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860-443-6817
Greetings From New London,
We have a great line up for the Friday tasting -
the list is just below these items of interest.

FIRST

WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME JAZZ BEGINS

We begin a series of Free Lunchtime Jazz
Performances this Wednesday at 12:30
Thames River Beanery & City News
70 State Street New London

Notable "Session Men" from Connecticut College
will take the stage Wednesday's from 12:30 - 2:00
for our lunchtime customers.

Order your lunch, grab a seat, and all of a sudden that long day in the office isn't as bad as you thought.

Great Food - Great Music - Great New London

The Beanery continues to turn out mouth
watering lunch specials everyday.
Boar's Head Meats - Home made soup and salad's,
this is exactly what you are looking for.

If you have not been downtown for lunch lately - what are you waiting for? All of our lunch items are made with 100% Boars Head meats, Stonewall Kitchens spreads and condiments, and we use the best gourmet cheeses from our own Brie & Bleu cheese cases - it does not get any better.

8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 6 8 1 7 - Press Option # 2
for the coffee bar

NEXT -
Saturday October 9th - 6-8 p.m.
The Thames Club is hosting a Wine & Food reception that will celebrate and feature the wine of Italy, France, and Spain. Six wines in all and each wine will be served with a regional specialty.

This is not a formal dinner.
The reception style evening will allow you to mingle and explore The Club.
Located across from the Garde Art Center at
290 State Street.

$35 All Inclusive AND there are some great door prizes. BUT you must register in advance.
Call the Thames Club 860-443-5504 or
Follow this link to register online.

NEXT -
Quiet Opening -
Brie & Bleu will be serving this Friday & Saturday.



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Friday October 9th
6-9 p.m. - No Charge

Bogle Phantom

The coveted Phantom, Bogle's apparition of three unique varietals - is back on our shelves!

Winemaker:
"It combines lush berry and spice into a wine of complex character.
Vivid essence of black pepper, dark fruit and juniper haunts the nose, while brighter flavors of blackberries and blueberries glance off the palate.

From the shadows, toasty cinnamon and nutmeg emerge, subtly embracing the deeply luscious and succulent fruit to create a full-bodied, ruby rich wine."

Captured in 1, 2 and 3 year old American oak barrels, this wine showcases one of the best distinct varietals have to offer. If this is your first time trying
The Phantom - do not be afraid. We are here to help.

Though the wine is remarkable now, age in the bottle will only integrate the three varietals more. Welcome the winery ghost into your home again with this latest vintage, and enjoy with full-flavored and hearty meals...before it vanishes again.


Squid Ink Shiraz - Limited Quantities $37


Winemaker:
"This This Shiraz selected from our Squid Ink vineyard has once again produced a very limited wine of magnificent intensity.

The grapes from these vines are almost black blue in colour and when handled leave a dark pigment. With this in mind...

We III Associates believe that Squid Ink will also leave its mark on you!

Complex flavours of blackberry, chocolate & spice combine with new American Oak, with fine grain tannins, that grip until the finish."

When we are lucky enough to secure this wine - it sells like hot cakes. We take as much as we are allowed and offer it to you on a first come, first served basis.

We will have a very limited amount to serve at the tasting - please arrive early to try it and to decide for yourself if it scratches that "itch."

Quattro Mani

Food & Wine Magazine Top 100 To Drink Now

Produced by the skilled hands of Movia's Ales Kristancic, toh-kai was made entirely from single vineyard, Tocai grapes grown in Movia's organically farmed Exto Gredic vineyard. Located directly on the Italian border with Slovenia.

The wine is made at the Movia winery in accordance with the biodynamic principles and with the same care and attention that distinguishes Movia wines.

Produced from "young vines" (which at Movia means 20+ years), Quattro Mani is styled to be fresh and fruit forward, without sacrificing quality. "The vine is still young and sometimes does not understand our objective but it is able to show its youth and its freshness. For that reason, it has a short time of maturation so all the character of the wine is based on its primary characteristics," says Kristancic.

The iconic Ales Kristancic was recently selected as one of top 12 winemakers in the world by a panel of experts made up of twenty of the most internationally renowned critics and his wines can be found on leading wine lists in the US and in Europe. His distinct vision stems from the wisdom of eight generations spent among the vines and in the cellar coupled with a natural intuition toward the relationship between nature, soil, vines, and wine.

Listen, this is one of the best values we have in the store. And something you should seriously think about stocking up on for the coming holidays. Please try it on Friday night.

We really appreciate all of the comments about the increasing inventories that we are bringing in as the season begins to change.

Please Join Us - it's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.

AAA.

Fine And Rare

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Fall Preview Edition

Greetings From New London,
Well to all of the brave souls that ventured out into the storm last week to share a little quality time with us - we salute you. And thank you - we appreciate it.
For those that made it - It was Shafer Merlot. It turns out that Shafer Merlot is an excellent choice for braving a storm.

The list of wine for this Friday & a preview of the coming season is just below a few items of interest.

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Many of you know that one of the highlights of the Parade Project here in downtown New London, is the fountain that is shaped like the tail of a whale.

Susan Tamulevich and The good folks at The Custom House have arranged to raffle off the ceremonial "turning on" of the fountain and this is your chance to be part of The Permanent Record. It is entirely possible that your picture winds up on the cover of The Day as you turn the great valve filling the pipes and starting the cascade of water that will greet natives and tourists alike as they visit downtown for the next one hundred years.

How can you pass this up???

Press Release:
Tickets are available at The Custom House & TRG.
It's $5 per ticket, 3-for-$10, to buy your chance to Turn on the Whale Tail Fountain!

The Whale is the crown jewel in New London's $10-million Parade renovation & YOU could be the one to turn on the fountain for the first time!

A winner will be chosen from all entries once fountain construction is complete. (September 17)

Contributions supports further programs on the Parade and your community-friendly Custom House Maritime Museum.

If you need more information - send them a note:
CLICK RIGHT HERE
Or give them a call - 860-447-2501


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The Beanery continues to turn out mouth watering lunch specials everyday - Take a look at this:

A Grilled Italian Roasted Ham, Gouda, Picante Provolone & Sopressata Sandwich.

Simple. Perfect. And made with love.

If you have not been downtown for lunch lately - what are you waiting for? All of our lunch items are made with 100% Boars Head meats, Stonewall Kitchens spreads and condiments, and we use the best gourmet cheeses from our own Brie & Bleu cheese cases - it does not get any better.

8 6 0 - 4 4 3 - 6 8 1 7 - Press Option # 2
for the coffee bar

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Friday September 10th
6-9 p.m. - No Charge

Esperance Vin de pays des Landes 2009 $12


This little number from Gascony is 100% Colombard, which is fairly unusual, but true to wines of this region it is fresh and light, with floral notes and low alcohol, making it another perfect wine for an afternoon picnic at Harkness or Lobster rolls at Captain Scott's!

The wine received a Gold Medal at the Concours General Agricole in Paris.

As I was reminded by importer Fred Seggerman, "Not everyone gets a gold medal in Paris you know!!"










Sella and Mosca Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva 2006 $15

One of our regular customers just stared at me in silence when I told her the wine she had just bought and enjoyed was now gone. She did blink occasionally but I knew she was wounded.

I explained that most of our running-dog lackey sales people don't really care and would rather we bought omnipresent corporate wine just to make it easier on everybody - it ain't easy.

A wine we adore is dropped, forgotten, or maliciously heaved by somebody in the supply chain every day.

Then there are the happy surprises - the light, lyrical red Cannonau di Sardegna was one of our favorites for years. We sold the last bottle of the 2005 vintage in March and it was gone.
Ta da - it's back! Let's try the '06 Friday.

Chateau Greysac Bordeaux Medoc 2006 $20

Here's a new number being shepherded across the Atlantic by our guy Jim Kowalyshin. We're trying to stock up on Bordeaux as the evenings grow shorter and we actually begin wearing more than one layer of clothing on these lovely autumn days. To begin: Greysac from Medoc - Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, with a touch of Cab Franc and Petit Verdot. Classic Bordeaux - "...fresh red berries mingled with notes of cedar and spice and a lovely palate of red fruit..."

It's harvest season - think of those massive blue-black Merlot grapes carefully hand-picked and crushed four years ago... let's crack that bottle!

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We really appreciate all of the comments about the increasing inventories that we are bringing in as the season begins to change.

Among the changes is a rebirth of our French section - this week alone we have added eleven new items - with another 20 or so coming in the next couple of weeks.
Here is just a partial list:

Brouilly, Chateau de la Chaize
Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits "Les Dames de Vergy" Domaine Guyon
Bourgogne Blanc, Francois Carillon
Chateau Greysac (Medoc)
Vouvray, Chateau de Montfort
Carignan "Vieilles Vignes" Domaine Paul Mas
Picpoul de Pinet, Domaine Paul Mas
GSM, Domaine Paul Mas
Clos de Savagnac "Gres de Montpelier" Domaine Paul Mas
Costieres de Nimes "les Grande Cabanes" Chateau Lamargue
Puligny-Montrachet, Francois Carillon
Savigny-Les Beaune, Domaine Guyon

Regions & Style Include:
Alsace
White Bordeaux
White Burgundy
Chablis
White Loire Valley
Grower Champagnes
Red Bordeaux
Red Burgundy

New inventory is arriving daily. You will see each section of our cellar redefined and expanded in the coming weeks.

And as far as fine spirits go - lets just say that we are preparing for the cooler months ahead. You can already see the difference in our Rum & Single Malt sections.

All made possible by your support - we appreciate it and have a lot of plans for the months ahead.

Please Join Us - it's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.

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Hurricane Earl Issue

From The Storm Center
New London has been in the eye of the storm for years,
a little wind and some rain won't slow us down.

Greetings From New London,
If you were wondering why we waited so long to send out the email this week - it is a simple answer. We were trying to gauge the storm. Many of you have concerns about the weather - so we have had to play it by ear this week. We can promise you this: If our lights are on, there will be wine.

We might even pull the corks on something very special, maybe a Shafer Merlot, maybe a bottle of extremely hard to find rum - we will not let the storm get in the way. Instead we will celebrate the holiday weekend - Give us a call or check your Twitter accounts before you head out for the evening to be sure.



NEXT
TONIGHT - THURSDAY - 9.2.10
Duke Robillard & Debbie Davies, fresh off their dual wins for Best Traditional Blues Male and Female Artists of the Year at the 2010 Blues Music Awards, play an exciting show to close out the 2010 Summer Nights in the District concert series.

Duke and Debbie are two of the premier blues guitar players touring today. Debbie is a nine time Blues Music Awards Nominee and the Los Angeles Times says, "she wields an electric guitar as if it were a wand."

Duke Robillard is a 4 time winner for The Best Blues Guitarist and 18 time nominee at The Blues Music Awards, Grammy nominated in 2007 and 2010 and he has a new CD just out on August 24 on Stony Plain titled, 'Passport to The Blues' - a rocking and gritty blues workout. Duke is, "a soloist of stunning force and originality" according to The New York Times.



NEXT

Friday September 3rd
The Storm Center tasting
6-9 p.m. - No Charge


If The Lights Are On - There Will Be Wine.
Lets Celebrate The Holiday Weekend

Please Join Us - it's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.

Think of us as Wine - "With Benefits."

AAA.

Wine Works Wonders!

Greetings From New London,
The wine list for Friday is just below these items of interest. Joining us in the cellar will be Bob Neville from World Wide Wines. Mr. Neville will be pouring and answering all of your questions from 6-9 p.m.

NEXT

The Fifth annual New London ChessFest
was canceled last week due to rain. Look for it again this weekend. Click here for details.


NEXT

Thanks for all of the mail regarding our own Dave Anderson and the big wedding last weekend at the Eugene O'Neill Center. We have the photos, and the stories - but we thought it better to wait until his return to show them - so he can defend himself. It was an absolutely great day.



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Friday August 27th
6-9 p.m.
No Charge

Two Great Sicilian Wines In The Line Up

Planeta La Segreta Bianco $15


This crisp white is produced from Grecanico grapes (grown in Sicily for more than two thousand years).

Versatile, tart and lovely with seafood, salads and pan-sauteed garden squash and zuchinni.

"A perfect approach to Sicilian wine with its excellent relationship between price and quality, guaranteed by the Planeta family's patient input from the vine to the wine."










Planeta La Segreta Rosso $15

Alessio, Francesca and Santi Planeta's family have been rooted in Sicilian agriculture for generations.

Here is their gorgeous Nero d'Avila blend: "La Segreta takes its name from the wood that surrounds our vineyard at Ulmo.

This young fresh wine produced mainly from Nero d'Avola grapes, flagship of Sicilian wine, earns personality and style with the addition of international variety grapes.

All the grapes are carefully cultivated in Planeta owned vineyards."

Steele Writer's Block Cabernet Franc $18

This Cabernet Franc blend comes from Jed Steele's vineyards in Kelseyville California (made with doses of Merlot Syrah and Zin).

The small amount of Zinfandel is sourced from the fairly young (under 25 years old) Duncan Vineyard located near Mount Konocti, the dormant volcano that dominates the landscape.

Spicy and interesting with a ripe, loamy, uniquely West Coast character.

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Please Join Us - it's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.

Think of us as Wine - "With Benefits."

En Passant

Meet The Anderson's

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The Wedding Edition

Wedding Bells Are Ringing!
Greetings From New London,
The wine list for Friday is just below these items of interest.

It is a special week here in New London. Our own Dave Anderson ties the knot with the lovely Jill Mauritz - two of the nicest kids you ever what to meet - we will have all of the
Star Studded - Red Carpet coverage that you can imagine including the behind the scenes video next week.

While Dave is away we have a couple of special guests that will join us in the cellar - This week please join us and welcome Mr. Stefan Wich from the mighty House of Hartley & Parker. Stefan is pouring to sold out crowds wherever he appears - and this week he will be pulling the corks for us. All of the fun starts at 6:00 p.m.


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Friday August 20th
6-9 p.m. - No Charge

Monsieur Gerarde Bertrand

Gerard Bertrand Rose of Syrah $12

Gerard Bertrand is a very interesting character, an ex-rugby star who's developed a large operation of vineyards in Southern France. He's created a series of quality wines at all price points, still unmistakably French and Terroir-driven. First up, a fruity and lush Syrah rose from France's southern Languedoc region. A traditional summer style - dry and crisp with good body and weight. Perfect with salads, prosciutto and melon.

Gerard Bertrand Tautavel Red $18

A flagship red from Monsieur Bertrand - this lovely Rhone-style blend come from further south in Roussillon. Syrah, Grenache and Carignan hand harvested and barrel aged for six months. Elegant with notions of rosemary, clove and black currant. A perfect compliment to grilled lamb skewers or a quality hamburger!

Sauvignon Blanc $10

These carefully crafted values come from Argentina's high-altitude Mendoza region. This Sauvignon falls evenly between "California" and "New Zealand" styles - light tropical fruit and citrus, white flowers and a nice grassiness. Crisp and clean with good acidity - a perfect lemony compliment to clam strips or a bucket of steamed mussels!


Arido Malbec $10

Another outstanding bargain from Arido - delicate violet and currant aromas give way to robust cherry Malbec pepper and spice. The Arido vineyards are 3500 feet above sea level with hot sunny days and cool nights, perfect for long, even seasons of ripening for the grapes. This malbec weighs in at a relatively modest 13.5% alcohol - not overdone. We love it!


Please Join Us - it's fun, informal, and a great way to start your weekend.

Think of us as Wine - "With Benefits."

AAA.