Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday. It was crazy as usual here at Cork’s and we truly appreciate your patronage. For your end of year shopping convenience we will be open 9 to 7 PM on New Year’s Eve. We will also be open New Year’s Day from 12 to 6 and Sunday the 2nd from 12-6….rumor has it the new “Evil Empire” in town is closed both days…
We have a ton of Sparkling Wines, Cava, Prosecco, and Champagnes for your New Year’s celebrations. We are featuring the new package of Cristalino as my value sparkler for the season. The label is new but the Cava is the same delicious brut style, for the ridiculous price of $8.99! Mumm Napa, which we will taste tonight is “Champagne” style quality, sale priced at $17.99. For Prosecco I recommend the brand new Mionetto in a cool 1.5 liter package at just $22.99. And for true French Champagne we have Gosset Brut Excellence. This outstanding Champagne normally goes for 50 bucks, but we got a great deal on it including a real riddling rack from the winery and we are featuring it at $36.99.
We don’t have a beer tasting scheduled for this week as it a short week and we are doing the wine tasting tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7 PM. Ellen from the Connoisseur division of United Liquors will be here to sample you on some great New Year’s wines. She will start with the aforementioned Mumm Napa Sparkling Wines. Cuvee M, Brut Rose, and the # 43 wine in the Wine Spectator top 100, Brut Prestige. These are from the famous Mumm Champagne producer in France but done in Napa Valley, California. You can not find true methode champenoise Sparkling Wines of this quality for $17.99! We’ve added a couple of reds to finish off the lineup as well. Sterling Vintner’s Collection Meritage is a true Bordeaux blend of all 5 varietals and Ruffino Riserva Ducale Chianti Classico. We don’t do wine tastings every week in January and February, so be sure to check out this special New Year’s wine tasting.
2010 has been an eventful year for me and I for one am ready to turn the calendar and hope for a better 2011. My prediction of Championships for the Patriots (looks good)… Bruins (in the mix)…The Redsox (now that we’re on par with the Evil Empire in spending) have to be a World Series favorite…and the Celtics looked to be front runners for Banner # 18 before KG went down last night. Let’s hope it’s not too serious and we get Rondo back and win all 4 titles in 2011! Have a Happy New Year everybody!
Robert
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Cork's Christmas Newsletter
We’ll make this brief as we have stuff to put on the shelves and I’m sure you all have last minute shopping and things you have to do. We will be open till 10 PM tonight (Thursday) and from 9 AM till 6 PM tomorrow Christmas Eve. We will be closed Saturday Christmas Day and open normal hours 12 to 6 on Sunday. From what I’m hearing there is going to be a pretty big snow storm heading this way Sunday AM so you might want to load up between now and Friday.Miguel from L. Knife is here tonight for our weekly beer tasting. We were going to do holiday beers, but most of them are gone so we have a new improvised lineup. He will be bringing the Butternuts Variety 12 pack cans for you to try. That consists of Porkslap Pale Ale Ale, Heinneweisse Hefeweizen (now that just sounds weird), Moo Thunder Stout, and Snapper Head IPA. He will also be pouring the Troegs Dead Reckoning and will be mixing the Young’s Double Chocolate Stout and the Wells Banana Bread Ale…now that sounds yummie!!!
There will be no wine tasting on Friday Christmas Eve as it’s just a lil bit too crazy for that. We do still have some great last minute gift ideas and stocking stuffers left. Not to mention some outstanding “High End” wines for that hard to buy for person on your list. Just a reminder that we have easy in and out access here at Cork’s, and plenty of parking for you during the holiday season. So be sure to stop by and let us fill your liquor needs for the holidays.
Merry Christmas to all of you from the entire Cork’s staff.
Robert
Robert
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Holiday hours
Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Well we’re heading into the homestretch of the Holiday Season. Let me give y
ou a quick reminder of our holiday hours going forward. Wednesday and Thursday December 22nd and 23rd, we will open from 9 AM till 10 PM. Friday Christmas Eve, we are open from 9 AM till 6 PM. We will be closed Christmas Day and will open 12 to 6 on Sunday, Boxing Day. What is Boxing Day anyway? Are we supposed to watch a boxing match? Clean up all the boxes left over from Christmas? Box up the fake tree and ornaments? Take the box your ugly tie came in that Aunt Mildred got you back to Macy’s and exchange it? Whatever it is, we will be open our normal Sunday hours that day.
Let’s talk about tastings. Our Beer Manager, Marc, will be doing this Thursday night’s beer tasting from 4:30 to 7 PM. He will be doing some hardy winter beers to warm you up on these frrrrrrreezing nights. Here is the lineup: Samuel Smith Winter Welcome, Stone Brewery Double Bastard, 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, Rogue Chocolate Stout, and the darkest, thickest, heaviest beer I ever drank - Oscar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout. If these don’t warm you up, nothing will.
Joe from Ruby Wines will be here Friday night from 4:30 to 7 PM. This will be our la
st wine tasting before Christmas, and Joe has some fantastic wines to show you. He will start with Gosset Excellence Brut Champagne. This is my “go to” Champagne for the holiday season. We were able to get a great price and an old-fashioned riddling rack right from the actual winery in Champagne, France. The regular price for this outstanding Champagne is $49.99 but we have it at $36.99 right through New Year’s. The next 2 are Great value wines (2 for $14) from Principato. These are the same wines you get at Olive Garden in those tear shaped bottles. He will have the Pinot Grigio/ Chardonnay Blend and the Cabernet/Merlot. J. Lohr Wildflower Valdigue will be next followed by Clos Du Val Napa Valley Merlot. We got another good buy on all the Clos Du Val wines, so in addition to the usual 10 % off any of the wines we taste, you can take 10 % off any of the Clos Du Val varietals! He will finish with the newest addition to the Layer Cake family California Cabernet.
My Cousin Vinnie will be here Saturday afternoon (dressed as an elf I hear) to complete the weekend tasting extravaganza with Goose Island Beers from 2:30 to 5 PM. He will have the 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Honker’s Ale, India Pale Ale, and Mild Winter all in 6 packs. I’m sure he will have a couple of the large format 22 OZ. specialty beers for you to try as well. We still have a bunch of Liquor gift sets still available. We also have nip and beer baskets that are great for “Secret Santa” gifts as well. Don’t forget we will match any of our competitor’s sale prices in town. So don’t be fighting all the traffic and trying to find a parking spot. We are still the most convenient store to get in and out of with plenty of parking. See you all this weekend!
Robert
ou a quick reminder of our holiday hours going forward. Wednesday and Thursday December 22nd and 23rd, we will open from 9 AM till 10 PM. Friday Christmas Eve, we are open from 9 AM till 6 PM. We will be closed Christmas Day and will open 12 to 6 on Sunday, Boxing Day. What is Boxing Day anyway? Are we supposed to watch a boxing match? Clean up all the boxes left over from Christmas? Box up the fake tree and ornaments? Take the box your ugly tie came in that Aunt Mildred got you back to Macy’s and exchange it? Whatever it is, we will be open our normal Sunday hours that day.Let’s talk about tastings. Our Beer Manager, Marc, will be doing this Thursday night’s beer tasting from 4:30 to 7 PM. He will be doing some hardy winter beers to warm you up on these frrrrrrreezing nights. Here is the lineup: Samuel Smith Winter Welcome, Stone Brewery Double Bastard, 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, Rogue Chocolate Stout, and the darkest, thickest, heaviest beer I ever drank - Oscar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout. If these don’t warm you up, nothing will.
Joe from Ruby Wines will be here Friday night from 4:30 to 7 PM. This will be our la
st wine tasting before Christmas, and Joe has some fantastic wines to show you. He will start with Gosset Excellence Brut Champagne. This is my “go to” Champagne for the holiday season. We were able to get a great price and an old-fashioned riddling rack right from the actual winery in Champagne, France. The regular price for this outstanding Champagne is $49.99 but we have it at $36.99 right through New Year’s. The next 2 are Great value wines (2 for $14) from Principato. These are the same wines you get at Olive Garden in those tear shaped bottles. He will have the Pinot Grigio/ Chardonnay Blend and the Cabernet/Merlot. J. Lohr Wildflower Valdigue will be next followed by Clos Du Val Napa Valley Merlot. We got another good buy on all the Clos Du Val wines, so in addition to the usual 10 % off any of the wines we taste, you can take 10 % off any of the Clos Du Val varietals! He will finish with the newest addition to the Layer Cake family California Cabernet.My Cousin Vinnie will be here Saturday afternoon (dressed as an elf I hear) to complete the weekend tasting extravaganza with Goose Island Beers from 2:30 to 5 PM. He will have the 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Honker’s Ale, India Pale Ale, and Mild Winter all in 6 packs. I’m sure he will have a couple of the large format 22 OZ. specialty beers for you to try as well. We still have a bunch of Liquor gift sets still available. We also have nip and beer baskets that are great for “Secret Santa” gifts as well. Don’t forget we will match any of our competitor’s sale prices in town. So don’t be fighting all the traffic and trying to find a parking spot. We are still the most convenient store to get in and out of with plenty of parking. See you all this weekend!
Robert
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Braveheart Rescue tasting and lots more!
Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Wow...what a week on the local sports scene. Huge win for the Pats last week as they are now in the drivers seat for their Super Bowl run. And the Sox pull off a blockbuster trade and add the best offensive free agent on the market. Personally I like the trade for Gonzalez but I think the Crawford signing is greedy and further illustrates why the sport needs a salary cap. Having said that we root for laundry…Go Sox! Even the Celtics and Bruins are playing at championship levels. Could 2011 be the year that all 4 teams in 1 town win the title? 
Well we have an equally busy week on the tasting front here at Cork’s. Let’s start with a charity tasting we are doing tonight at the Holiday Inn Mansfield from 6 to 9 PM to benefit Braveheart Rescue. We will be pouring the Mutt Lynch “Dog Wines” as well as a couple others. There will be food…prizes...and raffle items. Admission is $10 at the door with all proceeds going to Braveheart Rescue. Check out a complete list of what we will be tasting here http://www.corksfinewine.com/braveheartrescuetasting.htm
While I’m out pouring wine, Marc will have dual beer tastings tonight. Table # 1 will be Craig from Quality with Winter Seasonal Beers. He will have Magic Hat Black as Night Winter Lager, Goose Island Mild Winter Ale, Redhook Winterhook Ale, Buffalo Bills Blueberry Oatmeal Stout, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, and Widmer Barrel Aged Brrrrrbon Ale in the 22 oz bottle
(the perfect beer for this frrrrrrreezing weather). Table # 2 will be Keith from Dogfish Head. He will be sampling their 60 and 90 minute IPA’s, Indian Brown Ale, Raison D’Etre, Worldwide Stout, and Palo Santo Marron. Both tastings are from 4:30 to 7 PM and you will receive 10 % off any of the beers you try tonight!
Friday night’s wine tasting is with John from Trio Wines. His lineup starts off Girasole Vineyards Chardonnay. Like the Pinot Noir we recently brought in from them, this wine is Organic and Vegan. Next up are 2 value wines from Washington Hills…Gewurztraminer and Cabernet. These are very nice wines and are just 2 for $16. Bianchi Pinot Noir will be next followed by a new Zinfandel called OZV. Next up is 1 of my new favorite wines in the store. Vertice Carmenere Syrah is a big bold wine from Chile that has been getting some great press of late, including 92 points by Robert Parker. John will finish the night with Hot Buttered Sangria. He will take the Ed Hardy Sangria and add some butterscotch schnapps, a few cinnamon sticks, and warm up this crazy concoction. Sounds like a yummie recipe to warm you up on these frigid nights we’ve been having.
Last but not least we have a supermodel here to taste you once again on Double Cross Vodka this Saturday afternoon from 1 to 3 PM. We still have a bunch of gift sets remaining of most of your favorite spirits. There is no up charge on these items, they just in a nice box with free stuff inside!
We also have some nice beer gift items and some beer and nip holiday baskets we’ve made up. And check out our new handmade porcelain wine, beer and liquor ornaments for the tree. They're gift boxed and can be personalized with your nearest Sharpie!
Well we have an equally busy week on the tasting front here at Cork’s. Let’s start with a charity tasting we are doing tonight at the Holiday Inn Mansfield from 6 to 9 PM to benefit Braveheart Rescue. We will be pouring the Mutt Lynch “Dog Wines” as well as a couple others. There will be food…prizes...and raffle items. Admission is $10 at the door with all proceeds going to Braveheart Rescue. Check out a complete list of what we will be tasting here http://www.corksfinewine.com/braveheartrescuetasting.htm
While I’m out pouring wine, Marc will have dual beer tastings tonight. Table # 1 will be Craig from Quality with Winter Seasonal Beers. He will have Magic Hat Black as Night Winter Lager, Goose Island Mild Winter Ale, Redhook Winterhook Ale, Buffalo Bills Blueberry Oatmeal Stout, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, and Widmer Barrel Aged Brrrrrbon Ale in the 22 oz bottle
(the perfect beer for this frrrrrrreezing weather). Table # 2 will be Keith from Dogfish Head. He will be sampling their 60 and 90 minute IPA’s, Indian Brown Ale, Raison D’Etre, Worldwide Stout, and Palo Santo Marron. Both tastings are from 4:30 to 7 PM and you will receive 10 % off any of the beers you try tonight!Friday night’s wine tasting is with John from Trio Wines. His lineup starts off Girasole Vineyards Chardonnay. Like the Pinot Noir we recently brought in from them, this wine is Organic and Vegan. Next up are 2 value wines from Washington Hills…Gewurztraminer and Cabernet. These are very nice wines and are just 2 for $16. Bianchi Pinot Noir will be next followed by a new Zinfandel called OZV. Next up is 1 of my new favorite wines in the store. Vertice Carmenere Syrah is a big bold wine from Chile that has been getting some great press of late, including 92 points by Robert Parker. John will finish the night with Hot Buttered Sangria. He will take the Ed Hardy Sangria and add some butterscotch schnapps, a few cinnamon sticks, and warm up this crazy concoction. Sounds like a yummie recipe to warm you up on these frigid nights we’ve been having.
Last but not least we have a supermodel here to taste you once again on Double Cross Vodka this Saturday afternoon from 1 to 3 PM. We still have a bunch of gift sets remaining of most of your favorite spirits. There is no up charge on these items, they just in a nice box with free stuff inside!
We also have some nice beer gift items and some beer and nip holiday baskets we’ve made up. And check out our new handmade porcelain wine, beer and liquor ornaments for the tree. They're gift boxed and can be personalized with your nearest Sharpie!So as you’re out doing your holiday shopping be sure to stop by and check them out. Have a great weekend and we’ll see you all soon.
Robert
Robert
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thanks for being loyal customers! We really appreciate your business!
I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Thank you to all of you loyal Cork’s customer who came in over the very busy holiday week. We appreciate your loyalty and business. We pride ourselves for having a clean, bright, well merchandised store with fair and competitive prices. We have a well trained, knowledgeable staff here to answer your questions and service your needs. We also have a full tasting lineup right through the holiday season. Don’t forget that we will match any advertised price from any of our competitors in town. Throw in the most convenient location, tons of parking, and easy in and out access makes Cork’s your store for the holidays and everyday.
Our Thursday night beer tasting from 4:30 to 7 PM is with our old friend from Sam Adams. He will be featuring the 6 beers that make up the new Winter Classics 12-pk. Boston Lager, White Ale, Old Fezziwig Ale, Winter Lager, Chocolate Bock, and Holiday Porter make up this festive variety pack. I’m hoping he can find a bottle of the new Infinium Ale which is a collaboration from Sam and Weihenstephan Brewery from Germany. If not, be on the lookout for this specialty beer for the upcoming holiday season.
Friday night’s wine tasting is yet another debut. We have David from Winebow Boston here from 4:30 to 7 PM. He has a great lineup starting with Gruet Brut Sparkling Wine from New Mexico. Next up is Kreuznacher Kronenberg Kabinett Riesling a delicious, drier style Riesling from Germany. Conundrum is a mix of Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat Canelli, Viognier, and Chardonnay. This premium white blend is one of the best white wines out there and we will have a special price on it the night of the tasting. Off to Italy for Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre, followed by Fuego Garnacha from Spain. He will end this worldwide tasting with a 10 yr Tawny Porto from Smith Woodhouse.
Let’s rattle off a few sports takes since I haven’t ranted about them in a couple weeks. Why didn’t the Sox match that offer by the Tigers for Victor Martinez? If everybody remains healthy I really like the Celtics chances for bringing home banner # 18 this year. The Bruins show flashes of being a cup contender, but need to be more consistent. And the Pats face yet another huge challenge with the Jets in one of the biggest regular season games in years this Monday night at Gillette. Be sure to stop in and load up for this epic battle. Have a great weekend.
Robert
Our Thursday night beer tasting from 4:30 to 7 PM is with our old friend from Sam Adams. He will be featuring the 6 beers that make up the new Winter Classics 12-pk. Boston Lager, White Ale, Old Fezziwig Ale, Winter Lager, Chocolate Bock, and Holiday Porter make up this festive variety pack. I’m hoping he can find a bottle of the new Infinium Ale which is a collaboration from Sam and Weihenstephan Brewery from Germany. If not, be on the lookout for this specialty beer for the upcoming holiday season.
Friday night’s wine tasting is yet another debut. We have David from Winebow Boston here from 4:30 to 7 PM. He has a great lineup starting with Gruet Brut Sparkling Wine from New Mexico. Next up is Kreuznacher Kronenberg Kabinett Riesling a delicious, drier style Riesling from Germany. Conundrum is a mix of Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat Canelli, Viognier, and Chardonnay. This premium white blend is one of the best white wines out there and we will have a special price on it the night of the tasting. Off to Italy for Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre, followed by Fuego Garnacha from Spain. He will end this worldwide tasting with a 10 yr Tawny Porto from Smith Woodhouse.
Let’s rattle off a few sports takes since I haven’t ranted about them in a couple weeks. Why didn’t the Sox match that offer by the Tigers for Victor Martinez? If everybody remains healthy I really like the Celtics chances for bringing home banner # 18 this year. The Bruins show flashes of being a cup contender, but need to be more consistent. And the Pats face yet another huge challenge with the Jets in one of the biggest regular season games in years this Monday night at Gillette. Be sure to stop in and load up for this epic battle. Have a great weekend.
Robert
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