Stories and Wines from Women of the Vine, Free Event FRIDAY

What we love most about wine are the STORIES.

Every bottle, every glass, every sip tells its own.

Which makes Friday evening's event especially appealing.

It starts with the stories -- of women winemakers, or "women of the vine."

It continues with tastes of the wine -- limited production and terroir-focused.

And it finishes with memorable impressions -- of the stories, the wines, and the award-winning women behind them.

Oh, and it's free too.

SEE YOU THERE.


WHAT: Tasting and Book Signing with Deborah Brenner, author of Women of the Vine
WHERE: Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman Street, Westborough
WHEN: Friday, June 25 from 6 to 8 p.m.
COST: $0


DAILY TIDBIT:

Women of the Vine is the first book written about women in wine that talks about the women themselves and not merely about their wine and the wine industry. It enters into their homes and their cellars.

This is not a book just for women, but for all people who desire to pursue their dreams, take chances, and create the life they want to live. It is not about ratings, scores, competition, techniques, or tasting notes. It is about the true pleasure of wine and what it means to so many of us.

-- From the Introduction to Women of the Vine

It's Summer and the Wine is Flowing: What To Do This Week-End

Summer is here and the wine is flowing.

Today's email is a run-down of what's-up-where around town this week-end.

But it's far from an exhaustive list.

Which means you are bound to find more wine to-do's in your own neck of the woods.

(Find something, or know of something, you want to share? Please drop us a line.)

Go on. Find a few. Or make your own.

Just get out, breathe the air, and let it flow.


WHAT: Latin Music Fest with bands, dancers, outdoor grill and cocktails
WHERE: The Fireplace, 1634 Beacon Street, Brookline
WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., rain or shine
COST: $20 entrance fee in advance. Free food.

WHAT: Italian wine tasting with Importer Extraordinaire Jeannie Rogers
WHERE: Formaggio Kitchen, 244 Huron Avenue, Cambridge
WHEN: TODAY, June 11 at 5:30 p.m.
COST: $0

WHAT: Wine, Chocolate and Film
WHERE: The Wine Bottega, 341 Hanover Street, Boston
WHEN: Saturday, June 12 from 2 to 4 p.m.
COST: $10, includes a ticket to the documentary film Fresh, a wine tasting, and a chocolate tasting with Taza chocolate factory of Somerville.

DAILY TIDBIT:

From now until Father's Day, Blanchards Wine & Spirits is offering 25% off all non-sale wines in their locked display case. (Offer is valid in the West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and Revere stores until June 12.) Go on. Splurge on something Dad will love. With any luck, he'll open it right then and share it with you!

Food and Wine Tasting Series at The Belfry Inne and Bistro

Food and wine pairings are a many-splendored thing.

They're also a complete bugger.

Take as many flavors as you can pull out of a wine, then multiply that by as many flavors as you can pull out of a dish, and you've got close to the number of possible combinations of food-wine pairings.

Sheesh.

Good thing someone's thought this through.

Many someones, actually, have put pen to paper when it comes to getting a handle on what to drink with what you eat.

What they all agree on?

Take it one bite, and one sip, at a time.

Just like the folks at The Belfry Inne and Bistro in Sandwich are doing with their food and wine tasting series, every Wednesday evening from 6 to 7 p.m.

This week's focus is on Australian reds and the foods that love them.

You sip. You bite. You decide what works, what doesn't.

And then you go back for more.


WHAT: Food and Wine Tasting Series
WHERE: The Belfry Inne and Bistro, 8 Jarves Street, Sandwich
WHEN: Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m.
COST: $18

DAILY TIDBIT:

Virgin America airline has partnered with Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk on a new in-flight wine and food menu. Their first offerings? The 2002 Arrowood Sonoma County Merlot with a fruit and cheese plate and the 2008 Turnbull Sauvignon Blanc with a tropical fruit appetizer or the poached pear with hazlenut crisp cake.