Wet your whistle: Upcoming Beijing wine events

By Jim Boyce

Upcoming Beijing wine events

April 3, 7:30-9:30 PM, Ganglamedo, RMB88
Wine / networking party for charity, by Local Noodles / Torres; with wine from five countries; RSVP at 6416-7036.

April 4, 6:30 PM, Sequoia Café (Sanlitun), RMB100
Port tasting, including a ruby, tawny, reserve and white; RSVP with Frank at frank.siegel@gmail.com / 13701-178-073.
April 7, 6-9:30 PM, Mare, RMB150
Spanish wine tasting, by Summergate, 20+ wines with tapas. RSVP with Jessie at Summergate at jessie.xiao@summergate.com / 6562-5800, or with Mare at marebeijing@hotmail.com / marebeijing@sohu.com / 6595-4178.

April 8, 7-8:30 PM, Mare Nostrum, RMB210
Bodegas Chivite tasting, by ASC; RSVP with Helen Lu at 6418-1598, x226.
April 10, 6 PM, Carrefour (Shuangjing store), free
2008 Beijing April Wine Fair, by Carrefour; wine tasting, live music, 20 percent discount on wines; to get an invitation, send your name, address, telephone number and email address to secretary_bjsj@carrefour.com.

April 12, 19 & 26, venue TBA, 2-6 PM, RMB1900
Wine appreciation course, by Dragon Phoenix; three days includes tasting of 20 wines, set of ISO glasses, and wine guides; to RSVP, contact Fongyee Walker at fongyee@longfengwines.com / 13522-147-340.

Note: To get a wine event listed, send the event information, preferably in text format, to beijingboyce@yahoo.com.

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