Wednesday - Taste
Four Under-valued Selections
~ 11th Annual ~
Boy Hope Girls Hope Tasting
Stop Wednesday, September 23, 2009
to taste four selections we feel are a very good value for the money.
Independent Producers is an up-and-coming producer that
showcases the exceptional quality and potential of Washington.
Firesteed Pinot Noir has been a wonderful value vintage after vintage.
Robert Sinskey Merlot has been established as one of the finest merlots available.
Each vintage is hand picked, hand sorted, and small production.
We are pouring samples from 4:30pm to 7:00pm.
Under-valued Wines in Stock!
Independent Producer Chardonnay $9.49
Independent Producer Merlot $9.49
Firesteed Pinot Noir $15.99
Robert Sinskey Merlot $21.49
Save Water, Drink Wine
Boys Hope Girl Hope
Benefit Wine Tasting
Friday, October 16, 2008
Terrace Gardens at Dove Valley
For eleven years Libations Wine & Spirits has hosted a wine
tasting to benefit Boys Hope Girls Hope of
Colorado. New this year is a silent auction and 50/50 raffle.
In 2008, thirty-three distributors provided over 150 wines,
Belgian and specialty beers. Local restaurants
provided food, ranging from Indian to steakhouse specialties.
Food vendors include Bent Noodle, Star of India,
Bakers Way, Texas de Brazil,
Cheesecake Factory, and Saltgrass Steakhouse.
Expected attendance is 500 people. Tickets
are $45 pre-paid through October 14, 2009.
Tickets are available at the door for $50. Wine tasters
include customers of Libations Wine and Spirits and Boys Hope Girls Hope supporters.
Sponsorships are tax deductible.
If you have your own sponsorship package that you would like to
present, please provide us with your package ideas and we will work with you to provide the best
promotional benefits for your company.
Friday, October 16, 2008 - 6:00 to 10:00p.m.
The Terrace Gardens at Dove Valley
13065 East Briarwood Avenue, Centennial, CO
$45 pre-paid by October 14, 2009; $50 at the door
Sponsorship Opportunities
allow you to market your business to the more than five hundred attendees of the event.
There will be a silent auction this year at the tasting event.
Donating items to the silent auction is a great way to give back to the community.
Anyone who would like to donate items for the auction will get extra exposure,
because the auction items will be displayed in the store beginning 9/15.
Call Boys Hope Girls Hope at 720-524-2061 -or Libations Wine and Spirits at 303-766-0575
with your questions.
Discounted Rooms
Hotel Gold Crown
7770 South Peoria Street
Englewood, CO 80112
303-790-7770
Libations is now open on Sunday
11:00am to 6:00pm
·15% off wines poured during tasting hours.
·10% off beer poured during tasting hours.
·10% off spirits poured during tasting hours.
·Need a map to Libations?
·Take a look at the
archive of previous in-store tastings.
·Libations offers a coupon.
Libations has a new rewards program!
Each time you spend over $20 (pre-tax) you will receive a discount
RIGHT THEN!
The discount is based on the amount you spend each time.
If you don't usually spend $20, that's okay; we have a reward to suit you too!
Everyone will receive a cash back reward on their anniversary of joining
the program, based on what they have spent for the year.
You will get store credit to spend however you like!
No one else is offering a rewards program like this.
We want to show our appreciation to every customer.
Libations offers you two different
coupons--with no expirations dates.
Both of these coupons can save you up to 15% off your purchase.
Either coupon is a great value,
save
$3.00 on $20.00 -or $5.00 on $30.00.
Merlot
Merlot is an icon in the US market. Just like the California styled chardonnay, with its buttery tones and oaky nuances, the California version of merlot saturated the market and became the default formula for all domestic merlot. This recipe yields a softer, riper red. Its market was the red wine drinker looking for a less tannic wine, softer in acidity. For several years now domestic winemakers created single variety labels of merlot, with a smooth fabric and ripe, soft structure.
Slowly but surely, as this style of merlot became the norm, there was a push back from some winemakers who allowed their merlots to have a little bit more umph. The soft, smooth merlots now share the shelves with a style that has a little more tannins, with a touch more fruit acid.
Merlot is the most widely planted grape in Bordeaux. It is one of the permitted red grape varieties in Bordeaux, the others being cabernet sauvignon, malbec, cabernet franc, and petit verdot. It is found blended with cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc throughout the world. From Australia to the foothills of the Italian Alps, to Argentina, merlot is grown and blended with other red grapes, or vinified and bottled solo.
Merlot is the perfect grape to cultivate with cabernet sauvignon. Merlot ripens early, while cabernet sauvignon ripens late. Pairing these two grapes insures against losing an entire crop to bad weather at harvest. (Perhaps the French were on to something.)
Merlot has a thin skin, which imparts less tannins into the resulting wine. Cabernet sauvignon has a thick skin, producing more tannic juice. Merlot blends well with many different grapes because of its demure character. Over the years, merlot has been sneaking into many blends, because wine drinkers have been wanting less astringency and more ripeness.
The rest of the world embraced tannic, acidic wines, while the Coca-Cola generation here in the US demanded our wines to be ripe and smooth. Since the American market is so massive, the rest of the world has been vinifying wine with ripe profiles and a soft mouthfeel, to take advantage of demand for wine in the US.
Of course you'll still find tannic reds with lots of acidity, but our palates have influenced the global market and more and more producers are opting for the fruit-driven styles. Merlot has helped usher in this change in styles. Once considered a blending grape and looked upon by many as inferior to its vineyard neighbor, cabernet sauvignon, now merlot is sharing the lime light.
Case Discounts
Libations Wine & Spirits offers 10% discount on all cases of wine mix or match.
Join us most Wednesdays to sample wine, beer, and spirits in-store, at no charge.
Every Wednesday from 4:30pm to 7:00pm we pour samples for you.
Join us on selected Fridays too.
Upcoming Tasting Events
September 23, 2009
Some Yummy Wines in Stock!
Independent Producer Chardonnay $9.49
Independent Producer Merlot $9.49
Firesteed Pinot Noir $15.99
Robert Sinskey Merlot $21.49
September 30th, 2009
Peirano Estates Voignier $12.99
Starborough Sauvignon Blanc $13.49
Las Rocas "Old Wine Garnache" $17.99
Tamari Malbec $13.49
As always, you will receive a 15% discount on wines,
and a 10% discount on beers during all tasting events!
SPECIAL PRICING DURING TASTING HOURS
Wednesday tasting hours are 4:30 to 7:00 pm.
Each sample is a one ounce portion to adults 21 and older.
Limit four different samples per person.
Libations Wine and Spirits is a full service liquor store serving
Aurora, Parker, Centennial, Tallyn's Reach, Saddle Rock,
Pride's Crossings, Shenandoah, Park Villas, Inverness, Meadow Hills, Foxfield,
Cottonwood, Pleasant Run, Heritage Eagle Bend and Littleton, Colorado area.
Libations has a comprehensive wine inventory, award winning beer selections,
all of your favorite spirits and few unusual items as well.
Whether you are driving from the DTC, (Denver Tech Center), downtown Denver, Parker,
Aurora, Castle Rock, Franktown or Inverness, Libations is on your way home.
We are located in Southeast Aurora, near Cherry Creek Reservoir, at Arapahoe Crossings.
Our staff are knowledgeable about wine, beer, liqueurs, and spirits, and are
always eager to serve you.
You must be 21 years or older to shop at Libations Wine & Spirits.
Libations Wine & Spirits
Arapahoe & Parker Roads
Northeast corner at Arapahoe Crossings
6554 South Parker Road, Aurora, Colorado 80016
Monday - Saturday, 10am to 10pm
Sunday from 11am to 6pm
Phone: 303-766-0575
info@libationswines.com
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