Got an upcoming or ongoing wine event? Send information to: The Wine List, 810 N. Howard Ave., Tampa, FL 33606, fax 813-739-4801 or e-mail brian.ries@creativeloafing.com.
13TH ANNUAL WAZOO USA Today picked Lowry Park Zoo's annual beer festival as one of the 10 best in the country. Here's your chance to experience the joy of sipping brews from around the world, food from numerous local restaurants and live music from bands like Box for Pee Wee and The Paper Stanleys, all while watching the antics of capering wildlife. Oh, there will also be animals on display. $65 ($20 for designated drivers). 7:30-10:30 p.m., Aug. 2, Lowry Park Zoo, 1101 W. Sligh Ave., Tampa (813-935-8552 or lowryparkzoo.com).
CL WINE CLUB: NOSH AT NOHO Creative Loafing's own Wine Club will be pairing kick-ass food from NoHo Bistro with wines from Spain, France, Argentina and other great wine regions in a walkabout social. Not a member of the club? Join now, yo. $25. 7-9 p.m., July 31, NoHo Bistro, 1714 N. Armenia Ave., Tampa (tampa.creativeloafing.com/wineclub).
CORK & OLIVE Palm Harbor's Cork & Olive brings in some live fingerstyle guitar to complement this Thursday's tasting of eight wines. Free. 6-8 p.m., July 31, Cork & Olive Palm Harbor, 4978 Ridgemoor Blvd., Palm Harbor (727-781-9463 or corkandolive.com).
HILLSBOROUGH HEADSTART COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BENEFIT Fine Wine and Spirits Warehouse is hosting a charity wine event for Hillsborough Head Start, featuring over 50 wines and some munchies to nosh on, along with discounted prices on all the wines tasted. $25 ($40 per couple). 6-8 p.m., July 31, Home of Mike Kwasin, 3613 Beach Drive, Tampa (813- 837-8941).
TASTINGS: A WINE EXPERIENCE This week's Tastings tasting will feature wines from Lolonis, a winery that got ahead of the curve by producing organic wines for over 20 years. $15. 6:30-8:30 p.m., July 30, Tastings: A Wine Experience, 149 First Ave. N, St. Petersburg (727-894-2255 or awineexperience.com).
UNCORKED Uncorked's Friday night tasting is brought to you by the letter "M." Malbec, Mourvedre, Muscadet, Malvasia and more, oh my! $10. 6:30-8:30 p.m., Aug. 1, Uncorked Fine Wines & Accessories, 2706 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg (727-892-9463 or uncorked.com).
VINO 100 ST. PETE Vino 100 has its usual Saturday Sippin' line-up of five to six handpicked wines for sampling. Free. 1-7 p.m., Aug. 2, Vino 100 St. Pete, 5056 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg (727-522-8466 or vino100stpete.com).
VINO 100 VALRICO It's damn hot out there, but Vino 100 has your hook-up with wines picked to beat the heat in it's Friday night tasting. Come back the next day for the weekly Saturday Sippin'. Free. 5-7 p.m., Aug. 1 and Noon-5 p.m., Aug. 2, Vino 100 Brandon/Valrico, 1038 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico (813-654-8466 or vino100brandon.com).
This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2008.