Summer Beers Are Here...and a Tasting That's "In the Pink!"

Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Tough loss for the Celtics last night. As much as I despise James and Wade, they are 2 of the best players in the NBA right now. That paired with C’s aging veterans and immature youngsters was just too much to overcome. So let’s go Bruins!! It’s going to be a long summer if we just have the floundering Redsox to watch. Good thing we have the Great Woods concert season kicking off next week with a couple of shows too.

Not too much going on new here at Cork’s as we transition into the summer beer and mixed drink season. We have a ton of new Summer Beers in stock, and we are loading up on our RTD cocktails and warm weather concoctions. And don’t forget our “Drink Pink” display in the front of the store for some delicious Summer Rose wines.

Our Beer Mgr. Marc will be doing this week’s beer tasting tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7 PM. Here is his eclectic lineup…Southern Tier Iniquity…Allagash Black…Avery Hog Heaven Barleywine…Stone Belgo Old Guardian… Lost Abbey Lost & Found Ale…and Stone Sublimely Self Righteous. I’m not sure I’ve had any of those crazy beers and look forward to trying them myself. As with all of our Thursday night beer tastings, we will take 10 % off any of the beers you try tonight.

Since we talked about our “Drink Pink” display in the front of the store, I think it’s time for my annual Robert’s Rose tasting which will be this Friday night from 4:30 to 7 PM. I have 5 totally different Rose wines from all over the world, and we’re going to open up Sutter Home White Zinfandel just so you can compare that not all pink wines are sweet and crappy. Sorry Tommy Bolini. I know it’s the # 1 selling wine in the USA for 18 years straight but we all know its God awful. Let’s start the evening with Cristalino Rose Brut Cava from Spain. Off to Australia for Robert Oatley Rose of Sangiovese. Next we go to France for a more traditional style we have Domaine des Noulles Rose d”Anjou. Back to California for Menage a Trois Rose which is a blend of Merlot, Syrah, and Gewurztraminer. Our worldwide Rose tour ends in Chile with Cefiro Reserva Syrah Rose. For you “Red” people out there who are reading this saying, “Ewwww! Pink wines!” I will also open Mother’s Milk Shiraz from Australia. This wine I bought at 1 of the holiday trade shows I think 2 years ago because the label was cool and the wine was great. Well in 2 years we’ve sold 1 bottle so I think it’s time we revisit!

Don’t forget our in-store sales last for 2 weeks now so be sure to check out the website (corksfinewine.com) for this week’s featured items. And don’t forget we will match any competitor’s sale prices from other Mansfield stores. Just bring in the ad and we will be happy to give you that sale price. Have a great weekend everybody. Let’s go Bruins!!

Robert