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Hello to you all,

This week we have a great tasting planned on Saturday with Bell Winery. As was mentioned last week, Sandra Bell came by and we tasted her wines and were quite pleased with the quality as compared to the price. Her husband was the wine maker of the iconic Georges De La Tour Private Reserve from Beaulieu Vineyards. The line-up is listed below.

We also have a lot of new wines in the store with more coming! We’ve gone to some great tastings and had some great wines from all over.  We will be mentioning these wines every week and also having tastings here, so stay tuned. Oh, and don’t forget the Rose’s !!!  We have an amazing selection all ready and more coming in. Though it doesn’t feel like spring we’ll be dipping our toes in the water before you know it.

And lastly– but not least– Kurt Remming is making an appearance! We will be doing an Easter/ Kurt Reunion tasting on the 16th of April. Kurt is working for Pasternak Wines, one of the better portfolios on the market with many wines you have seen and that will be worth checking out. We will be focusing this tasting on wines that pair well with Easter faire and feature over 20 wines so this will be a much Bigger tasting than usual. Come in and say hi and hopefully buy some wine to support Kurt and his future endeavor.

Thank you all,
Gino and the Staff at the Wine Cellar.

We are currently faced with some of the highest Meat Prices of all time.  Between Cattle Futures, Feed, Fuel, and Production costs on the rise it has created a Perfect Storm which has created pricing increases that we have never been faced with before.  Hopefully this update will help understand some of the issues that we are presented with.

Beef Market Outlook

Cattle Futures blaze away at record high numbers.  April is already brushing up against $115.  That means $1.96 dressed carcass costs for USDA commodity cattle in April compared to this past December where the USDA dressed carcass costs average $1.60.  That is an increase in carcass costs of $288 per head year over year.  We have already seen an increase of $160 per head since December on commodity cattle, leaving packers with no choice but to continue to raise our prices.

Feed increased 0.8% last month and have risen 15.8% over the twelve month period ending in February, the biggest year on year rise since the labor department’s index was first published in September 1977.  Corn moves to record highs and has almost doubled in cost since last year.

Production costs, including for energy, water, and land are likely to climb as there is increasing scarcity.

Petroleum import prices rose 3.7% in February, and were up 20.6% on the year.

Lately I’ve had Bordeaux on my mind. Tonight and this Saturday we will feature a few new Red Bordeaux at our wine tastings. See below for a complete list of the wines we will be pouring. It’s not a coincidence that the weather will be clear tonight and Saturday so you can come visit us and taste some great wines. See you then!

~ Kurt

• We now offer a rock-bottom price of $5.00 on our Rotisserie Chickens, everyday we are open.  Last chicken cooks at 4:30pm.
• We have extended our hours.  On Sundays, we are now open from 10:30am-5:00pm.
• We are now doing a “soft close” on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.  From 6:00-6:15pm, M-S, is our soft close hours. This means that we will be locking the door at 6:15, and begin closing at 6:15.  So, if you’re stuck on the road at 6:05pm—fret not!  You will have 10 more minutes until we lock our doors.
• In November, we will hold our Holiday Grand Tasting on Saturday the 13^th from 2 to 6PM and the details have yet to be confirmed but we are planning a beer tasting of locally brewed beers on Friday October 29^th.
• Holiday orders will commence on November 1st.
• Holiday menus will be posted on our website and on our Facebook page (facebook.com/henrysmarket)
• Senior Discount Days Continue on Tuesdays
• We are in the process of working out a consistent customer appreciation day, more details to follow.

Our friends at Tryst in Beverly are hosting their first Wine Dinner of the season which will feature food and wines from Italy.  Chef Peter always does a spectacular job and the dinners sell out quickly.  Check below for contact information and make your reservation soon.

We have some save the dates coming up.  In November, we will hold our Holiday Grand Tasting on Saturday the 13^th from 2 to 6PM and the details have yet to be confirmed but we are planning a beer tasting of locally brewed beers on Friday October 29^th.  It will be a great way to start your Halloween weekend!  Haloween weekend! Stay tuned for more details in next weeks newsletter.
~ Kurt

Malbec continues to garner a great deal of interest and we will explore this wonderful varietal in a special Malbec tasting on Thursday October 21st.  And don’t forget to mark your calendar on Saturday November 13th we will do a Grand Tasting of wines to serve with your holiday meal.

This week’s tastings continue with some very interesting wines.  First up, tonight we will sample a Dornfelder from Germany which is a sweet red wine, and a Monastrell from Spain which gets 90 points from the Wine Advocate.  Monastrell is known as Mouvedre in France.

Saturday we will get to experience some “older” wines from the outstanding 2002 vintage in California. These wines from Lolonis are organic, blended by Jed Steele, and had only 300 cases produced.  They originally sold for $30 but I got a special price and will be selling them for $15.  Come join us to see how these wines have held up.

~ Kurt