Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Chill out at a German bierfest, brewery tour, tomato festival, Riesling tastings and more during this hot, muggy month.
Ugh.Those soggy, hot August Dog Days are upon us. Normally, this is the time that “get-up-and-go” activities fall off to almost nothing except for school starting and temperatures soaring up to the high 90s. Not so for this August. No one needs sunscreen in an air conditioned room. Opportunities abound to sip and savor your favorite beers, wines, and spirits. There is so much to do and so little time! From the South’s largest German Bierfest to the promise (maybe) of a La Tomatina festival tomato fight, the list goes on and on and on. Folks bus to VIP brewery tours; executives from Italy, Oregon, California and Spain are visiting offering wines. There are celebrations for delicious craft beers and a new growler shop opening -- even wine…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Enjoy wine tastings, beer festivals and other fine events.
From the huge Atlanta Food and Wine Festival to Cinco de Mayo parties and the American Craft Beer Week fests in East Atlanta and Dunwoody, May is offering up an array of wine, food, beer and spirits tastings and dinners welcoming the summer months ahead. Other choices include the Smyrna Wine Stroll, the Blues, Brews and BBQ in Piedmont Park, a beer breakfast in Decatur, “Eats and Beats” in Buckhead, and two outdoor arts events in Duluth and Dunwoody, just to point out a few. May 1 – “What’s Up With Wine Down Under -- Australian Wines” is the theme of a wine seminar and an eight-glass wine tasting starting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in The Kroger Bristot in the Johns Creek Kroger Store. First, an hour-long seminar overviews modern Australian …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Wine, beer and sake tastings, sushi-making lessons, wine and cupcakes, celebrity chefs tour and more this month.
Almost every metro Atlanta restaurant and then some are hosting Valentine's Day dinners for this month. There really are too many for us to list for fear some might accidentally be missed. Instead, look here at some of the wine, spirits and beer tastings and other events you can attend to find new tastes to treasure. On top of the list, there is a celebrity chef gastronomic blow out, an opportunity to make sushi at a Japanese restaurant (Samurai sword optional), a three-day mini beer fest, and a huge Cabernet Sauvignon wine tasting with enough Cabs and Cab blends to change the whites of your eyes to pink. There is the newly declared Singles Awareness Day celebration along with a really unique cupcake and wine tasting. Feb. 3 – For the …
Monday, January 2, 2012
January filled with wine tastings, dinners and beer festivals to keep away winter doldrums.
Finally, we now are finished with our long, drawn-out, multi-week holiday rounds of parties and dinners. Christmas and New Years are over. Psychologists warn us that this the time for those dreaded post-holiday blahs! Not to worry. Because here is the recipe for defeating your after-the-holiday blahs. Think of the last few weeks as nothing more than a great warm up. The next 365 days offer almost every imaginable opportunity to grab your favorite drinking glass, take that significant other, call friends and designate a driver so everyone can get out and enjoy some top-rated food, wine and beverage fun! Within these next four weeks you can fine two important beer fests, major wine tastings -- including three football-themed ones -- and so …
Friday, September 30, 2011
Beer tasting season opens with Hotober Fest Oct. 1 followed by other festivals in Atlanta area.
The special, four-letter word for October in Atlanta is “BEER!” So mark these dates, hit the websites for reservations, and plan to spend time singing “Carpe Brewskies.” There are going to be so many different styles and tastes Beerfest guests are going to walk away astounded that brewmeisters managed to cook so many flavors into so many beers. Beerfests are showcases for the hundreds of craft and micro breweries that have sprung up across America in the past 20 years. In the late 1970s there were 32 breweries in the United States. Now there are more than 1,700 breweries bottling upwards of 13,000 brands representing 142 designated beer styles, according to the Brewers Association, a small brewery trade group based in Colorado. Pilsners…
Mark Anthony Badal
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