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IN MY EMAIL for our Pre Valentines Day Wine-Tasting Love Potion #
19 I Said Join Us Tonight and by that I meant Wednesday, February 13th,
2019 the day before Valentine's Day! Not tonight, but tomorrow, sorry
for any confusion!
LET'S ALL SAY a prayer together so our collective power of prayer
and wills will be heard and answered that our government will stay open
after the 15th of February!
IT'S A BUSY WEEK, but then, which are not?!? How many of you have
your " To Do " lists ready and at hand, whether written on a piece of
paper as I do or on a computer ....
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ALL - only two days to go, but hey, why don't you start early today?!?
I JUST WROTE and sent the email for tomorrow's : " Love Potion #19
Wine-Tasting " tomorrow from 5:30-8:30pm with 4 talented people pouring
19 different wines to please and tease and ease your worries,
frustrations, stress, uncertainty about whether the government will stay
open after the 15th. and more?!? Hopefully love will shine bright and
make all things right! That is our sincere hope with this tasting.
SO : There are more things than wine to help us celebrate on
Valentine's Day, and so here are some of those to share with you now!
HERE ARE Lover's Libations listed in no particular order or preference - enjoy!
1) Ah So Rose a Spanish can of dry rose from Navarra, ' Delicious
Rose ' , 250ml can with 12.5% alcohol - good mouth-feel and weight and
acidity!
2) Duchesse Cherry , authentic sour cherry ale, from Belgium, malt
beverage aged in oak casks, a 4-pack of 11.2Fl Oz bottles, On Special
for $22.99! Great to clear your alate and get ready for the next step.
3) Beach Plum Gin Liqueur - small-batch distilled, from GREENHOOK
GINSMITHS, $51.99 a bottle, 750ml bottle, with 60proof, - a rare,
finicky fruit wit a prized piquante flavor! Yes si oui - a ' must-try ' !
4) ' Rubi Rose ' , a hearty, rich, deep-rose-stained-color-to-
5) Amaretto di Saschira, a liqueur of almonds to soothe our souls
and please our hearts! A treat, $26.99 a bottle - sip and enjoy, sip
again, enjoy some more, stop when it feels right!
6) Red Cider from New York State, made by WOLFFER, a 355ml bottle,
No. 139, dark deep vibrant color, it warms the thoughts just looking at
it, and the design inspires love and romance and being open to Nature
and spring and all things to inspire and fire us more! A 4-pack On
Special at $14.99. I tried it with Santos the other day and really liked
it. Perfect purr-fect for this cold, wet and rain! Yes!!
7) " Bitter Valentine " Double India Pale Ale, a 4-pack of 16 ounce
cans, from Williamsburg, Virginia, made by ALEWEKS Brewing Co., On
Special for $21.99 - this will ignit and flame you to great and greater
and greatest moments, yes, si oui - claro que si amigos, amantes,
amours, tous!
8) a half-bottle ( 375ml bottle size ) of the SIDURI 2014 Pinot
Noir from the Santa Lucia Highlands, On Special for $14.99 and drinking
like a love come true, like a fantasy playing out, like a romance that
will fully entrance! Lovely all by itself.
9) Strawberry beer , a Belgian white beer brewed with spices (
Coriander & Orange peel ), imported from Belgium, called FRULI,
$14.99 for a 4-pack of 11.2Fl Oz bottles, with 4.1% alcohol by volume - a
cute traveling pack - perfect for Thursday night!
10 ) Ieria 2017, a Greek dry rose made from the indigenous grape
there called Moschofilero. from the BOSINAKIS Winery, $20.99 a 750ml
bottle, with medium rose color - deeper than Provence, not as dark as
Tavel - just right in every way - enjoy a glass by itself, enjoy a glass
with an appetizer, go out and have fun, return and have another glass
when you return and share more of your love with your special one.
11) Raspberry Merlot from FABBIOLI Cellars in Loudoun County,
Virginia, this 375ml bottle with 12.5% alcohol by volume, $25.99, is
perfect to sip late at night and watch the embers of your fire burn and
still warm you!
12) Zweigelt smooth-dry-floral-bright-pink-
13) Strawberries and Cream - limited edition from BAILEYS, On
Special for $26.99 a 750ml bottle, with 17% alcohol by volume, - a
smooth-talking-silky-lovely-
14) Gran Reserva Carmenere 2010 from IN SITU in Chile's Aconcagua
region, On Special for $16.99. This bottle rocks now and is perfect with
any meats, flavorful meals and cheeses and with dark chocolates, too -
love it : what harmony, flavor and taste!
14 - ( Fourteen ) suggestions for the 14th of February! Rosie
O'Donnell would say to Meg Ryan in the movie Sleepless in Seattle : "
It's a sign! " I agree, it is, and not planned, just happened, just like
love, it just happens!
WEEK'S TASTINGS :
Wednesday - Pre-Valentine's Day Love Potion # 19 Wine-Tasting , 5:30-8:30pm, JOIN US, #everyonealwayswelcome #neveranycharge !
Friday, February 15th, 2019 ( hopefully the government will be open
tomorrow! ), we have Eric Garcia here to taste some great wines from
his Argentina and Spanish and Basque portfolio from sparkling to still
wines as well as sherry wines, too! 5-8pm. JOIN US!
Saturday, February 16th, 2019 ( 2-6pm ) : We ahve Ryann from VIas
Wines - experts in fine, true, classic, quality small-family owned
Italian wines. This will be a real treat. Come meet and taste with Ryann
and make her feel welcome here. Graham speaks highly of you Ryann.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, you all are the very very, simply put, the very best! Cheers, TONY
BEEN almost 19 years for me here and I thank you all for this great
experience together - you have rocked and filled and spilled and
splashed and pleased, teased and eased my world, as I hope I have yours!
It will be nineteen years in April. " What a long strange trip it's
been ... " sings Jerry Garcia in the song " Truckin' " by the Grateful
Dead on the great album American Beauty!
THE EMAIL that follows is an old store email that I wrote and sent
on February 12th, 2013 - read and enjoy it and then check for current
prices, vintage changes, current availability?!? Thanks for everything,
you all are the very best. Thanks for the last FABulous 19 years that I
have been here. It has been a long and glorious ride together, and for
that I thank you all! TONY
Do you all have a " To Do " list written on a or hand-held device?
I took a package to mail to the post office yesterday for Valentine's
Day and ran into our neighbor that was there, too; and claimed that she
was probably one of the very last people that still used the mail to
send bill payments?!? How many of you still do that? How many of you
still remember the last time that you did that? Time is moving so
quickly these days that it's all one big WHIRL and it's hard to focus
and keep up. I always find that if I do not check my lists three or four
times that I miss something. That one things falls through the cracks
and may or may not get done?
COME SEE US today and be proactive about tonight's State Of The
Union Address ( what will you all chose to drink while watching ? ), and
also about Valentine's Day. I enjoyed reading this morning's Washington
Post newspaper and what they had listed to do throughout this week.
it's good, check it out. I meant to bring it here and copy some of it
but that was not on my " to do " list and so I forgot. See what I mean?
WE HAVE many categories covered for you for the State-Of-The-Union
Address tonight from many chilled wines , still and sparkling; reds,
whites and roses ; ales, beers, ciders, liquor and liqueurs, sparkling
water - you name ut.
FOR VALENTINE'S DAY we have some of Bailey Kasten's FABulous
D.C.-made chocolates and caramels from $10 - $15 a box. I enjoyed some
recently and can attest to how delicious each and every bite is : to be
well-savored. We also have all the same things listed above for you all,
some of which I will begin to single-out here for you all now.
ALE, CIDER & BEER From Santos -
1) " Smitten Golden Rye Ale " from BELL'S Brewery, Inc. ( On
Special for $10.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, 6% alcohol by volume,
go to : www.bellsbeer.com
for more info ) that sounds perfect for Valentine's Day this Thursday.
We should all be smitten more often. it's an awfully wonderful feeling
that sweeps over- rushes over us!
2) " Lips Of Faith " Series from both BREWERY VIVANT & BEW
BELGIUM , Biere De Garde/Beer To Keep ALE Brewed With Orange Peel (
$8.99, 9% alcohol by volume, Fort Collins, Colorado, www.newbelgium.com
) : " Famous in Michigan for their farmhouse ales. our friends at
Brewery Vivant introduced us to their biere de garde ale yeast strain.
From there, we imagined a slightly tart, intentionally dry beer with
hints of Bergamot citrus that pairs perfectly with French cheeses ".
Makes perfect sense to me. Cheers. Like the innovation here.
3) Steam Beer Baley Ale From Bavaria DAMPFBIER ( $4.99 1 Pt.
.9 Fl. Oz bottle, 5% alcohol by volume, 20.04.13, product of Zwiesel,
Germany ) comes in a re-sealable brown bottle like GROLSCH , great taste
and value and great graphics, too!
4) Exit W16E Wild Rice Double IPA from FLYING FISH Brewing Co.
( On Special for $14.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, 8.2% alcohol by
volume, Somerdale, New Jersey , www.flyingfish.com
) : " Rice helps this beer ferment dry to better showcase the five
different hops we use. We then dry-hop with generous amounts of Chinook
and Citra to create a nose that hints at tangerine, mango, papaya and
pine ". Sounds delicious!
5) THE Beer With A BRAZILIAN ACCENT : PALMA LOUCA ( $10.99 a 6-pack of 12-ounce bottles, go to : www.palmalouca.com
): be proactive and get some NOW before the next World Cup or the next
Olympics, it's really good and fresh and lively and filled with the full
spectrum of pastel colors like the country itself! Cheers.
6) LOWER De BOOM Barleywine 4-pack cans from ( On Special for
$10.99, 11.5% alcohol by volume ) is hot off the presses according to
Santos that just handed me a 4-pack as he rolled the others up to the
front of the store. From San Fransisco, CA. 94107, www.21st-Amendment.com. Cheers!
LIQUOR & LIQUEUR From RAVI -
1) YOUNG GENEVER from DIEP 9 ( $33.99 a 750ml bottle, 35% alcohol by volume, product of Belgium, go to : www.diep9.com
) : " Handcrafted in small batches at De Moor distillery in Belgium
since 1910, Diep 9 Genever combines rye, wheat, malted barley, and nine
fragrant botanicals in an authentic copper pot still to deliver an
award-winning taste that is truly characteristic of the country from
which it hails. "
NOTE : Anthony Rivera just tasted this with you all this past weekend to great success.
2) PASSION FRUIT GENEVER from DIEP 9 ( $29.99 a 750ml bottle, 20% alcohol by volume, shake well, product of Belgium, www.diep9.com
) : " Grain neutral spirits infused with 100% natural passion fruit
juice and natural flavors ". It sure did taste great this past Friday
night when Anthony Rivera tasted it here : smooth, supple, easy and
flavorful and smooth on the lips, tongue and palate - a real treat.
3) OLD GRAIN GENEVER From DIEP 9 ( $49.99 a 750ml bottle, 35% alcohol by volume, product of Belgium, go to : www.diep9.com, ) : " Oude Graanjenever double distilled in a traditional copper pot still from rye, wheat, and malted barley at STOKERU DE MOOR since 1910 ".
4) Asian Pear Eau De Vie from SUBARASHII KUDAMONO in Pennsylvania ( $49.99 a 375ml bottle, 40% alcohol by volume , www.winesofsubarashii.com, also : www.wonderfulfruit.com
) is amazingly smooth and elegant and with less bite and so easy to sip
at the end of a meal. It's a great way to start to enjoy the category
of eau de vie which means : water of life ... Holly tasted it here this
past Friday evening and it was very well received. SPECIAL for
Valentine's Day when you get home after a great dinner here in the
neighborhood! Cheers.
5) Single Barrel Sour Mash Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
from ELMER T. LEE ( $32.99 a 750ml bottle, 45% alcohol by volume,
Frankfort, Kentucky, ) : " Elmer T. Lee, with fifty years experience has
produced some of the finest bourbons ever bottled. This is his own
private selection ".
6) Wild Tea from ABSOLUT ( On Special for $20.99 a 750ml bottle, 40% alcohol by volume, kosher, www.alsolut.com ) : " Just add lemon-lime soda ... tea & elderflower flavored vodka ". Cheers.
I INTERRUPT THIS EMAIL to report that Eun Yang of NBC4 ( along with
producer Jason Gittlen ) are out filming the next " Foodies " broadcast
on the Cleveland Park neighborhood that will be run this coming Monday
or the next? Keep checking. It will be good. I will not reveal now the
restaurants being covered. I did hear Eun Yang talking about Lavandou
and I thought it was about Fat Tuesday/ Mardi Gras as that is today? But
" no ", it's about our fine restaurants in general. I informed Jason
that Lavandou had been here for twenty years now. If you want to learn
more stop by and ask me.
FUNNY, I returned to continue writing the store email and a
customer walked in asking for Bill Sander's California 3-Spanish-type
olive olive oil? He's a regular and said that Bill was his neighbor and
he wanted to buy some. I rushed over to Lavandou where Bill is storing
an extra case or two for such emergencies. Great idea Bill, I now have
the FIRST FRESH 500ml bottle of your Extra Virgin OLIVE OIL for $18.99
for our customer! Perfect for Mardi Gras as well as for Valentine's Day
when you tire of chocolates and want a salad or some garlic and
olive-oil on toasted French toast?!? It's here! Come on by ...
BY THE WAY JASON, when will you do a segment on the great local
D.C. retail stores of ales. beers, ciders, liquors. liqueurs, and
wines?!? There are enough of us to make an interesting story for you
all. After all, we do help so many customers with their parties and
other important functions. What do you think?!?
WINE By MICHEL & TONY - For Valentine's Day :
OFF-DRY To SWEET :
1) Asian Pear Wine from SUBARASHII KUDAMONO ( $17.99, 12% alcohol by volume , www.wonderfulfruit.com
) is an off-dry wine made in Pennsylvania that Holly described this
past weekend as like a Riesling. It's so easy to enjoy, so pleasing and
bright and vibrant and perfect for this week with Fat Tuesday and
Valentine's Day. Try some.
2) Asian Pear Dessert Wine by SUBARASHII KUDAMONO ( $31.99,
20% alcohol by volume, using Asian pears grown in Pennsylvania, produced
and bottled in Baroda. MI ) : it's so smooth and velvety and silky and
pure and natural and easy to sip all on it's own. It would go with so
many things and yet it's delicious all by itself. This is another way to
bring closure to a wonderful Valentine's Day! Cheers.
3) Asian Pear Sake from MOONSTONE ( $15.99 a 750ml bottle, 12%
alcohol by volume, from SAKE ONE, Forrest Grove, Oregon, USA , www.sakeone.com
) : " Perfectly balanced The heavenly fragrance of ripe yellow pears
dances delicately with the melon and apple notes of fresh craft sake.
... infused with Asian Pear essence ... ". Nice, refreshing, warming,
too.
4) HJ House Jam from CASABELLA Lambrusco Sweet Red Wine ( $8.99 a 750ml bottle, 7.5% alcohol by volume, www.housejamwine.com,
Italy ) : " ... is the Cold Red Wine with Zip ... Deep Purple in color
with a Fresg Sweet Fruity Flavor. Always serve cold... " The Party
Pleaser ". It's a well-balanced, pleasing red to chill with a bit of
spice and some lovely character, too! Cheers, and a GREAT PRICE as well.
DRY Whites -
1) Indigenous Durell Superiore dry Veneto Italian white from SANDRO DE BRUNO , from Monti Lessini DOC ) $22.99 gp to : www.il-pioppo.com
) is amazing, dry, flavorful, mineral and that " something extra and
original " that is the durello grape all itself in a dry, mineral,
citrus non-sparkling version ( as most of it is used to make sparkling
fry Veneto wines.
2) Chardonnay/ Sauvignon Blanc 2010 dry white Vegan-Friendly
French white from DOMAINE DU TARIQUET Famille Grassa ( On Special for
$11.99, from the Cotes Du Gascogne southwest France region that makes
great Bas-Armagnac, that we also sell here on a regular basis. So full
and round and lush and smooth and ripe and silky and satiny and easy to
drink all by itself. No edges, no worries, just lose your cares and
relax and tilt you heads back. close your eyes, coast and glide and ride
the may waves- water or air ... NICE. Great for Valentine's Day and for
watching tonight's State of the Union speech.
3) SOFIA California Sparkling Wine in 4 Cans With A Straw from
Francis Ford Coppola Winery ( $19.99 ) : all the ladies tell me it is
so much fun! So men take note : MANY fine ladies like these 4-packs of
SOFIA California sparkling wine. For before dinner, so the morning
after, the weekend when you relax, on trips, outside in the park on a
beautiful day like today? Get a pack and have it on reserve. it's shiny
and red with silver and pink accents : everything nice. Cheers.
DRY REDS - 3 From Europe :
1) Grenache " Cuvee Bastien " 2010/great vintage
Cotes-Du-Rhone from the DOMAINE DE CHATEAUMAR ( $18.99, 13.5% alcohol by
volume, www.bougeoiswines.com
. Orange, France ) is a special treat becasue it's made from 100% of
the Grenache grape and many of you may not know this grape all by itself
as it is so often blended? A treat for a nice occasion like tonight as
you watch the State of the Union? Cheers.
2) " Espirito " 2010 ESPIRITO ( $10.99, 13.5% , vinho regional
Tejo from Portugal , Alentejo ) is a delightful and refreshing and
easier-drinking blend of 50% Touriga Nacional and 50% Castelao grapes
from LAGOALVA. Lovely and perfect to enjoy today as it is cold and sunny
and bright but not too cold.
3) Bordeaux dry red blend 2010/ great vintage from HEBRARD (
$15.99 a bottle, ) from Alliance Des Saveurs/ LVDH Imports is a
flavorful and balanced, tasty with a meal blend of 70% Merlot and 30%
Cabernet Sauvignon. Enjoy.
ROSES For VALENTINE'S DAY & More:
STILL / Non-Sparkling -
1) 2011 Long Island Sagaponack, New York dry rose ( $16.99, made from the Merlot grape? go to : www.wolffer.com
) is silky and smooth and wonderfully elegant and fine and easy on
one's palate, just enough action and energy and excitement there so that
ours can add into the equation and we can all sing in harmony and bliss
and contentment. Lovely with or without a meal.
SPARKLING -Dry Roses :
1) Cava Rosat from Spain's BOHIGAS ( On Special for $16.99,
regularly $20.99 a bottle, 11.5% alcohol by volume ) is a deep rose
color, full of flavor and character and personality and yet smooth and
so approachable. too! Wonderful to celebrate this Thursday!
2) Cava Spanish dry rose from CONDE De SUBIRATS ( $13.99,
11.5% alcohol by volume ) was a favorite at our Big-Theme
Bubbly/Sparkling/Champagne Wine-Tasting last December 2012! Really easy
to drink all by itself. Great rich, deep rose color. Lose yourself in
it's flavors.
3) Cremant De Bourgogns dry French Brut Rose from
SIMONNET-FEBVRE ( $19.99, methode traditionelle, a Chablis since 1840 ,
12% alcohol by volume, www.simonet-febvre.com
) is lighter in it's rose-salmon color and also a bit more silky and
refined in it's flavors. too. Beautiful. Get caught up in it's wed of
enticing tastes.
4) Estelado Rose dry secco " Santa Digna " of MIGUEL TORRES.
Chile, Fair Trade/Comercio Justo ( $21.99, 12% alcohol by volume, www.migueltorreschile.com
) is tasty, zippy, zesty, great presence and peaks and valleys of
tastes and flavors and best with food and desserts! A treat from Chile
for Valentine's Day!
THREE Dry Rose Champagnes :
1) CHARLES ORBAN Brut RM/ Recoltant Manipulant/Harvester-Grower-
THE BEST that money can buy :
2) GRAND CRU Champagne Since 1874 Rose Authentique from
BARNAUT , RM/ Recoltant Manipulant ( $59.99, from Bouzy ) is made from
100% Pinot Noir grapes and is the most tasty, adventurous, robust,
powerful, tasty dry Champagne to pass over you lips. Great when there is
some food involved. BUY fresh strawberries and any other red or
dark-colored berries, almonds ... and revel and be seduced by it's
character, taste and personality : alpha Champagne!!!!
3) GRAND CRU Fmom Ay , Champagne, from GATINOIS RM/ Recoltant
Manipulant ( $62.99 a bottle, 12% alcohol by volume ) : here we have
real subtlety, elegance , REFINEMENT and such a lovely shade of
salmon-pink and silky, satiny smooth-dry flavors that hover over the
tastebuds that it's the PERFECT SPLURGE Champagne for you all to treat
yourselves to. Get a bottle and some of Bailey Kasten's D.C. Finely-Made
LOCAL chocolates and caramels. What a great splurge and romantic combo.
As our good customer Michael said : one-stop shopping. He smiled, he
was so happy. We made it easy for him.
MEN : Let Us Make It EASY FOR YOU! Come to your Valentine's Day shopping here.
WEDNESDAY, Our Weekly Wednesday Still/Non_Sparkling Wine SALE 3-Part :
1) BUY ANY bottle of still/non-sparkling wine over $20 and SAVE 20% OFF the marked sticker price.
2) BUY ANY 6-0r-More Still/Non-Sparkling Wines and SAVE 15% OFF the marked sticker prices.
3) BUY ANY 12 or More Bottles of Still Wine and SAVE 20% OFF the marked sticker prices.
Included in the mix are port, sherry, marsala, madeira and sake.
Call us if you cannot come : 202-363-4265.
Get us to deliver to you if you cannot come : 202-363-4265.
WEEK'S TASTING ? EVENTS :
Wednesday, ALL DAY our Still wine SALE mentioned above : every Wednesday.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013 : Michel and Tony are working on
getting someone to pour something SPECIAL for us here from 5-7PM.
Check-in with us for more info. Cheers.
Friday, February 15th, 2013 : 5-8PM - We have Scott of
Monument Imports here to pour some LUPI REALI Trebbiano dry Italian
white, ZACA MESA California wines, too like the Syrah 2008 Santa Ynez
Valley that we sell for $26.99 a bottle, 14.5% alcohol by volume. It
sure is full, rich, round and full and deep on the palate with
blanket-upon-blanket of soothing and warming flavors and taste.
SANTOS and RAVI have set up a ALASKA Distillery Handcrafted "
Buzz " Honey Vodka and " Smoked Salmon " Flavored Vodka tasting here
from 5-8PM. Flavorful, distinct and so much fun. Join us, NEVER any
charge. Go to : www.alaskadistillery.com for more info. From Wasilla, Alaska!
Saturday, February 16th, 2013 - 2-6PM : We have Abi of FREE
RUN Imports here to pour some stunning " new " California wines for you
all! This will be fun, this will be a " first ". JOIN US, NEVER any
charge.
UPDATE : We had a great time with local artiste extraordinaire
Andre Way here this past Saturday talking about her work and her 30-year
retrospective at American University's Kasten Art Center that is still
running now. Andrea spoke of her art on paper done with pen and colored
pencil and she signed copies of her book that is in color and beautiful (
On Sale here for $20 instead of $25 ) that would make a great gift,
even for Valentine's Day for any of you artists out there?!? She left
some signed copies here. Come check it out. The Curator's Office here in
Washington D.C. opens also Andrea Way's " new " gallery show this
Saturday, February 16th, 2013.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, YOU ALL are the very best! Come see us or call if you cannot come by. 202-363-4265.
CHECK OUT our " New " and " Improved " Web Site : Cleveland Park
Wines & Spirits. Look at the pictures and the categories and order
and have sent anywhere where it is legal to loved ones and family and
business associates. We can do this for you now easily. Cheers ...
THANKS AGAIN ... Happy Valentine's Day to one and all, happy
Mardi Gras/ Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday ... enjoy the Sate of the Union
address tonight ...
AND ENJOY YOUR 3-Day Weekend with President's Day on Monday.
STOCK UP HERE for those 3 Glorious Days ... TONY
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Join me tomorrow to taste 19 wines at Love Potion #19 from 5:30-8:30PM!
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