“This Thursday, please join us as the regular beer tasting gives way to mead chaired by a visiting representative from the Thistle & Stag Meadery!”

“New York State is the major U.S. wine region you may not know about it. Though California and Washington State produce the most American wines, New York state is … third. Yes, third …”

“Come join us this Tuesday for a special wine tasting with a representative from Can Sumoi.”

“Most people who recognize the words “Vinho Verde” think of the slightly sparkling, crisp, refreshing whites that can sing with your seafood and make even the most beastly summers bearable. However, did you know that Vinho Verde is actually the name of an entire Portuguese wine region, a region that makes more types of wines than what we just described …”

“This week, come to our free walk-up tasting for a quartet of beers from Commonwealth Brewing Company!”

This Wine Wednesday we’ll have some wines perfect for our brief period of nice weather before another Climate Change summer falls upon us.

“Not all of us can traverse the wine dark sea and take a breather in Greece. Good luck and fortune to those who can! For the rest of us, if we can’t visit the Greek’s isles, we can, at least, taste their wines.”

Please join us for a special Thursday wine tasting when we will have guest pourer Valentina from distributors Impero Wine USA. Plus we’ll have a representative from Moldovan vineyard Domain La Prut!

“This Wine Wednesday, we taste some Oregon wine with a view to its history. We’ll have some Pinot Gris, a classic Oregon grape, but we’ll also have some Chardonnay, which vintners are all excited about today.”

Portuguese wine — more than just port!

Join us this Thursday for a free walk-up tasting of beers from Front Royal’s and Winchester’s Vibrissa Beer!

“After being away, François Collard returned to the estate in 1990, and in 1993 bottled his first wine. Co-run by Collard’s wife, Anne, under a sundial in the courtyard with the Latin motto “SINE SOLE NIHIL” (Without Sun, Nothing), Mourgues du Grès grows grapes following biodynamic practices. They only lightly filter their wines and use little sulfur …”

This Friday, leave the week’s troubles. it’s French bubbles!

“This Thursday, we’ll taste a Belgian Tripel and then follow it up with three American Tripels. Please join us …”

“Last week, we tasted wines from the Loire Valley in northwest France. This week, we plunge to France’s opposing corner to another of their great wine regions defined by its river, the Rhône Valley!”

“Please come join us for some selections from Jump Mountain Vineyard.”

This Thursday, we’ll taste two sakes from Japan and two sakes from the United States to see what differences, if any, arise.

“This tasting event will be nestled among Second Street Gallery’s current First Nation Australia …”

“This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to taste, learn, and experience the magic of Australian wines and art together in one evening!”

Join us this Friday for the wines of Lazio and drink as the Romans do! This is a free walk-up tasting that you can attend any time within the hour and a half. (Discounts for customers who arrive in classical Roman costume!)

We invite you to stop on by this Thursday and taste some Terre Rouge and Easton Wines. Les Doss, the Terre Rouge / Easton national sales manager for the East Coast will be our guest!

This week, we give Wine Wednesday a break and taste some of our more interesting ciders.

Wines from Eguisheim, Alsace

“Silver Hand is engaged in presenting this ancient drink in a way that matches modern drinking habits palates. We’re interested in their more traditional takes and have brought four of them onto our shelves …”

“Fortunately, we’ve … built a catalog of wines that have a good chance of sliding their way into most (if not any) meal.”

“Do organic wines taste better than wine from chemically raised grapes? March on in to this Friday’s tasting, and you be the judge!”

“Some people like ‘light’ beers; some people like ‘dark.’ They’re both great, but — unlike with classic Jazz tunes — beer is a place where it’s a good thing to mess with ‘Mr. In-Between’ …”

“You know how it is. You see a really affordable bottle, and you think, ‘Yeah, but is it good?’ … this Wine Wednesday we celebrate wines that are both friendly to your palate and to your pocketbook …”

“Guest pourer Kristen from Winebow Fine Wines + Spirits will lead you through a quality quartet of vino.”

“We lovers of IPAs talk about hops so much, but how often do we get a chance to zero in on what particular hops taste like? Well, this tasting is that chance …”