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MAD MEN
Viewing Assistant!
CARPANO Antica Formula $32.50 on sale thru Sunday!
Most of us addicted to the fantastic television show Mad Men were thrilled when the 3rd Season premiered last Sunday. Then it dawned on me we really should be mixing up a cocktail to sit and watch this show about the booze hounds who roamed the halls of Ad Agencies in the 60′s.
So I asked mix-master Pat to come up with a good companion drink. Behold, he chose a Negroni. But not just any Negroni, this one is made with Carpano’s Antica Formula vermouth. For those not up on their mixers, Antonio Carpano distilled the world’s first vermouth ‘Carpano’ in Turin in 1786! This bottle is made from that same recipe! Technically Carpano Antica Vermouth is a sweet Rosso vermouth but the color is more caramel-brown and it only begins sweet. The finish is more bitter with flavors of licorice, candied orange peel, eucalyptus, and spice on the palate.
You can enjoy it neat, or over ice, and it is delightful both ways. Or a more motivated cocktail maker my want to mix up a batch of Negroni and sit down to watch Sunday’s next episode of Mad Men:
1 part Gin
1 part vermouth
1 part bitters or campari
stir in a glass over ice and garnish with an orange peel. |
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| Some great stuff happening this week, including a trio of white wine specials today in our Wine Finds newsletter, a chance to taste new reds and whites from the Loire Valley this Friday at the NE Alberta shop and a great excuse to come out and drink wine on Thursday in an effort to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Oregon.
For those in need of a stiffer drink, check out the cocktail recipe in the sidebar.
Hope to see you this week,
Darryl and the cork crew
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Wine Finds – Wine Specials of the Day
When new deals or exciting new arrivals hit the market, we blast out Wine Finds specials to those on a separate mailing list. Sometimes it’s once a month, sometimes it’s 3 times a week – depends on the flow of deals. Today, we have 3 terrific whites to help you cool down in the summer heat. Learn more here then follow the link for more:
2008 ARNOT ROBERTS Chardonnay (Reg. $36/bottle)
cork club $30/bottle · nonclub price $33/bottle
 Many of you have heard me rant and rave about the stunning Chardonnay I had on a visit to Arnot Roberts last year. For me, it was a transcending experience in wine, tasting something that reminded me completely of French Chablis, yet made in a barn in the middle of nowhere near the Sonoma Coast. Learn more… |
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Rose City Wine Opener Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis
THURSDAY, August 20th @ THE GERDING THEATRE
6pm VIP – 7pm General Admission – Buy Tickets Now!
Tomorrow is the annual Rose City Wine Opener fundraising event for the Oregon Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. cork is pleased to be the Wall of Wine sponsor for this event, and we will be there manning the wall featuring wines from all over, including many Oregon wineries who have kindly donated to this event. For $20 you get to randomly pick a bottle off the wall, which may be worth only $20 but could be worth several times that amount. All of the proceeds go directly to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Oregon.
Click here for more information. Advance tickets are available, or just get tickets at to the door tomorrow and then visit all of the wineries who will be on hand pouring their wines. Daedalus, Boedecker, Archery Summit and Sokol Blosser are just a few of the stellar lineup at this year’s event. We hope to see you there!
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Friday Night Flight @ NE Alberta
LOIRE WHITES FROM JON DAVID IMPORTS
Friday, August 21 – 5pm-7:30pm
 Here at the shops, we are really excited about the new arrivals from the Loire Valley brought to Oregon by Jon David Imports, a new importer based out of North Carolina who focuses exclusively on the Loire Valley.
A few of you already grabbed the great Chinon Blanc that we had featured in a Wine Finds email a few weeks back. Now we’ve rounded up 5 other wines from Jon David and will pour them all this Friday @ ALBERTA. More here |
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Cork Club Exclusive Dinner Event @ Soter Vineyards
 Each year, we host two events exclusively for our cork club members. Next Saturday, August 29th, is the first of 2009 and it will be a stunner. If you aren’t yet a member and have been looking for a good excuse to join, this just may be it. Click here to learn more about joining cork club as well as the upcoming Winery Tour and Visit @ Soter.
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