Thursday, December 23, 2010 -- Christmas Eve Eve Eve-ning Celebration

The Sellar Wine Bar will be open on Thursday evening for a fun night of music, singing, laughing, and visiting! Kelly Nolan will be keeping the gig lively with a mixture of 80s music and karaoke jive. Jump in on the jivin' with old friends and new ones for a good time before the holidays.
Entertainment 7-10 pm; Deli fare served till 9 pm

December 1, 2010 -- Wednesday Wine Tasting

We're pretty sure our December tasting will be one of the most eclectic wine tasting you've ever attended. We're serving blueberry wine slushees (frappes), sparkling wine with 24 karat gold leafs (I call it Sparkling Snow Globe wine), mulled wine with spices, ice wine, ChocoRaspberry, and Mouton Cadet Red Bordeaux.
For the last 5 years or so, our December wine tasting has been reserved for our Sparkling wines. We don't want to "burst your bubbles" but this December we're thinking outside the box (or bottle, if you will), and doing something a tad bit different. We're going to serve a variety of both traditional seasonal and holiday-type wines and non-traditional drinks. It'll be fun and unique.
--A Blueberry Wine Slushee -- Officially known as Frappe Vino, this is like a wine margarita! You take a bottle of your favorite wine, a bottle of water, and a bag of Frappe Vino mix, combine and freeze for a couple of hours. You'll get a frozen, slush delight!
--Chocovine Raspberry -- Last year around this time, the brand new Chocovine Chocolate wine was all the rage. This year, the same company has created a Chocolate Raspberry heaven in a bottle. Delicious chocolate, with a raspberry zing. Hint...this would make an incredible frappe.
--Augsburger Christkindlmarkt Gluhwein -- Popular around the world, mulled wine is wine (usually red) served warmed and spiced with cinnamon, vanilla, and cloves. At home, you can add a little brandy or vodka to "spice" it up even more.
--Schmitt Sohne Ice Wine Eiswein -- Ice wine is a type of dessert wine made from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other solids don't freeze, but the water in the grape does. The end product is a more concentrated, very sweet wine. It's a labor intensive and risky production process, so icewines are typically quite expensive.
--Peter Brum Goldsparkler -- Personally, this is the coolest thing I've seen in awhile. It's a sparkling, drinkable snow globe! No, not really, but it is a sparkling wine with real 24 karat gold leafs -- the goldslager of wines. Your instinct is to pick up the bottle and shake it like a snow globe -- something you really shouldn't do with a bottle of sparkling wine.
--Mouton Cadet Red Bordeaux -- To bring some normalcy and refinement to the tasting, we will also be pouring a solid red wine that will pair well with your upcoming holiday meals.
Tasting will be held from 6-7:30 pm. Cost is $15 and includes drinks, appetizers, printed tasting notes, and lots of fun!

Christmas in July Sparkling Wine Tasting -- July 7th

City Wine Sellar is celebrating "Christmas in July" and we are theme-ing our July wine tasting appropriately. Since December is typically our annual sparkling wine tasting, and since many of you missed the opportunity to attend in December, and since July is considered a "sparkler" kind of month, we thought it would be the perfect time to re-visit these refreshing bubblies.
So, light up your sparkling appetite for a bubbling array of spritzers, including Zonin Primo Amore Romeo (a red bubbly), Cristaline Brut Rose Cava, Stellina prosecco, Duplin Raspberry Sparkling, and Castella del Poggio Moscato Di Asti. We will also be tasting that amazing Chocolate wine everyone is so crazy about.
Come join us in clinking glasses and merrily celebrating Christmas in July at our Wednesday Tasting. Cost is $15.00 per person; RSVP Highly Requested.

December 2, 2009 -- Annual Sparkling Wine Tasting

It’s that bubbly time of year again when the stars align for the annual Sparkling Wine Tasting at The City Wine Sellar. This year’s bubbles will be popping on Wednesday evening, December 2nd, from 6:00-7:30 pm with a selection of six sparkling vinos, one of which is always a REAL champagne.

It’s a Special, Spectacular, and Sizzly event that gets better and better each year! This year, we will add Stylish, Sumptuous, and Snazzy! Upon the suggestion of a customer and employee, we’re making this year’s Sparkling Tasting a “Dressy*” evening. Ladies, wear your chic Little Black Dress and pearls, or your drop dead gorgeous Little Red Dress and ruby bangles. Gentlemen, arrive looking sharp in your tux or dinner jacket. We’ll clink glasses throughout the evening while mingling and sipping champagne, and toasting to friends and fun times.

Cost is $15.00 per person; RSVP Highly Requested.

*Dressing up is optional. Jeans and a Tee is perfectly fine as well.