Summer wines!
Say what you will about the clouds and impending thunderstorms; it’s still hot, and now, at least by Tucson standards, it’s muggy as well. If that doesn’t call for clean, crisp wine, we don’t know what does.
Saturday Wine Tastings
Each Saturday at 2:00 pm, we open four different wines and talk about them- where they come from, who makes them, and what makes them special. A couple of light hors d’oeuvres accompany the tasting and those who attend are eligible for discounts on the wines. Reservations are required, and web and email reservations will not guarantee you a seat, to please make your reservation by calling (520) 326-9363
Past Saturday Wine Tasting
Tour de France
Since this Saturday’s wine tasting falls squarely on Bastille Day, what better way to celebrate our French friends’ independence than to pour French wine all day?
Pick up a Picpoul
If you've been coming here for any length of time, you likely already know of Kevin's fondness for Picpoul, a grape not everyone knows about that makes its home in the southwest corner of France.
Begin the Bourgogne (Limited Seating)
In spite of the fact that all of this week’s wines hail from the US, Kevin’s reasoning is that these Pinot Noirs very much approach a Burgundian style, and we all know that his first order of business in constructing a tasting is to come up with a suitable pun for its title (I won’t even tell you the title of next week’s tasting yet, as it sets my teeth on edge.)
Zingy, zesty, zippy whites- hot days and balmy nights
This week’s wine tasting is loaded with wines friendly to the Tucson summer: crisp, fresh wines for hot afternoons and to pair with spicy, salty summer foods.
Loire’s versus Ours- Loire and domestic Sauvignon Blanc
Hi, Feastlings. There are two harbingers of summer here. The first is the sudden ease in traffic that comes when our winter Tucsonans head back to cooler climes. I have an odd mix of delight and fear when I can get where I’m going twice as fast- delight that I can be one time in […]
This Saturday’s wine tasting: The Priority is Priorat.
While Rioja is the name that people immediately recognize when it comes to Spanish wine, we at Feast are invariably fond of the wines of Priorat.
“…but please do WINE for me, Argentina.”
Your good friend Kevin is pulling corks on a range of Argentine wines this Saturday: of course, there'll be the two usual suspects- Torrontes and Malbec- and of course there'll be wine from Mendoza, but a couple of sub-appellations of Mendoza, plus Salta up north.
In the Zona
If you couldn't join us for the dinner with Kent Callaghan and Todd Bostock on the 28th, don't believe you've missed the boat altogether tasting Arizona wines.
Everything’s coming up Rosé
Dear Feastlings, This Saturday, as the weather takes one last dip into cooler temperatures before we ready ourselves for seven months of heat, Kevin pulls corks on four different pink wines from four disparate locales.You’re sure to be taken with one or another of them, and they all offer up a lot of refreshment without […]