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Juice Newton Was Wrong, Canasta Jones, Good Morning Glory, and Dear Santa

CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR'S SCHEDULE

 

Mon, Dec 22nd: YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY OPEN ON A MONDAY!

For this Monday only, we'll be open our regular hours from 11am - 9pm for your

Christmas shopping needs (bar hours: 4-9pm)

Tues, Dec 23rd: Open 11-9pm (bar hours: 4-9pm)

Christmas Eve Day, Wed, Dec 24th: Open 9-1pm (no bar hours today)

Thurs, Dec 25th: CLOSED

Fri, Dec 26th: CLOSED

Sat, Dec 27th: Open 11-11pm (bar hours: 1-11pm)

Sun, Dec 28th: Open 11-5pm (lazy sunday tasting 1-4pm)

Thurs, Jan 1st: CLOSED

 

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Dear Santa...

 

Dear Santa,

     Ponies are pretty great and all....bikes with banana seats, Shogun Warriors, and the all-holy Green Machine, but listen up...here's what I really want this year:

 

1. A modern wine rack from a bunch of crafty Swedes that comes in a cool suitcase box with room for a bottle of wine -- $49.99/box (wine bottle pictured, but not included)

 

2.  A Kimax Flask which doubles as a nerdy wine decanter if you aren't heating it with a bunsen burner in Chemistry 101 -- $39.99/piece

 

3.  In my stocking, a Colorado Wine Company gift card (preferrably for many, many, many dollars) which can be used for anything in the store including tastings, accessories, and all of the CoWineCo Monthly Wine Clubs. 

 

4.  And finally, of you're not too busy, put a gift card on all my gifts which ALSO contains one of them nifty no-drip pour discs -- $2.99/card w/ disc

 

 

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Good Morning Glory

 

We aren't peanut brittle connoisseurs or anything, in fact when Max Lesser walked into our shop, I couldn't remember the last time I had tasted any.   So, he tells us he started this gourmet confections company and then pulled 8 different flavors of brittle out of a bag and pushed them across the counter like a a wad of cash in a bad cop drama.   

Tasting notes really wouldn't do these things justice since texture and crunch is such a big part of the experience, but like great wine, the flavors are so separate and unique it is just remarkable.

Our top three are now for sale in the shop for $5.99/box and they just happen to be Christmas stocking sized:

1. New Mexico Chile Pumpkin Seed

2. Cocoa Nib Coffee Bean and Pecan

3. Fleur de Sel and Peanut

 

***available while supplies last***

 

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Playin' With the Queen of Hearts

     Though Juice Newton would disagree, it is very smart to play with this Queen of Hearts.  The Queen of Hearts Pinot Noir from Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards in Santa Barbara has been the object of much drama in our store....it's fantastic wine for the price....but ouch, that label... And proof that people actually read this newsletter sometimes, we had a guy come in and comment on how ugly the label was, then walk up to the front desk with a smile on his face and introduce himself as regional sales manager for Lucas & Lewellen Wines.....ouch again.  Well, now there is even more reason to ignore the cover of this book.  The new 2007 vintage of this pinot is hands-down the best pinot they have ever produced due in part to a new winemaker with a bit of a reputation.  Megan McGrath joined Lucas & Lewellen last year after crafting award-winning pinots with Flowers Vineyard in the Sonoma Coast and Daniel Gehrs.  McGrath is all about terrior, insisting on affecting the grapes as little as possible from the earth to the bottle.   

     This just might be the best value in pinot we've ever tasted since we opened the store.  It is DEFINITELY the best under $14 pinot we've ever had.  Recession Schemession....you can have your pinot and drink it too.  $13.99/btl -- arrives on Wednesday -- which is today -- how convenient!

 

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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: Here's to You, Canasta Jones

Friday, December 12th

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

On this day 34 years ago, a man was born that would forever change how screen doors were made.  Annoyed that he and his friends would often walk through screen doors accidentally when in a rush (read "drunk"), he started Riverpoint Screen Doors in Knoxville, Tennessee, making all his screen doors with a silvery coating that would glisten in the sunlight, alerting the oblivious passers-by of their presence.  Now, he has been criticized for not solving the walk-through-the-screen-door-at-night thing, but if I know Canasta, he's working on an electrified version as we speak.  Cheers to you Canasta, you got the entrepreneurial brains that keep this country running! 

wines

Koehler Sauvignon Blanc, Santa Ynez, California

Gruet Demi Sec Sparkler (don't let the name fool you, it aint sweet), New Mexico

Wisteria Cabernet Sauvignon, California

Sant Maria Rancher's Blend Red, California

Bodegas Servilio Roble, Spain

 

Lazy Sunday Tasting

Sunday, December 14th

1-4pm

$12/person

4 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

No RSVP necessary

wines

(call for selections)

 

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

 

 

 

   Red meat and Gin.

 ~ The late Julia Childs, on the secret to her longevity