Customer Appreciation Celebration on Saturday!!

Welcome to Cork’s 4th Annual Customer Appreciation Day newsletter. We are just 2 days away from the big event on Saturday July 31st from 1 to 4 PM. We have the lineup all set and you can check it out here on our website … http://www.corksfinewine.com/4thcustomerapprectiontastings.htm. We even have a list of the items being raffled off that you can check out here http://www.corksfinewine.com/raffleitems.htm

There will also be tons of free stuff to give away including a beer glass for every customer on the way out like we did last year. We are also going to have a hotdog eating contest between Tommy Bolini (in a teeny bikini no less!) versus the strange, random 1 toothed (and it was green!) guy that sat out front last year and downed 13 burgers/dogs and never once stepped foot in the store to sample anything. In fact we don’t think he’s ever been in the store.

So bring the kids as we will have juice boxes and water for them as the older folks sample the beer, wine, and liquor. The raffle will start right at 3 o’clock so you can have time to have another dog after the drawing. We will take 10 % off any purchases, not just the items being sampled that day, during the entire event. There will be plenty of food and drink for everybody, but remember this is a tasting. Please mix in some water and drink responsibly. We will have the usual tasting setup where you give the sampler your # and we will start a box for you up front.

We will not have a beer tasting tonight (Thursday) but we will have a wine tasting Friday night from 4:30 to 7 to get you ready for the big day on Saturday. We have 1 of my fellow countrymen, Nelson from Aidil Wines making his debut to sample you on some delicious Portuguese wines. He will start with Muralhas Vinho Verde followed by Cabriz White Blend from the Dao region. These are both delicious summer whites and are great alternatives to that boring Pinot Grigio. Muralhas de Moncao Rose is a great barbecue wine when it’s just too hot to drink reds. If you insist on some reds to go with your burgers and steaks, Alandra Tinto is a great value wine at 2 for $14. To finish off the evening he has the highly rated Cabriz Reserva. This is a blend of 3 native Portuguese varietals, and drinks like a $30 bottle of wine and is just $15.99.

The weather is supposed to be picture perfect, 80 degrees and no humidity for Saturday’s event. We do a lot of tastings here at Cork’s but I think this one is the most fun. So bring the kids, the neighbors, and an appetite and be sure to be here. Just a quick reminder as the Patriots open training camp today - our 6th Annual Kick-Off Beer tasting is Saturday September 11th so be sure to mark that day on your calendars as well. See you all on Saturday!

Robert