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Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   January is just about behind us, but there are still some things to do before the calendar turns. For instance, this Friday evening, January 31st at 7PM, another in the Winter Performance Series concerts will take place at the Yuma Art Center/Historic Yuma Theatre here in Downtown Yuma (254…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   The 2020 Medjool Date Festival will take place here in Historic Downtown this Saturday, January 25th on the Main Street Plaza from 10AM to 6PM, presented by Yuma Heritage Festivals and Bard Valley Medjool Date Growers. Yuma and nearby Bard Valley are among the world’s leading producers of this…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Just a quick note this week to make everyone aware, if they’re not already, about the winter season performance series now ongoing at the Yuma Art Center/Historic Yuma Theatre here in downtown Yuma (254 S. Main Street). It’s a nice variety of “tribute band” concerts, comedy and nostalgia acts…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This coming Saturday and Sunday, January 11th – 12th, the Yuma Art Center will present their annual Art in the Park event.  It’s an ‘al fresco’ Fine Arts Festival that will take place in Yuma’s scenic Gateway Park adjacent to Historic Downtown from 11AM to 6PM.  The festival will…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   2019 is almost behind us! To celebrate the impending arrival of 2020, Historic Downtown Yuma will once again feature a New Year’s Eve celebration that had its introduction last year and promises to be even better Tuesday night. If you recall, a giant iceberg lettuce (or rather a facsimile…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This week’s Wine Cellar schedule is pretty straightforward: we will be CLOSED Wednesday, Christmas Day, and then get back to our regular hours Thursday through Saturday. The Wine Cellar’s Weekly Wine Tastings will go on as usual Thursday & Friday. Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!   THIS WEEK’S…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This week is the last full week before Christmas, and the pressure is really on now to get your Christmas shopping all wrapped up. May I suggest the Old Town Wine Cellar as a great solution to the gift shopping challenge? Fine wine makes a really nice, and very…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Saturday, December 14th will bring the highlight of Historic Downtown Yuma’s Christmas season, the annual Dorothy Young Memorial Electric Light Parade.  The special theme of this year’s parade will be “Light up Yuma with the Arts.” The parade’s organizer, Visit Yuma, is focusing on Yuma’s growing arts community,…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Saturday, December 7th, head on down to Downtown Yuma for the sights, sounds and festive fun of the holiday season during the Christmas Lighting on Historic Main Street. Festivities start off at 4 PM, and the official lighting ceremony for the Historic Downtown Main Street Christmas Tree, located…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   Thanksgiving week is here! This week will be business as usual at the Old Town Wine Cellar, with the predictable exception that the Cellar will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 28th. But we will be open Friday and Saturday as usual, so be sure to make it by…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   All of a sudden, The Thanksgiving Holiday is just ten days away, so this week the Old Town Wine Cellar will present a tasting of some wines that we think will go particularly well with your Thanksgiving Day feast. It’s a great lineup, so try to stop by this…

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:   This Friday evening, November 15th from 5:00 to 9:00 PM, the North End Art Walk once again takes over Main Street with another fun and eclectic celebration of local artists.  An evening of art, music and culture in our Historic Downtown setting, the Art Walk is a sidewalk-style art…