I hope you can join us next week at Anthology in Little Italy for WOW. That’s Women of Wine (men also invited.) Matt Ahern, the sommelier extrodinaire at Anthology www.anthologysd.com has gotten Allie Mitchell from Rudi Wiest Selections and Krissy Lowe from Free Run Juice who will be pouring Renteria Wines as our featured Women of Wine. The winemaker for Renteria is Karen Culler, an amazing winemaker.
The featured wines for our event include: Rock & Vine, Cabernet, North Coast 2005 for $6, Hogues Beaulieu, Picpoul De Pinet, Languedoc, 2007 for $6 and Kracher Illmitz, Zweigelt Rose, Burgenland 2006 for $7. These are great wines for the price and will pair well with the menu of Ahi tuna tartar, duck confit crostini, and pan seared scallops.

The guest artist for the event is Barbara Tobler, recently returned from NYC. She'll be singing Brazilian and Spanish songs while being accompanied by guitarist Craig Stephenson. In addition, she'll be joined by rocking blues pianist Brett Shew for a set of hits from each decade starting with the 20's. If you've heard Barbara before, you know that you're in for a TREAT! If you have not, you will be blown away! More about Barbara at http://www.barbaratobler.com/

Buy your tickets on the event page for $10 plus tax prepaid or $15 plus tax at the door. In addition, Anthology has offered a 20% for additional food and beverage purchased that evening and will waive the cover charge charge for anyone wishing to stay for the main act starting at 7:30. Appearing that night is the Cedar Walton Jazz Quartet. Check out Anthology's menu and the full event calendar at http://www.anthologysd.com/ Come on down and make a night of it with VinVillage, Barbara Tobler, and San Diego's newest and best music/food venue, Anthology.

Just a quick note on pairing wines for BBQ this summer. Next time instead of that big, spicy Zin or red blend, try a German Reisling. I promise you, you will not be dissapointed. They are perfect food wines and go with anything from spicy bbq to grilled vegetables to seafood or whatever and they won’t feel so heavy on your palate. They also tend to be just a little lower in alcohol and that always makes for a more enjoyable party. I’ll be teaching some classes soon on summer food/wine pairings and we’ll try some of those combinations.

Chuck
Leader, VinVillage San Diego
“VinVillage IS where wine and food lovers connect”
Chef/Owner, Chuck Samuelson Catering