A Celebration is in the works!

The Vineyard Wine Bar has now been open for 7 months. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday we were still in the construction phase and here we are open for 7 months. Time has flown by, and we’ve met some really great customers along the way… as a matter of fact we are approaching our 10-thousanth customer! That’s right, we’ve had almost 10,000 customers eat, drink, and enjoy themselves since we opened 7 months ago.

Thank you all very much for your support!

Now….. what we’ve decided to do is celebrate this milestone…. so we’re going to do just that!

According to our projection it looks like our 10,000^th guest will walk through the door this Friday, May 28th. When they do there will be a “Celebration” for everyone who’s at The Vineyard Wine Bar.

Our 10,000^th guest will receive a bottle of our best Champagne, (for Ten-Cents), (along with other treats), and all of our guests drinking and dining, (when that 10,000^th person walks in), will receive 10% off their bill. There will be other prizes and celebratory offerings also.

We plan to make it a very special night for all those with us this Friday.

So plan ahead to see if you are the 10,000^th customer this Friday…. and help us celebrate.

Joe

Tuscan Courtyard Update:

A few weeks ago we announced plans to open our Outdoor Tuscan Courtyard on Saturday, May 29^th. Well…. some of the construction materials are delayed in delivery, so we will have to delay the opening for a week or two. But don’t fret; we have our building permit in hand, we’ve started the concrete work, our contractor has started his portion of the build out, and the count down to opening has started. So stay tuned. We’ll be announcing the official opening in the next week or two. (We’ve got a lot of fun events planned, and it’s going to be a great, fun, outdoor space.)

One of our favorite areas of the wine world is The Rhone Valley in France. The Rhone has some very interesting white wine grapes planted there…. Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier, etc. and some equally, (if not more), impressive red wine grapes….. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Carignan, and many others.

 The wines coming from The Rhone Valley can be very expressive, and very long lived. There are a number of good Negotiant Houses there and a number of the wines available are of very good to excellent quality….. but just recently we found a producer that we think has a line-up of outstanding Rhone wines that express the best of what The Rhone Valley has to offer, and we are going to debut them for the first time.

That producer is Maison Ferraton Pere & Fils, and next Wednesday we will be tasting 5 of those wines from Maison Ferraton.

Please be sure to join us next Wednesday, May 19th, for a Fireside Chat

with Nicholas Dufour of Maison Ferraton & Fils, and a showcase tasting of the wonderful wines of Maison Ferraton & Fils, from Tain Hermitage, France.

Our Fireside Chat and Tasting will start at 7:00 PM in the lounge and we’ll learn about and enjoy:

“Samorens” Cotes Du Rhone Blanc

“La Matiniere” Crozes Hermitage Blanc

“Plan de dieu” Cotes Du Rhone Villages Rouge

“La Matiniere” Crozes Hermitage Rouge

“Les Lauses” Tavel Rose

This tasting is limited to the first 20 people and the cost is $20 per person.

Please RSVP with name and phone number via email to Joe at

 joelertch@gmail.com or phone 443-502-2551 to reserve your place

Hope to see you next Wednesday, May 19th