Come visit us at the winery this Thursday evening, February 12th, 2009, for what will be our first official AHA! Night. Every second Thursday of each month, AHA! Celebrates Art History and Architecture in downtown New Bedford. We’ll be doing our part in the celebration with what we are calling the “Culture of Wine” talks. What is this? Basically for about 15-20 minutes I will be standing on my soapbox and tell you more than you probably want to know about different topics, all related to wine… wine making, wine drinking, wine history, wine politics, etc. You’ll get to taste our wine and if you want even take advantage of a special 10% AHA! Night discount on all of our wines.
Attendance is free and talks begin at every hour, i.e. 6PM, 7PM, 8PM and 9PM. For those who haven’t yet visited us, we are at 760 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 (click through for Google Maps).
This month’s “Culture of Wine” talk is titled “Myth vs. Reality”. Here is a quick preview of some of the myths (or not) that we’ll be talking about…
- Uncorking a bottle for a few hours before drinking to “let it breathe” will improve and soften the wine. Myth or Reality?
- Aged wine is better than young wine. Myth or Reality?
- Wines labeled as “Reserve” and “Old Vine” are of guaranteed or special quality. Myth or Reality?
- Red Wine Should Never Be Chilled. Myth or Reality?
Hope to see you this Thursday evening… it should be a lot of fun.
Fantastic idea, Marco. I'm certain that the conversation will be fascinating. Once word gets around, this will bring in all sorts of new folks to Travessia. Cheers!
Posted by: Patrick Llerena | February 12, 2009 at 03:31 PM
Hi Patrick! We had a pretty good turnout. About 40+ people; sold a few bottles of wine and 6 people joined the wine club. I am very happy and more importantly I felt that everyone really enjoyed there time at the winery. Hope all is well with you and family in CALI.
Posted by: Marco Montez | February 13, 2009 at 10:51 PM