Thanks to Cellarbrations being a tad more aggressive in the fine wine market we can finally offer amazing deals on wines that makes Dan Murphy's and First Choice sit up and take notice.

Here is a list of some of the amazing deals we have right now :

  1. Evan's and Tate Margaret River Shiraz - Usually $22.99 now $13 per bottle (in a six pack buy!)

  2. Bollinger NV Cuvee Brut - Usually $120 per bottle now you can buy 2 for $140 (or $79.99 each)

  3. Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc - Usually $40 per bottle now $50 for a 2 bottle buy (this is selling like hotcakes - most people are buying six bottles here minimum)

  4. Orlando St Hugo - Usually $50 per bottle - now $28 per bottle in a six bottle buy - I saw this on special today at Dan's for $29.90. This is the best value Cabernet in the country right now - seriously insane.

  5. Rounding out the top 5 is big Sammy Adams. The greatest beer from America's greatest city is usually over $100 per case but we have 14 cartons available at the amazing price of $60!! Why am I even doing this special? Boston are going to miss the playoffs anyway!!

Anyway - stay tuned for more great deals soon

Next will be the line up of amazing events coming up at the Cow. It's pretty impressive...

We all know now that Cape Mentelle has been one of the driving forces behind the continued success of Margaret River. They perfected the Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blend and have one of the best Cabernet's in Australia. Recently it has been the Shiraz that has continued to excel...

This reputation was enhanced recently when the 2007 vintage picked up a string of gold medals across the country and an amazing 5 trophies in the last twelve months.

This wine is usually $44 at the bottle shop and I saw it on special last month at Dan Murphy's for $31.50 (29.90 in a six pack buy)

Well to celebrate South Sydney's incredible comeback on Saturday night I am offering you this wine for $26.99 or ($25 per bottle in a six pack buy)

THAT'S RIGHT - CAPE MENTELLE 2007 SHIRAZ FOR $25 A BOTTLE !!!
THIS AMAZING DEAL IS LIMITED TO 12 BOTTLES PER CUSTOMER

Get your orders in quick as this the best $25 wine on the market right now by a country mile.

This is the first great deal in our ten part series celebrating ten years of the Spotted Cow Cellars - there will be another great deal in a fortnight.

Feel free to pass this on to your friends and family as it is a truly remarkable price.

Call me 0409 349 889 or email at phil@spottedcow.com.au for orders

Thanks
Phil Coorey

I've been working hard behind the scenes at the Cow and have some wonderful announcements to make with regards to future events here.

Weekend of September 17, 18 and 19 at the Ergon Energy Flower Food & Wine Festival

We will be hosting a Little Creatures area which will include all of their beers from Freemantle as well as the White Rabbit range from Victoria. What's better the brewery is sending up some of the brewers to take you through the beers. They are keen to have a beer on Friday night at the Cow otherwise you can catch up at the festival with them on Saturday and Sunday as they take any and all questions you might have on the beers - whats better - there will be free samples to help you make the right choice of beer on the day.

October 6 - Henschke Dinner at the Cow featuring the immortal Brett West

Do I really need to say much here?? It is one of the top 5 wineries in the country and they make the best single site Shiraz in Australia.

Interest in this event is at all time high and only 80 seats are available - please book early to avoid disappointment

November 23 - Damien Fleming and Darren Lehman at the Cow

The boys are coming up, two days before the first Ashes test in Brisbane to get everyone's juices flowing for what will be the most interesting summer of Cricket in Australia since the last Ashes...

Tickets will sell quickly to this so move fast as only 140 at the most will be available and interest is at a Viv like high.

Lots more news later this week - time for an RSS feed maybe? Or Twitter or more facebook

Just what the world needs - more Phil Coorey

Take Care

Most of our loyal customers this week are at Splendour in the Grass but this won’t stop the Spotted Cow – it will only make us stronger as we move away from winter into Summer already it seems.

It was illegal for most people to drink here the last time Australia won the Bledisloe cup but that won’t stop people from trying to find a way to see if Australia can win 3 out of 4 games this year and regain it.

Tomorrow’s game has been moved from Etuhad Stadium to Wet and Wild as the surface was deemed to be safer for the players.

Come down from 7pm Saturday night to see all the action.

Phil Coorey

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster”
Remember that quote from Goodfellas?

Well, that is how I feel about live music at the Cow…

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to have original live music at the Cow. We have only had two gigs at the Cow so far, but they have been an absolute blast.
Friday night saw us host a couple of bands from Brisbane (Transvall Diamond Syndicate and Bertie Page Clinic) as well as Toowoomba’s own One Dirty Bird. And much like the first gig at the Cow, it was a roaring success with a great crowd showing up and supporting all three bands with much enthusiasm.
I had fun hosting the guys and can’t wait to get them all back up – plus between sets I get to play music for once and can show off the fabulous Titus Andronicus album The Monitor when I feel like it!!

The Brendan Fevola Dinner is this week and there are still tickets available, Nicole has put together another crackerjack menu with our famous prawns platter to kick off proceedings followed by the a prime rib that is bigger than my ego.
Tickets are $120 each and proceeds will be going to the Spotted Cow as always as well as a charity to help fund injured Souths players including Dave Taylor who just went down for the count on the weekend as well.

The election campaign is going well – I am pretty sure I will have no problems of getting to 400 beers by August 21– maybe if I don’t get over 400 beers, I should give something back to the people of Toowoomba.

Hi and welcome to my first blog post at the Spotted Cow. With so much going on at the Cow this year at the bottle shop and the pub I feel this might be my best level of communication to my millions of fans, I mean customers (sorry I always get these two mixed up – damn ego)
We almost changed the name of the bottleshop from Celebrations at the Spotted Cow to Phil Coorey’s, but we didn’t want anyone getting us mixed up with Dan Murphy’s so decided to just stick with the old name. But rumour has it that Dans considered renaming themselves Dropkick Murphy’s until they realised the name was taken…
Anyway, we have come up with a crazy idea…320 beers just is not enough – so by August 21st we will have 400 beers in stock – that is an election promise to you that I guarantee to full fill.

In the last 2 weeks we have added some amazing beers from the following breweries;

1 - Renaissance from Marlborough , NZ – these guys are crazy so we had no choice but to get behind them and support the cause. The first batch we got in sold out but we have more coming in as I type this…

“Renaissance Brewing was formed in 2005 by American brothers-in-laws Andy Deuchers and Brian Thiel. They set about creating a craft brewery based upon traditional methods, many involving the hands on approach to brewing which is sadly missing in many automated breweries today. They mash in by hand with paddles and rakes just like brewers used to do in the 18th century. They use a traditional English single step infusion mash, source locally produced malt and hops and ferment with traditional Ale yeast strains to produce Ales of character and distinction. They even import peated distilling malt from Scotland for their flagship brew, Stonecutter Scotch Ale.”

It is as awesome as it looks - the Scotch ale one day will be on tap at the Cow.

2 - Anderson Valley is the best thing to come out of California since Beulah and we are very excited that is has finally arrived after much anticipation and exceptional reviews that I kept reading about on Beer Advocate…
We grabbed about ten of their beers including the 20th anniversary IPA, and their Belgian Style Triple and Double. Might be some glassware coming for these as well.

3 - Rogue - damn these guys are good - in case you have been living under a rock we have been stocking these guys for a while now but they keep sending out new beers with each delivery. We also have them on tap for a very limited time including the world famous Dead Guy Ale.

New beers that they have sent include the John John Dead Guy, Menage a Frog and the classic Single Malt Ale. I know what you are thinking…How do we keep up with these guys???

Anyway – that’s enough from the bottle shop – you’ll know when we reach 400.