Napa Valley Wine and Cigar

WINE TALK
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Nice article online in Terroirist:

http://blog.terroirist.com/?p=3087#more-3087

Great job Randy and Carrie!

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Yup!

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Glad you guys are reading the blog!! Hugely appreciated. If you’ve got any suggestions for future wine shop interviews (or winemaker interviews… or sommelier interviews, for a forthcoming series), please shoot me an email or PM. Thanks again!

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Napa Valley Wine & Cigar…the premier wine shop in Napa Valley! Randy and Carrie are great people. Make it a point to stop there if your in the area.

Matt

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Awesome people! So glad I got to meet them last month on my trip to Napa.

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Randy and Carrie are awesome. We met and had an offline last June with Loren Sonkin and Nick Whittman. Great time with them. Hope they will have time for some wine and pizza this next visit in July…

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Never heard of em [snort.gif]

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+1

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Now if only they would expand their Burgundy selection beyond Gallo. [snort.gif]

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+2 [wow.gif]

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I remember reading some headline of “wine retailer warning: Napa Valley Wine and Cigar !!” once on this board. cannot be too good… [snort.gif]

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For all the hype this retailer gets, NVW & C is a really cute wine boutique. I’ve visited twice when Mike Madigan and I toured wine country. Carrie and Randy have always welcomed these 2 board members with open arms. Ok, so there’s no accounting for taste. They’ve even shared a bottle of their beloved Ketcham with us. [cheers.gif]

Disclaimer… I’ve become a customer. [cheers.gif]

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Satisfied customer here!!! We’re going back to visit them in August, but they don’t know yet that I plan to bring my guitar picks.
If they find out, they’ll probably (and rightly so) lock the door and hide when we arrive. [tease.gif]

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Nice people and those Mystery Cab offerings are AWESOME. Today it’s 2005 Elyse Morisoli for $29.99!!
:slight_smile:

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Marvellous combination - wine and cigars ! Or should it be cigars and wine? [winner.gif]

Couldn’t think of a better way to taste wine than first searing my palate on a hot cigar.
That way even the Two Buck Chuck tastes the same as a fine vintage La Tache. Aromas? Plenty of them, of course,
and the cigar smoke can completely overwhelm anything coming from the wine. Guest celebrity? Sure, bring in Marvin
to light up your freshly opened cigar. [scratch.gif]

Hank [cheers.gif]

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I’m not so sure about this place. I mean Carrie, that’s her name, right? Well she sent me an empty bottle of wine. I’m pretty sure she drank the good stuff and forgot to fill it back up with Charles Shaw before shipping to me! hahaha. True story… but it was a prank. I’m looking forward meeting them whenever I make it back out to Napa.

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Hank,
We have plenty of customers that don’t even notice we have a humidor & vice versa w/cigar smokers not being wine drinkers, they are not intermingled in our store. The pairing most certainly isn’t for everyone.

Thanks everyone for the kind words, we truly enjoy seeing each & everyone of you when you come to visit and look forward to meeting everyone else we haven’t someday.
flirtysmile

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Carrie, don’t be so humble, it works pretty well when measured against some alternatives:
Napa Valley Wine and Tacos
Napa Valley Wine and Light Bulbs
Napa Valley Wine and Carpet Cleaning
Napa Valley Wine and Pet Supplies
Napa Valley Wine and Aeligious Artifacts
Napa Valley Wine and Sports Memorabilia
Napa Valley Wine and Greetings Cards
Napa Valley Wine and Pluming Supplies
Napa Valley Wine and Auto Parts
Napa Valley Wine and Camping Supplies
Napa Valley Wine and Art Supplies
[cheers.gif]

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Napa Valley Wine and Fine Jewelry
Napa Valley Wine and Import Autos
Napa Valley Wine and Escort Service

Simple business model… get the costumer drunk on wines they buy from you, then they’ll spend big bucks on the others.

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I just heard a loud “pop” down here in SoCal… Any chance that was Carrie’s head exploding from all the love??? neener

can’t wait to come to Napa “for real” (instead of just a drive-thru) to hang with these fine people!