Niles Beckworth is back!

Invigorated from a prolonged vacation, Niles is re-energizing the Washington Wine Academy CORK Club. Niles is exited to offer a new and expanding range of services and discounts to reward our loyal members! Niles is your guide to:

The Washington DC Area WineShops– Wine Discounts!

Restaurants and Wine Bars – WWA Events, Discounts and More!

Wine Century Passport - Expand your wine tasting experience!
Click here for Passport related events and news

Reduced Admission to Select WWA Events!

CORK Club Perks – Ask Niles! WWA Discounts! Newsletter!

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$25.00 - 2008 WWA Individual CORK Club Membership

Washington Wine Academy 2007 CORK Club Annual Memberships expire on December 31, 2007. The above 2008 membership will expire on December 31, 2008.

The Washington Wine Academy and the CORK Club have partnered with independent wine shops to sustain the health of the local wine retail community so that wine lovers will always have a wide choice in wine and access to personal service.

Wine Shop Discounts - DC area shops will offer 10 - 15% off for wine purchases at area shops. The following Wine Shops in the Washington DC Area have agreed to offer CORK Club members idiscounts:

Washington, DC - Participating Wine Shops:

Ace Beverage

Offers 10% Discount on individual bottles and 15% on mixed or solid cases! Does not apply to sales items.

3301 New Mexico Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016

Cairo Wine & Liquor

Offers 10% Discount on single wine bottle prices! Does not apply to sales items.

1618 17TH St., NW Washington, DC 20009

Calvert Woodley

Details - Coming Soon.

4339 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20008

Chevy Chase Fine Wine & Spirits

Offers 10% Discount on single bottle (750ml only) price! Does not apply to sales items.

5544 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC

Circle Liquors

Offers 15% Discount on single bottle (750ml only) prices! Wine cases at 15% Discount for solid or mixed. Does not apply to sales items.

5501 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008

MacArthur Beverages

Offers 10% Discount on single bottle prices! Wine cases at 10% Discount for solid or mixed. Does not apply to sales items.


4877 MacArthur Blvd., NW, Washington, DC 20007

Morris Miller Wines & Spirits

Offers 10% Discount on individual bottles (750ml only) and 15% on mixed or solid cases! Does not apply to sales items.

7804 Alaska Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012

Paul's Liquors

Offers 15% Discount on purchase of six or more bottles (750ml), mix and match! Does not apply to sales items.

5205 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20015

Schneider's of Capitol Hill

Largest selection of old and rare wines in the country.
Offers 10% Discount on individual bottles (750ml only) and 15% on mixed or solid cases! Discount applies to cellar wines but those orders must be placed by phone. Does not apply to sales items.

300 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, DC 20002

Virginia - Participating Wine Shops:

Unwined

Offers 10% Discount on mixed or solid cases! Does not apply to sales items.

Join their six bottle club and receive the same savings each time you buy six bottles.

3690-J King St., Alexandria, VA 22302

Rick's Wine & Gourmet

Free in-store wine tastings on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons. Offers 10% Discount on individual bottles or mixed cases and a 15% on solid cases! Does not apply to sale items.

3117 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Jaleo Spanish Wine Shop

Largest Spanish wine selection in the area.

Free in-store wine tastings on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Offers discounts only to CORK Club members - 10% on mixed or solid cases!

Located on the second floor of Jaleo Restaurant Crystal City, 2250 A Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202

Opera House Gourmet

Free in-store tasting of Virginia wines every Friday night, International wines on Saturday afternoons. Offers 10% Discount on individual bottles and 15% on mixed or solid cases! Does not apply to sales items.

9126 Center Street, Old Town Manassas, VA 20110

 

IlVino Wine Shop

Specializes in Italian wines. Free in-store wine tastings on Friday and Saturday. Offers members a 10% discount on bottles (750 ml) and 15% on cases (mix and match)! Does not apply to weekly promotions.

11891 Grand Commons Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone - 703-815-1850

Virginia - Participating Restaurants:

Jaleo Crystal City

Special Deal - No restaurant corkage fee for wines purchased in Jaleo wine shop upstairs!

Offers CorkClub Members $1.00 off all wines by the glass.

2250 A Crystal Drive, Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
Phone - 703-413-8181

Restaurant Discounts - New! Once the word got out of the great perks the Washington Wine Academy is offering our CORK Club members...area restaurants wanted to know if they could be included in the program as well. Sure!

If you know of a restaurant that wishes to offer some sort of discount off of a purchase at their establishment - please have them send e-mail to:

DonCulp@WashingtonWineAcademy.org

Wine Century Passport

New Feature! All CORK Club members will receive a 2008 Wine Century Passport. This is a fun and challenging way for you to broaden your wine tasting experience

Last August, the Washington Post highlighted the Wine Century Club as a fun but challenging pursuit for wine lovers.  The Wine Century Club was founded for all adventurous wine drinkers who have tasted one hundred grape varieties. There is a tremendous variety of grapes and wines now available, many of them unique.  Experiencing this variety is not only a great way to expand your own palate, but also to help preserve the availability of these grapes and wines in the market.

Anyone can register at www.WineCentury.com to become a member.  However, reaching 100 grape varieties is not easy - thus far, only a little over 300 people have registered.  Two are faculty at the Washington Wine Academy: Kelly Magyarics and Tom Finigan.

Niles wants to help you to join them!  All CORK Club members receive a Wine Century Passport.  Take the passport with you in 2008 when you visit any of the local independent wine shops and other businesses that participate in the CORK Club, and they will be happy to stamp the appropriate grape variety in the passport when you taste or purchase wine.  Many Virginia wineries will have stamps too.  Niles plans to add an incentive program in the future, so that members reaching their Wine Century will also earn something tangible, such as gift certificates at local restaurants!!

Keep alert to the Niles Files newsletters and the CORK Club website with updates, related events and tasting schedules at the wine shops.  Niles will be working to feature a wine shop every month in 2008, to include dedicated tastings and other events with a focus on the more obscure grape varietals - all geared to helping you reach the 100 grape variety threshold.

Once you reach your Wine Century you will truly have something to boast about with your wine lover friends!

 Let us end with a quote from Washington Wine Academy's Tom Finigan*:

 "Working on your Wine Century is a great way to break out of your normal patterns of wine drinking.

 Part of the enjoyment of wine is experiencing something different and what better way than to sample 100 different grapes from various countries around the world.  Just working on your Wine Century will introduce you to countries or regions you may not have encountered before.  The Washington Wine Academy is a great resource to utilize on your journey as it is committed to bringing new worlds of wine to people in the Washington D.C. Metro Area."

*Tom Finigan, CSW, is an Instructor for the W.S.E.T. Intermediate Certificate in Wines and Spirits for the Washington Wine Academy, a member of the Wine Century Club and a freelance writer on wine.

CORK Club - Perks:

WWA Public & Special Events - Invites to special, limited attendance wine events with wine makers, special guests and other unique wine events not open to our general WWA list. Discounts to select Public WWA events as noted on site.

Volunteer Opportunities - Cork Club members get first chance to volunteer for events (public, private and wine certification courses for discounted rate or no cost to attend) in exchange for helping at the event.

Private Event Planning: From black-tie butlers to garden-party service and catering, we can help take the stress out of planning your events. Discounted for CORK CLUB Members.

CORK Club E-Mail Updates: We plan on sending a quarterly newsletter with all sorts of fun tidbits. Watch your email box for an email from Niles. He may look like a cartoon but he has a way with the computer!

2008 CORK Club Memberships Fees:

Membership is based on an annual basis from January 1st to December 31st. You will receive a personalized Washington Wine Academy CORK Club card with your name and member number.

An e-mail will go out with CORK Club specific information and FLASH EMails will be sent as necessary to address topics of interest to members.

CORK Club 2008 Membership:

$25.00 - 12 months

Membership is typically on an annual basis from January 1st to December 31st.

Active CORK Club members can quickly realize significant savings. For example, aside from discounts to Washington Wine Academy public events, a purchase of three $15 bottles per week at a 10% discount will Save $234 per year!

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CORK Club Annual Membership expires December 31, 2008.

You will typically receive a personalized Washington Wine Academy CORK Club card with your name and member number.

Expect delivery of the card in the mail within two weeks or so after the order, including additional information regarding the CORK Club membership.

Need a quick gift? CORK Club memberships fit everyone!

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Note: If the above is a Gift Certificate purchase of a CORK Club Membership...you MUST include recipient home address and full name and indicate the recipient name(s) in a separate e-mail to:

.JimBarker@WashingtonWineAcademy.org