Enoteca: Merry Christmas: Last Minute Gifts, Finish the Holiday Table
Merry Christmas
Last Minute Gifts Abound
Round Out the Holiday Feast
This isn’t the Newsletter, you can read last weeks Newlsetter here:
www.corkjoy.com
If you’re looking for last minute gifts or looking for fine beverages to round out the holiday feast table, we have you covered. Here are some ideas, take a quick peek and see if anything catches your eye.
Gadgets, Holiday Wine, Holiday Ale, and the Show Stoppers!
Order by Email: Email your order to service@corkjoy.com any time. Email ordered items can be removed from the shelf and set aside for you. Please be sure to be specific in your email, specific brand, wine, and quantity desired. If you do not specify enough information, it’s not an order. You do not have to come pick up emailed purchases any time we’re open, we will charge your credit card on file and hold them for you until you can pick them up!
Payment of Email orders: For an order to be an Order and not just a request, payment information needs to be on file. Your order will be filled immediately and charged to your CC. If your info is not already on file, you can send it with our secure credit card form here.
Gift Bags Available: We have several styles of gift bags on hand to choose from, stop by and pick up a wine and beer gift, and have it wrapped before you leave the store! Instant Santa!
Vinturi Wine Aerator
(Available in Regular, and Deluxe Models)
It’s like instantly decanting wine by the glass! The aerator is a must have accessory for any wine loving household, as it has been shown to improve the flavor and aroma of just about any bottle of wine, red and white, cheap and spendy. For our full Vinturi review, check out this page.
Other great gadgets available include Cork Blast CO2 pressure cork removers, and additional cartridges, Vacuvin Vacuum pumps, pretty wine cork toppers, Riedel glassware and decanters, stem holders for plates at a stand up party, t-shirts with wine stuff on them, champagne pliers, Wine Away stain remover, Inert Gas Wine Preserver, and more!
Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 (France)
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! Every year on the third Thursday of November, the new wine from Beaujolais France is introduced with this proclaimation. This wine is made from the Gamay grape, is super fruity and is often used as a Christmas meal quaffer!
[Member: $10.79 / Retail: $11.99]
Capolan Merlot (Sonoma, California)
This tasty Merlot has nice dark berry aromas and fruit forward flavors of blackberry and blueberry with a hint of chocolate and spices with a silky texture and medium length finish. Try this with lamb chops.
This is one of the softest, smoothest Merlot’s in this price range. It’s offers nearly zero bite, just a hint so you know you’re drinking wine. This is the easy-drinking style that makes Merlot so popular!
[Member: $12.59 / Retail: $13.99]
Pasek Cranberry Wine (Washington)
Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine is produced from whole Northwest Cranberries. A favorite during the holidays, this wine has become a staple among its loyal, enthusiastic fans throughout the year. Featuring an abundant cranberry flavor with a slightly sweet mid-palate that finishes out crisp and clean. This wine is a great match with pork, poultry, and spicy Asian foods. Serve Chilled.
[Member: $10.79 / Retail: $11.99]
Augsburger Christkindlmarkt Glühwein (Germany)
Glühwein is a delicious blend of red wine and spices, and is the German name for mulled wine. The wine is infused with a unique blend of cinnamon, cloves, oranges, lemons and a dash of sugar.
It’s Christmas in a Cup!
Glühwein is ready to drink, you don’t need a recipe with this bottle, simply warm and serve. We usually fire up a crock pot as the weather cools down and keep it around to warm us up in the afternoon. You can also warm it on the stove. The combination of wine and spices ensures a warm and cheerful experience when shopping or out walking and is traditionally served with iced ginger biscuits.
Glühwein is the German name for this style of wine, but it’s also made in other countries.
In Romania and Poland this style of wine is known as vin fiert
In Scandanavia mulled wine is called glogg
In Moldova it is known as izvar
The French know this wine as vin chaud
In Hungary mulled wine is called forralt bar
The Italians know it as vin brulé
.. and in Slovenia kuhano vino
[Member: $8.99 / Retail: $9.99]
The Bad Elf Series
We have a full selection of unique holiday beers available. The British love their pints,
and these offerings by Ridgeway are keepers for the season. Come try these, and scope out the
wide selection of Winter Ales offered by Enoteca Fine Wine and Beer.
For Starters, Bad Elf
Without a doubt, the Bad Elf rocked last year. This year, just for the sake of change, it’s a different brew, and even better. Look for something a little less hoppy, a little more malty, and a little more festive this time around. This Elf is so bad, it’s way good.
Olde England meets the New World in this strong, warming golden ale. A generous amount of famous English malt is masterfully balanced with an astounding 45 ounces of fresh hops – including English Cascade – per barrel. Bad Elf is brewed by Peter Scholey, master brewer for the late and much-lamented Brakspear Brewery of Henley-on-Thames, England. Peter has bought up the entire crop from the single row of Cascades grown in the U.K.
[Member: $5.84 / Retail: $6.49] 50cl
ELF WARNING: Consumption of too much Winter’s Ale may be bad for your elf and may impair your ability to drive a sleigh or operate toy-making machinery.
Very Bad Elf
It seems like every year these Elves just get worse and worse. This Very Bad Elf is stronger and darker than its predecessor. Anyone out there remember Brakspear’s Vintage Henley? That was one very special brew. This is Vintage Henley cranked up to 7.5%, for the sole purpose of making your holiday bright.
Based on an original recipe from 1795, Very Bad Elf has nutty and sweet-roasted flavors
attributable to its use of an ancient pale malt, uniquely recreated for this delightful ale.
A rare variety of Fuggles hops dating to the mid-1800′s gives the beer a soft, rounded
bitterness and uncanny drinkability.
7.5% ABV
[Member: $6.29 / Retail: $6.99] 50cl
Banned In Connecticut, Seriously Bad Elf
Seriously Bad Elf is Peters’s very English interpretation of a Belgian Tripel, brewed to warming 9% alcohol, especially for his rapidly-growing American following.
Seriously, you don’t want to miss this beer. Seriously Bad Elf has been banned in Connecticut! That little red speck you see in the background of the label? Why, that’s none other than Kris Kringle, Santa Claus, who, according to the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, cannot appear on a beer label.
[Member: $6.74 / Retail: $7.49] 50cl
Criminally Bad Elf
10.5% ABV Barley Wine style of beer. What else needs to be said?
[Member: $7.19 / Retail: $7.99] 50cl
Insanely Bad Elf
11.2% ABV English Strong Ale style of beer, though the bottle says “Imperial Red Ale”, which sounds like a made-up style. This one’s crazy-strong, the Elf is straightjacketed. Flavors of molasses and fruit dominate, masking the high ABV. Malty goodness comes through in bready and yeasty flavors and aromas. Sweeter style of beer.
[Member: $4.49 / Retail: $4.99] 33cl
Additional Holiday Beers in stock include Goose Island Christmas Goose, Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve, St. Fueillien Noel, Gouden Carolous Noel, Mikkeller Santa’s Little Helper, Mikkeller From/To, Midnight Sun Co-Ho-Ho-Ho IPA, and more!
Washington: Cayuse, Fielding Hills, Quilceda Creek, Leonetti, Long Shadows, Andrew Will, Abeja, Pepperbridge, Woodward Canyon, Boudreaux, and more!
California: Opus One, Heitz, Groth, Far Niente, Caymus, Dunn, Krupp Brothers, Silver Oak, BV Georges Latour, Orin Swift, DuMol, Von Strasser, Rombauer, Justin, Shafer, Jordan, and many more!
Magnums: Large format bottles always make an impression, whether it be the 5 Liters of Centine for only $89.99 (tasty wine and LOTS of it), or 1.5 Liter magnums of something impressive such as Feather Cabernet ($149.99), Boudreaux Cabernet ($129.99), Duckhorn Paraduxx ($127.99), Abeja Cabernet ($94.99), or The Prisoner ($89.99). Make the wine lover on your list extra happy with a bigger bottle!
Thank you for your support of our local family business, we look forward to serving you in 2010.
Salute’
Russell and Sarah
Enoteca – Fine Wine & Beer
208-457-9885
service@corkjoy.com
Directions, hours, and more about Enoteca: www.corkjoy.com
We’re always looking for feedback! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to let us know. Did you like a certain wine or beer? We’re here to serve you so let us know how we can help: service@corkjoy.com
More On Enoteca Flash:
Wine & Beer offered through Enoteca Flash may not be at Enoteca when the email is sent. To take advantage of the offer, place your order by email, and we will have the wine available the following week. You can also order anything else you desire by email.
Wine & Beer offered through Enoteca Flash may be limited in availability. To fill orders, first priority goes to our Wine & Beer Club members, then to long-standing customers, then others, in that order. 24-hours after our email is sent, orders are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with an attempt to allow as many people as possible to receive all or a portion of their request. Due to the nature of wines offered in limited quantity, we strongly suggest you order the maximum you are willing to buy. If we can, we will obtain the maximum bottles you order.
About Email Orders:
Email orders can be made anytime, day or night. If you are a Club Member or have ordered by email before, we will already have your credit card and phone numbers on file, and can process your order immediately. If not, please include a phone number where you can be reached from 12-5 pm so we may call to obtain your payment information. For most wine offers, we will have the wine for you at Enoteca within a week of ordering.
We will send email confirmations of receiving your order, and when your order is filled, you will receive an email receipt including exact charges and sales tax. At this time the wine is available for you to pick up anytime we are open, Tuesday-Saturday 11-7. If you’re a Club Member, the wine will be put in your Bin.
If you do not receive an email confirmation or receipt, please contact us by phone at 208-457-9885 as soon as possible to insure we have received your order.
Merry Christmas: Last Minute Gifts, Finish the Holiday Table
Now on Tap: Laughing Dog Chocolate Huckleberry Stout – AKA Chuckleberry! Pints for $4.99, Growlers fills for $12.99.If you’re looking for last minute gifts or looking for fine beverages to round out the holiday feast table, we have you covered. Here are some ideas, take a quick peek and see if anything catches your eye.
Gadgets, Holiday Wine, Holiday Ale, and the Show Stoppers!
Order by Email: Email your order to service@corkjoy.com any time. Email ordered items can be removed from the shelf and set aside for you. Please be sure to be specific in your email, specific brand, wine, and quantity desired. If you do not specify enough information, it’s not an order. You do not have to come pick up emailed purchases any time we’re open, we will charge your credit card on file and hold them for you until you can pick them up!
Payment of Email orders: For an order to be an Order and not just a request, payment information needs to be on file. Your order will be filled immediately and charged to your CC. If your info is not already on file, you can send it with our secure credit card form here.
Gift Bags Available: We have several styles of gift bags on hand to choose from, stop by and pick up a wine and beer gift, and have it wrapped before you leave the store! Instant Santa!
Enoteca – Fine Wine & Beer Holiday Schedule:
We’re here to serve you and your fine beverage needs. This holiday season we’re expanding our hours to provide the service you want when you want it. We will be open:
December 1st-24th: Every Single Day, Sundays and Mondays too!
December 25th-28th: Closed for Christmas
December 29th-31st: Open – Get Ready for New Year
January 1st: Closed New Years Day
January 2nd: Regular Schedule commences
We’re here to serve you and your fine beverage needs. This holiday season we’re expanding our hours to provide the service you want when you want it. We will be open:
December 1st-24th: Every Single Day, Sundays and Mondays too!
December 25th-28th: Closed for Christmas
December 29th-31st: Open – Get Ready for New Year
January 1st: Closed New Years Day
January 2nd: Regular Schedule commences
Last Minute Gift Ideas, Finish Out the Holiday Feast
Vinturi Wine Aerator
(Available in Regular, and Deluxe Models)
It’s like instantly decanting wine by the glass! The aerator is a must have accessory for any wine loving household, as it has been shown to improve the flavor and aroma of just about any bottle of wine, red and white, cheap and spendy. For our full Vinturi review, check out this page.
Other great gadgets available include Cork Blast CO2 pressure cork removers, and additional cartridges, Vacuvin Vacuum pumps, pretty wine cork toppers, Riedel glassware and decanters, stem holders for plates at a stand up party, t-shirts with wine stuff on them, champagne pliers, Wine Away stain remover, Inert Gas Wine Preserver, and more!
Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 (France)
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! Every year on the third Thursday of November, the new wine from Beaujolais France is introduced with this proclaimation. This wine is made from the Gamay grape, is super fruity and is often used as a Christmas meal quaffer!
[Member: $10.79 / Retail: $11.99]
Capolan Merlot (Sonoma, California)
This tasty Merlot has nice dark berry aromas and fruit forward flavors of blackberry and blueberry with a hint of chocolate and spices with a silky texture and medium length finish. Try this with lamb chops.
This is one of the softest, smoothest Merlot’s in this price range. It’s offers nearly zero bite, just a hint so you know you’re drinking wine. This is the easy-drinking style that makes Merlot so popular!
[Member: $12.59 / Retail: $13.99]
Pasek Cranberry Wine (Washington)
Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine is produced from whole Northwest Cranberries. A favorite during the holidays, this wine has become a staple among its loyal, enthusiastic fans throughout the year. Featuring an abundant cranberry flavor with a slightly sweet mid-palate that finishes out crisp and clean. This wine is a great match with pork, poultry, and spicy Asian foods. Serve Chilled.
[Member: $10.79 / Retail: $11.99]
Augsburger Christkindlmarkt Glühwein (Germany)
Glühwein is a delicious blend of red wine and spices, and is the German name for mulled wine. The wine is infused with a unique blend of cinnamon, cloves, oranges, lemons and a dash of sugar.
It’s Christmas in a Cup!
Glühwein is ready to drink, you don’t need a recipe with this bottle, simply warm and serve. We usually fire up a crock pot as the weather cools down and keep it around to warm us up in the afternoon. You can also warm it on the stove. The combination of wine and spices ensures a warm and cheerful experience when shopping or out walking and is traditionally served with iced ginger biscuits.
Glühwein is the German name for this style of wine, but it’s also made in other countries.
In Romania and Poland this style of wine is known as vin fiert
In Scandanavia mulled wine is called glogg
In Moldova it is known as izvar
The French know this wine as vin chaud
In Hungary mulled wine is called forralt bar
The Italians know it as vin brulé
.. and in Slovenia kuhano vino
[Member: $8.99 / Retail: $9.99]
The Bad Elf Series
We have a full selection of unique holiday beers available. The British love their pints,
and these offerings by Ridgeway are keepers for the season. Come try these, and scope out the
wide selection of Winter Ales offered by Enoteca Fine Wine and Beer.
For Starters, Bad Elf
Without a doubt, the Bad Elf rocked last year. This year, just for the sake of change, it’s a different brew, and even better. Look for something a little less hoppy, a little more malty, and a little more festive this time around. This Elf is so bad, it’s way good.
Olde England meets the New World in this strong, warming golden ale. A generous amount of famous English malt is masterfully balanced with an astounding 45 ounces of fresh hops – including English Cascade – per barrel. Bad Elf is brewed by Peter Scholey, master brewer for the late and much-lamented Brakspear Brewery of Henley-on-Thames, England. Peter has bought up the entire crop from the single row of Cascades grown in the U.K.
[Member: $5.84 / Retail: $6.49] 50cl
ELF WARNING: Consumption of too much Winter’s Ale may be bad for your elf and may impair your ability to drive a sleigh or operate toy-making machinery.
Very Bad Elf
It seems like every year these Elves just get worse and worse. This Very Bad Elf is stronger and darker than its predecessor. Anyone out there remember Brakspear’s Vintage Henley? That was one very special brew. This is Vintage Henley cranked up to 7.5%, for the sole purpose of making your holiday bright.
Based on an original recipe from 1795, Very Bad Elf has nutty and sweet-roasted flavors
attributable to its use of an ancient pale malt, uniquely recreated for this delightful ale.
A rare variety of Fuggles hops dating to the mid-1800′s gives the beer a soft, rounded
bitterness and uncanny drinkability.
7.5% ABV
[Member: $6.29 / Retail: $6.99] 50cl
Banned In Connecticut, Seriously Bad Elf
Seriously Bad Elf is Peters’s very English interpretation of a Belgian Tripel, brewed to warming 9% alcohol, especially for his rapidly-growing American following.
Seriously, you don’t want to miss this beer. Seriously Bad Elf has been banned in Connecticut! That little red speck you see in the background of the label? Why, that’s none other than Kris Kringle, Santa Claus, who, according to the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, cannot appear on a beer label.
[Member: $6.74 / Retail: $7.49] 50cl
Criminally Bad Elf
10.5% ABV Barley Wine style of beer. What else needs to be said?
[Member: $7.19 / Retail: $7.99] 50cl
Insanely Bad Elf
11.2% ABV English Strong Ale style of beer, though the bottle says “Imperial Red Ale”, which sounds like a made-up style. This one’s crazy-strong, the Elf is straightjacketed. Flavors of molasses and fruit dominate, masking the high ABV. Malty goodness comes through in bready and yeasty flavors and aromas. Sweeter style of beer.
[Member: $4.49 / Retail: $4.99] 33cl
Additional Holiday Beers in stock include Goose Island Christmas Goose, Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve, St. Fueillien Noel, Gouden Carolous Noel, Mikkeller Santa’s Little Helper, Mikkeller From/To, Midnight Sun Co-Ho-Ho-Ho IPA, and more!
Show Stoppers – Amazing Bottles of Wine Sure to Impress
We carry a full line of top of the line Washington Wine, as well as a hand picked selection of California classics that are sure to impress any red wine lover. Here are some of the fancy brand names that we have in stock:Washington: Cayuse, Fielding Hills, Quilceda Creek, Leonetti, Long Shadows, Andrew Will, Abeja, Pepperbridge, Woodward Canyon, Boudreaux, and more!
California: Opus One, Heitz, Groth, Far Niente, Caymus, Dunn, Krupp Brothers, Silver Oak, BV Georges Latour, Orin Swift, DuMol, Von Strasser, Rombauer, Justin, Shafer, Jordan, and many more!
Magnums: Large format bottles always make an impression, whether it be the 5 Liters of Centine for only $89.99 (tasty wine and LOTS of it), or 1.5 Liter magnums of something impressive such as Feather Cabernet ($149.99), Boudreaux Cabernet ($129.99), Duckhorn Paraduxx ($127.99), Abeja Cabernet ($94.99), or The Prisoner ($89.99). Make the wine lover on your list extra happy with a bigger bottle!
Thank you for your support of our local family business, we look forward to serving you in 2010.
Salute’
Russell and Sarah
Enoteca – Fine Wine & Beer
208-457-9885
service@corkjoy.com
Enoteca – Fine Wine & Beer Holiday Schedule:
We’re here to serve you and your fine beverage needs. This holiday season we’re expanding our hours to provide the service you want when you want it. We will be open:
December 1st-24th: Every Single Day, Sundays and Mondays too!
December 25th-28th: Closed for Christmas
December 29th-31st: Open – Get Ready for New Year
January 1st: Closed New Years Day
January 2nd: Regular Schedule commences
We’re here to serve you and your fine beverage needs. This holiday season we’re expanding our hours to provide the service you want when you want it. We will be open:
December 1st-24th: Every Single Day, Sundays and Mondays too!
December 25th-28th: Closed for Christmas
December 29th-31st: Open – Get Ready for New Year
January 1st: Closed New Years Day
January 2nd: Regular Schedule commences
Directions, hours, and more about Enoteca: www.corkjoy.com
We’re always looking for feedback! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to let us know. Did you like a certain wine or beer? We’re here to serve you so let us know how we can help: service@corkjoy.com
Looking For Your Favorite Wine & Beer:
People have learned that finding a specific wine or beer can be very easy, you can simply ask the folks at Enoteca, and we are happy to track them down for you. Especially hard to find and specialty products!
Simply fill out this form and we will do the hunting.
People have learned that finding a specific wine or beer can be very easy, you can simply ask the folks at Enoteca, and we are happy to track them down for you. Especially hard to find and specialty products!
Simply fill out this form and we will do the hunting.
More On Enoteca Flash:
Wine & Beer offered through Enoteca Flash may not be at Enoteca when the email is sent. To take advantage of the offer, place your order by email, and we will have the wine available the following week. You can also order anything else you desire by email.
Wine & Beer offered through Enoteca Flash may be limited in availability. To fill orders, first priority goes to our Wine & Beer Club members, then to long-standing customers, then others, in that order. 24-hours after our email is sent, orders are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with an attempt to allow as many people as possible to receive all or a portion of their request. Due to the nature of wines offered in limited quantity, we strongly suggest you order the maximum you are willing to buy. If we can, we will obtain the maximum bottles you order.
About Email Orders:
Email orders can be made anytime, day or night. If you are a Club Member or have ordered by email before, we will already have your credit card and phone numbers on file, and can process your order immediately. If not, please include a phone number where you can be reached from 12-5 pm so we may call to obtain your payment information. For most wine offers, we will have the wine for you at Enoteca within a week of ordering.
We will send email confirmations of receiving your order, and when your order is filled, you will receive an email receipt including exact charges and sales tax. At this time the wine is available for you to pick up anytime we are open, Tuesday-Saturday 11-7. If you’re a Club Member, the wine will be put in your Bin.
If you do not receive an email confirmation or receipt, please contact us by phone at 208-457-9885 as soon as possible to insure we have received your order.
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