November 2, 2010

Dear FPBS Customer,

Hope everyone had a great Halloween! We have a whole lot going on right now in the Five Points community. The Cask Ale Festival on Sunday, the wine sale in two weeks, new wines at both stores, some awesome upcoming wine tasting events, and new seasonal beers coming in daily, as well as tons of beer, liquor and wine gift sets. Plus, as always, the best variety of craft beer, liquor, wine, and cigars in town. Read on for more details, and hope everyone has a great week!

Hope to see you,
Your friends at Five Points Bottle Shop

2nd Annual Cask Ale Festival

Aromas

Sunday, November 7th

2pm

16 cask ales from breweries across the country including:

Founders

Terrapin

Lagunitas

Stone

Heavy Seas

Bell's

Rogue

Allagash

Left Hand

Saint Somewhere

J.W. Lees

Burton Bridge

Duck Rabbit

Moon River

*more to be named later and a few special surprises

All-day wristbands are $40.

Click here to purchase your tickets now.

Wristbands and 1/2 pour tickets will be sold the day of the event.

Call Aromas at (706) 208-0059 for more information.

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Wine Sale

From Monday, November 15th, through Saturday, November 20th, both Five Points locations are having our annual wine sale. 15% off twelve or more bottles with cash, debit, or check; 10% off twelve or more bottles with credit. Also, 10% off six bottles with cash, debit, or check, and 7% off six bottles with credit. This is a great opportunity to stock up on wine for Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season!

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Athens Community Wine Rating

Beginning Thursday, November 18th, Five Points and Aromas are starting an exciting new wine tasting series. Every Thursday we'll be hosting a tasting of eight wines for only $10 from 6pm to 8pm at Aromas. It's very casual; you can drop in at any point to taste some great bottles that you might not have ever tried.

And -- even more exciting -- every third Thursday of the month we'll be doing the same thing, eight wines for $10, but it will be a blind tasting. You, the customer, will rate the wines (in a rating system similar to Wine Spectator's). Then we will will aggregate the scores in order to get the Athens Community Wine Rating for each wine. These ratings, and any quotes or comments you may have about the wines, will be posted in both stores. This is a way for you to tell us, and your community, what wines you like and why.

The tasting on November 18th is the first blind tasting, and we're very excited about it. This is a way for you to rate and evaluate wines, and for us to share those results with your community. We hope you come!

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New Wines

If you're looking for a perfect bottle for Thanksgiving dinner, we've got your answer at Five Points. Zima Del Sios is a lovely tempranillo/merlot blend from Spain, and Alto Sios is its big brother, a delicious, juicy syrah/tempranillo blend. (Both were big hits at Ashford Manor last weekend!) These are both 1.5L bottles, and are not available anywhere else in the state. At $44.99 and $59.99 respectively, these are perfect for a large family gathering. Extremely limited supply. (Five Points location only.)

Shafer is back in the market after an absence of several years! We've got a limited supply of the 2007 Hillside Select Cabernet and the One Point Five Cabernet. Also, the 2007 Opus One has just been released and is available. Limited supply. (Available at both stores.)

Che Gaucho Malbec and Chardonnay are perfect party wines. The Chardonnay is very lightly oaked and the Malbec is fruit-forward and jammy. At $9.99 for a 1.5L, these are great easy drinking wines -- and the price is right! (Westside only.)

Sean Thackrey is an eclectic and unusual winemaker. An avid collector and translator of ancient wine texts, he attempts to make his wines in a very old style, employing open air fermentation and using a wide selection of varietals in his blends. The results are excellent, extremely complex wines that have generated a cult-like following. At the Westside we have Aquila (RP92), Orion (RP95), Pleiades, and Sirius (previous vintage RP96). For more information see www.wine-maker.net or check out the Wikipedia entry for Sean Thackrey. Very limited supply. (Westside only).

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Build Your Own Six-Pack

We've got 210 craft beer singles to choose from, and they are constantly rotating. So come build your own six-pack, and get 10% off! Best selection in town.

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Book an Event at Five Points Westside

In January the event room at the Westside location will be open. Talk to us about booking your next event! Email peter@fivepointsbottleshop.com with any inquiries.

Thanks, and have a great day!

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