Red Sox wines are in!

Hi Everyone!

The Redsox wines are in! This year's charity wines from Longball Vineyards have finally arrived. Vintage Papi (Cab/Merlot blend), Captain’s Cabernet, and Sauvignyoouuk Blanc make up the trio of 2008 Sox wines. These wines are California appellations this time, have great packaging, and a portion of the proceeds goes to each players designated charity. We will have a huge Redsox Wine Tasting like we did last year, unfortunately our pal Kevin from Commonwealth is booked until Friday June 27th but that will give us plenty of time to load up on Sox give-a-ways and try to get some tickets to raffle off like last year. These wines will make great Father’s Day gifts and we do have plenty in stock this year so we won’t have to limit them.

We will be launching a new beer for us, Opa-Opa tonight (Thursday) with a tasting from 4:30 to 7:30. This is a local brewery from Southampton, MA and I’ve heard good things about them. We will sample you on Opa-Opa Light, Red Rock Amber Ale, and Opa-Opa IPA. We have 6-packs of each and they all come in a mixed 12 pk. as well.

I will be doing a wine tasting this Friday night from 4 to 7 PM. I just have no idea what we will taste yet. Having done close to 100 wines a couple weeks ago with about ½ of them new wines it seems like we’ve tried them all recently. I’m thinking with the price of gas about to break $4 we need to find some good value wines. So I will search for a few of them, mix in a closeout perhaps, maybe sneak in 1 Redsox Wine (sorry I can’t wait a month), and find at least 1 heavy hitter to make it worth a visit. I’m also open to any suggestions on wines you may have been looking at but wanted to try before purchasing. And no…I’m afraid that doesn’t mean Opus One and the high end lay downs in the back cases.

Well it was a seat squirmer but the Celtics won last night and are just 1 victory away from their 1st NBA final in over 20 years. I don’t know what to think of the Redsox as they streak through the first few months of the season. And don’t forget the Boston Militia as they play this Saturday night at home as they make a run towards the IWFL playoffs. Let’s hope this weekend is as nice weather-wise as the holiday weekend was.

Robert