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Trash Talk, The Guttenberg Bible, and Great White: Man's Biggest Fear

 

Trash Talk

The bad news? If you didn't sign-up already, unfortunately, the White Trash Wine Tasting is sold out for this Saturday. The good news? If you did sign-up, as promised, here's your line-up:

Potato Chips En Bowl - paired with Storrs Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2006, California

 

 

 

 

Le Pigs in a Blanket - paired with Wenzel Pinot Gris 2003, Burgenland, Austria

 

 

 

Spam en Crout - paired with Morgan Cotes du Crow's Grenache/Syrah 2005, Monterey, California

 

 

 

ManwichTourtiere - paired with James Judd & Son Paso Robles Cabernet 2004, California

 

 

 

Gateau d'or Avec Creme (or...Twinkies) - paired with Marrone Sole d'Oro Moscato d'Asti 2005, Italy

 

 

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White Trash Wine Tasting 2007

Saturday, August 25th

4-6pm

$20/person

-- SOLD OUT --

 

 

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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: The Guttenberg Bible

This Friday the 24th

5:30-8:30pm

(wines by the glass available from 8:30 to 11pm)

$15/person

5 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

Please RSVP to: info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985

Today we celebrate the birth of the great Steve Guttenberg, a man who in the 80's starred in nearly the same number of films as Gene Hackman, a feat that seems almost physically impossible.    

wines

Kuentz Bas Alsatian White, France

Kalmuck Gruner Veltliner 2006, Wachau, Austria

Finca Luzon Monastrell/Syrah, Spain

Spencer Roloson Palaterra Red, California

Cordon San Luis Obispo Zinfandel, California

 

Lazy Sunday Tasting

Sunday the 12th

1-4pm

$12/person

4 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

Our Sunday tastings will now feature slightly higher-end wine selections. Our Friday tastings get a little too loud to discuss the wines in great detail (we're not complaining), so if wine knowledge is your grail, Sundays are the best tastings for you. Call or email Sunday for selections.

(323) 478-1985 or info@cowineco.com

 

And remember, every Wednesday from 4-9pm you can choose any wine in the store and pop it open for no corkage charge!

 

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We had a great write up from Women & Wine this week (read the article here).  Women & Wine is a lifestyle company that creates experiences for savvy women who love their vino, travel and entertaining.  Yes, that is their wording, but watching them expand from website to events to online sales to magazines, you know they know what they're doing and they're doing it well.  Check them out here. 

 

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The Poll Booth: Great White - Man's Biggest Fear

     Ok, so, 6% of you thought that the odd descriptions attributed to wine (i.e. lemon rind, grassy, barny, etc.) were complete, 100% B.S.  Well, ouch.  Sorry about our prattling on while selling wine.  44% of you thought that it was partially B.S.  We think that's completely fair.  I mean, when someone gets so specific as to describe the specific composition of the stone that their Sancerre tastes like, we start to roll our eyes, too.  Did you really taste that many stones to get to this point?  If so, I'm sorry.  That's a tough childhood.  28% of you thought it was mostly the power of suggestion, and an equal 6% of you thought that wine descriptions are generally "right on".   And finally 16% of you voted that you basically stick your fingers in your ears and walk away. 

     And................new poll.   Recently we had a group of men in and one of them got a good ribbing (I've never typed 'a good ribbing' before in my life) for ordering a glass of white wine over red.  Is this you?  Do you think lack of color suggests lack of testosterone?  Or, do you simply think that all whites taste the same?  Well, we hear a lot of that actually so let's put this whole debate into the form of an anonymous poll.   Go here to vote.  

 

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See You Soon,

John and Jen

 

"You could have a dumb comedy with people falling through walls or getting kicked in the nuts, and no one thinks it's funny because the core isn't there."

 

~ Steve Guttenberg