Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive! For those unfamiliar with this yearly tradition this is the 1st wine of the 2008 vintage, and comes out the third Thursday of November. It is made with the Gamay grape, and is a very light and fruity red wine making it an excellent pairing with turkey. This wine is not overly complex, the grapes having literally been on the vine just a couple of months ago. We carry the George Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau and as always it comes in a funky flowery designed bottle. We will be sampling this wine with other great Thanksgiving wines Friday night from 4 to 7 PM.
Speaking of Turkey Day we will be closed on Thursday. We will open up an hour early, at 9 AM on Wednesday 11/26 and close an hour later at 10 PM for your shopping convenience. We will also close 1 hour early on Friday (9 PM) the day after Thanksgiving as most of you are fully stocked up booze and turkey, and probably in a tryptophanic coma anyway. Don’t forget we have full liquor now for all your holiday needs. So there is no need to fight for a parking spot at our competitors when we have a huge parking lot here at Cork’s.
We do have a beer tasting scheduled for tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7:30. I’ve given up trying to figure out if it’s my cousin Vinnie, a supermodel, or some random dude…so let’s just say it will be a rep from Quality Beverage. They will sample you on their selection of European beers tonight. He/she will taste you on Leffe Blonde Belgian Ale, Stella Artois, and St. Pauli girl from Germany. While we’re on the subject of beer I’d like to clean up any Oktoberfest/Pumpkin/Autumn beers that are hanging around. So in lieu of a mystery discount for the next couple of weeks all Fall Beers will be 10 % off. They will not be programmed into the register so you may need to remind the cashier….and if you wanna shout 1 last time there is only 1 OKTOBER!!…you know I’ll enjoy that.
Friday night will be our Annual Thanksgiving wine tasting from 4 to 7 PM. We fill feature what I think are the best pairings for turkey and all the rest of the fixings. We will start St. Urbans-Hof Riesling from the Mosel region of Germany. Next we go to Columbia Valley in Washington for Chateau Ste Michelle Gewurztraminer. Gewurtz is always my favorite Thanksgiving white as it not only compliments the bird, but the cinnamon and nutmeg spices are the perfect compliment to many of the side dishes. From there we go a few hundred miles south to Oregon for Firesteed Pinot Noir. Burgundian in style, this light bodied red is perfect for turkey. A Thanksgiving tasting would not be complete without the aforementioned Beaujolais Nouveau, so that takes care of the red portion of the tasting. Off to Jersey next for Tomasello Cranberry Wine. This a delicious, slightly sweet and tart wine made from 100% cranberries. We finish with a brand new dessert wine from Harvard, MA. Apfel Eis from Still River Winery is an ice wine made from 100% local apples. We just tried it yesterday and it is absolutely delish !!...this will be a perfect wine to serve with pumpkin or apple pie, or it can be dessert all on its own.
There will be no newsletter next week as it’s going to be crazy busy here and we are closed Thursday. There will also be no tastings next week as we concentrate on keeping the shelves filled and helping you with your Thanksgiving selections. I hope you all have a great weekend, and a nice Thanksgiving holiday.
Robert
PS…wow it was just brought to my attention after sending ½ of the e-mails out that I don’t have 1 sports reference!!...I just can’t go 2 weeks without 1, so congrats to “El Caballito” for an amazing season and capturing the AL MVP Award.
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