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The Sinister Hand, Growing Manes, and Pick Your Poison

 

     Well, the Eagle Rock Music Festival was a successful blur yet again thanks to the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts and countless volunteers.  Thanks also to all our customers, old and new, for enjoying themselves and not destroying our store.

 

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     For you architecture buffs, The Eagle Rock Association (TERA) is walking you through some of Eagle Rock's more eclectic homes again this year.  Tickets are on sale for $20/person in our store ($15/person for TERA members).

 

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BOO!   SPOOKY WINES FOR HALLOWEEN

 

 

The Northwest just wins when it comes to cool labels and fantastic wine.  The Owen Roe selections are back on the shelves including the Sinister Hand, a blend of 63% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and 7% Mourvedre ($24.99/btl - very limited production!).  Yum - lush lavender, smoke and spice - perfect flavor pairings with Fall veggies and heavier meats.  Also in, the '06 version of everyone's favorite, the Abbot's Table Red ($23.99/btl).

 

 

 

Then there's the old standbye creepy wine here at CoWineCo, the Ballet of Angles, otherwise known as "creepy baby wine" ($11.99/btl).  You want the baby to release the pretty bird into the wild, but you're pretty sure that bird is going nowhere.

 

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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: Growing Manes 

Friday the 12th

5:30-8:30pm

(wines by the glass available from 8:30 to 11pm)

$15/person

5 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

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

Wow, the hair back then.  Reminds me of the burnt smell of VO5 perm stuff invading my bedroom.  Three older sisters....they know who they are.  Anyway, it's Kirk Cameron's birthday today.  Yay, Kirk. 

PLEASE do a sequel to Like Father Like Son....you know ...maybe you're the doctor now and you switch lives with Dakota Fanning or something. 

wines

(Graves White Bordeaux TBD)

Naia Verdejo, Rueda, Spain

Chateau Caraguilhes Corbieres, France

Les Ramieres Rhone Red, France

Renato Ratti Barbera D'Alba, Italy

 

 

Lazy Sunday Tasting

Sunday the 14th

1-4pm

$12/person

4 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

Our Sunday tastings will now feature slightly higher-end wine selections. Our Friday tastings get a little too loud to discuss the wines in great detail (we're not complaining), so if wine knowledge is your grail, Sundays are the best tastings for you. Call or email Sunday for selections.

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

 

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And remember, every Wednesday from 4-9pm you can choose any wine in the store and pop it open for no corkage charge!

 

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Oh, and also remember, we're now open until 11pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

 

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The Price of Cork

     In the last few months, a handful of customers have expressed confusion, dismay, sometimes outright anger about our corkage policy.  What is our corkage policy?  If you don't want a glass of wine from the 6-7 selections we're pouring on any given night, you can grab any bottle off our walls, and for the price of the bottle plus $10 corkage, it's yours to open in our bar and enjoy for the night.  And every week on our Wine Cellar Wednesdays, there is no corkage fee at all.

     The idea of a hybrid wine store and wine bar in the same space is a relatively new idea in Los Angeles and it is entirely understandable that it can cause confusion.  So at the risk of sounding dry and boring, here's why we do it:  a glass of wine at a bar or restaurant is drastically higher than what it costs you to buy a bottle of wine, bring it home, and pop it open in your living room.  A bottle you might buy in our store for $20 has 4 full glasses of wine in it, costing you $5/glass if you brought it home.  That exact same wine at a fine restaurant could be $10-$18 a glass.  With our corkage policy, you're paying $7.50/glass to have that wine in our store.  That little extra margin is what helps pays for your friendly neighborhood bartender, all those broken glasses, all the lovely plumbing issues that come with running a bar, and my stash of grape Big League Chew.   We hope that helps clear up any questions/concerns.  It's what we do to stay in business and continue to improve our selection and service.   Comment here! 

 

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The Poll Booth - Your Poison

    

     First of all, your most hated wine faux pauxs (pauxum?  pauxi?): "tiny tasting pours" was #1 with 31% of the vote (probably has something to do with why you patronize cowineco), 30% of you said "wine is served too warm", 21% of you said "dropping ice in the wine", and 18% of you said "filling the glass to the rim" (my personal biggest gripe). 

 

     Ok, new poll.  It's an ideal life....the greatest quandry to your week is what to order at the bar.  The weather is changing so we find ourselves delving into the brown liquors...the bourbons and scotches....or the rhone reds for wine and nuttier, darker ales.   What's your poison?  Let us know here. 
 

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See You Soon,

John and Jen

 

Beer commercials usually have big men, manly men doing manly things: 'you just killed a small animal. it's time for a light beer.' Why not a realistic beer commercial like, 'it's five o'clock in the morning, you just pissed on a dumpster.  It's Miller time.'

~ Robin Williams