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Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   It’s time again for Lettuce Days!  This coming weekend brings our annual celebration of Yuma’s preeminence in the world of winter vegetables, and the festival has gotten bigger and better with each passing year since it moved over to the Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park on the Yuma…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Due to popular demand, this coming Saturday, February 22nd, the Old Town Wine Cellar will present another of our occasional Saturday afternoon beer tastings.  We’ve gotten some interesting new craft brews in the shop as of late, so stop by next Saturday between noon and 5PM and give them…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Another sign that spring is almost here:  the 2014 Yuma River Daze celebration takes place all weekend here in Old Town, from 10AM – 4PM Friday, Saturday & Sunday, February 14th -16th.  As always, it’s a full-on street fair on the Main Street Plaza, with lots of arts &…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This week we have a rare respite during our mellow southern Arizona winter, when there’s no one particular event going on here in the Old Town Yuma area for me to spread the word about.  But that’s no reason to stay away – there’s a lot going on down…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Saturday, February 1st, the Old Town Wine Cellar will host a fundraiser for the Arizona Nurses Association Scholarship Fund from 2 – 6PM, featuring a Silpada Sterling Silver Jewelry Show.  And of course, a selection of wines will be available by the glass all during the show for…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   A couple of great outdoor events are on tap here in the Old Town area this Saturday, January 25th.  The 9th annual Bluegrass in the Park Festival at the West Wetlands Park, just a short distance west of downtown, will feature a variety of bluegrass and (for the first…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This coming Saturday, January 18th, the Old Town Wine Cellar will present another in our series of Saturday afternoon beer tastings.  It’s actually been quite some time since our last brewfest here at the Cellar, and we’ve brought in some pretty interesting new beers in the interim. As in…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Saturday and Sunday, January 11th & 12th, more than a dozen Old West re-enactment groups  ride into Old Town for a “showdown” at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.  It’ll be the 16th Annual Gathering of the Gunfighters, and it’s always a lot of fun. The admission…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   As 2013 draws to a close, I want to thank all of my customers and friends here in the Yuma area for their continuing support.  January 1, 2014 marks the start of Year Number 12 for the Old Town Wine Cellar, and I can tell you it’s been a…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This week’s Wine Cellar schedule is pretty straightforward: we’ll be closed Wednesday for Christmas Day, then back to our regular days and hours the rest of the week.  That means of course that the Cellar’s Weekly Wine Tastings will go on as always this Thursday and Friday, as detailed…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   I want to let everyone know that this week we’ll have a special “pre-Christmas” wine tasting, featuring some great new as well as “old favorite” wines from my good friends at Southern Wine & Spirits of Arizona.  We’ll start off with three new arrivals, two sourced from the renowned…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Just a quick note this week to let everyone know that the Tuesday Farmers Market is back for the winter!  Every Tuesday from now until the end of March, the Main Street Plaza between 2nd and 3rd Streets here in Old Town is the scene of a combined farmers…