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Wine Club Newsletter, 9/13
- September 2, 2013
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Greetings and best wishes! First things first. Your third quarter STOCK UP DAY is actually two days, the weekend of September 7 and 8. This is when you get 10% off everything in the shop. Put those dates on your …
E-Newsletter 8/27/13
- August 27, 2013
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WINE OF THE WEEK: It’s true. There is always something worth celebrating. And what better way to accentuate the good feelings than with a quality bottle of bubbles? Which brings us to our WOW – the extraordinarily delicious Scharffenberger Brut …
Tasting Notes 8/23/13
- August 26, 2013
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NCWC SPECIAL EVENT TASTING 8/23/13 GRAHAM BECK BRUT This South African beauty shows tangerine, spicy oak and a hint of exotic fruits on the nose. Fruity and harmonious, http://www.northcountywinecompany.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2561&action=trash&_wpnonce=843ab834fewith a yeasty complexity adding depth to the fairly dense, harmonious middle …
Friday 9/27/13
- August 26, 2013
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Pinot Noir. More difficult to pronounce than “black pine,” which is its English translation. But “Pinot Noir” sounds much more romantic, doesn’t it? Like a midnight rendezvous with a long-lost lover on the Pont Neuf in Paris. More mysterious, like …
Friday 9/20/13
- August 26, 2013
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Paso Robles is home to over 30,000 people, close to 200 wineries, and thousands of wines. We don’t have time this Friday, September 20th to show you every single one. But we’re set to pour 7 pretty good ones! This …
Friday 9/13/13
- August 26, 2013
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Ultimate Fighting Championship? Hah! Might as well be playing checkers. Boxing? Please. Might as well be a quilting circle. You want a REAL battle? A TRUE fight? A contest to end all contests? Then join us this Friday, September 13th, …
Friday 9/6/13
- August 26, 2013
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It should be no secret that we have a particular fondness for Italian wines. Which is why we recently journeyed to Pacific Beach to attend a trade tasting featuring nothing but. 50-60 of them, in fact. Of that bunch, we …
E-Newsletter 8/20/13
- August 21, 2013
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WINE OF THE WEEK: As you know, it is our unfortunate habit every week to highlight a certain wine, what we call the “WOW,” or Wine of the Week. As you undoubtedly also know, if you have ever had the …
E-Newsletter 8/15/13
- August 15, 2013
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FRIDAY WINE TASTING EVENT: It is certainly possible in our age to go around the world in seven days. But that would be a hurried, stressful, and tiring way to do it. We have a better idea. How about, around …
E-Newsletter 8/13/13
- August 13, 2013
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WINE OF THE WEEK: Got a great WOW for you this week! It’s the 2011 Ramsay Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a terrific value Cab from winemaker Kent Rasmussen (Ramsay is his wife Celia’s maiden name). Here are Kent’s words: “For …