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White Trash Wine Tasting 2009 Has Arrived

     It's amazing how every food critic worth their weight in cheese whiz has dubbed WTWT '09 (pronounced "wuht wuht oh nine") the food event of the century, only to change their minds the following year when we do this event again.  It's that stupendous.  In the past you have tasted such solid gold hits as "Charcuterie de 7-Eleven" (Slim Jims) paired with Malbec and "Gâteau au Chocolat en Plastique" (Ding Dongs) paired with 10 year Tawny Port.  Well, after you attend WTWT 2009 on Saturday, September 12th, get ready for the rest of your life to completely suck in comparison.  The menu...

We begin with the palate-cleansing "Ecorces Frites de Porc" (or fried pork rinds), paired with Bastide Blanche Bandol 2005, France.  Smoky and piggy mixes with lovely, earthy, gamey mourvedre.  Ridiculous.

Followed by "Fromage Liquide Sur le Pain Blanc" (or cheese whiz rolled in wonder bread), a dish so simple and smart it is legally considered a member of MENSA, expertly paired with Vinedo de los Vientos Estival White 2007 from Atlantida in Uruguay.  This Gewurztraminer blend makes Wonder Bread and spray cheese taste like...victory. 

And then our most ambitious dish of the night, "Cocotte en Terre Frite de Cube en Pomme de Terre" (or tater tot casserole), a flavor medley so devastating that 45 people have already cancelled their RSVPs for fear of taste over-stimulation.  Wusses.  This main course will be paired with the Ken Brown Duncan's Cuvee Pinot Noir 2006 from the Santa Rita Hills in California.  

And finally, the coup de grâce of this enchanted evening, "Sucrerie de Citron Enveloppée Par Bacon" (or bacon-wrapped lemonheads).  Says one taste tester, "...it's like one of those kick-ass David Blaine stunts....but...like...in my mouth." 

This salty sweet dessert course will be paired with the HM Borges 10 Year Old Reserve Malmsey Reserva Madeira from Portugal.  While even garbage would taste good with this nutty, marmaladey heaven-sent dessert wine, the citrus, fat and salt of our white trash dessert selection makes me just want to shut the hell up and eat.

* -- run, don't walk - this event sells out every year -- *

WTWT '09

Saturday, September 12th

5 - 8pm

$20/person

RSVP to info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985

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The Terroirists Win

     Our friends over at Editorial Emergency asked us to write a piece on wine and language for their newsletter today and we were more than happy to oblige.  If you or your business have a participle dangling problem, they're the ones to call.  CLICK HERE to read the article.

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SAVE THE DATE!

11th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival

Saturday, October 3rd

4 - 11pm

This is without a doubt the most popular Eagle Rock event every year (next to WTWT of course).  Colorado boulevard is shut down, stages are scattered about Eagle Rock, and everyone and their brother wander our lovely neighborhood, ducking in and out of our retail stores, eateries and bars while being serenaded by everything from Punk to World to kid's music.    A full band list will be published on the Center for the Arts website on September 6th.

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Regular Wine Tasting Schedule

*** We hold tastings twice a week on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons , and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the bar is open for wines by the glass . Please see our calendar for details on any given day: www.cowineco.com/calendar ***

Wine Tasting: 

TONIGHT! Friday, August 28th

5:30-8:30pm

(wines by the glass also available from 4:00 to 11pm)

$15/person

5 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

Please RSVP to: info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985

In case you just joined us, Friday night tastings are about the best wines we have found in the $18-and-under range each week.  We pick 5, add gourmet Auntie Em's cheeses, and charge you $15.  Hell, it's so cheap you may as well just be feeding the church donation basket.  We do the work, rooting out that ridiculously tasty $12 wine so you don't have to.  We're a lot like the first astronauts that way.  We risk life and limb so that you might be a little more enlightened, a little free-er, a little spacy-er.    We  usually celebrate some great moment in history that happened on this day and we will not disappoint you today.

Tonight we tip a glass to Henriot L. Sebastian, the man who, on this day, invented "last call".  Mr. Sebastian owned a bar called Barre Ivre in the 1880's, and realized that negotiating with each customer about what defined their "last drink" was just too time-consuming and downright dangerous.  So Henriot brought in a cowbell from his parents' farm and hung it behind the bar.  If cows listened, so would drunks.  At precisely 2:45 am every night, the barmaid would slam a muddling stick against the bell and yell, "last call!"  Even the bartenders mid-pour had to stop pouring and pull the glasses away.

While 'last call' has often been a thorn in my side, now that we own a bar, I can understand the invention.  Last call, Henriot! 

wines

Scarpia Prosecco, Valdobiadenne, Italy

Bandit Pinot Grigio, California

Gelsomina Lambrusco, Italy

Neil Ellis Pinotage, South Africa

Wolftrap Red, South Africa

Lazy Sunday Tasting

Sunday, August 30th

1-4pm

$12/person

4 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

No RSVP necessary

wines

(call for other selections)

Wine Cellar Wednesdays

Every Wednesday

4-11pm

No corkage fee on any bottles in the store!

Grab anything off the shelf for the price of the bottle, ask the nice bartender for some glasses, sit, and enjoy

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The Man That Danced to No Music

     Please join us this Saturday to bid a fond farewell to Employee #5 (I've just been informed that his name is "Drew" --- duly noted).  Drew has selflessly and heroically tasted, stocked, schlepped and rarely spilled wine for us over the last year and we are both sad to see him go and excited for him to pursue a new adventure.  If you don't know Drew, then you've missed expertly choreographed arm waving and head bobbing behind the bar whether or not the music was actually on.

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See You Soon,

John and Jen

You're going to jail, Bart. Say good-bye to the wife and Tater Tots

~ Andy in Toy Story (1995)