Christmas Newsletter

Welcome to Cork’s Christmas newsletter! As I sit and write this I’m looking at a forecast for heavy snow tomorrow, with possible accumulations of up to a foot... Yikes… so we are going to postpone tomorrows Holiday Wine tasting with John from Trio Wines, and reschedule it for Saturday from 4 to 7 PM. Hopefully the snow won’t be too bad or me and Ted will be camping out in the backroom.

We will have a Christmas Beer tasting with Josh tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7:30. He will start with 3 Belgian Christmas beers. St. Bernardus Christmas Ale, Noel des Geants, and Winterkoninkske Winter King Ale. From there we go to France for Biere de Noel Holiday Ale. We end our Christmas journey back in Nantucket for Santa’s Beered! from Cisco Brewers. We will take 10 % off these or any Christmas beers/gift sets tonight only if you come to the tasting. We will also drawer the winner of the Mike’s Hard Lemonade Butterball Turkey contest at 6 PM.

So for our wine tasting with John from Trio wines, which is now Saturday from 4 to 7 PM we have an outstanding lineup put together. He will start with a Sparkling Shiraz from Shingleback called Black Bubbles. I’ve had a few Sparkling Shiraz in my day and have never been a fan, but this one is quite yummy. Next up is Bloom Gewurztraminer, which is a perfect turkey wine if you’re having a bird for X-Mas. Five H Riesling from Washington State will be our next wine, and I think John’s wife has an apple crisp recipe made from this wine that he will share with us. Culpeo Sauvignon Blanc, and Merlot will give us a lil “green” for the Holiday as they are organic wines from Chile. Bianchi Pinot Noir and Bucaro Montepulciano D’Abruzzo finish up the reds for this big Holiday tasting. You would think that would be enough wines, but John also has a special Christmas treat, with a high end bomb from Shingleback called D- Block Shiraz. This will make a great gift, or pair perfectly with the Holiday Roast Beast!

Don’t forget we still have a ton of liquor, wine, and beer gifts sets still available. We set up a big table in the front of the store with a sampling of most of them. We also have a large selection of “higher end” wines, and really cool holiday wine bags for that wine connoisseur on your shopping list. This could be the last newsletter of the year so let’s get our sports references out of the way and tie up all the loose ends. Go Celts and Bruins!!...both off to amazing starts. Let’s hope the Pats can sneak into the playoffs in this injury plagued season…and the Sox don’t sign Teixeira, but bring the captain back and keep Lowell in the mix.

Breaking news here at Cork’s!!...we will stay open an extra hour tonight (Thursday) until 10 PM for those of you running to Shaw’s for your milk and bread due to tomorrow’s imminent snowstorm. While we’re on the subject of store hours we will close at 6 PM on Christmas Eve, and are closed Christmas Day. We will be open 10 AM to 9 PM on the 26th for all your Kwanza and Boxing Day needs!...hmmm …exactly what does 1 dring to celebrate these Holidays? The following week we will close at 7 PM on New Years Eve, and will be closed New Years Day. Now that I think about it we will have a Champagne/Sparkling Wine Tasting on Saturday December 27th so I will throw a quick e-mail together next week to let you know what “Bubblies” we’ll be popping and a time for the tasting.

Here’s hoping you all have a Merry Christmas and a great Holiday Season from all of us here at Cork’s!!!


Robert