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Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Friday, May 1st, Yuma Heritage Festivals presents their annual Cinco de Mayo (this time Menos Quatro) Fiesta right here in Historic Downtown.  As always, the Main Street Plaza will have live music, margaritas, sangria and cerveza, an assortment of food vendors, salsa contests and everything else you need…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Last year’s policy change that saw the Wine Cellar institute our wine tastings on every weekday that we’re open, Tuesday through Friday, rather than our previous Thursday/Friday-only regimen, has been very well received.  And it’s making my Tuesdays and Wednesdays a lot more fun to boot.  But not a…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Saturday, April 18th from 4 to 9PM, the Main Street Plaza and the Yuma Art Center play host to ARTbeat 8, a juried art show and sale sponsored by the City of Yuma Parks, Art and Recreation Commission held annually here in Historic Downtown.  The ARTbeat is an…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This coming Saturday, April 12th, the Old Town Wine Cellar will present another of our occasional Saturday Afternoon Beer Tastings.  We try to do at least one a month, but circumstances prevented us from having one in March.  We’ll make up for this Saturday, and in the meantime we’ve…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Easter Sunday is coming up this weekend, and of course that means Easter dinner.  You know you’re going to be fixing something special for the dinner table Sunday, and that means you’ll need some equally special wines to go with it.  We specialize in that part of the equation,…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   A couple great early spring entertainment options are coming your way this weekend here in Historic Downtown.  On Saturday, March 28th, Yuma Heritage Festivals presents the 4th Annual Music on Main.  The fun starts at 9 AM and goes on all day until 5 PM, with non-stop live music, lots…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   If you can’t make it by for the regular Wine Cellar wine tasting this Tuesday through Friday, you’ll have another opportunity this week to taste some good wine: on this upcoming Saturday evening, March 21st, the Yuma’s Foothills Optimist Club will hold their annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser right here…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   St. Pattie’s Day is just around the corner, and Yuma Rotary’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, Dance, Auction & Costume Contest will once again celebrated at the Pivot Point Conference Center here in Historic Downtown this Saturday, March 14th from 5:30 PM to 1:00 AM.  Admission is $75 person…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   The Midnight at the Oasis car show and related festivities is the big ticket event hereabouts this week, but there are a few other items of note here in Historic Downtown as well.  This Friday, March 6th, you can get your 70’s thing on at the Historic Yuma Theatre…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This is a big week here in our Yuma winter season, with the annual Lettuce Days celebration and the MCAS Air Show both taking center stage this weekend.  It’s pretty hard to compete with those great events, but we like to think that our weekly Wine Tasting is a…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Saturday, February 21st, the Old Town Wine Cellar will present another of our regular Saturday Afternoon Beer Tastings.  We’ll go from noon to 5 PM, so make your way down to Old Town this weekend and you can sample some of our newest brews at the Cellar.  The…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Saturday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day!  As I’ve said for many years now, a nice bottle of bubbly, sweet wine or whatever other kind of wine your sweetheart loves the most makes a great  (and easy!) Valentine’s gift for that special someone.  We have lots of great wines…