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There's a lot to do this week. Wednesday, November 11, is Veteran's Day, so the first thing on your agenda should be finding a veteran and saying "thanks." Seriously. It will be good for the veteran but better still for you, because gratitude is good for the soul.
Wine is also good for the soul, so maybe you should take a veteran to a tasting. On Wednesday, The Wine Market on Bardstown Road is hosting a tasting of Robert Kacher Selections. Kacher's a DC-based importer with a solid portfolio of distinct, personal wines. The tasting runs from 4:30 - 6:30 and its free, so you can improve your soul, thank a veteran, and taste some good wines at no cost.
When you're done at The Wine Market you can rush across town to Westport Whiskey & Wine in Wesport Village. Or you can if you're female, as WW&W is hosting another of its incredibly discriminatory "Women's Only Wednesdays." The event announcement says "holiday wines," but I know from watching movies that when women get together without men they strip down to their underwear and have pillow fights. Gift items will also be on sale, chair massages will be available, and one of these Women Only Wednesday's I'm going to dress up in drag and sneak in. The cost of this event is $5.
Finally, if you're serious about food and wine you'll want to consider the French Dinner at the Fireside Bar and Grill in Sellersburg, Indiana. You can read the menu yourself, and as soon as I'm done with this I'll do a whole write-up about the dinner over at my blog, but for now all you need to know is: this is a deal. The wines are solid, off-the-beaten-track Frenchies that demonstrate the kind of value France can deliver. The stand-out is the 2005 Chateau La Bardonne, a Cabernet-based Bordeaux from an exceptional vintage that I, personally, think highly enough of to stock a box in the basement. The dinner is Wednesday, November 11. The reception begins at 7 PM, the dinner at 7:30. The cost is $48 including tip. Reservations can be had by calling 812/246-5456.
Which brings us to Thursday. Westport Whiskey & Wine's open bottle night is like a three-ring circus this week. First, there are wines from Villa San-Juliette in Paso Robles. VSJ is owned by people who star in/develop/produce reality TV like "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance." The winery itself was the subject of the Fox reality show Corkscrewed. I have no idea if the wine's any good. Also featured are Tanterra, a wine from Uruguay, and selections from Castello di Vicciomaggio in Tuscany. If that's not enough, Dumante Verdenoce Liquer will mix cocktails, and there will be snack tables set at indecent intervals around the store. Open bottle night kicks off at 6:30 and costs $10.
All of which tires me out and makes me glad that I can sleep peacefully at night, courtesy of America's veterans. The least we can all do is hoist a glass in their honor.
Tom Johnson is the ringmaster of Louisville Juice, a local wine blog that you can be the first to read just by clicking here.
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