Happy New Year,

NEW HOURS – We’re going to try extending our closing times on Fridays and Saturdays to 10 PM. It will start on the 8th of January.

WINE TASTING – The next wine class will be on Friday, January 8th. Ron Feczko, from National Republic Distributing, will be presenting the wines from Napa Cellars Winery. We’ll taste their Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir (& I know it is a mistake to have the Pinot Noir follow a Chardonnay), Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. We’ve had most of these wines before so you know they are good.

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.

MUSIC – Sax man Bryne Donaldson will be back on the second Saturday in January, the 9th. Note that the 9th isn’t the usual first Saturday for live music. We hope to see you then

OTHER – We have a few “VIP Tickets” to the Home & Garden Show on January 15, 16 & 17 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. They will get two people in for free. They are by the cash register.

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. I can’t remember the title at the moment (must be an “old” thing).

We’re going to continue to continue to participate in the program called Taste of the NFL through the Super Bowl. Come and pick up one or more of the featured wines and you can help out too. 2-1/2 meals will be served at St Mary’s Food Bank for each bottle sold.

There is a local guy that takes our empty wine bottles and turns them into recycled wine bottle glasses. They look great, are now dishwasher safe and help the environment. We have them for sale in sets of four, with or without our logo, for $20.

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.

Help us save a tree! We have wine bags for sale at $2.50 that will hold up to 6 bottles of wine. When you use it for two bottles or more we will give you a 25¢ discount.

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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