WINO 101

Hello Friends and Wine Lovers!

This week’s Newslatter email thingy is a tad early, mainly since many of you receive this at work, and won’t be around to get it on Thursday. So in a fashion that is so unlike me, here it is - early. On Tuesday!

I know, on Friday, a great many of you will continue the long-standing American tradition of the rabid post-Thanksgiving shopping spree after the turkey/potato tryptophan coma. Perhaps it stems from the burst of energy of getting so much more sleep from falling asleep on the couch at 4:30 on Thanksgiving. Or perhaps it’s the desire to get all the shopping done on the first official day of Christmas. There used to be 12 days of Christmas. It’s now been officially extended to 32 or 33 days, Thanksgiving being the first - with the Roast Partridge from that pear tree that my “True Love cooked for me.” Personally, I have come from a long line of last-minute shoppers, franticly dodging from store-to-store during the last ticks of the clock on the 23rd or 24th of December. Some gifts having been beautifully wrapped in that decorative department store bag. Stick a bow on it! Done! According to studies, the stress levels of the American male while shopping is roughly equal to that of a man entering battle. This comes as a surprise to me, since I thought seasonal shopping WAS going into battle. There’s no better way to wind down from a day in the combat zone of the malls than with a few glasses of super-powered Cabs! Also, perhaps giving the gift of wine can make Carpe Vinum the demilitarized-zone one-stop shopping trip for the year! (Mixed case discounts available!)

So Friday, November the 28th, between 4:30 and 9:00 PM it’s
Cabernet Sauvignon for the weary shopper!
Castle Rock 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California
O’Reiley’s 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, Washington
Santa Rita 2000 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo Valley, Chile
Three Rivers 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington
Powers 1997 Mercer Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington
And the Extra 2:
DiStephano 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington
Owen Roe 2002  Ironbird Cabernet Sauvignon, Applegate Valley, Oregon *Organic!*

A good deal at $10 for the first 5, and $6 for the Extra 2 Premium Pours.

Hope to see you here!
Seize the Wine!
M

Next week is a Miscellaneous Italian selection!