C ork & Flame’s newsletter this week says “Paso Robles Wine Country is centrally located between San Francisco and Los Angeles along California’s Central Coast. As California’s fastest growing wine region and largest geographic appellation! With a greater day-to-night temperature swing than any other appellation in California, distinct microclimates, diverse soils and a long growing season, Paso Robles is a unique wine region blessed with optimal growing conditions for producing premium and ultra-premium wines.” The all “Paso Robles”weekend line-up will be: Justin Sauvignon Blanc: $12.99 True Myth Chardonnay: $14.99 J. Lohr Falcon’s Perch Pinot Noir: $15.99 Pessimist Red Blend: $24.99 J Lohr “Pure Paso”: $24.99 Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon: $43.99 Where: Cork & Flame , 4414 Evans to Lock Road, Evans, GA. (706) 922-9463 When: Friday, Aug 23, 2019 and Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, 5-7 PM. Cost: $20

C ork & Flame is continuing their Single Country tasting series. This week they will visit Chile. Here’s your chance to try the Lost Grape as well as the same varietals some people think only grow in California. Chile has a natural climate that makes it difficult for the bugs to thrive that plaque other wine regions as well as no phylloxera that devastated Europe in the late 19th Century (thus the Lost Grape: Carmenere). Here is their weekend line-up: Casillero del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc Casillero del Diablo Summer Rose Casaa del Bosque Pinot Noir Casillero del Diablo Red Blend Casillero del Diablo Carmenere Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon $12 for the flight of 6 wines. Where: Cork & Flame , 4414 Evans to Lock Road, Evans, GA. (706) 922-9463 When: Friday, July 19, 2019 and Saturday, July 20, 2019, 5-7 PM. Cost: $12

C ork & Flame is continuing their single country tastings but this time they will focus on one region. This week’s newsletter says “France’s Alsace wine region seems a world apart from the rest of France. Alsace sits on the verge of France, with a culture, architecture, and cuisine uniquely its own. Alsace’s wines are also unique. The grape varieties that grow there, for the most part, don’t grow elsewhere in France.” The lineup: Jean-Baptiste Adam Cremant Brut Rose: $26.99 Kuentz-Bas Riesling: $18.99 Jean-Baptiste Adam Gervurtztraminer: $27.99 Kuentz-Bas Pinot Gris: $21.99 Vin D’Alsace Albert Seltz Pinot Auxerrois Blanc: $18.99 Kuentz-Bas Pinot Noir: $19.99 $20 for the total flight. Where: Cork & Flame , 4414 Evans to Lock Road, Evans, GA. (706) 922-9463 When: Friday, July 12, 2019 and Saturday, July 13, 2019, 5-7 PM. Cost: $20

T he Cork & Flame newsletter this week says: “New Zealand’s maritime climate provides New Zealand vineyards with extended, clear and strong sunshine hours and cool nightly sea breezes.The cooling temperatures provide a long, slow ripening period resulting in flavour growth while still holding a fresh acidity that make New Zealand wine so unique.” So they are having a New Zealand tasting this weekend. Mt. Beautiful Riesling:$18.99 Mt. Beautiful Pinot Gris:$16.99 Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc:$14.99 Oyster Bay Chardonnay:$14.99 Black CottagePinot Noir: $19.99 Kim Crawford Pinot Noir:$18.99 This weeks flight will be $15 This weeks flight will be $15 Where: Cork & Flame , 4414 Evans to Lock Road, Evans, GA. (706) 922-9463 When: Friday, June 21, 2019 and Saturday, June 22, 2019, 5-7 PM. Cost: $15