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Greetings from the Wine Cellar: August is wrapping up this week, which obviously means September is at hand. Which in turn means several things: For one, this Friday, September 3rd brings the final installment of the 2021 Lutes’ Summer Jazz Series at Lutes’ Casino. The Yuma Jazz Company’s special guest performer for this final appearance…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Kind of quiet here in Historic Downtown Yuma as (hopefully) the summer starts winding down now that we’ve reached the last week of August. I do see that this Friday and Saturday, August 27-28th, the Hilton Garden Inn here in downtown will host Yuma’s 14th Annual Hip Hop Festival, presented…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Downtown Yuma is the place to be for great evening entertainment (and food & drink). This coming Thursday, August 19th, the Red Moon Alehouse at 130 S. Main Street presents a night of great music with Phoenix-based Alternative Rock trio Ultraviolet Communication, plus local guest openers. The show goes from…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Summer keeps rolling along here in Yuma, but the days are getting a bit shorter now and it’s getting just a tad cooler, especially after the sun goes down. Speaking of cool, the Old Town Wine Cellar is still about the coolest place in town, in more ways than one.…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Welcome to August! It’s a bit too early to say summer is winding down here in Yuma, but we are making solid progress. And the onset of August will bring First Friday here in Historic Downtown, specifically Friday, August 6^th. Retail stores and assorted other businesses will remaining open at…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Friday, July 30th, the Yuma Jazz Company will liven things up just down Main Street at Lutes’ Casino with another installment of the 2021 Lutes’ Summer Jazz Series. The special guest performer this time will be vocalist Jennifer Wayman-Hart, who has performed locally with the Arizona Western College Jazz…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: Sunday, July 25th, is National Wine and Cheese Day. (I’m not kidding; look it up!). It’s a day to celebrate one of the great pairings that life has to offer: a nice glass of wine with a piece of good cheese. Think about it – they’re two of the foremost…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: The continuing Lutes’ Summer Jazz Series continues in Historic Downtown this week, with the celebrated Yuma Jazz Company Quartet performing this coming Friday evening, July 16th, at Lutes’ Casino (just a few doors down Main Street from the Wine Cellar). For this week’s performance. the YJC Quartet will be accompanied…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: A & R is back! I’m pleased to pass on the news that my friend Rafael Arroyo and his A & R Grill at 712 S. 4th Avenue, just a short hop from Historic Downtown, is open for business again. It’s my favorite place to hang out in Yuma (other…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: 4th of July Weekend 2021 is coming up on us fast, and I just want to let everyone know that this year there will be no changes to make note of for the Old Town Wine Cellar. July 4th is next Sunday, so the holiday will be observed Monday the…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: As we get ready to exit June and head into July, the summer heat is truly upon us here in our little corner of the Desert Southwest. And it’s going to stay with us for some time to come, so it’s important to remember the places where you can stay…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar: This Sunday, June 20^th is Father’s Day, so with no further ado here is my annual pitch that a nice bottle of wine makes a great (and really easy) gift for your Dad. A nice Napa Cabernet, a premium Tuscan red from Italy, a bottle of Port – whatever you…