Thanks for attending Corktoberfest and a sad good bye to Terry Francona!

Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Who would have thought that the 2011 Redsox would be home watching the playoffs, and the ’11 Bruins would be raising a Stanley Cup Championship banner tonight at the Garden! Let’s hope the B’s can avoid the Stanley Cup hangover and go back to back, which hasn’t been done for 13 years in the NHL.

A big thank you to all who attended our 1st ever Corktoberfest Beer tasting on Saturday. I think Marc did a great job of picking out some new and interesting beers. It was crowded, but never so overwhelming that you couldn’t get around and listen to the reps. Please feel free to give us any feedback, both positive and negative, so we can make these events even more enjoyable. My question for you is do we do Corktoberfest again next year, or do we steal back the Saturday before the Pats open up from the evil empire and do a Kick-Off tasting in early September?

We won’t have a beer tasting this week as we recover from last week’s big event. I do have John from Trio here Friday night from 4 to 7 for a wine tasting this week. He will have a nice assortment of wines including 2 new French wines we just got in. Nicolas Sauvignon Blanc and a really nice inexpensive Bordeaux called Chateau Cap de Haut. He will also have the hottest white varietal out there Pine & Post Moscato. Tavernello Vino Rosso will be next and is a good wine at the ridiculous bargain price of 2 for $12. OZV (Old Vine Zin) will be next followed by the delicious Bianchi Cabernet that John once quoted me as saying “Drinks like a $30 Cab”. So stop in and see Johny Pesky or he may just come knock on your door and ask you if you’d like to try some wine?? We’re doing a wine tasting at Cork’s!

Wine Sale Items for 10-6-11 to 10-19-11

• Parker Station Pinot Noir … $10.99


• Bridlewood Chardonnay … $10.99


• Skeleton Gruner Veltliner or Blauer Zweigelt 1 Liter … 2 for $20

Beer Sale Items for 10-6-11 to 10-19-11

• Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon 22 OZ … $9.95


• Heineken 12 PK Bottles … $12.99


• All Berkshire Brewing Growlers 64 OZ … $6.99

Liquor Sale Items for 10-6-11 to 10-19-1

• Cabin Fever Maple Whiskey … $17.99


• Pinnacle Gummy Vodka 750 ML … $11.99


• New Amsterdam Vodka 50 ML nips … 99 cents

Be sure to check out our festive fall display in the vestibule if you haven’t already. Great job as always on that Kathy! We even got a cool coffin for our 7 Deady Zins, and the new Skeleton Austrian wines that we got in for Halloween.

And I say this every year but it “beers” repeating. If you see your favorite Pumpkin, Oktoberfest, or Fall Beer hanging around buy it now…stock up on it. They will not last until Halloween or Thanksgiving. Not to mention that some breweries are already shipping out Winter Beers next week. Yikes…winter already???....NOOOOO!!

Have a great weekend folks…Go Pats and Bruins! Good luck, Terry Francona - you were an excellent manager and will be missed.

Robert