We Drink for the Good of All Mankind
Louisville Uncorked is tasting California reds to benefit Gilda’s Club. Suggested donation: $20, but if you’re any kind of decent human being you’ll pony up a few bucks extra. The tasting is March 4 at...
View ArticleYet Another Ground-Breaking Wine Experience You’re Not Allowed to Have in...
The Rhone Rangers are sponsoring a Grenache tasting March 27 from 2:45 – 4 PM Pacific Time. There are two ways to participate in the event: You can go to the tasting, which will be held in the Ft....
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It’s That Time of Year Again
They’re setting up for the Kentucky Derby Wine Festival — perhaps paradoxically, the Derby event where people drink the least. The schmooztastic wine tasting is April 27 and 28, from 5 to 9 PM. It will...
View ArticleSpotlight on Virginia Wines
DrinkLocalWine.com is holding its second conference this weekend in Leesburg, Virginia. Leesburg is a little more than an hour high-and-outside of Washington D.C., if Washington D.C. were a...
View ArticleOpen Bottle Night: Get Your Bets Down
The theory is, I think, “what the hell.” Westport Whiskey & Wine throws an Open Bottle Night tasting with a few extras as a kind of kick-off to Derby weekend. I was thinking about doing this as if...
View ArticlePut Down Your Bourbon For One Day and Try Something Different
In order to promote Kentucky wine and give everyone something to do Labor Day that’s not spending one last depressing afternoon at the pool, the Kentucky Grape and Wine Council is throwing a wine...
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Go Ahead and Show Me, Missouri
I will be drinking local wine with the Drink Local Wine people this weekend in St. Louis, where I will not wear any of my Chicago Cubs regalia. The subject of the event is Missouri wines. Jeff Siegel,...
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
The town of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, population 35, is hosting its first wine festival. The festival starts at noon this Saturday, and runs for six hours. Camping facilities are available at nearby Big...
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Billionaire Bernie’s Bad Basement
The contents of billionaire swindler Bernie Madoff’s wine cellar and wet bar are up for auction this week. (Catalog here, Madoff’s inventory starts on page 34.) Apparently, Madoff stole not only from...
View ArticleBrother, Can You Spare $50,000 for a Drink?
Auction Napa Valley is this week, and along with the live events where rich people get tanked-up and spend ridiculous amounts of money on ridiculously good wine, there is now an online auction where...
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