Welcome to Cork’s Labor Day newsletter.
Where the heck did the summer go to? Wow…there is so much stuff going on I don’t know where to begin. We have 4 tastings in the next 3 days…the Sox are looking to put the nail in the Yankees coffin this afternoon in their last ever visit to Yankee Stadium…the start of the Deutsche Bank PGA Tournament in Norton… the Pats finishing up their preseason with the Giants tonight (didn’t we just play them a few months ago…I can’t remember)…and Jimmy Buffet next week with his annual wrap up the summer concerts.
OK…so let’s start with the tastings. Tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7:30 we have Vinny or 1 of his harem of Bud Girls with a preview for the Jimmy Buffet concert with a sampling of Landshark Lager and Margaritaville Tequila. You can taste the RTD margarita flavors featuring Classic Lime, Passion Fruit, and Last Mango as well as the Gold Tequila. So get your crazy Hawaiian shirts, Parrotheads and shark fins out early and come stock up and save 10% on these pre-concert necessities.
Friday night from 4 to 7 we have a wine tasting sponsored by 1 of our suppliers. They will have 1 of their “wine specialists” (supermodel) here to sample you on 2 new wines here at Cork’s. 337 Cabernet is a delicious reasonably priced Cab that comes in a cool package. Next is Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel. This is a yummy rich Zinfandel and a great value at $10.99. Of course as with all our tasting you will receive a 10% discount on all wines tasted that night. This is a supplier sponsored tasting so we are just supposed to do those 2 wines but I’m thinking we try to sneak in a good white wine as well…shhhhh…but we won’t tell the supermodel.
Saturday from 1 to 3 we have a Redhook Beer tasting and putting challenge to win a Redhook Adirondack Chair. We will taste Longhammer IPA, Blonde Ale, ESB, and Widmer Hefeweizen. As part of the PGA weekend we will have a putting challenge for you to participate in. If you sink the putt you will be registered for the cool Redhook chair. We will drawer 1 name from all the entries at the end of the tasting and you do not have to be present to win.
Staying with the golf theme we will have a Bonterra Wine tasting on Saturday from 3:30 to 6:30. We will have Bonterra Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Syrah, and Zinfandel to sample. Bonterra wines are made from 100 % organically grown grapes and they are official sponsors of the PGA tour. If you buy 2 bottles of any Bonterra wine you will receive an earth friendly 6-bottle cloth wine bag. These bags are really cool and like the ones you see at Shaw’s and Stop & Shop are the way to go and 1 more thing you can do for the environment and hopefully make Wallace happy enough to come back to Cork’s and help put up all these freaking cases we got in today!
The weather forecast sounds like it’s going to be fantastic so stop by, sample some wine and beer and stock up for the last official weekend of the Summer.
Robert
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Beer tasting road trip! Yippee!
OK… I know this is incredibly short notice but we are taking tonight’s (Thursday) beer tasting on the road to Buzzards Bay Brewing in Westport. Owner Bill Russell and his gang have “Lager Education Night” every Thursday from 5 to 7 PM. They have 2 grills to cook on (bring your own grillables)…picnic tables…cornhole…farmboy golf…and you get 2 pints of either their 10th Anniversary Ale or Gold Medal Lager as well as the pint glass for 5 bucks! They also give a brief tour of the brewery. Megan and I went earlier this summer and its lots of fun. I know a few of you expressed interest a few weeks back and I had hoped to give you more notice but we’re rapidly running outta Summer and tonight’s weather should be perfect so I hope a few of you can join us. There is more info as well as directions on their website at (buzzardsbrew.com).
Staying on the topic of beers we have a boatload of Oktoberfests/Pumpkin/Autumn beers that have just arrived. I don’t know about you but my favorite season as a whole, and definitely my favorite beer season is the fall. The nights getting cooler…the leaves changing colors …and yummy fall beers to drink. We have a huge display in the front of the store, and as you know, some are in and out quickly. So be sure to get here early before your favorite is all gone. Here is a sampling of what we have in so far.
Dogfish Head Punkin… Wachusett Octoberfest …Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale…Saranac Octoberfest and Pumkin…Poast Poad Pumpkin…Erdinger Oktoberfest…Jacks Pumkin Spice…Paulener Oktoberfest…Smuttynose Pumpkin…Brooklyn Oktoberfest…Blue Moon Harvest Ale… Southampton Pumpkin, and Southern Tier Pumpking which come in the 22 oz size.
We do have a wine tasting this Friday night from 4 to 7 PM. Our friend Jeff from…who is he with this week?...oh yea Sun Wholesale will be here with a very impressive lineup of wines. We will start with Hunter’s Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. Typical Marlborough style (which is my favorite) bursting with citrus and this 1almost has a pink grapefruit finish. From there we head to the Willamette Valley in Oregon for the outstanding wines from Belle Vallee Cellars. Next is a great alternative to those watered down Pinot Grigios out there called Belle Vallee Pinot Gris. Same grape… just more color, body and most of all… flavor! Next we have 2 different style Pinot Noirs, Whole Cluster Pinot Noir and their award winning and highly rated Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. Last but not least a red blend called Southern Oregon Red.
The Patriots play their only preseason game that matters and that Brady will play in Friday night so stop by before the game…try some wine… pick up a 6-pack of your favorite fall beer and get that DVR set to tape the Olympics and the Pats (sorry Redsox we’ll get back to you when the Olympics are over) and get ready to enjoy 1 of the last weekends of the Summer. Just a quick reminder we have 2 wine tastings and 1 beer tasting next week (corksfinewine.com for more info) as we gear up for Labor Day and the big golf tournament. The big Kick-off beer tasting is September 13th and we’re leaning towards November 7th for the Holiday Wine tasting. Yikes summer isn’t even over and I have us getting ready for Christmas…see what fall beers do to me?
Robert
Staying on the topic of beers we have a boatload of Oktoberfests/Pumpkin/Autumn beers that have just arrived. I don’t know about you but my favorite season as a whole, and definitely my favorite beer season is the fall. The nights getting cooler…the leaves changing colors …and yummy fall beers to drink. We have a huge display in the front of the store, and as you know, some are in and out quickly. So be sure to get here early before your favorite is all gone. Here is a sampling of what we have in so far.
Dogfish Head Punkin… Wachusett Octoberfest …Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale…Saranac Octoberfest and Pumkin…Poast Poad Pumpkin…Erdinger Oktoberfest…Jacks Pumkin Spice…Paulener Oktoberfest…Smuttynose Pumpkin…Brooklyn Oktoberfest…Blue Moon Harvest Ale… Southampton Pumpkin, and Southern Tier Pumpking which come in the 22 oz size.
We do have a wine tasting this Friday night from 4 to 7 PM. Our friend Jeff from…who is he with this week?...oh yea Sun Wholesale will be here with a very impressive lineup of wines. We will start with Hunter’s Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. Typical Marlborough style (which is my favorite) bursting with citrus and this 1almost has a pink grapefruit finish. From there we head to the Willamette Valley in Oregon for the outstanding wines from Belle Vallee Cellars. Next is a great alternative to those watered down Pinot Grigios out there called Belle Vallee Pinot Gris. Same grape… just more color, body and most of all… flavor! Next we have 2 different style Pinot Noirs, Whole Cluster Pinot Noir and their award winning and highly rated Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. Last but not least a red blend called Southern Oregon Red.
The Patriots play their only preseason game that matters and that Brady will play in Friday night so stop by before the game…try some wine… pick up a 6-pack of your favorite fall beer and get that DVR set to tape the Olympics and the Pats (sorry Redsox we’ll get back to you when the Olympics are over) and get ready to enjoy 1 of the last weekends of the Summer. Just a quick reminder we have 2 wine tastings and 1 beer tasting next week (corksfinewine.com for more info) as we gear up for Labor Day and the big golf tournament. The big Kick-off beer tasting is September 13th and we’re leaning towards November 7th for the Holiday Wine tasting. Yikes summer isn’t even over and I have us getting ready for Christmas…see what fall beers do to me?
Robert
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thanks for attending the 2nd Annual Customer Appreciation Day
Thanks to all of you who came and helped celebrate our 2nd Annual Customer Appreciation Day last Saturday. It was a huge success. The weather turned out perfect and I think there was a nice mix of beer, wine, and spirits for everybody’s tastes. I hope everybody enjoyed themselves and were able to get outside and have a dog or burger. Speaking of burgers did anybody else see the guy with the 1 green tooth who sat outside and scoffed down a dozen burgers? Not only is he not a regular customer of Cork’s (nobody had ever seen him before)...he didn’t speak English…gave you the look of death if you glanced his way… and he never actually made it in the store to try any of the samples. Hmmmm…could it have been a secret plot by Duds’s or Bum Runners to eat all of our burgers!?! But we were still glad he came for entertainment purposes.
I think the hit of the show was a brand new item called Cabin Fever. It’s a whiskey/bourbon based liqueur that smells like butterscotch/maple syrup and was just delicious. The owner of the company is based right out of Norton and after selling through what we had in stock, had a bunch more brought in from his home which he promptly sold out of. We are back in stock and you can find Cabin Fever on the liquor wall just above the Southern Comfort.
We will not have a beer tasting this week as we recover from last weekend and ride out the dog days of August. We do have a smattering of Autumn/Oktoberfests beers that have been trickling in so be sure to seek them out as they are always outstanding. We also have a new upscale lineup of beers from Allagash that just arrived. Victoria Ale, Hugh Malone Ale, Victor, Fluxus, and Curieux make up this interesting 750 ml cork finished collection. These will be sampled at our 4th Annual Kick-off beer tasting which is right around the corner on Saturday, September 13th from 2:30 to 5 PM. We will talk more about that in upcoming newsletters and you can always check out the website (corksfinewine.com) for more details. As I write this newsletter we just received the new 08-08-08 Vertical Epic Ale from Stone. We have very limited quantities so we’ll have to limit you to 2 per person.
I’m still debating whether or not there will be a wine tasting on Friday night. I have a rep penciled in from awhile ago but I’m not sure if he remembers and I haven’t been able to get a hold of him. I’m leaning against it as we have a couple scheduled for Labor Day weekend. So let’s say no wine tasting this week unless you really want to twist my arm and have me open something for you. We are in the process of picking a date for our next big wine tasting. It will be in late October or early November and I welcome your suggestions on a date or times for the event.
Thanks,
Robert
I think the hit of the show was a brand new item called Cabin Fever. It’s a whiskey/bourbon based liqueur that smells like butterscotch/maple syrup and was just delicious. The owner of the company is based right out of Norton and after selling through what we had in stock, had a bunch more brought in from his home which he promptly sold out of. We are back in stock and you can find Cabin Fever on the liquor wall just above the Southern Comfort.
We will not have a beer tasting this week as we recover from last weekend and ride out the dog days of August. We do have a smattering of Autumn/Oktoberfests beers that have been trickling in so be sure to seek them out as they are always outstanding. We also have a new upscale lineup of beers from Allagash that just arrived. Victoria Ale, Hugh Malone Ale, Victor, Fluxus, and Curieux make up this interesting 750 ml cork finished collection. These will be sampled at our 4th Annual Kick-off beer tasting which is right around the corner on Saturday, September 13th from 2:30 to 5 PM. We will talk more about that in upcoming newsletters and you can always check out the website (corksfinewine.com) for more details. As I write this newsletter we just received the new 08-08-08 Vertical Epic Ale from Stone. We have very limited quantities so we’ll have to limit you to 2 per person.
I’m still debating whether or not there will be a wine tasting on Friday night. I have a rep penciled in from awhile ago but I’m not sure if he remembers and I haven’t been able to get a hold of him. I’m leaning against it as we have a couple scheduled for Labor Day weekend. So let’s say no wine tasting this week unless you really want to twist my arm and have me open something for you. We are in the process of picking a date for our next big wine tasting. It will be in late October or early November and I welcome your suggestions on a date or times for the event.
Thanks,
Robert
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Customer Appreciation Day
Well I’m back from vacation and getting right into the preparation for our 2nd Annual Customer Appreciation Day. It is this Saturday from noon to 3 PM so let’s hope there is no rain. The event will go on rain or shine we’ll just have to get Don an umbrella and bring the rest of the event inside. We’re still putting the finishing touches on the list of items to sample but as it stands now we have 6 beer tables and about 25 beers to taste. 3 wine tables in the back with 15 wines. And 3 liquor tables as well.
There are more details in last week’s newsletter and on the website (corksfinewine.com) and I will update a complete list of all the items being sampled by tomorrow. I’m going to keep this brief as I need to get stuff done so we’re ready for the event. I apologize for the lack of sports references…OK just 1…see ya Manny we’re a better team without you, and for the lack of comedy as my kids sucked all the humor out of me during my vacation.
Once again there will be no tastings on Thursday or Friday as we prepare the store for our annual BBQ. Let’s cross our fingers for a nice day and I hope you all can stop by and give us a chance to thank you for being loyal Cork’s customers.
Robert
There are more details in last week’s newsletter and on the website (corksfinewine.com) and I will update a complete list of all the items being sampled by tomorrow. I’m going to keep this brief as I need to get stuff done so we’re ready for the event. I apologize for the lack of sports references…OK just 1…see ya Manny we’re a better team without you, and for the lack of comedy as my kids sucked all the humor out of me during my vacation.
Once again there will be no tastings on Thursday or Friday as we prepare the store for our annual BBQ. Let’s cross our fingers for a nice day and I hope you all can stop by and give us a chance to thank you for being loyal Cork’s customers.
Robert
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