Thank you for a great 4th of July last week.  Hope you all had a good week also.

Carter was up north in Hayward most of the week so it was AJ trying to dump me off the tube on the 4th and Louise dunking me on Sunday.    John had to work again this morning so no golf again this week.  Carter and I went for a walk and a swim then waited for the washer and dryer delivery guys to come.  Had a very nice nap this afternoon with Carter.  He didn’t sleep much up north.

New items in the store include 6 Braswell Vadalia dressings and vinegrettes, Rothbury Farms Flavored Croutons, Bolis Icestick, Moore Original Marinade, Drews organic Salsa is back in stock and Peanut Butter & co. all natural smooth and honey peanut butters.  Stop in and check out our growing natural and organic grocery section.

Fresh seafood for Tuesday will be Wahoo (ono) and Alaska Sockeye Salmon.  First Wahoo of the summer.

Fresh seafood for Wednesday will be Arctic Char and Halibut Cheeks.

Fresh seafood for Thursday will be Yellowfin Tuna and Atlantic Grouper.

Fresh seafood for Friday will be Snapper, Sockeye and Scottish Salmon, Whole Wild Red Snapper for the grill,  u10 Dry Scallops, Yellowfin Tuna and Wild Gulf Shrimp.  I ordered 2 gallons of scallops again this week, I hope to make it past 2:30 Friday afternoon.  I ordered Tuna for both Thursday and Friday because so many asked about it.

Order live Lobster, Clams and Oysters by 4 PM Tuesday for WEdnesday delivery and 4 PM Thursday for Friday delivery.  We have sold almost 50 Live Lobsters the last 2 weeks.

Brat Flavors will be Pizza, Greek and Plain in Pork and Bourbon cracked Pepper in Chicken.

Meat Specials:

Country Style Ribs 1.99 lb

Pork Chops 2.99 lb thick thin or extra thick.

ST Louis Spare Ribs 2.99 lb

Curley’s St Louis Spare Ribs 4.99 lb no brisket on it

Wild Gulf Shrimp peeled and deveined 12.99 lb  16/20 size

Beef inside Skirt Steak 4.99 lb

Home Made Andoullie 3.99 lb

Prime beef Tenderloin 28.00 lb I have 2 Tenders left to skin out.

Prime Beef Rib Eye Steak $20.00 lb I have 5 steaks that I cut, vac packed and froze

Ground Chuck 2.79 lb 5 pounds or more, 3.49  less than 5 pounds.

Ground Round 4.99 lb

Sweet Italian Sausage 2.99 lb bulk

Pizza Sausage 2.99 lb bulk

Snow Crab legs 9.99 lb

New Wines:

Wollershime Prairie Blush  A sweet Wisconsin made Rose’

New Beers:

Founders Devil Dance Priced by 4 pack or single.  We Qualified to get one case I think he said 3 in Appleton total.

Thank you for shopping at and recommending my store, Richard.

Cub scout pack 3130 will have a brat fry in my parking lot on Saturday July 7th 10 – 3 .  Please come and support the boys.

Thank you, Richard

Holiday hours Wednesday July 4th will be 10 – 6.  Stop in if you need something.

Boy was it hot out today.  No golf, John got called in to work this morning so Carter, AJ and I went for a walk instead.  Couldn’t wait to get back and jump in the lake.  Carter has finished his first swimming lessons and is starting to kick and paddle himself around pretty good.  He is not afraid to jump in off the swimming dock or dunk his aunt AJ either.  We’ll see how he does with the jet skis up north over the 4th of July.  I’m sure he will love them.

Fresh Seafood for Tuesday will be Wild Sockeye Salmon, Scottish Salmon steaks (bone in, I ordered a whole fish) and walleye.

NO fresh seafood on Wednesday July 4th.

Fresh seafood for Thursday will be Halibut and Chilean Sea Bass.

Fresh Seafood for Friday will be Pacific Grouper, Sockeye and Scottish salmon fillets.  u10 dry scallops (double order so we have some past 2:30) Wild Gulf Shrimp and Black tip Shark.

Order Live oysters, Clams and Lobster by 4 PM Thursday for Friday delivery.

Brat Flavors will be Red White and Blue, Jamaican Jerk and plain.  Chicken brat will be Buffalo Chicken.

Meat Specials:

Chicken Wings 2.99 lb

Chicken Drums .99 lb

Chicken Leg Quarters .99lb

Grass Fed Ground Chuck 4.99 lb

Grass Fed Rib Eye steak 19.99 lb

Grass Fed Top Sirloin 9.99 lb

Whole pork butt 2.00 lb  8-10 pound average

Pork back ribs 4.99 lb

Whole beef brisket 3.39 lb

Ground Chuck 2.79 lb 5 pounds or more, 3.49 lb less than 5 pounds.

Country Style Ribs 1.99 lb

St Louis Ribs  2.99 lb

Sweet Italian Sausage 2.99 lb

Waupaca Potato Salad  2.99 lb

New Wines:

Only 2 bottles of the Ruskom Sandbox Shiraz from Australia left @ $49.99 a bottle.  $60 if you order it direct from the vineyard.

Mirth Chardonnay Columbia Valley Washington  from Corvidae Wine Company a very tastee Chardonnay.

Novy Four Mile Creek North Coast White.  A sweet, tart naughty summer white wine. 

B.V Noe Rioja from Spain.  You will buy the first one for your label colection, it has a metal label on the bottle.  You will buy the next ones for the taste.

Smoking Loon Viognier California  because we needed to get a Viognier back in the store.  Very few Viognier to choose from.

New Beers:

Alaskan Brewing Raspvery Wheat 22 oz in their Pilot series

Sam Adams Norse Legend Sahti Juniper Ale, Dark Depths Baltic IPA  and Verloren Gose Wheat Ale.  All 22 oz limited editions.

Abita Andy Gator Helles Doppelbock 22 oz bottle a fearsome beast with a toothy grin.

Abita 6 pack cans are in also but I haven’t put them in the computer yet but they are available.

Thank you for shopping at my store.  Have a safe and Happy Independence Day.  Every country has a 4th of July.  Richard.

I have 6 bottles of 60 total in the state of Wisconsin coming in tomorrow,  Friday.  The wine is Rustom Farms, Sandbox, 2008 vintage Shiraz from Australia.  Here is their website http://www.curiousvine.com/.  It is listed for $60 per bottle to order it directly from them.  I have it for $49.99 per bottle.  I should be able to get 6 more bottles if needed.  Call me at 734 4905 to reserve yours.

Here is their description:  This wine presents with dramatically deep, dark notes of vibrant reds and purples. Deep Blackberry, black plum and cola aromas combine with black pepper, anise, sweet molasses and vanilla bean. Flavors of rich, ripe, blackberry are laced with a hint of raspberry, mocha and sweet toasted vanillin oak, evident of the time in new French barrels. This is a dense structured wine, yet with a charming sense of style.

Here is the listing from Williams and Sonoma.  Their price is $60 per bottle also.

Additional Wine Information
Story
One of the oldest and most famous wineproducing regions in Australia, Barossa Valley is located in the state of South Australia, 35 miles northeast of Adelaide. It’s known for crisp Rieslings, excellent fortified wines and, above all, full-throttle Shiraz. Vineyards are planted along the North Para River and extend eastward into neighboring Eden Valley. Just beyond the cooling effects of the Gulf of St. Vincent, Barossa’s very warm growing conditions are ideal for ripening wine grapes. Rustom founder and winemaker Michael Scholz grew up in the small town of Light Pass in the Barossa, where his family has been farming since the early 1800s. Run by Scholz and his American wife, Amy, the Rustom property features diverse soils; this bottling, as its name suggests, is grown in sandy terrain. Shallow soil and a hard, impenetrable clay pan combine to create a highly stressful environment for the vines, causing them to produce the winery’s most intense, deep and structured wines.
Sense
Rich aromas of ripe plum and blackberry are supported by notes of coffee, violets and spice cake.
Savor
On the tongue, expect dense, savory dark-berry flavors.
Serve
Rare steaks, bold roasts and chops, and most grilled red meats will provide the protein, fat and smoky flavor that bring out the best in this Shiraz. Lamb is a classic pairing with rich Barossa reds, but beef, pork, venison and game are all hearty enough to stand up to the Rustom Sandbox’s assertive flavors. Herbs like mint, cilantro and basil will all find a willing partner in the wine’s dark fruit. Take inspiration from recipes like Medallions of Venison with Cranberry-Port Sauce and Moroccan-Spiced Rack of Lamb (recipes available at williams-sonoma.com).
Serving Instructions
Decant and serve a little cooler than room temperature: refrigerate the decanted wine for 10 minutes before serving.

Thank you, Richard.

I had a very nice round of golf this morning, one putted 8 holes and 2 putted 1 and played the woods and tall grass inbetween putts for a 47.  John was a little behind that today.  Carter is working on his golf etiquette.   He picks up all the broken tees on the tee boxes then stands back quitely while we hit.  His standard answer every time I ask him how many times has Papa hit the ball is 2.  John doesn’t like that answer much.  He even found 2 balls in the tall grass today.

AJ took the dog swimming one day last week when it was too hot to run.  As she was getting back to the dock she felt something on her leg that she thought was a weed.  She got on the dock and looked in the water and saw a large snapping turtle where she was swimming.  I told her I knew a couple guys that would make turtle soup for her if she caught it.  She has since posted a turtle soup recipe on the dock to warn the turtle away. 

Fresh seafood for Tuesday will be Mahi Mahi and Sockeye Salmon.

Fresh seafood for Wednesday will be Arctic Char, Atlantic Cod and Sole

Fresh Seafood for Thursday will be Atlantic Grouper and Bluefin Tuna.

Fresh Seafood for Friday will  be Snapper, Sockeye and Scottish Salmon, U10 dry pack scallops, Wild Gulf Shrimp, PEI mussels and Whole red snapper from the gulf.

Call me at 734 4905 to order live lobster, live clams and live oysters.  I already have a bunch of lobsters ordered for Friday 6-29 but can add more.

Brat flavors will be Red White and Blue, and beer and onion and plain in pork.   Chicken Brat will be Tomato Basil Parmesan.

Meat Specials:

Grass fed Top Sirloin 9.99 lb  in on Thursday.

Grass Fed GRound Chuck 4.99 lb in on Thursday

Grass Fed Rib Eye 19.99 in stock now.

Country style pork ribs 1.99 lb

St Louis Spare Ribs 2.99 lb

Whole Pork Butt 2.00 lb

Pork Tenderloin 4.99 lb

Ground chuck 3.49 lb less than 5 pounds  2.79 lb 5 pounds or more.

Ground chuck patties 3.99 lb less than 10 pounds  32.50 for a 40 count 10 pound box in on Thursday.

Whole Chickens 1.49 lb

Chicken Breast tenders 2.49 lb

Chicken Drums 99 lb

Chicken Wings 2.99 lb

I have a couple PRIME tenderloins left.  Call or stop in ASAP to get yours.

New Wines:

Smoking Loon viognier in on wednesday.

Massimo Argentina Malbec and Spanish Rioja  We haven’t had a decent Rioja for a while until now.

Noble 181 Merlot and 446 Chardonnay  The numbers refer to the  fields where the grapes were harvested.  We tasted both the Noble and Massimo and have bottles on the table for you  to taste.  Both were very good.

New Beers:

Farmhouse Cider 750 ml bottle from Woodchuck.  Limited availability.

Last Case of Southern Tier Creme Brule for the year.

another case of Aventinus Weizen – Eisbock  the first one must have been good it sold out in less than a month.

We will be open regular hours for most of the July 4th week except Wednesday July 4th will be 10 – 6.

Thank you for shopping at and recommending my store.  Richard.

Country USA starts Tuesday, I have 4 get in free passes for Tuesday for whoever wants them and 4 single day discount passes, $30 to get in for the day, for whoever wants them and I have 4 – 5 day discount tickets $50 gets you in for all 5 days.

Carter and I were practicing for Canada in about 6 or 8 years.  Carter got a new fishing pole for Father’s day.  He caught about 30 blue gills off the dock on Sunday afternoon, didn’t even use a whole worm.  Carter and AJ were tubing behind his dad’s boat most of the afternoon prior to fishing.  Rule is you throw your fish back at Papa’s lake.  We didn’t keep any.

Carter’s dad, my baby Aaron turns 29 on Sunday.  Boy am I getting old.

My nephew John got me on the golf coarse this morning by one stroke.  He was down 4 strokes going into 9.  Needless to say I didn’t play number 9 very well at all.

Fresh seafood for Tuesday will be Mahi Mahi.

Fresh Seafood for Wednesday will be Arctic Char, Cod and Black Tip Shark.

Fresh Seafood for Thursday will be Halibut, Sword and Walleye.

Fresh seafood for Friday will be Pacific Grouper, Alaska Sockeye salmon, Scottish Salmon, u10 dry pack Scallops, Black Tip Shark, Fresh Gulf Shrimp, PEI Mussels and Prime Soft Shell Crabs.  This might be the last week for Soft shells, Joe said things are tighten up in the crab market.

ORDER live Lobster, oysters and clams by 4 pm tuesday for Wednesday and 4 pm Thursday for Friday.  I already have orders on the board for The weekend before and the weekend after the 4th of July.

Fresh brat flavors will be Whiskey Peppercorn (a new one) Jalepeno Cheddar and Plain.  Chicken Brats will be Sweet Italian, also a new seasoning I just got in.

Meat Specials:

Prime Beef Tenderloin $28.00 lb  I ordered these for Father’s day but they didn’t arrive until Friday so I didn’t sell as many as I had hoped.

London Broils 8.99 lb

Flank Steak 8.99 lb

Choice New York Strip steak  11.99 lb

Grass  Fed Ground Chuck 4.99 lb

Grass Fed Top Sirloin 9.99 lb in on Thursday, sold out before Father’s day

Grass Fed Rib Eye steak 19.99 lb in on Thursday, sold out before Father’s Day.

Country style Ribs 1.99 lb

St Louis Ribs 2.99 lb

Whole Pork Butt 2.00 lb  8 pound average.  Smaller portions 2.49 lb

Whole Beef Brisket 3.39 lb  12 – 15 pound average  Smaller portions 3.99 lb, trimmed 4.99lb.  I will be doing a demo trim on a whole beef brisket on Wednesday night at BBQ Club, 6 PM at BBQ Pits and Spits on West College Ave nest to Firestone.  I know at least 2 cooked briskets will be there also.  Bring your own beer.

Chicken Drums .99 lb

Chicken Breast Tenders 2.49 lb in on Thursday.

Ground Chuck 2.79 lb 5 pounds or more, less than 5 pounds 3.49 lb

Ground Chuck Patties 32.50 for a 40 count, 10 pound bag.

New Beers:

Magners Berry Cider 16 oz bottle

Central Waters Belgium Blonde 6 packs

Left hand brewing Good JuJu ginger beer 6 pack seasonal

New Wines:

None this week but I have found a new distributor and tasted some very good wines.  Should see some next week

Hope you all had a great Father’s Day weekend. 

Thank you for Shopping at and recommending my store.  Richard.