Thursday, October 27, 2011

Mountain Spirits: Wine and Beer this week, Oct 27 - Halloween Tastings!

October 28, 5 PM - 7 PM  Hops and Vines, 797 Haywood Rd, Ste 100 in Asheville NC. Free Halloween Beer Tasting - Come kick off your Halloween weekend early with free beer! Check out three Halloween themed beers this Friday and take home some scarily delicious beers: Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Southern Tier PumKING , Terrapin Pumpkinfest October 29, 3 PM - 6 PM Free Wine Tasting: Spooky Halloween Wines - Altos del Cuco, "The Velvet Devil Merlot" by Charles Smith Wines 2009, Bogle Phantom 2008

Oct 28, 4 PM - 7 PM at Table Wine, 1550 Hendersonville Road, Suite 102, AAA Travel Center in Asheville NC. Friday Winedown - Blind Tasting. Explore Pinot Noirs from all over the world, and it will be a great chance for you to learn about the many different styles of wine this grape is capable of producing. October 29, 2-5 PM   Free "Try Before You Buy" tasting featuring 4 great and affordable wines.
Josh picks the wines out Saturday morning, and they're usually new arrivals to the store. This is a casual, drop-in style event - NO CORK DORKS ALLOWED PLEASE! - so don't feel intimidated.  We're here to help you learn about wine and what you like.

October 22 , 4 -8 PM at Falderal Winery, 131 3rd Ave, Hendersonville NC. Trick-or-Treat Tasting - Get your Halloween off to a sweet start with this tasting focusing on the most popular sweet wines. Taste new sweet wine and dry wines that will transition into Thanksgiving. There will also be raw chocolate from Asheville. Cost is $6.00 and costumes are optional but encouraged.  11-5 PM regular Saturday FREE tasting.

Oct 28, 7-10 PM at The Classic Wineseller, 30 church Street, Waynesville NC. Friday Night Live - JJ Bal is back by popular demand performing live on the bandstand or inside if the weather turns cold. You'll want to see this local favorite. Nov 2  from 5:30- to 7:30, WOW - Wine on Wednesday: 5 wines plus hors d'oeurves. $8.00

October 29 at 1-4 PM Asheville Wine Market, 65 Biltmore Ave, Asheville NC. Free WIne Tasting: Join Mike Tiano for an informative tasting of four outstanding, and very affordable, wine selections. Italy and Chile will be the focus of these new arrivals, having arrived just in time for the fall panoply of local foods now available at the markets. Cococcciola, Pinot Grigio, Merlot and Pinot Noir are the players, so come and join us and share our excitement for these lovely selections, hand-picked by the AWM staff!


October 28, 6 PM - 8 PM, at Divine Wine, 1011 Tunnel Road East Asheville NC . Friday Wine Tastings - complimentary tastes of special wines and beer, along with an assortment of hors d’oeuvres. Each week we celebrate with a different theme and a few surprises.


October 21, 4 PM - 7 PM LaBouteille, 10 N Trade St, Suite A Tyon NC - Complimentary Wine Tastings every Friday. The last Saturday of each month 3-5 pm is a 10 beers for $10 beer tasting. Bring a dish of food to share.

October 29 RagApple Lassie, 3724 Ragapple Lassie Lane Boonville NC The Storytellers Band, playing jazz especially for the ears and souls of wine lovers. Noon to six.-  PLUS RagApple Lassie is offering an October Tailgate Special on its Rockford Red and Boonville Blanc wines. Buy ten bottles and get two bottles free. Hurry - sale ends October 31st but cases can be mixed! Tailgate Special prices for RagApple Lassie Wine Club members only, is an extra 5% discount.

October 29, 2 PM - 5 PM The Wine Guy, 555 Merimon Ave and 1200 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville NC. FREE Saturday tastings are a great way to sample new favorites in a casual setting. Every week we sample 4 to 6 new wines. Light hors d’ oeuvres will be served and all wines poured will be specially priced.


October 29, 12 PM - 5 PM at Vino Vino Wine Market, 178 Weaverville Rd., Asheville NC. Every Saturday anytime between 12:00 and 5:00pm enjoy a sampling of wines from around the world. A 10% discount on each of the wines we are featuring.

Tasting Rooms:
Biltmore Winery, located on the Biltmore Estate, Asheville NC. Daily tasting and tours with Estate admission. Special events and tastings throughout the year.

Old North State Winery, 308 North Main Street, Mount Airy NC. Hours of operation are: Monday-Wednesday 11am-6pm, Thursday-Saturday 11am-9pm, and Sunday 12pm-6pm. Sample wines and browse the gift shop featuring wine related and gourmet gift items.


RagApple Lassie, 3724 Ragapple Lassie Lane Boonville NC Tours are "on demand" noon to six PM daily. Tastings are available noon to six PM daily and include up to 11 varieties of wine.

Calaboose Cellars, 565 Aquone Road, Andrews NC. Tasting room summer hours: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from Noon to 5:00. This week check out the "Warden's White".

Daily Tastings at Wedge Brewing Company, 125 B Roberts St. Asheville NC. Micro-brewery regular Tasting room hours: Monday - Thursday 4 PM - 10+ PM; Friday 3 PM - 10+ PM; Saturday and Sunday 2 PM - 10+ PM.

Daily Tastings at Greenman Brewery, 23 Buxton Ave., Asheville NC. The tasting room is open seven days a week at 4 o'clock, or maybe earlier

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