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July 2008 Guess Who’s On The Travel Channel!Join us for "Weekend Getaways with Samantha Brown!" Thursday evening, July 10, 10:00 p.m. to Midnight! All our TVs will be tuned to the Travel Channel for the show. Come sip some wine and see what Samantha has to say about us! Add to your Smart Card while the show is on – we’ll match it! $25 minimum – $50.00 maximum!* *Price does not include sales tax or $3.00 charge for new or replacement Smart Card. Gift Cards – Now Buy Them Online!We just put the “e” in “easy” with eGifts – Gift Cards that are just a few clicks away! Choose the amount you want to spend and then pay for them online through our secure server! Visit our website for more details and information! What do you think about Park Avenue? Your Opinion Counts!What do you think about beautiful Park Avenue? We'd like to hear your thoughts and recommendations. You're invited to participate in a very brief but important survey, click here. No personal information is required - just your input! Special Offer – A Great Champagne!$39.99/bottle Perennially one of the best of the Brut multi-vintage Champagnes. Remember that true Champagne can only be made in France’s Champagne region north of Paris. Each Champagne House has created a house “style” for their multi-vintage Brut sparkling wines. For my palate, Taittinger is on the elegant, more subtle side of the taste spectrum among all the different houses. The La Francaise is made from approximately equal amounts of Chardonnay & Pinot Grapes from several different vintages. And, since it is not a vintage Champagne (that is, not made exclusively from grapes from one year’s harvest), it can achieve a consistency of style and excellence with each and every bottle. This special price of $39.99 per bottle is more than competitive with any place in Florida. We have plenty in inventory and, since it is also one of our Champagnes that we sell by the glass at the bar, you can taste before you buy a bottle. Come see us! It’s In The Bag!Our Brown Bag Challenge is over and what a tasty challenge it was! We had lots of fun and lots of wine to challenge our palates! From the comments and e-mails we received, everyone liked the format and enjoyed taking the challenge. We plan to have another challenge featuring white wine varietals very soon. It should be very educational and even more delicious! Here are the results from the 8 red varietals “Brown Bag Challenge”: Eric Johnson – 4 correct We'd also like to thank others who participated in our challenge. Wine CollegeSummer Class Schedule 10% discount on featured wines if purchased on the day of the event. Drink a lot of wine in college? Here’s your chance to make up for lost opportunities. Extra credit for good taste! Sign up for one or all the classes at TheWineRoomOnline.com! A Tisket, A Tasket.Check out our holiday baskets! A Holiday Gift Basket from The Wine Room makes an ideal gift for friends and family, clients and colleagues – with or without wine! Custom baskets are our specialty, so give us an idea about what you have in mind and let us work our magic. Check out our website for details. Online brochure coming soon! Cork vs. Screw CapWe all know all the jokes about screw cap wines. They have always been associated with “El Cheapo” wines that you had to sneak into a party! Well, you may have noticed that those times have changed. Many wineries all over the world—even in ultra-conservative France—have turned to using screw caps (the best ones I know are called Stelvin closures). The reason is simple: corks can sometimes contain a compound called TCA which leads inevitably to what is referred to as a “corked” wine. Just to set the record straight, a corked wine is one that has taken on a bad mildew aroma and taste. And no matter how long you let such a wine “breathe”, this “dirty sink” odor will only get worse and it renders the wine undrinkable. This can never happen with a Stelvin closure. The new technology developed by this company has proven itself to be very effective in keeping a wine sealed against oxygen which is wine’s number one enemy. The only possible drawback with these screw caps is that we are not sure how (or even if) the wine will age. But in most cases this is not even a consideration, since almost all wine bought is consumed within 24 hours anyway. At the forefront of screw cap use and experimentation is Australia where you see both reds and whites in all price ranges with these screw caps. Screw caps are used predominately for white wines, especially from Chile, New Zealand and more and more from California, but the use of screw caps is becoming ever more popular for red wines as well. But if you enjoy the ritual of pulling a cork with that characteristic “pop”, sniffing it, and looking at the beautiful red stain on the bottom, never fear. Corks are still a very effective and attractive means of sealing wines and, I predict, they will be with us for a very long time to come. I would miss them if they disappeared entirely, but every time I get an expensive “corked” bottle that I have to pour down the sink, I wish that the winery had forgone tradition and had used one of these new and actually attractive Stelvin closures instead of the trusty old cork. Lock Up The Vault for Your Holiday Event!It’s unique – with stone walls like a European wine chateau. It’s versatile – seats up to 24 for dinner. Up to 40 for a buffet. It’s unusual – yes, it really is a giant vault. It’s the perfect setting for a holiday event you’ll always remember! Check out our website and our online brochure for more information. “New” Wines to Taste By the Ounce!Silver Oak Alex Cabernet 04 2005 Bordeaux’s – The Greatest VintageWe have all heard of The Greatest Generation, well 2005 in Bordeaux has now been unequivocally declared by Robert Parker The Greatest Vintage ever! That includes such classic vintages as 1961, 1982, 1996 and even 2000. Over the past two years we have been selling these great Chateau-bottled wines on a futures and pre-arrival basis. Most have been spoken for, but we still have in inventory a number of the top wines of this unbelievably great vintage. On our retail shelves, we have the 2005 Ch. Brane-Cantenac (Margaux), the 2005 Ch. Grand-Puy-Lacoste (Pauillac), the Ch. 2005 La Gaffeliere (St. Emilion), the 2005 Ch. Giscours (Margaux) and a number of others as well, all rated well into the nineties by Parker. Please inquire for pricing and availability.
Where’s the Fruit? Many of our patrons have asked us to add a fruit plate to our menu. Others have asked for bigger portions of cheese on our Flight selections. Coming soon, The Wine Room will do both! A Fruit Plate is being added and will feature a variety of seasonal berries, grapes, apples and more. Since our Flights will no longer include fruit garnishes, we will be including additional servings of your favorite cheeses. Now there is a little something added for everyone! It’s Your Newsletter, Too!We all enjoy great wine, friendly company and good times. So, from one wine lover to another, we’d like your input on this newsletter. What would you like to see? Any ideas for articles, columns, features, subject matter, etc? How about the format? Any items you’ve seen in other newsletters that caught your eye? Just drop us an e-mail with your thoughts and we’ll see what we can do to accommodate your ideas. Contact Misti at: info@thewineroomonline.com.
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