? Think "The Prisoner" for half the price.



2011 Leese Fitch Cabernet
Release Price: $11.99
SALE Price: $8.99 (net)
SAVE
25%

THIS IS IT! This is the everyday Cabernet you have been looking for...at least we're pretty darn sure it is. Full bodied, easy drinking and light on the pocket book...that's what we like to call a triple threat!




2010 Rockus Bockus Red Blend
Release Price: $14.99
SALE Price: $11.70 (net)
SAVE
22%

Lowest Price in the USA!

This Cabernet and Zinfandel blend is made by one of our favorite wineries in Sonoma, Gundlach Bundschu. While the winemakers want us to talk to you about how the wine is influenced by volcanic mountains, steak, and coastal fog (I mean, what???) we're just going to tell you this is some damn tasty juice for $12.



2010 Gun Bun Mountain Cuvee
Winery Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $14.99 (net)
SAVE
40%
Lowest Price in the USA!


A blend of Cab, Merlot, Cab Franc, Zin, Syrah, Petit Verdot and even a whiff of Malbec, this is mostly from the great Rhinefarm Vineyard and completely delicious.




2012 Ventana Chardonnay
Winery Price: $22.00
Winestore Price: $12.99
SALE PRICE: $10.99 (net)

SAVE 50%
Lowest Price in the USA!


Look, let's be honest; it's cool to bash California Chardonnay because it's too big, rich and fat to go with food. Food, schmood. How about just admitting that big, rich and fat wines like this one are delicious to drink?



2010 Castano Hecula
Release Price: $14.00
SALE Price: $6.99 (net)
SAVE
50%
Lowest Price in the USA!


Just because the Castano family thought that they should have many different wines that deserve to be counted among the greatest wine values in the world...




2012 Salmon Creek Chardonnay
Regular Price: $6.99
SALE Price: $5.39 (net)
SAVE
21%
Lowest Price in the USA!


Oak, butter & lots of fruit for $5.39?  Might as well pick up six!




2012 Rombauer Chardonnay
Release Price: $34.99
Winestore Everyday Price: $27.99 (net)
SAVE
20%

Fruity.  Buttery. Big.

It’s Rombauer, I don’t think any further explanation is needed.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Win a 15 Liter Bottle of Wine!

2011 Niepoort "Twisted"

Release price: $17.99
Winestore Price: $14.99
SAVE 17%

It's going to be 80 degrees today so as they say, we are going to "bring the heat". Last year we brought you the 2009 Niepoort Twisted and ever since it ran out people have constantly been asking "When does that wine from Portugal come back in stock?" Well, today is that day....and we are going to bring it back with a bang. Should you purchase six bottles of this wine between now and next Friday December 13th, your name will be entered in to win a 15 Liter bottle of 2010 Twisted. That's right, 15 Liters...or twenty 750ml bottles. You'll be able to pick up your 15 Liter on the 13th, just in time for your Holiday Office Party where you can attain full legend status when you wheel this bottle up to the door in a Radio Flyer.

Even better news? We have a 15L to give away at each store...so your chances of winning could be pretty epic.

Dirk Niepoort is the madman of Portugal; he really is. His escapades have become legendary, but his wines excuse all scandalous behavior. His wines are seriously good. In Twisted, Niepoort continues to expand the possibilities of unfortified wines being produced in Portugal.  "Twisted" is a happy little field blend of Port grapes that is big on fruit and low on attitude.

So come on in, mix a six pack of twisted in with your case this weekend to grab a 15% discount, and win yourself the largest bottle we have ever offered.

To order you can:

Order ONLINE by clicking HERE

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Thursday, December 5, 2013

The World's Most Popular Wine?

Taste Clio & El Nido!
Saturday December 7th, 2013
11am - 8pm
ALL DAY LONG!




Featuring:
2011 Bodegas El Nido "Clio"
2011 Bodegas El Nido "El Nido"

For some of you, you already know it and you already love it. You're going to be rushing in on Saturday and will read no more...Others of you might be thinking "These are the most popular wines in the world? I've never heard of them..." Either way, there are no other wines that cause the same type of feeding frenzy as Clio and El Nido. Knowing that, we're going to simply add to the hysteria and put both wines on the machines at all three stores for you to try this Saturday!

While popularity can be ranked in many different ways, here are some things you should know - a) these wines sell out every year b) they have a fan base that makes people who like the "Prisoner" seem calm and subdued and c) these wines wildly over-deliver year in and year out.

We're going to leave it at that, and save you from reading paragraph upon paragraph about how much we love these bottles, how if you drink California Cabernet, El Nido is about to rock your world and so on and so forth. We'll let the wines speak for themselves....as they do every year.

So we hope to see you Saturday and Happy Tasting!


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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

15% Off Mixed Cases!

15% Off ALL CASES*!
December 4th - December 8th, 2013

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Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, the holiday party season is in full swing. You've probably received multiple clever invitations and sent at least one of your own, but the question remains: what wines should I serve and what exactly makes a wine a good "party" wine.

We've put together some simple guidelines for you to follow in the hopes of making your life easier this holiday season. Remember, these aren't rules (we are not big on rules), merely some suggestions. Rules are for wine snobs, and let's face it, you didn't invite them to your party anyway.

#1. Party wines need the ability to pair with many different foods.
It's a pretty safe bet that you're serving a wide variety of foods and need a wine that goes with everything from cheese to those mini cocktail wieners. You'll probably never hear Bob Parker say, "This cab is a hedonist's delight, filled with black fruits and perfect for cocktail wieners." I really wish he would though. With this in mind, you might want to find a Red and White that are overall crowd pleasers and don't paint yourself into a corner with an obscure wine that tastes like "Chestnuts and shoe leather" or anything like that.

#2 Budget, Budget, Budget
If your friends are anything like mine, then they tend to sport-drink at Holiday parties. Basically they only notice the wine if it's REALLY bad. Other than that, they just happy to be socializing with friends and even though the wine may be delicious, it's not likely to be the first thing on their minds. Given this, there's really no need to break the bank when buying a case or more of party wine (hence our 15% discount). I know, you never expect your average retailer to tell you "spend less money," but we didn't set out to be an average retailer. We figure that Charlotte has plenty of those.

#3 Easy Access?
If there's ever a time in life where a screw cap comes in handy, it's when Cheryl from the office just polished off her third bottle of Chard and you're in charge of opening the wines. Just a thought...

#4 Experiment
Don't be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone. Try an Albarino instead of Pinot Grigio, or a Grenache instead of Cabernet. It's your party and a perfect time to introduce your friends to some wines that they may or may not ever had before. You'll probably be surprised by their responses. Besides, what better impression to leave on your guests than "Amy and Bob really know their wines" You can just smile, nod, and never tell them that it was $7.00.

#5 The only rule is that there are no rules
Well, actually, there is one rule. Don't drink and drive. Other than that, have fun, be goofy, and enjoy the time with your friends and family. If the wine is preventing your friends from having fun, then you should consider revising your invitation list.


Cheers!

*15% discount does not apply to items already on sale which are marked "net"


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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Insane Deal On Blue Eyed Boy!

2011 Mollydooker Blue Eyed Boy
CELEBRATE "IN-STORE TUESDAY" AT WINESTORE!


Release Price: $49.99
Winestore Price: "In Store Only"
SAVE ?%


Did you guys hear about Cyber Monday? It's the busiest online shopping day of the year. It was fun, but even though we ship all over the country every single day, our bread and butter are those of you who come visit us in our stores. So we're gonna go ahead and follow up "Cyber Monday" with "In-Store Tuesday". This is where we have secured an insane deal on a crowd favorite and are offering the deal to those of you who come on in the store to purchase. The wine is 2011 Mollydooker Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz - the star of our Mollydooker tasting a few months ago.

There are 90 six packs available (we are looking for more) - and the deal is running until they are gone...so technically in-store Tuesday could run into Wednesday :)

To order you can:

Swing on by (obviously!)

Or call us! (I know - we said in store only - but we have to give a little love to those of you who can't make it in!)

Call SOUTHPARK @ 704-442-4024

Call BLAKENEY @ 704-443-2944

Call LAKE NORMAN @ 704-892-5662

Monday, December 2, 2013

Holiday and Corporate Gifts Made Easy!

Holiday and Corporate Gifts Made Easy!
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"I have used winestore. for the past six years to send holiday gifts to my clients. It could not be more seamless and my clients are always amazingly impressed with the quality of the wine they receive in the mail with a personalized note."
Michael E. Zeller
Moore & Van Allen PLLC


Wondering what to send your friend out in San Diego for the Holidays? Wondering what type of wine to get for your business associate or that special corporate client? If there is one gift that you can give that is universally loved, it is the gift of wine. I mean, who doesn't love getting a nice bottle of wine for the holidays. It's like getting free drinks! We here at winestore. work with companies right here in Charlotte and as far away as New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles in meeting all of their gift giving needs. No matter what the budget we can make sure you get the perfect wine for those who you wish to thank and show you care this holiday season.

Just send a list!
- If you have a list of clients or friends you wish to send gifts to you can simply send us a list with their name, address, note you wish to include, bottle color (e.g. 1 red and 1 white) and your budget and we will take care of the rest
- We handle lists as large as 1,000 and can have lists as large as 200 turned around in just 24 hours.

Gift Baskets
- Customized gift baskets to suit your needs and your budget. Simply let us know your budget and we will craft the perfect gift basket to meet your needs. One corporate client last year called and added to his list after his gift basket recipients called and raved about how much they enjoyed their gift!

FREE Delivery
- Orders of over $150 receive free delivery within 5 miles of any store (that basically encompasses all of Charlotte and Lake Norman)

Order Online
- Don't have time to stop by? Simply order everything you need online by going to
http://www.winestore-online.com. You can choose from in store pickup, delivery or shipping!

Shipping is no problemo!
- winestore is licensed by FedEx to ship alcohol to over 40 states. We have FedEx shipments leaving daily.

Questions?

Please feel free to call Matthew Hartley at our SouthPark Location @ 704-442-4024

or

Please feel free to call Matt Snyder at our Blakeney Location @ 704-443-2944


or

Please feel free to call Ian Coyne at our Lake Norman Location @ 704-892-5662

We are here to serve you and want to make the Holiday Gift giving process as easy as possible!

Happy Holidays,
Your friends @ Winestore.