Pretty Please! Pure Nectar!
December 27, 2004
PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE.....I
BEG OF YOU!! IF YOU HAVE AN INVOICED/PAID ORDER TO PICK UP,
PLEASE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE IT PICKED UP OR DELIVERED BY COURIER
SERVICE NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST. - WHY?
1.) The store is small and our
storage cup runneth over!
2.) My liability insurance does not
provide coverage for any loss to wine stored on the premise by a
customer.
3.) Your wine will be
inaccessible to you as the store will be CLOSED THROUGH JANUARY 13TH.,
2005.
This week the store's hours
will be from 11 am to 6 pm daily through Friday, December
31st.
We will stock pile Lindauer Brut if you are looking for a wonderful
value. High energy bubbles, dry, sleek and lean, with bracing citrus
acidity makes Lindauer the perfect aperitif or accompaniment with sashimi,
oysters, smoked salmon or caviar. Now there is a good one.....caviar with
an $8.50 bottle of methode champenoise. The money saved helps pay for the
caviar! Finding a new wine like the Lindauer is very gratifying.
Next year by this time, this new imported sparkling wine from New
Zealand will have flooded the chain stores and become an American
favorite in a very short time. Needless to say, I won't be
selling it then. Reserve now to assure there is stock on
hand when you come to pick up later in the week. Usually $10 a
bottle, still ON SALE through this week for only $8.50 a bottle. Of
course, other sparkling wines and Champagne are available.....just
ask!
Thank you for a wonderful and most
successful year! In 2004 The Wine Consultant introduced you to
fine new discovery values like the Patassy Pinot Noir, Castano Hecula, Capcanes
Mas Donis, Protocolo, and the Lindauer Brut.....then there were the mid range
guys like The Prisoner, Villa Creek and Mantra wines, and the
Cold Creek Cabernet from Ste. Michelle. And new gems from Napa Valley and
Sonoma like O'Shaughnessy, Worthy and Pax. Lewis Cellars continued to
take giant steps with a string of "must have" wines......luckily we had a
nice piece of the pie! From Spain we introduced you to
regions like Toro, Yecla, Montsant, Bierzo and Rueda and
then showed you the grandeur achieved in the Priorat. In
Italy, the southern regions continued to offer wonderful
surprises, but I was transfixed by 1999 vintage of Brunello di
Montalcino in Tuscany and the perfect 2000 vintage for Barolo in
Piedmont. Hopefully, you ordered timely and now share
my passion for at least some of these wines.
'Tis the season to reflect and give thanks
to all of those who sacrifice so much of themselves so we may do the little
things we so often take for granted.....like opening a good bottle of wine and
enjoying it with friends. I will be here in 2005 to help you select a
few more!
A toast (you can't see us, but
really.....we are raising a glass of 1967 Chateau d' Yquem) to you and
your family for a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year!
Thank you..........oh GOD! It is
pure nectar!
Eric Stumpf
Renee Kroeger
The Wine Consultant
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