Good wine store in East Nashville

Well, I have some really good news for wine lovers who live in East Nashville. The Woodland Wine Merchant has opened at 1001 Woodland St., just West of Five Points and about 100 yards from Margo's. Sandra and I dropped in there this week to check it out. The store (photo above) is in an old bank building and is open and airy with the wines well laid out for one's viewing in nice wooden racks like the one in the photo. We had a nice talk with Will Motley shown in the second photo. They have only been open a week but are being well received by locals and others visiting the new "hot" Five Points area. If you are not used to venturing over to East Nashville you need to go soon for a fun day or evening.

We found Will be be very friendly and knowledgeable about wines as he used to work for the large Nashville wholesaler-Best Brands . His prices are good too--I bought some spirits cheaper than I usually pay over in our area of town so this is good for customers.

The good news for us is that Will is willing to take on our Hawks Nest Orchard Block wine. He will be the first store East of the Cumberland River to our knowledge offering our yummy red NZ blend of Malbec and Cab Franc. So, a big "thank you Will" we hope to send some business your way and do want to do some tasting events with you in the area this coming fall when our new 06 vintage arrives.

More soon!!!

DrJim

PS We just got our US label approval for our 06 wine so now we can print, label, and ship that new vintage to Lipman Brothers here in Nashville. Look for the new 06 in area stores in mid Nov. at the latest!!!!!

WHO SELLS MORE HAWKS NEST IN NASHVILLE???

Who sells more Hawks Nest Orchard Block Red wine in Nashville than anyone else?

That is a good question and the answer is this guy.

Ed Fryer of The Wine Shoppe in Green Hills has been our biggest supporter of Hawks Nest wines since we had our first tasting event in East Nashville in December of 2005 at the old Chapel Bistro. I wanted to give Ed a big public thank you for carrying our wine, sharing it with others, and guiding us in the successful Nashville area marketing of our Orchard Block Red wine. I estimate that his store has sold 50% of both our 04 and our o5 vintages these last two years. (his staff say he has a fragile ego so I want to really properly praise him in this blog.)

True, he is not much to look at but he sure knows his wines and gives excellent customer service. I know this to be true as I have just spent 9 hours or so over the last two weekends at his store just “hanging out signing bottles and kissing babies"(as he put it in his newsletter) but really all those hours I was also watching him and his team work hard greeting and advising customers on a wide range of wines. If I could have run my medical office with such fun and enthusiasm and with such satisfied clients I might still be working at doing those pap smears and such!!!!!!!

Anyway, thanks Ed and you crew for letting me come in so often to meet and greet so many of your nice customers. Your store sure is cluttered and I never cease to be amazed when Josh or the rest of you team immediately pulls out some obscure requested bottle from under a pile of boxes or mixed other bottles-I can't quite work out your inventory system but your team sure understands it and that is what matters. I even enjoyed carrying out a few cases of wine to customer cars for you guys especially in the 104 temperatures of the last two Friday and Saturdays!!!

SERIOUSLY, THANKS A BUNCH ED, YOUR ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE HAVE BEEN MUCH APPRECIATEDJJJJJ

Dr JIm

More soon!!!

Dog Days of summer

Well, it is the "dog days of summer" here in Nashville for sure just now. It has been 100 or hotter for 12 of the first 18 days of Aug. which is an all time record. Even with this weather our Hawks Nest Red is selling very well. The new price of $20 a bottle is leading to more sales by wine drinkers with a lower budget. Thirteen cases sold this last week. We are happy that more people can now try our wine. I have been going to some of the local stores to sign bottles and visit with customers and that has helped to raise the awareness of our wine. This is a slow time is the red wine business all over the US south it seems. Of course it is still winter back home in NZ and our remaining 05 wine is about sold out there. We will have our new 06 available in NZ by the first of October and also in the stores in Tennessee by Thanksgiving. (hopefully). We are still waiting for final US approval of our 06 label before we can print, label, and then ship out wine over. Hopefully we will get that approval very soon!!!!

We also have our first wine tasting event of this summer coming up next Saturday afternoon as you can see below from the announcement.

If you are reading this in Nashville do try to drop by next Sat. afternoon and join us!!!!!

More when it cools down;

Dr Jim in shorts and sweating a lot!!!

FREE WINE TASTING

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Hawks Nest Orchard Block REd

Tired of paying for wine tasting events around Nashville?????

If so, we would like to invite you to join us for a special Saturday afternoon of FREE wine tasting organized by Mark Johnson at Vinea Wine at 2410 12^th Ave. S. I will be pouring some of our NZ red from our 2005 Hawks Nest Vineyard vintage- Orchard Block Red. (a super wine for a 100 degree summer dayJJ)

When? 2-5 on Saturday August 25^th

Where? Corrieri’s Formaggeria (just behind Vinea Wines)

What? Fine fellowship and lots of free wine tasting!!!

Mark, Kristen, and the staff at Vinea Wine look forward to seeing you there as do Sandra and I.

It is never too hot to drink good wine so try to come and please pass this on to your wine loving friends or invite them to come with you this coming Saturday afternoon to learn a little about NZ and especially to get a taste of the God Zone downunder- where the high today was 55.

Sandra and Dr. Jim Daniell

Hawks Nest Vineyards, Matakana, N. Z. and Nashville