Local News: Food & Wine Series Debuts This Week

Has everyone dug out of their snowy caves yet? Good; it means that if you live in (or will be in) Southeastern Connecticut, you can come visit a terrific local restaurant who is partnering up with my store to do a food and wine series!

The owner of Divine Wine himself, Certified Specialist of Wine Ken Turcotte, is teaming up with Chef Olivia Formica of Flanders Fish Market & Restaurant to present five wines and four small plates. This is happening on four consecutive Thursday nights, beginning January 12th, 6:30-8:00pm. The theme for this week is "Eating Clean," and the featured wines will come from Oregon and Washington...a great way to keep the momentum going with your resolution to eat healthy this year. Successive events will include wines from Italy on January 19th, and wines of Spain and France on January 26th and February 2nd.

Whether you choose to come to one event or all four, you can make your reservations by calling the Divine Wine Emporium: (860) 691-1053. It's a fantastic and easy way to explore wines of the world and potentially introduce your palate to something you haven't discovered before. If you aren't going to be around, I will recap the wine for you on Friday's post and you can play along at home.