Kathryn Hall bottle signing – Tuesday 4-6pm East Side Wine & Spirits Store (Penn Circle South near Whole Foods) If you are a fan of California Wines (I am) – here is an opportunity to meet Kathryn Hall, proprietor of Hall Wines (www.hallwines.com), who will be conducting a bottle signing & wine tasting at the Penn Circle Wine & Spirits store. A limited number of HALL Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006, which garnered #18 on the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2010, will be available for purchase ($39.99) and signing. These wines are highly sought after – so this may be the only opportunity we have to get them AND meet the winery owner!
Tuesday Tasting 530-730p Braddock’s (Renaissance downtown Pgh) $5 per glass – incredible value! (look’em up if you want!) White – Codorniu Brut NV (Spanish Sparkler we’ve tasted before and enjoyed!) Red – Beringer, Knights Valley Cabernet from the stunning 2007 Vintage (don’t forget to try the $7 Lobster Gnocci!)
Wednesday Stateline Fine Wine (Weirton WV) 7pm – The Rhone Report with Greg and Dave – Just a few months ago Kate and I and our friends Manny and Debra enjoyed a few days in France’s Rhone Valley… But Dave DeSimone (the Trib Review Wine writer) was in the Rhone only a few weeks ago and he tasted a HUGE number of wines so that he could come back and let us in on the upcoming releases of Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, and more – Plus, Greg Godels is Western PA’s legendary French wine importer who will share his vast knowledge as you taste and experience some fine Rhone Wines! Incredible value at $15.00/person – please call or email to rsvp Martha Shaver, Proprietaire Stateline Fine Wine wine@statelinefinewine.comcastbiz.net Store phone number is: 1.304.723.45813520 Pennsylvania Avenue Weirton, WV 26062-4028 www.statelinefinewine.com
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Squonk Opera “Mayhem and Majesty” Exclusive Preview Party Wednesday March 30 6-8pm. If you haven’t already heard – there is an exclusive preview party for Squonk’s new show “Mayhem and Majesty” at the New Hazlett Theatre – – only a limited number of tickets will be sold to experience “Behind the Mayhem” including discussion with the musicians ON STAGE to see how everything happens then have a reception with the Squonk crew – VERY cool opportunity AND Kate and I donated wine for the event too (whole party is only $20 per person) – details and tickets available http://www.squonkopera.org/