We've finally picked a date for our big wine tasting

Well we’ve finally picked a date for our 4th Annual Grand Spring Wine Tasting. It will be Friday night May 16th from 4 to 7 PM. After much debate and quite a few e-mails asking for different days of the week, Friday seems to work best for most of you. We are pushing the start time up 1 hour to make it easier for those getting out of work to swing by before heading home for the weekend.

We are also going to scale it back just a bit. For those of you at the Superbrew beer tasting you can attest to the fact that it was just too crowded. You couldn’t even navigate the aisles and get at the beers. No worries though, It will still be fun and we’ll have the pizza and all that. Just a little bit smaller so that you can talk to the supplier and not have to elbow your way in and just stick your glass out. We will be updating the website (corksfinewine.com) I’ll fill you in via the newsletters and in our blog (wwww.corksfinewine.blogspot.com) as the event draws closer.

We won’t have any beer or wine tastings this week. I was a little disappointed in the turnout at the Asian beer tasting last Thursday night. We had only 10 people sample the beers and sold 1 six-pk. I think we will cut the beer tastings down to a couple per month and I may do some on Saturday.

The Bitch is back!! No,not your mother-in-law or the Elton John classic. It’s the delicious Grenache from South Australia. It’s released just once a year in very limited quantities. I know some of you have been asking for it (Jenn). We have only 3 cases and its first come first served.

Another new interesting wine is Vintage Ink from Indelible Wines. It is a deep, dark blend of Cabernet and Merlot and is quite yummy. It’s also the un-official wine of the NBA and all the tattooed stars in the league. Hey I’m as big a fan as the next guy for some tasteful, discrete body art. But have you seen the arms of some of these guys? I swear 1 kid in the NCAA tournament has the Declaration of Independence on his arm. These 2 wines along with the closeout "Goatfather" and Diva’s Chardonnay are in a small eclectic display in the front of the store as you walk in.

Good to see the Celtics win their 60th game of the year after last year's debacle of a season. The Sox completed their Japan journey at 3 and 1, and even looks like the Bruins will squeak in the playoffs. We also have FREE! tickets to the season opener of the Boston Militia of the IWFL. We will be one of the official sponsors of the team and the only place in the area to get tickets for upcoming games. Be sure to check out their website for team info and schedule (massmutinity.com).

I hope you all have a great weekend. Robert