2012-02-02

Bring your “A” Game!!

 

Super Bowl deserves Super drinks!

It’s really all about the Party

Wine Club’s first tasting a hit!

 

It’s hard to believe it’s Super Bowl weekend when the golf courses are full and kids are out on the sidewalk playing ball without a jacket, but neither massive solar flares nor the Arctic Oscillation can stop the Premier Sporting Event in the World. Truth be told, as sportsmen we find the Super Bowl to be almost cartoonish in its self-importance, an example of American hype and indulgence that cannot possibly live up to its own lofty standards. It’s just a football game, after all. Most people don’t care, or can even stay up late enough to see, who wins.

 

Let’s face it, for most of us, it’s about the Super Bowl Party. It’s about gathering with family and friends we haven’t seen since the Holidays (this time, with just the ones we actually like). It’s about something to DO, fergodsakes, in February, a month so bad they stopped giving it days when they got to 28. It’s about the TV commercials. It’s about good food. And of course, good drink.

 

This is where we come in, naturally. As we move toward the start of our annual Mid-Winter Sale, which begins in a couple of weeks, we are well-stocked and ready to suggest wine pairings for whatever you are serving. And with more than 600 craft beer labels we encourage you to enjoy the Big Game with a delicious and distinctive IPA, porter, Amber Ale, or stout, rather than the usual Swiller, Buttwipers, or Ultra-Crap that is so often chugged in massive quantities at these things.

 

So come on in this weekend and stock up. Let’s do this thing in style. It’s the last game of the season! There will not be another meaningful football game played anywhere in the universe until late August at least. We are open all weekend, including 12 to 5 on Sunday.

 

Prediction: Patriots by 2 in a mild upset.

 

Cloverleaf Wine Club’s first wine tasting a rousing success

 

Last week more than a dozen members of The Pour, Cloverleaf’s new monthly wine club, gathered at a nearby home to select two new wines for the February selections. Gnoshing on beautiful cured meats, cheeses, bread, and even some fantastic little pulled pork-and-slaw sandwiches whipped up by Tom, members took their job very seriously (while having a lot of fun, of course). In all we sampled about 8 wines, each one explained to us by our friends from Veritas Distributors. Finally, two were chosen for The Pour and will be available for member pick-up this weekend.

 

The way the club works is that on the first Saturday of each month we choose two wines with an eye for quality, value, and applicability to the season of the year. These wines are deep-discounted and exclusive to members of the club (initially; if the wine really catches on we reserve the right to put it on our shelf after the club members have had their chance). Members pick up their special two-bottle wine tote beginning the first Saturday of each month. Here are the terms of club membership:

 

·         Two wines deep-discounted at $34.95/month (actual value approx. $45)

 

--The Guys at Cloverleaf