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Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Wine news alert: Today, May 9th, is National Moscato Day. To be honest, Moscato doesn’t get a whole lot of respect, especially among the great majority of Wine Cellar regulars, but it’s pretty darn popular nonetheless. And today’s the day for this sweet, fizzy libation to have its moment in…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: In case you’ve forgotten, this coming Sunday, May 8th, is Mother’s Day! Flowers are obviously in order, but a nice bottle of wine to go with them would certainly add a special touch as well. May I suggest a fine sparkling wine, a la French Champagne, or a really good…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Saturday evening, April 30th, the Yuma Art Center presents Checkr’d Past! in concert at the Historic Yuma Theatre. Here’s the promo: “A tribute to the music video era, Checkr’d Past! brings you the decade of the 80’s in all its glittery glory! All the great bands and one-hit wonders…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Saturday, April 23rd, the 29th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts takes place on the Main Street Plaza here in Historic Downtown. This is always a great event for adults as well as kids. You can take a stroll down Main Street and enjoy a day of entertainment, music…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Easter Sunday finally arrives this weekend, and of course that involves Easter dinner. You know you’re likely going to be enjoying something a bit special for the dinner table Sunday, and that means you’ll need some nice wines to go with it. We specialize in that part of the equation,…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This week I want to give a quick shout-out to our newest Main Street resident here in Historic Downtown Yuma. That would be Cafecito, the very popular coffeehouse that just completed a long-awaited relocation from their Madison Street digs to their new and much-improved locale at 176 S. Main Street.…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Not a week goes by that I’m not asked, in person or over the phone, “So when do you do your wine tastings?” The answer of course, is “Whenever the Wine Cellar is open!” That being Tuesday through Friday from 11AM to 7PM, and Saturday 10AM to 6PM. The point…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: It’s a quiet week here in Yuma as Spring has arrived along with some rather windy days. But the winds will subside and our beautiful spring weather in the Desert Southwest will soon be with us, for the next few months at least. All the more reason to get out…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: The annual St. Paddy’s Day celebration on Thursday is definitely the highlight of this third week of March. Historic Downtown Yuma, with all of our great public houses is the logical place to come celebrate this auspicious occasion locally with friends, family, and of course a few libations. May I…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Here’s a fun event on tap this week here in Historic Downtown Yuma. How about watching 3:10 to Yuma on 3/10 in the Historic Yuma Theatre? This Thursday, March 10th, the Theatre (254 S. Main St.) will present a double feature of the classic movie bearing Yuma’s name. The screenings…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Thursday brings the last installment of Thursday Jazz in the Park at the Colorado River State Historic Park here in historic Downtown Yuma (201 N. 4th Avenue). This last concert will feature a performance by San Diego’s Holly Hofmann. Considered one of the best jazz flute players in the…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Friday evening, February 25th, Fort Yuma Rotary’s Mardi Gras on Main Block Party returns! The party happens on the Main Street Plaza right here in Historic Downtown Yuma. It’s always a great party; it will go from 6 to 11PM with live music and lots of other activities, plus…