Great
news for all of you out-of-state customers.
UPS just announced that
commencing June 16, the company will expand
its interstate wine shipping policy from 13 states to 38 states.
Please forward this good news to all of your friends (and our email
address info@thewineconsultant.com )
Out-of-state
orders still receive TWC discount pricing, pay wholesale UPS shipping
rates and are exempt from California state sales tax. More updates
next week.
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TWC's Tasting Bar
- At least 12 wines are always available to taste in Riedel crystal
stemware. One ounce samples for 1/20th the retail bottle price or 2.5
ounces for 1/10th the retail price (there are aproximately 25 oz in a
750 ml. bottle). Each week the tasting roster will include
wines focusing on a special theme. Participants
will be privy to presale discounts up to 20% for selected wines.
June 17-21st - Pinot Noir from
Willamette Valley, Oregon
June 24-28th - Reds from Columbia
Valley/Walla Walla Valley Appellations - Washington State
Remember, the
Tasting Bar is ALWAYS OPEN!
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A
few excerpts from your replies to last week's query, "What is the most expensive bottle of wine you have
ever paid for in a restaurant?"
"This doesn't really count, but I
took my own bottle of '95 Araujo cabernet to Picasso in Las Vegas, and
they had it on their wine list for $1200...."
S.B - Dixon, CA
"$1200 - 1950 Chateau Petrus - Was
a great wine for its age could have even gone longer in the bottle., we
got it at a restaurant in LA from their private cellar selection."
M.Z. - Fair Oaks, CA
"1995 Bryant Family Winery Cabernet
- $450 at Hawthorne Lane in SF about three years ago."
E.K. - Portland, OR
"So I don't like to brag, and I don't like to
toot my own horn.... But, the most I ever paid for a bottle of wine at
a restaurant (are you sitting down?) $45 dollars. I know what you are
thinking and no, money doesn't grow on trees."
R.D.
- Roseville, CA
"$1100.00...... We
threw a company party and paid the bill without paying too much
attention...obviously.
The next day it would be fair to say, we were a bit annoyed upon
inspecting the bill. Gotta watch those decimal points.
I had to work my way up the ladder to the corporate HQ in Marin county
before someone would credit my account for the overage.
A pox upon that restaurant chain and it's children."
S.R.
- Cameron Park, CA
"The
most expensive bottle of wine I have ever purchased in a restaurant was
also the best bargain I have ever found on a restaurant wine list. The
Olema Inn, in the Marin County town of the same name, had the 1982
Latour for $120 when the wine was retailing (where you could find it)
for at least $140."
L.S.
- Sacramento, CA
"The most
that I ever paid per bottle was a mystery to me. It was in 1983 in Chicago. We were at
the 95th floor of the Hancock Tower in the
Signature Room and I was entertaining a very good client. This is
before I knew much about wine other than I
really liked "Good Wine". When I had made reservations I had given
instructions that there would be no menu passed around and we would
just order what we wanted. I thought that would be cool. Well, when we
were seated, the waiter asked if we wanted wine with our meal and I
replied, (#354-8956)"Yes, just bring us whatever the sommelier would
suggest with our meal". We had a bottle of white, a bottle of red, and
a glass of port. In addition we had Chateaubriand and a bunch of other
things that I do not remember. I do remember that the bill was $1300.
Not too bad for a couple of guys out on the town! Therefore, if I
figure that out in today's dollars, the food was probably $200 and the
wine was about $1100. It was a very nice wine!!!"
R.K.
- Rocklin, CA
"If
you knew how much we've paid for wine in restaurants, you might raise
your prices!"
N.K. - Fair Oaks, CA
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Wine for thought.......
As
consumers become more savvy and able to identify cork tainted wines,
surveys show a growing acceptance for screw cap enclosure instead of
cork. Thus, with the future boding well for the elimination of
cork plugs for wine bottles, will restaurants change the
terminology for the practice of a patron bring his own wine to a
restaurant from "corkage" to "screwage"?
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What do you
think?
It is going
to get HOT out there! Except for Saturday, would you frequent the
store and tasting bar more frequently, if I changed the hours during
July and August to late afternoon and evening? 4 to 9? 5 to 10?
Please let me know how you feel!
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Certificate for responding priority email member who's number appears
in this email (must notify within 48 hours of this email's time stamp.
Passionately
yours about wine,
Eric Stumpf
The Wine
Consultant - Tuesday - Friday from 11 am to 7 pm, Saturday from 10 am
to 6 pm
8039
Greenback Lane - Between Sunrise Blvd. and Fair Oaks Blvd.
Citrus
Heights, CA 95610
(916)
721-WINE (9463)
