Each year about this time, I get
excited when the phone rings and I hear Joan Smith from W. H.
Smith Wines calling to tell me about her just released Pinot
Noirs from the Hellenthal Vineyard in Sonoma. I have always liked her
wines, and she knows it! She teases me with alluring details about the
latest harvest in the barrel and what she can offer me from this year's
release. It's probably my imagination, but the conversation borders on
wine phone-sex; with terms like wild fermentation, gentle pumpover,
core of wild berry, and scents of sachet, firmly structured, just give
it a little more time,..... gentle and finesse! Geez, after she
finishes with me and tells me I can have a few more cases than last
year, I ask her to reassure me....just tell me it was as good as last
year! Of course, I don't smoke, but I feel like I need to go outside
and have a cigarette!!
This time Joan sweetened the pot and
is actually sending me sample bottles for you to sample next week.
Such enticement! So, next Friday, and if they last until Saturday, the
wines will be hooked up to the tasting bar's gas displacement system
for you to sample. In the meantime go to www.whsmithwines.com
and do your homework.
The Wine Consultant will be selling
the 2001 W. H. Smith Hellenthal Pinot Noir (aged in all new French
oak) at $37.95 and the 2001 W. H. Smith Sonoma Coast (also from
Hellenthal, but no new oak) at $27.95. When "my just created special
discount structure" is applied these wines represent an enthralling
value! Purchase any combination of 3 bottles for an additional 5%
discount, any 6 bottles for an additional 10% discount, any 9 bottles
for an additional 12% discount, and any 12 bottles for an additional
15%.
If you don't think you'll be able to
make the tasting order now by reply email or telephone. These
wines are produced in miniscule quantities, so do not procrastinate and
have to wait until Joan's phone call next year!
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Things
to remember>
The store is completely remodeled!
The Wine Consultant's Tasting Bar is
ALWAYS OPEN!
2.5 ounce pour in Riedel crystal for
one tenth the bottle's retail price!
New Store Hours: Tuesday
through Friday - 11 am to 7 pm, Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm.
Yes! There is more "mystery" wine
available! Not to be a mystery much longer........come by to sample
tomorrow!
We are passionate about wine!
Thank you,
Eric Stumpf
The Wine Consultant
8039 Greenback Lane
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(916) 721-WINE (9463)
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