Hi all,

WINE TASTING – Mark Stern is a local wine guy that loves wine and loves telling people about it. He is going to do his first wine class this Friday, March 6th. We’re hoping to work him in to doing a regular wine class. This Friday the white wine is a Vinho Verde from Portugal. Then he’ll show us a pair of Pinot Noirs, one from Chateau Bianca and the other from Wetzel. The “real” reds will be the Marchetti Rosso Conero from Italy, the Kief Joshua Cab from Sonoita and the Tim Adams “The Fergus” from Australia.

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 and compliment them with the best food at any wine class in the state. We are limiting the class size to 45.

Remember that if you want to reserve (as in pay for a place before Friday) a place in the class you can do so by purchasing a ticket for $20 any time during the week.

MUSIC – On Saturday, March 7th, Bryne Donaldson and his sax will be here to play some great jazz. The music starts at 7 PM so they can play to 9:30.

THANKS – We appreciate those of you that fought the road construction mess on Cave Creek Road to attend the wine class. The paving is supposed to be done on Tuesday morning so things should be back to normal for the Tuesday night get together and of course by the wine class.

NEW WINES – We have a few nice vintage ports (10 and 20 years old) from Portugal.

OTHER – Tom Garrett has set up a couple of “Wine Cruises” for us. These are 12 night and 11 night cruises at the end of September and the beginning of October for around $1,000. We have a brochure by the cash register with the details.

We have some free VIP admission tickets for 2 to the SW Flower & Garden Show at the Univ of Phoenix Stadium on March 6, 7 & 8. Free parking too!

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.

There is an Arizona Wine Club. Visit www.azvinowineclub.com to join. You can get three Arizona wines shipped to you or you can pick them up at our shop three times a year.

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.

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

There is a wine locker available for rent by the month ($7) or by the year ($84).

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