Drink Up!
Beer and wine lovers have a lot of choices coming up in the next week or two.
It’s festival season in Yadkin Valley wine country this month. Salute! The North Carolina Wine Celebration (http://www.salutencwine.com) will be Saturday, May 10 in downtown Winston-Salem.
Elkin will hold the Yadkin Valley Wine Festival (http://www.yvwf.com) on May 17.
And the North Carolina Wine Festival (http://www.ncwinefestival.com) is coming up May 31 at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons.
Salute! will include a workshop and reception the evening of May 9, followed by wine dinners that night at a bunch of downtown Winston-Salem restaurants.
Wine Merchants Gourmet, a wine shop at 1901-B Mooney St. in Winston-Salem, has a couple of special tastings planned.
The Icon of the Andes seminar at 7 p.m. May 8 will give an overview on the wines of Chile, including tastings from Vina Montes winery.
Zinfandel lovers might want to check out the shop’s annual Zinposium — The Ultimate Zinfandel Tasting at 6:30 May 13. Co-owner Jamie Bronk said that this tasting of 25 zins will be the largest zin tasting in the state.
Each of the Wine Merchants events costs $10 each, which includes tastings and hors d’oeuvres — that’s good value for anyone who likes to taste before they buy.
Reservations are required for the Icon of the Andes seminar. People can just show up for Zinposium.
For more information, visit http://www.winemerchantsgourmet.com or call 765-8175.
Last but not least is the Brats and Hops tasting at City Beverage, 915 Burke St. in Winston-Salem.
City Beverage will be giving away bratwurst and samples of 15 to 20 craft brews from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17.
Also during that time, City Beverage will have homebrewing demonstrations by the Wort Hawgs, a local homebrewing club.
For more information, call 722-2774.
