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Any good port-sellers in the Cupertino area?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:17 pm
by Todd Pettinger
I'm heading to Cupertino, CA for a business trip at the end of April. I am there for a week, arriving early Sunday afternoon (April 29) and departing the evening of Friday, May 4.
Any of my American friends know of any decent shops where a guy can look for some VPs or simple Ports to make the trip more bearable and to perhaps bring home with me? There are a lot of producers/labels/years that we simply just do not have a supply of in Edmonton and a road trip is the perfect excuse to look for some of these! :)
Thanks for any info any of you can give me!
Todd
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:16 am
by Andy Velebil
Todd,
i happen to be in Cupertino as I type this...part of my Napa road trip, with a detour to Ridge for some barrel sampling..what fun that was yesterday. There is a good wine store near the airport (a few blocks away). I can't recall the name, but they had an OK selection. Many stores around this area carry the usual suspects, but prices tend to be high in the land of excess money up here. Unless you find domething you can't get at home, I'm sure you could find the bottles cheaper using WineSearcher.
Otherwise, even most corner liquor stores up here carry some Ports, so you can get a bottle or two for drinking while in town.
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:50 am
by Todd Pettinger
Andy,
Thanks for the reply! I figured if anyone, you would be my best hope (in CA and all!)
I was actually doing a bit of poking around on the 'Net and google pointed me out to Weimax or Wiemax, I'll have to look it up. They seem to have a pretty awesome selection, but I'll have to double-check the prices (and factor in conversion to USD from CAN) - they did seem to have a few selections I have never heard of or could not find back home (in our limited market in Edmonton) so I may try to check them out as well.
Todd
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:19 pm
by Jay Powers
Todd
Wiemax in Burlingame is an excellent small store with a great selection. I have always had good luck with them.
Another nice store is Beltramo's in Menlo Park, which would be closer to Cupertino:
http://www.beltramos.com/
Nice selection and great staff as well. Prices are all across the board both high and low.
You could also try K & L:
http://www.klwines.com/
They have several stores, but the Redwood City store is only about four blocks from Beltramos.
Jay