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MORE STUFF WITH AlCOHOL IN IT!

We haven't updated you on our new arrivals in awhile so while this doesn't include everything new in the last couple of months, it is the most recent stuff that we're really excited about.

First and most importantly, CURRAN GRENACHE BLANC 2007!!!! (24.99/btl)

Kris Curran, formerly of Sea Smoke and now with Foley, makes this gorgeous Summer white.  Our mouths start watering around January 1st in anticipation of its release and around March when we just can't take it anymore, we start emailing Kris, politely pestering her about when she's going to bottle this liquid gold. 

And for you Mr. and Mrs. Fancypants, we have a couple of small batch offerings that came in the door over the last few weeks...

Do you like The Prisoner?  Ever had winemaker Dave Phinney's highest-end bottling? 

Orin Swift Mercury Head Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, Napa Valley, California - $75.99/btl  (VERY LIMITED!) (100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Morisoli Vineyard in Rutherford and the Taplin/Lewelling Vineyards in St. Helena) CLICK HERE for more info

Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2006 - $39.99/half btl

Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2006 - $39.99/half btl

Cuvelier Los Andes Grand Vin 2005, Mendoza, Argentina - $46.99/btl

The famed family behind Chateau Leoville-Poyferre offers this astounding Malbec-dominated Bordeaux blend from Argentina. 

Chateau Font-Mars Picpoul White 2007, Languedoc, France  - $9.99/btl

This little diddy is currently featured on our homepage...CLICK HERE to learn more

Schoffit Lieu-Dit Harth Tradition Riesling 2005, Alsace, France - $24.99/btl

Chateau La Moutete Grande Reserve Rose 2006, Cotes de Provence, France - $13.99/btl

Sextant Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay 2006, California - $27.99/btl

Pago Florentino Tinto 2005, Tierra de Castilla, Spain - $20.99/btl

(a damn good follow-up to last year's hit vintage)

Condes de Albarei Albarino 2006, Riax Baixas, Spain - $14.99/btl

Laxas Albarino 2007, Rias Baixas, Spain - $17.99/btl

Moncaro Verde Ca'Ruptae Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2006, Italy - $11.99/btl

Cusumano Nero D'Avola 2007, Sicilia - $14.99/btl    

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I'm So Hangry I Might Hit You And Have a Blintz

     A good friend of ours coined the term "hangry", referring to that point when you're so hungry it's just making you angry.  Well, when you work at a retail counter and/or bar for as many hours as we do each week, you start to see how the weather affects people en masse.  So that leads me to another definition of hangry -- when you're so HOT you're about ready to punch a kitten and crawl in your crisper for a nap.  And that long, long lead-up gets us to wine and heat.

     We get this question all the time -- what do I do with my wine if I have no A/C at my house?  This is pretty important because here in Eagle Rock, it's supposed to hit 104 degrees tomorrow and heat and oxygen are the mortal enemies of any wine.  First of all, don't throw the wine in your trunk where there is definitely no A/C and run errands for two hours.  At your home or apartment, by far the best thing to have is a wine fridge.  With wine becoming more and more popular over the last few years, there are many options at many price levels from counter-top units around $70 to ridiculous monstrosities for the price of a nice house. 

     If you have no A/C at home and no wine fridge, the common practice is to pick the coolest place in your house to store wine which can be the floor of your closet.  It's probably the coolest place in the house with no direct sunlight.  But when the weather is in triple digits for more than a couple days, this won't cut it.  So just put the wine in your normal refrigerator.  Unless you need long-term storage for a vintage, fragile wine, a normal fridge is just fine.  And yes, you'll read articles about the vibrations of the compressor damaging the wine but really, from that $8 sauv blanc to the $50 '06 California pinot, you have nothing to worry about unless you're going to stick it in there for years and years on end.  Just remember to let both whites and reds warm up to a proper temperature before drinking.  Or, if you're soooooo hot you're dying of thirst and need wine immediately (or Thangry), just tip that cold bottle up.  No one's going to tattle.

     Have other inventive creations to cool your wine?  COMMENT HERE on our blog.  And CLICK HERE to take our homepage poll and let us know how you store your wine at home.

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Regular Wine Tasting Schedule

*** We hold tastings twice a week on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons , and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the bar is open for wines by the glass . Please see our calendar for details on any given day: www.cowineco.com/calendar ***

Wine Tasting: The Red Phone

Friday the 20th

5:30-8:30pm

(wines by the glass also available from 4:00 to 11pm)

$15/person

5 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

Please RSVP to: info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985

So, on this day 45 years ago, Washington and Moscow setup the infamous "red telephone", a direct link between the two superpowers following the Cuban Missile Crisis.  We've decided, since we take our wine very seriously, that for a fee, we will install a 'red telephone' between your house and CoWineCo which will be manned 24 hours a day by Sid, the CoWineCo intern, who's only job is to make sure all wine emergencies are addressed immediately and effectively.  You must tell Sid the secret passphrase which rhymes with "the beagle spaz branded".

So come on by for our Friday tasting where we'll be toasting whatever it is we decide to toast that hour and taking bids one the CoWineCo red phone.

wines

FoxGlove Chardonnay 2006, Edna Valley, California

Montpellier Viognier 2006, California

O'Reilly's Pinot Noir 2007, Oregon

Queen of Hearts Pinot Noir 2006, Santa Barbara, California

Aymura Carmenere 2005, Chile

Lazy Sunday Tasting

Sunday the 22nd

1-4pm

$12/person

4 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

No RSVP necessary

wines

Odysseus Garnacha Blanca 2006, Priorat, Spain

(1 other white and 2 reds to be determined...we just can't think that far ahead...call on Sunday)

Wine Cellar Wednesdays

Every Wednesday

4-9pm

No corkage fee on any bottles in the store!

Grab anything off the shelf for the price of the bottle, ask the nice bartender for some glasses, sit, and enjoy

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See You Soon,

John and Jen

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As a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law student in 1974, (Tim) Russert attended the infamous “10-cent-beer night” at Cleveland Municipal Stadium that ended in drunken rioting by Indians fans.

“I went with $2 in my pocket,” recalls the “Meet the Press” host. “You do the math.”

~ RIP, Tim Russert 1950-2008