Email Newsletter 2/28/13

Check Out Friday’s Tasting Event

Wine Mecca.
Wine Paradise.
Wine Heaven.

It’s up north, actually.
Just above San Pablo Bay.
Just south of Lake County.

It’s called Napa Valley.

And YOU have an opportunity to
taste some of its spectacular
bounty… without the crowds,
traffic, and – let’s face it –
occasionally snooty tasting
room personnel.

Your opportunity is this Friday,
March 1st, any time from 4-10.

This tasting event includes snacks and
costs just $10. These are the wines:

Cakebread Sauvignon Blanc 2011, $26.97
Groth Chardonnay 2009, $21.97
-89 points Wine Spectator
Stella Red Wine 2007, $12.97
-89 points Bill Tobin
Cameron Hughes Lot 318 Meritage 2010, $13.97
-88 points Bill Tobin
Flora Springs Trilogy 2009, $39.97
-92 points Wine Enthusiast
Girard Artistry 2010, $32.97
-91 points Jim Tobin
Girard Petite Sirah 2010, $23.97
-93 points Robert Parker

And given that we’re talking about
Wine Heaven, we absolutely cannot
let this go without offering a
bonus tasting opportunity…

In this case, the 2007 Hidden Ridge
Impassable Mountain Reserve Cabernet,
95 points Wine Enthusiast, $69.97/btl.
Which you may taste for five bucks.

So call Eddie Money and book two
tickets to Wine Paradise. We’ll see
you Friday!!

Wine of the Week!
We told you about the Cartlidge & Browne
Chardonnay already, and we’ve got another
great WOW for you…

the 2009 Pessagno Pinot Noir. We’ve said
many times it’s hard to find good Pinot
under $15, because it really is. Tough grape
to grow, tough wine to make.

That’s why this one’s so awesome. 91 points
Wine Enthusiast:

“For the price, this is one of the best Santa
Lucia Highlands Pinots of the vintage. Just
a lovely wine to drink now, showing fine dryness,
acidity and silkiness. The flavors are of rose hip
tea, cola, sour cherry candy, toasty oak, tobacco
and exotic spices.”

Just $13.97 at your favorite wine shop
($28 at the winery, fyi).

Wine Club Pick-up Party
Just a quick heads up for you Members
who haven’t opened your email yet,
your Wine Club Member Pick-up Party
is the first Tuesday in March, which
would be the 5th, if my math is right.

Any time from 5-9 pm you are free to
taste all of the March club wines and,
of course, grab your bottles.

Hope to see you there!

Cheers,

The fellas