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
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Check out Marc's beer tasting this week...
Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Quite a bit has happened in the last 2 weeks since our last newsletter. I hope everybody had a nice Easter and Passover. The Bruins came back against the Canadiens and are 2 up on the Flyers. The Celts swept the Knicks but are 2 down coming home against the heat. Even the Sox are righting the ship and are poised to get back to .500 tonight against their whipping boys from Anaheim. A big thanks to Guy and Phil who did a customer wine tasting last week while I was away. I heard there was a good turnout and quite the lil party going on back there. Sorry I missed it… So who’s next for a customer wine tasting???
Marc will be doing this week’s beer tasting on Thursday May 5th from 4:30 to 7 PM. He will be pouring beers from Belgium and some domestic style Belgian beers. The lineup includes St. Bernardus Abt 12…Chimay Cinq Cents (White)… Westmalle Dubbel…La’ Chouffe IPA Tripel…Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale…and Ommegang Rare VOS. Sounds like a great mix of beers and as always we will take 10% off any of the beers you try that evening. Wachusett Box of Brews Mixed 12-pk is the beer of the Month for May. They will be on sale all month for $13.99 and you get a free pint glass with every mix 12.
Marcati Limoncello … $12.99
Ursuala's nip special…UV Vodka Reg-Rasberry-Pink Lemonade 50 ML … 99¢ Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers out there. Have a great weekend everybody. Go C’s and B’s !!!
Robert
Marc will be doing this week’s beer tasting on Thursday May 5th from 4:30 to 7 PM. He will be pouring beers from Belgium and some domestic style Belgian beers. The lineup includes St. Bernardus Abt 12…Chimay Cinq Cents (White)… Westmalle Dubbel…La’ Chouffe IPA Tripel…Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale…and Ommegang Rare VOS. Sounds like a great mix of beers and as always we will take 10% off any of the beers you try that evening. Wachusett Box of Brews Mixed 12-pk is the beer of the Month for May. They will be on sale all month for $13.99 and you get a free pint glass with every mix 12.
We are going to take this week off from wine tastings. I will find somebody for next week or do one myself next Friday night. I do have some wines that have made their return to the Cork’s shelves in the last couple of weeks. The “Bitch” is back! (no...not Erin… she was back a couple weeks ago). I’m talking Bitch Grenache from Australia. This is the wine with the cutesy pink “Bitch” label that we used to sell a ton of. The people who make it went chapter 11 but you all bitched so much asking for it, so now it’s back just in time in for Mother’s Day! (for your Mother in Law of course not Mom)
Speaking of Mothers Day we do have Mommy’s Time Out in our 2 for $16 bins as well. Lastly Bogle Phantom has re-emerged here at Cork’s. This delicious red blend comes out just once a year, in the fall, and we blew through 20 cases of it. But the supplier was able to track some down from another state and we have 3 more cases…but come in quick because they will not last!
Wine Sale Items for 5-5-11 to 5-18-11
Beer Sale Items for 5-5-11 to 5-18-11
- Bud Select 55 6-pk bottles …. $5.29
- Smirnoff Strawberry Acai 6 –pk …$6.99
- Stone Sublime Self Righteous 22 OZ…. $6.95
Robert
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