The January 2025 Cork 'n Cap Press



Take An Affordable 750ml Vacation Today

A mini-vacation is what you need to cure the arctic doldrums. How about a trip to Tuscany?

Economy: Il Bastardo Sangiovese $10.99 Pair with Flatbread Pizza

Business Class: Renzo Masi Chianti Reserva $17.99 Pair With Baked Chicken Parmesan

First Class: Tenuta di Sesta Brunello $49.99 Pair with Steak Florentine

Departures are completely at your leisure and luggage is free.



New Wine Sixpack #144

Still Only $49.99

Here is our latest inflation-fighting set of 2 white and 4 red wines that come in their own reusable, partitioned, eco-friendly six bottle bag. As a bonus, when you bring your empty bag back in, you receive a club discount on the purchase of six bottles or more of any of our in-stock wines. Our sixpack club has no rules and no obligations, just a good value collection of specially selected wine. Check https://corkncap.com/our-latest-wine-sixpack/ for information on the latest sixpack available.

A Requiem for Requiem

The Michigan wholesaler has discontinued this wine and offered it to retailers at a deep discount, allowing us to offer it to you for less than half its regular price.  This is a sassy blend with swagger - full and juicy with ripe, gushing, velvety black fruit flavors. You may find black currant, dark cherries, briar patch fruits, blueberry jam, licorice, and dark chocolate... or maybe not.  Regardless, you will find it to be delicious. Robust, spicy and warm, this is a great companion for a workday wind down, roasted dishes at the table, or a fitting accompaniment while you brood and cogitate into the wee hours of the night.

This wine normally retails for $24 ON SALE:$11.99 or take and additional 15% off of a 12 bottle case. While the supply lasts.

Grain Mill Operators Are Standing By

Home brewers:  Did you know you can phone in or email your grain bill and have it ready for you within minutes?  No more worrying about what surprise you might get when your mail-order delivery that took weeks to show up arrived incomplete or just plain wrong.  Didn't you start making beer because you thought it would be cheaper?  Compare our pricing, you may be surprised.  We have much lower overhead because I'm not buying yachts or "interestingly" shaped space ships with my stock options.   "Free Shipping" isn't free, except at Cork 'n Cap where we can happily carry your order out to our parking lot.  To place an order, you can reply to this email or phone 517-784-0687

Our Top Selling Red And White Wines of 2024

Chateau La Castillonne Red, our best selling wooden crate Bordeaux of all time, has a sibling. The red has been known for its consistent quality year in an year out. It is a classic 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot that has crowd-pleasing brambly fruit notes, a dryness that lends it self well to pairing with a variety of foods without over powering them, and finishes with firm but gentle tannins.

Chateau La Castillonne White, says “Sauvignon Blanc” on the label but it likely also includes a small amount of Semillon, another important grape from the Bordeaux region responsible for rounding the edges and softening the citrus notes of the predominant grape, giving the resulting wine a luscious structure and mouth-feel.

Try either wine for $10.99 a bottle or grab a wooden crate of 12 bottles for just $108, a savings of almost $2 per bottle. While drier than a typical domestic wine, Bordeaux wines are typically lighter in alcohol and much lower in residual sugar, with minimal chemical adulteration for people who care about such things.

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