Smith & Wollensky's Pourings & Pairings Wine Dinners

Smith & Wollensky in Boston offers one of the most unique dining atmospheres in the United States. It is housed is a magnificent stone and brick medieval castle like structure. It was constructed in 1891 and originally served as the headquarters for the First Corps of Cadets. The building has been on the National Historic Register since 1973. Smith & Wollensky has always been a leading destination for wine lovers. As you may know, to complement their outstanding food, they feature the "Great American Wine List," which consists exclusively of 650 of the finest wines produced in the United States, including selections from Robert Mondavi, Harlan, Hanzell, and Jordan. These are many of the must try wines for the wine lover in your life.

With the creation of the Pourings & Pairings 2008 wine dinner series, Smith & Wollensky has developed a year long celebration with America's finest winemakers. Each month they invite a spokesperson from a selected winery to each of their restaurants to give their guests a special evening of fine wine and food pairings. For the month of May the featured winery is Simi Winery.

On May 7, the celebration continues. Their menu will include pan seared diver scallops, crisp duck leg, and USDA Prime, prime rib. It sounds delightful. To experience this event for yourself, click here to reserve your place now. Smith & Wollensky is located at 101 Arlington Street in Boston, MA. There phone number is (617) 423-1112. Cheers - Ken

Boston Wine Auction to Benefit Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts

The Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts Wine Auction will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2008 from 6:00-10:00pm at the Boston Harbor Hotel - Wharf Room. Marie Keep, the Director of Fine Wines for Skinner, Inc., will be the auctioneer, and Federal Wine & Spirits is also supporting the event. Major sponsors include: The Michele and David Mittelman Family Foundation, James and Laura Cafferty Philanthropic Trust, Citigroup and Fidelity Investments.

Since 1996, the LVM Wine Auction has been one of Boston's premier wine events and best-kept secrets, and it has raised nearly $1 million. It is a truly unusual Boston event that has been an annual destination for savvy wine enthusiasts, some of whom fly in from New York to buy fine wine. The bidding is fierce at this dedicated wine auction, and the wine sells on average for two to three times the retail value.

Why do these wine enthusiasts do it? Because the LVM Wine Auction benefits a terrific cause -- LVM's award-winning programs that train volunteer tutors to provide free, private, confidential, and individualized tutoring to adults in basic literacy and ESOL. LVM is the leading provider of these services in Massachusetts. LVM's tutoring helps to change lives by providing adults with the literacy and English language skills they need to obtain a job, help their children with schoolwork, obtain citizenship or simply read a newspaper.

For more information, please contact Rachel at 617.367.1313 or rachellvm@aol.com.