Friday Grab Bag for October 10

Welcome to the Friday edition of our blog, where we cover as many subjects as possible in an entertaining and informative fashion. It's a 3-day weekend for some, but both of our stores will be open normal business hours on Monday, 9am-10pm.

It's a very busy month in both stores, so let's get to it.

Events

Lawrenceville will have a regular wine tasting schedule this weekend. Please stop in Friday, 4-6pm, or Saturday, 2-4pm. Click here to see the tasting menu. The same schedule will apply next weekend, although the wines will change.

Next weekend will close with Ladies Night Out, an after-hours event on Sunday, October 19. There will be free admission (with advance RSVP), plenty of wines to taste, food to sample, vendors and more. This event will also benefit the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Click here to learn more about this fun event.

From an earlier Ladies Night Out

Other noteworthy, upcoming events: An in-store Weyerbacher dinner on Wednesday, October 29. A spirits tasting on Thursday, October 30. And, just in time for the gift-giving season, complimentary Johnnie Walker Blue Label bottle engraving on Friday, December 5.

To see the entire Events list for our Lawrenceville store, please click here.

Woodbridge will offer a Deep Eddy Vodka tasting today, 4-6pm. Saturday will feature the regular wine tasting, 1-3pm. Click here for the tasting menu. Next weekend will feature a regular Staff Picks wine tasting on Friday, a special tasting of Barton & Guestier wines on Saturday, as well as another tasting of Deep Eddy Vodka.

Ladies Night Out will come to Woodbridge after hours on Sunday, October 26. We'll have the free admission, expanded tastings and food that you expect, but we'll also have one additional special vendor on hand. The Man Made Barber Shop will offer free (with a donation to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure) hot towel shaves and haircuts, so you can bring a male companion with you, if you'd like.

We are hosting a wine dinner on October 29, in conjunction with Dominic's Italian restaurant in Avenel. Click here for details on the event. And click here for a Youtube preview of the dinner.

Don't miss the Hetta Glögg tasting on November 7. Hetta Glögg is produced in upstate NY, and is a modern interpretation of mulled wine. We expect to have Hetta Glöggon the shelves shortly.

We're also hosting an in-store Kane Brewing dinner on November 14. Finally (for now, since we're always adding to the calendar), we're offering complimentary Johnnie Walker Blue Label bottle engraving on December 13.

To see the entire Events list for our Woodbridge store, please click here.

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Have a great weekend!