Hook and Ladder and Sake!!

Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter.

Hmmmm...the Sox are down 3 to 1…sounds familiar…I can recall writing a similar e-mail almost 1 year ago to the day. We get a win with Dice-K tonight…hope for the Beckett of old to emerge in game 6...and I’ll take my chances with Lester in game 7. If not, hey we’ve had a nice run and we tip our hats to the upstart Rays, and have a closeout sale on our Redsox wines!

This weeks beer tasting is with Vinnie (not really my cousin) or 1 of his dudes (since we haven’t seen any of his harem of Bud girls in ages) here tonight from 4:30 to 7:30. He will sample you on 2 beers from Hook & Ladder Brewing Co. Golden Ale and Backdraft Brown are both very good beers and a portion of all Hook & Ladder sales go towards our local firefighter’s burn foundation. To wet your appetite even more, I will twist Vinnie or the dudes arm to taste the Sierra Nevada 12th Release Harvest Wet Hop Ale that just came through the door. We have very limited supplies of this and I would suggest stopping in tonight to secure your 24 oz. bottle of this yummy brew.

Friday night we have a special Sake tasting with Marcus from Classic Wine Imports from 4 to 7 PM. He will start you off with Kuromatsu Hakushika Sake from Japan. Next we will try the Silver, Ruby, and Pearl Sake from Momokawa. Although these sound Japanese, these Sakes are actually produced in Oregon. He will finish with Choya Umeshu Plum Wine. Yea, that’s that funky looking bottle with the lil olive like plums floating around in it. Of course A Sake tasting wouldn’t be complete without some Sushi, so we’ll send Kat out to grab a sampling of Sushi to pair with our Sake lineup. Personally I’m not a Sake or Sushi fan, but I’m game to try it if you are!

We have a bunch of tastings lined up between now and the end of the year, including our 4th Annual Grand Holiday Wine Tasting on Friday November 7th. So be sure to check out our website (corksfinewine.com) to see what we have coming up. I hope you all have a great weekend, and we will see you soon.

Robert