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Gone to Seed

Spring Seed Wine Co. Four O'Clock Chardonnay 2008, McLaren Vale, Australia

     After that cute kangaroo bottle o'wine came out a handful of years back, the U.S. wine shelves were flooded with a hefty dose of fruity, sugary plonk from down under.  Unfortunately, like merlot taking a right cross from Sideways, the overall reputation of Australia's winemaking industry was (and remains) damaged.  What got lost in a sea of purpley-black shiraz were the boutique wineries and lesser known Australian offerings like this gorgeous, organic, unoaked chardonnay from McLaren Vale.  CLICK HERE to read on...     

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Cowboys vs. Mimes vs. The von Trapps @ The Rose Bowl

Yes indeed, our annual rose tasting is here.  This year, it's the Americans against the French against the Austrians.  Will the cowboy get his steed?  Will the von Trapps find perfect pitch?  Will the mime escape the non-existent box?  Will the cowboy lasso the mime (and hopefully injure him) while singing Edelweiss?  Only YOU can decide.

**some of these roses will only be available the night of the tasting due to limited quantities - selections subject to change depending on trains/planes/automobiles/boats getting to where they need to be in time** 

CoWineCo's 5th Annual Rose Tasting

Saturday, May 30th, 4 - 7pm

2 U.S. Roses, 2 French Roses, 2 Austrian Roses

$20/person

Gourmet Cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

SPACE IS LIMITED!  RSVP TO: info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985

COWBOY SELECTIONS - U.S.A

Scherrer Alexander Valley Dry Rose 2008 (Pinot Noir/Syrah)

Ojai Vineyard Rose 2008 (Syrah/Grenache/Mourvedre)

MIME SELECTIONS - FRANCE

Bastide Blanche Bandol Rose 2008 (70% Mourvedre/22% Cinsault/8% Grenache)

Domaine Les Grands Bois Cotes du Rhone Rose 2008 (60% Old Vine Grenache, Carignan and Cinsault)

VON TRAPP SELECTIONS - AUSTRIA

Kalmuck Pink 2008, Wachau

Feiler-Artinger 2007, Wachau

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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:  ACME Wine Tasting

TONIGHT!  Friday, May 15th

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

Well, after a year or so of tasting themes like "Syrah From Around the World" and "Rhone Whites" we spent the last 2 years christening Friday Night Tasting with some more unorthodox themes like "The 987th Anniversary of the Invention of the Bar Stool" and other subjects that may or may not have been fabricated.  Tonight, following in the footsteps of Wile E. Coyote, we are doing our generic ACME Wine Tasting.  While the wine lineup tonight is anything but generic, the theme is--because after counting up the weeks we've been holding these tastings, we realized we've created around 130 themes with the help of Wikipedia and a martini here and there and we think we've run out.

So come join us tonight as we celebrate the return of one of our favorite value white Burgundies, a Chard/Marsanne/Sauv Blanc blend from Washington, an old standard from Spain, a brand new Chianti and the Old River Road Cab known to many of you as "that wine I buy every week".

wines

Larochette Manciat Macon Les Morizottes 2007, Burgundy, France

Hedges CMS White 2007, Columbia Valley, Washington

Crucillon Tinto 2007, Camp de Borja, Spain

Lucignano Chianti 2006, Italy

Old River Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, Sierra Foothills, California

Lazy Sunday Tasting

Sunday, May 17th

1-4pm

$12/person

4 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

No RSVP necessary

wines

(call for other selections)

Wine Cellar Wednesdays

Every Wednesday

4-11pm

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

A town without a bar ain't a town to me.  It's a bunch of houses close together.

~ anonymous