Cave Creek Wines

Hi all,

WINE TASTING – Arizona Night! This Friday, February 19th, we are going to be pouring Arizona wines and we will have some of the wine makers in the shop. We’ll be pouring wines from Callaghan, Canello Hills, Dos Cabezas, Lightning Ridge and Rancho Rossa. Lightning Ridge is a new winery and we haven’t even tasted their wines yet. It should be fun! And don’t be late.

The presentation Friday will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Remember this “ain’t LA” (thank goodness) so don’t be late. The wine class costs $10 per person and all the featured wines are 10% off. For the money you get to try the wines during the wine class (usually six) and complement them with the best food at any wine class in the state. We are NOT limiting attendance to the first 45 people. Everyone gets in.

Lena will have a new shipment of Rieslings to show us on March 26th. She was in Germany for most of January tasting the new vintages. The best are now on a boat headed this way. Mark your calendars and plan to show up early as she always draws a full house.

CHARRON VINEYARDS – Leo Cox has sold his vineyard and the new owners are going to continue his traditions and to add some of their own.

MUSIC – Bryne Donaldson will be back on the first Saturday of March, the 6th. We hope to see you then. Remember there are no cover and no minimum drink purchase.

THANKS – Thanks to Mona for the excellent class on Friday and to Kelly for the tasting us on the Medusa wines on Saturday. And of course a great big “Thanks” to everyone that attended those events and for supporting Linda’s Santa’s Secret Shoppers on Movie Night.

OTHER – There is a new pizza place in the same center where we are located. It is called Rochelli’s and they make a great thin crust pizza with lots of fresh ingredient. And they make their own dough, sausage and onion rings. They’re open from 11 AM to 9 PM with good service. Try them out some time. I can recommend the sausage!

We have the newest issue (Winter 2009) of Arizona Vines and Wines. There is lots of great information about the state’s wineries and is free!

We have always given a discount of 10% if you buy a case (12 bottles) of wine. Now you get the discount when you buy only 6 bottles.

You may have noticed that we have some wines on sale up at the front of the shop. These are excellent wines that are the older vintage or one that we can’t get more of or such. And you can save a few bucks off our already great prices. Of course the selection is always changing.

We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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Hi all,

NEW HOURS – We’re trying new closing times on Friday nights (notice that Saturday isn’t there any more). We are now open until 10 PM on Friday nights.

WINE TASTING – The next wine class will be on this Friday, February 5th. Kelly from Alliance Beverage is going to help us celebrate Michele’s 50th with an all red lineup. For merlots she’ll be showing us the Lockwood (from Monterey) and Gloria Ferrer (from Carneros); for cabs, the Jack London (from Glen Ellen) and the Oberon (from Napa Valley) and for Zinfandels, the Cellar 8 (from California) and the Rosenblum Vintner’s Cuvee (also from California).

The presentation Friday will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Remember this “ain’t LA” (thank goodness) so don’t be late. The wine class costs $10 per person and all the featured wines are 10% off. For the money you get to try the wines during the wine class (usually six) and compliment them with the best food at any wine class in the state. We are limiting attendance to the first 45 people.

Kelly is going to be back for a Zin Night on February 13th. Starting a 6 PM she will be pouring the 4 Medusa Zinfandels. The Hoodoo and Lover’s Lane are in very limited availability, the Pigpen is not for sale and the last will be the Creek Side. Other than the Pigpen will be available to pick up on Tuesday evening, Feb 16. And the tasting is free!

CHARRON VINEYARDS – Leo Cox has sold is vineyard and winery so his White Merlot will never be again. We do have a limited supply left.

WINE TRIP – Does anyone want to go on a wine trip this summer? Let me know.

MUSIC –Bryne Donaldson will be back on this Saturday in Feb, the 6th. Note that we’re back on schedule on the first Saturday of the month for live music and that I corrected the date. We hope to see you then. Remember there are no cover and no minimum drink purchase.

THANKS – We had a great crowd on Friday to witness the Dueling Distributors, Toby from Action Wines and Ron from Republic. Thanks to you for showing up and thanks to them for such a great night of great wines. Our apologies to those that didn’t get in.

OTHER – We have the newest issue (Winter 2009) of Arizona Vines and Wines. There is lots of great information about the state’s wineries and is free!

Linda is starting to think about raising money for Santa’s Secret Shoppers already and the first fund raiser will be on Thursday, February 11. We’ll have a “Movie Night” and show the film about an Englishman that inherits a French winery. It is called A Good Year and stars Russell Crowe. She always puts on a great event so it will be fun and you can help a worthy cause too.

We have always given a discount of 10% if you buy a case (12 bottles) of wine. Now you get the discount when you buy only 6 bottles.

You may have noticed that we have some wines on sale up at the front of the shop. These are excellent wines that are the older vintage or one that we can’t get more of or such. And you can save a few bucks off our already great prices. Of course the selection is always changing.

We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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