Hurricane news and booze from Cork's Fine Wine!

Welcome to Cork’s Hurricane Irene newsletter. What a crazy week it’s been - a rare earthquake on the east coast, (that I never felt) and now a hurricane bearing down on us. Let’s hope it goes out to sea or weakens considerably before it gets our way. For those who don’t know, the Kenny Chesney/Zach Brown/Country Concert has been moved from Sunday to Friday night at 5 PM. As of now Saturdays show is still on. And for all you headbangers out there, the Uproar Festival at Great Woods has been pushed back to Tuesday 8/30. As of right now we plan on being open normal hours Saturday until 10 PM and Sunday 12-6. If it looks really bad we may close on Sunday so check the website (http://www.corksfinewine.com/) or follow us on Facebook or Twitter for updates.

Our Thursday night beer tasting (4:30 to 7 PM) will feature the Smuttynose Variety 12-pks that we have featured as our “Beer of the Month” in August. I’m pretty it will be Miguel from L. Knife here to sample you on the mix pack that features 3 bottles each of Shoals Pale Ale…IPA…Old Brown Dog…and Summer Weizen. We will take 10 % off tonight only and give you a Smutty pint glass to boot.

We won’t have a wine tasting this Friday night, but I must say the turnout was unexpectedly large for last Fridays tasting. Usually summer tastings are a little on the weak side but last week was great. Thanks to all who came. Next Friday night I won’t be here (luxury suite tix for the Sox vs. Rangers…Happy Birthday Sis!) but we’ll have a supermodel from Beringer pouring the Founders Estate wines that will be featured at the Deutsche Bank Golf tournament next week. Here are our wine, beer, and liquor whiteboard specials for the next 2 weeks.

Wine Sale Items for 8-25-11 to 9-7-11
· Colores Del Sol Malbec 750 ML …$9.99
· Beringer Founders Estates Wines 750 ML … $9.99…Chard…Merlot…Cab…P. Noir…P. Grigio…Riesling…
· All Organic Wines… 15 % OFF !

Beer Sale Items for 8-25-11 to 9-7-11
· Magic Hat Night of the Living Dead mix 12-PK … $13.99
· Michelob Ultra 18-PK Cans… $15.99
· Clown Shoes Lubrication 22 OZ … $3.95

Liquor Sale Items for 8-25-11 to 9-7-11
· Captain Morgan Spiced Rum 750 ML … $19.99
· Hendrick’s Gin 750 ML … $32.99
· Kahlua Combos 4-PK … $6.99 … White Russian… Mudslide… With Milk

So if you’re heading to 1 of the concerts…catching the Sox and Pats on TV…or just loading up for an Irene Party…be sure to stop into Cork’s and let us fulfill all your beer, wine, and liquor needs. Please stay safe people!

Robert

Summer's not over yet! Come to our Friday doubleheader...

Welcome to Cork’s weekly newsletter. Another gorgeous day as we wind down on the summer season. Perfect weather for the beach, BBQ’s, picnics, concerts, or a baseball game. Speaking of baseball…go Cumberland, RI in the Little League World Series! Let’s see if you can do better than the team I was on in ‘73 as we didn’t even make it out of the 1st round in the state tourney. As the season changes, we have a ton of new Fall/Pumpkin/Oktoberfest beers arriving daily, as well as a bunch of new wines as we gear up for the cooler days and wine season. So be sure to ask Marc or myself what’s new at Cork’s.

Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves and end summer just yet – this is the theme of my wine tasting this Friday night from 4:30 to 7 PM. I will start with Willm Pinot Blanc from Alsace France. This a very versatile food wine from a region that makes great wines that are so often overlooked. Next we go to Germany for Starling Castle Riesling. I got a great price on this wine that originally sold for $12.99. It is part of this week’s sale and is just $8.99 or 2 for $16. A to Z Oregon Rose Wine is a perfect summer wine and goes great with grilled salmon. Billa-Haut Cotes Du Roussilon Villages and Bogle Old Vine Zinfandel make up the “Red” portion of the tasting. From burgers…to ribs...to juicy steaks, these are both excellent BBQ wines. We will finish with the newest addition to the Sangria craze from Red Guitar.

Similar to the Sox on Tuesday, we have a double header here at Cork’s. Due to scheduling issues with Vinnie and his Vinnions, we had to move our Thursday beer tasting to Friday night. One of the Vinnions will be here to sample you on Goose Island out of Chicago, IL. He will have the 312 Urban Wheat Ale, IPA, and Honkers Ale all in 6 packs. He will also taste you on the Fleur and Pepe Nero in the 22 OZ large format. As with all our beer tastings we will take 10% off any Goose Island product you buy that night.

Robert