WineTimers March On!

The WineTimers did not have an official meeting in March, instead, meeting for an evening of wine tasting at Bellisio's in Duluth, MN. Bellisio's has arguably the best wine list in the upper midwest and on Mondays, boasts half price bottle of wine night! Seven of us attended and purchased several of the recommended wines for half the price. We passed the bottles and enjoyed brands and varieties that we otherwise wouldn't have tried. Also of note are the fabulous appetizers and great staff that accommodated us for this impromptu gathering.
Also fun in March and April, have been several local wine tasting events. The wine tasting at Nemadji to benefit WITC scholarships has become a wonderful, well attended annual event with many fine wines beautifully presented by the folks at Belknap Liquor. The following week, the annual Evening of Wine and Jazz took place at UWS. As usual, it was a wonderful event with good wine (as presented by the Keyport), good music and fabulous food. Then, just this past week, the Minnesota Ballet hosted their annual wine tasting event at the Depot in Duluth. This too is a wonderful, well attended event each year with a great silent and live auction. This year we were also treated to a live arial performance that provided the audience the opportunity to ooh and ahh as the arial performer twisted and turned his way around the ceiling of the Depot Great Hall. A fabulous wine event as the wine tasting season winds down for the year. One more event coming up on May 13th at Clyde-Iron to benefit Choice Unlimited.