February 2010 planned tastings

February is a great month to break out of the winter grind and find some local wine tastings or events.

We will start on February 2nd from 5:30-7:00 at Mass Ave Wine Shoppe's weekly tasting. We will have a handful of new wines to taste including the affordable LaMarouette Chardonnay and Cabernet that happens to be organically certified and some great Italian Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir easy drinkers under the Gondolier label that have great depth for the price.

For the fourth year in a row we will be sponsoring a table at the WFYI Indy Winefest held from 6-9pm on Friday, February 5th. This is the 11th annual event hosted by WFYI and is Indy's premier celebration featuring over 400 fine wines from wineries and distributors. This year's retail sponsor is Kahn's Fine Wine and Spirits. Proceeds from the event will benefit WFYI Public Broadcasting's programming and educational outreach services. More info can be found at:

www.wfyi.org/winefest/wineFest.asp

The seven wines we will be offering at the Winefest include: Santa Julia Pinot Grigio; Stellar Organics Reserve Chardonnay; JanKris Sparkling Peach; Girasole Pinot Noir; Etim Seleccion Spanish red blend; Pargue II super-Chilean red blend; and Ernst Bretz Riesling Eiswein. The last four items were rated 90+ points by major wine critics and all seven retail for $7-$20/bottle.

We will be adding 2-3 more events for the end of February and then will start March with an Argentina wine tasting at Payless Liquors Carmel store (reservations required - call Tom @ 317-815-5641).