Post #677122 by TropicDrinkBoy on Tue, May 7, 2013 11:04 PM

Not too long ago Beltramos in Menlo Park carried Coruba. It was a new product for them and I was glad to find it there because I hadn't seen it anywhere else in the Bay Area. The last two times I was there they didn't have it so I asked their spirits buyer when it would be in stock again. He said they stopped buying it due to low demand! Now I know I'm not the only exotic cocktail drinker in Northern California and I know everyone on TikiCentral prefers Coruba over Meyers so how is this possible? Is Coruba stocked anywhere else in Northern California? The buyer at Beltramos promised to resume stocking it but if I'm the only one buying it there it won't be stocked for long!

Note that Beltramos is a great store to patronize as they carry a wide variety of boutique rums at great prices, and they have free shipping in California for orders of $250 or more. That's not hard to do! If you're going for Coruba be sure to call ahead to make sure they have it in stock. If you know where else I can purchase Coruba in the bay area please post a reply to this thread.

Here is a little background info on Beltramos, the best liquor store in Northern California that I've found. It has been owned and run by the Beltramo family since 1882, excluding prohibition:

In 1880, Giovanni Beltramo arrived in California with Nebbiolo and Barbera grape cuttings from his native town of Castel Nuovo di Don Bosco in the province of Asti, Italy. He cultivated a vineyard in Menlo Park, and in 1882 he established a wholesale-retail wine and spirits business in town. After Prohibition his son Alexander moved the family business nearby to the store's current site. The store is half-way between the cities of San Francisco and San Jose, and just a few minutes away from the Stanford University campus, and although the family no longer cultivates any grapes, the store is within driving distance of the finest wine cultivating regions in California.

Since the late 1950's, Beltramo's has carried the largest selection of fine wines and spirits in the San Francisco Bay Area. Still a family-owned business, John R. and Daniel Beltramo, sons of Alexander Beltramo, have been guiding the store since the mid-1960's. The store was one of the first to specialize in imported wines. In the mid-1970's you could find 1947 Petrus for $99.00, 1967 Chateau d'Yquem for $27.00 and Domaine Dujac's first vintage of Morey St. Denis for $9.95. With the expansion of the California wineries, Beltramo's introduced the first vintages of new wineries such as Spottswoode, Chalone, Duckhorn, Silver Oak, Chateau Montelena and Ridge to the Bay Area's wine lovers.

Continuing with the family tradition of excellence in service and selection, Beltramo's has also been voted "Best Place to Buy Wine" in local polls of Menlo Park and Palo Alto for the last 10 years in a row. It has received recognition over the years as "Retailer of the Year" by Market Watch, the wine industry affiliate of the Wine Spectator and by the state of California by the National Liquor Stores Association with further recognition as “a top wine shop” from publications such as Food and Wine Magazine’s Wine Guide and The New York Times.

The Beltramo Family remains committed to keeping Beltramo's Wines and Spirits one of the world's finest wine stores, with a broad selection to suit everyone’s tastes and budget.

Note: Check out their inventory at http://www.beltramos.com .

[ Edited by: TropicDrinkBoy 2013-05-07 23:07 ]