tastings
A Taste for the Angels @ Hope Valley Bottle Shop (4/11)
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Hope Valley Bottle Shop is hosting “A Taste for the Angels” for the Angels Among Us charity for the second year on Sunday, April 11 from 3-5pm. This event is a free-flowing wine tasting benefitting the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke. Contact Andy McDaniel at (919) 698-7707 for more information.
Your $10 tax-deductible [...]
South American Cabernet Sauvignon Blind Taste-off @ BrandyWine Cellars (2/19)
Friday, February 12th, 2010Brandywine Cellars is holding another blind taste-off, this time to determine the customer’s favorite South American Cabernet Sauvignon. Stop by on Friday, February 19 from 6-8pm where eight wines will be available for tasting (and judging)! Prices range from $11 to $20 a bottle and there will be special pricing available on a pre-sell basis.
Portugese Reds and Spanish Sherries @ Chapel Hill Wine Company (2/11)
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Chapel Hill Wine Company is having a free two-part wine tasting with Portugese Reds and Spanish Sherries on Thursday, February 11th, from 5-7pm. In total, four new Portuguese table reds, from $9-$21 dollars per bottle, plus four Spanish sherries from bone-dry to sticky sweet.
Valentine Wine Tasting @ BrandyWine Cellars (2/10)
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010BrandyWine Cellars in Durham is offering a free wine tasting featuring Valentine’s Day wine selections from 6-8pm on Wednesday, February 10th (tomorrow). A BrandyWine regular, Rich Haynes, from Dionysus, will be on hand for this event.
The Wines
NV Tiamo Prosecco, Italy
2008 Sensi Pinot Grigio, Italy
2008 Sensi Pinot Noir, Italy
2007 GR-174, Priorat Spain
2006 Barnett Spring Mountain Cabernet [...]
Triangle Wine Experience 2010
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Coming up on the weekend of February 4-6th is the Triangle Wine Experience which is made up of a bunch of wine-related fundraising events for the Frankie Lemmon Foundation. Registration for the weekend’s events is currently available through the Triangle Wine Experience website and also by phone at (919) 845-8880.
Thursday, February 4
Wine Maker Dinners, [...]
free wine tasting @ Skylines Cafe (1/15)
Monday, January 11th, 2010Skylines Cafe has started hosting a free wine tasting on the third Friday of the month from 6-7:30pm. (I’ve added it to the calendar.) This week, it’s Mark Horney presenting wines from Turner Wine Imports.
Palomo Peak, Late Harvest Semillon (Retail – $17; Skylines price – $9)
Spinnaker Sweet White (Retail – $16; Skylines price – $10)
Linda [...]
“great gift” wine tasting @ Hope Valley Bottle Shop (12/18)
Friday, December 18th, 2009If we aren’t all covered in an inch of snow this evening, try stopping by Hope Valley Bottle Shop from 5:30-7pm to try a selection of gift-worthy holiday wines with guest host Rich Haynes.
DuMol Chardonnay 2007
Starlane Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Mary Elke Pinot Noir 2008
Zuccardi ‘Series A’ Malbec 2007
Melka CJ Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
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