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Welcome to Kelley Cellars! Come in and browse our selection of fine wines and cheeses! At Kelley Cellars we pride ourselves in giving you a relaxed shopping experience where you can easily select your wine. You will find:

• Knowledgeable and friendly Sales Associates.

• Each one of our associates will be able to help you select the perfect wine and cheese to suit that perfect meal or occasion.
  

• Hundreds of bottles of unique wines, with more than 125 priced below $15.00.

• Free wine tastings every Saturday!  Each week we will feature different wines from around the world.
  

• Our Frequent Buyer Program provides you with 10% discounts.
  

• Kelley Cellars also offers discounts on case purchases (mixed or whole).

• A delectable cheese selection.
  

• Gift Baskets and wine accessories to fit any occasion.
  

• Private wine tastings available.
  

• Gift Certificates available.

The Wine Spectator February issue is titled, “Ultimate Buying Guide”.  This is a recap of the 16,000 wines they tasted during the year.  For a Finance guy turned wine shop owner, this issue provided lots of data to analyze.  Of course, it is most relevant to try to tie their information into what’s happening at our shop.  Well, here’s what I found interesting, with the Wine Spectator stat followed by our Kelley Cellars (KC) stat: 1)      % of wines rated over 95 was 2%: KC 2% 2)      % of wines rated over 90 was 26%: KC 36% 3)      % of wines 85-89 points was 48%: KC 63% 4)      % of wines rated below 85 was 26%: KC < 1% 5)      Average cost of wines 90+ was $67: KC $36 What do these scores really mean?   Well, they are an indicator,  just like grades are an indicator in school.  Wines rated 85 or better are typically very good.   The comparisons above are very exciting to us, because we taste a couple of thousand wines per year ourselves.  Our goals include having all wines 85 points or better, combined with the best prices at their relative quality levels, and at least 125 wines priced below $15.  Among the best compliments we receive is, “you can’t buy a bad bottle in your shop”.  We’ll keep tasting and working hard to make sure that is always true.

We don’t do this often, but we’d like to share a note we received recently from Michele S.:  “I haven't been able to make it back to Barrington as often as I'd like, so I haven't been by for the tastings in about a year.  You always have such a good selection, though.  I've recently moved from Fort Lauderdale to Washington, DC, and you still rate as the best wine shop hands down.”   We try hard to make this always true, with 400 hand-picked selections, 125 of which are below $15. Help us get the word out!  The Kelley Cellars referral program provides you with a 15% discount on your next order if a friend or family member comes in, buys some wine, and joins our Frequent Buyer Club/Mailing list.  Your friend gets 15% off their order too!

Lastly, we’d like to extend a special offering on some high-scoring wines from Clarendon Hills.  Clarendon Hills is an Australian winery that is not only Australia’s most highly rated winery, but one of the most highly rated in the world. The wines below will be offered at 20% off of their normal suggested retail.  Here’s a sampling:  2004 Hickinbotham Grenache 93 pts Robert Parker, 94 pts Stephen Tanzer, regularly $61/bottle, now $49/bottle if purchased in a 6 pack.    2004 Hickinbotham Syrah 95 pts Parker, 95 pts Spectator, 96 pts Wine Enthusiast, normally $100/bottle, now $80/bottle if purchased in a 6 pack.     Other fabulous 2004’s are available, too, including the incredible 98 point Clarendon Hills Astralis.  Quantities are limited.  Inquire on pricing of others!

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