Cork's Snowy Newsletter... Check out our new weekly specials!

Welcome to Cork’s snowy newsletter. I hope you all survived the latest winter blast we just had. I got about 18 inches down in RI, and it looks like there is at least that here as well. Hopefully you were all snuggled in your jammies and robes like I was all day. We didn’t open the store as most of you were home, and the Governor Patrick issued a state of emergency for Mass. I didn’t do it this time… but going forward we will have store closing and late openings posted on Twitter, Facebook, and our website at corksfinewine.com.

We do have a beer tasting scheduled for tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 7 PM. And I’m led to believe it will actually be (not my real) cousin Vinnie making a rare guest appearance. He will be sampling you on the beers from Redhook and …...we have breaking news… just as I was about to send the newsletter…because of yesterday's snowstorm we will not be getting our Quality Beverage delivery until tomorrow. That means we don’t have enough Redhook products to taste, so we are going to cancel tonight’s tasting and roll Redhook into the Superbrew VI tasting. Sorry for any inconvenience.

We do not have a wine tasting on the schedule for this week…but if you swing by I’m sure I’ll open 1 or 2…maybe 3 wines. We do get the wine tasting schedule going again next week with Eric from Baystate Wines here.

Let’s talk about the weekly sale that we started here at Cork’s last week. We did have quite a few of you partake in the discounts. We even had a couple of you come in with the newsletter! We will keep tweaking the format and I’m hoping to get a legit looking flyer that we can put on the website and print up. Any way…that 1st sale ended yesterday, and we have new items on sale starting today.

Wine Sale Items for week ending 1-19-11

-Blufeld Riesling 750 ML…$8.99…Think the more popular Relax Riesling at 2 bucks cheaper!!
-Mumm Napa Sparkling Wines….Brut, Rose, and Cuvee M 750 ML….$17.99
-Clos Du Val 2007 Cabernet 750 ML…$29.99…from the outstanding ’07 Napa Valley vintage

Beer Sale Items for week ending 1-19-11

-Dogfish Head 60 Minute…6-pk… $8.99
-Michelob Mixed 12-pack…$11.99
-Anchor Steam 6-pks…Steam, Porter, and Liberty Ale…$8.99….Foghorn 6-pks are just $12.99 sale price.

Liquor Sale Items for week ending 1-19-11

-Cabin Fever Maple Whiskey 750 ML…$18.99…perfect spirit to warm you up after shoveling or sledding!!
-Skyy Vodka 1.75 Liter…$24.99
-Goslings Old Rum 750 ML…$59.99…This is the Family Reserve that comes in the cool wooden box and is sooooo yummie.

So get yourself all shoveled out and head over to Cork’s and enjoy the extra savings from this week's sale. We are back to our “Winter Hours” until the Spring thaw. Winter Hours are Monday through Saturday 10 AM to 9 PM and Sundays 12 to 5 PM.

This week’s home Patriot playoff game doesn’t kick-off till 4:30 so you have plenty of time to load up before watching the Pats spank the Jets once again on their road to the Super Bowl. Just a reminder Superbrew VI is a little more than 2 weeks away. Marc has been working hard on the lineup for his 1st big beer tasting. I will have him get me a list of who he has locked up and we will post it on the website.

Have a great weekend…Go Pats!!

Robert

Cork's New Sales Newsletter!

Welcome to Cork’s 1st newsletter of 2011. I hope you all had a great New Year’s Holiday. As usual around the Holidays we were quite busy and we thank you for your patronage. We have some new and exciting things planned for the New Year. Starting this week we will be start advertising specials on a weekly basis. We’ll talk more about that later on in this newsletter. We are planning a wine dinner with Peter over Cibo Matto for February. Of course we have our Superbrew VI Beer tasting on Saturday January 29th from 2:30 to 5 PM. I’m also looking for any volunteers for “Customer” wine or beer tastings. We will also find a night to do the Tarot Card/Wine Tasting like we’ve done the last couple of years. Things really slow down in January and February and we won’t have tastings every week. So we’d like to make them more of an event.

We don’t have a beer or wine tasting scheduled for this week, so let’s talk about the new weekly specials we will be doing here at Cork’s. They will start on Thursday with the newsletter and will last for 1 week, ending the following Wednesday. We will have 3 or 4 items from each department in the store…beer…liquor…and wine. I will try to get a mix of lower end products, to more boutique type items in each category but all at excellent savings. We will have displays and sale signs made up for each of these sale items, and will have a new page set up on the website (corksfinewine.com). In addition to these items don’t forget we will match any of our competitors advertised sale prices in town. Just bring in the ad and we will be more than happy to give you the same item at that price. We’ll experiment on how best to list the prices to make it easy for you… so let’s give this a whirl.

BEER SALE ITEMS FOR WEEK ENDING 1-12-11

-Bud or Bud Light 18 pack cans…$14.99
-Saranac 12 Beers of Winter… $12.99
-Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet Black IPA 22 oz. bottle…$4.95
-Don’t forget we have 15 % any Fall Beers and 20 % off any Summer Beers still left in the barn…can you believe we have new Spring beers already coming in?!?

LIQUOR SPECIALS FOR WEEK ENDING 1-12-11

-Skinny Girl Margarita 750 ML… $10.99…Great for those New Years diets we’re all on!
-Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum 1.75 Liter…$29.99
-Crystal Head Vodka…$39.99…this is the 1 from Dan Aykroyd in the crazy skull bottle that is reg. $49.99
-Ursulas’ Nip Special of the week…. Dr. McGillicuddys Schnapps all flavors… 99 cents

WINE SPECIALS FOR WEEK ENDING 1-12-11

-Rosenblum Vintners Cuvee XXXIII Zinfandel 750 ML… $8.99
-Sterling Vintners Collection…all Varietals…750 ML…$9.99
-Cavit Pinot Grigio and all other Varietals…1.5 Liter…$11.99
-All Champagne…Sparkling Wine…Cava…or Prosecco is 15 % OFF !!

All of the sale items will automatically ring up at the register for the sale price. The % off items will have to done manually so you might want to remind our fabulous cashiers. So let’s hope we don’t get too much snow this weekend…the Pats get a good week of rest…and the B’s and C’s continue their winning ways in 2011. Have a great weekend.

Robert