brazilian bites of brigadeiros, 2 for 1 valentine coffee at zocalo, smokey bear’s wine lunch, plus: rhone valley dinner at glass monkey

smokey bear’s sunday lunch club

Join Juanita from Color de Vino and Mary from the Tomato at a family-style Sunday lunch at Smokey Bear (8223 104 Street, smokeybearyeg.com) Sunday, February 23, 12:30pm. Tix: $75/p, call 587-0209 to book.

smokey bear’s sunday lunch club

back to basics at hicks

Understanding Your Own Palate is the theme of the next guided tasting at Hicks (150 Bellerose Drive, St Albert, 780-569-5000, hicksfinewines.com), Thursday, February 20, 6:30pm. Explore acidity, tannin, body and other basic terms bandied about in the study of wine. Tix: $25/p, call 780-569-5000 to book.

Understanding Your Own Palate at Hicks

taste spain and portugal at aligra

Taste the flavours of Spain and Portugal through wine and tapas at a walk-about tasting, Thursday, February 20, 5pm at Aligra (8882 170 Street, 780-483-1083, aligrawineandspirits.com). Tix: $10/p, proceeds to The Winnifred Stewart Association.

taste spain and portugal at aligra

monkey business: rhone

The next Monkey Business dinner at the Glass Monkey (5842 111 Street, 780-760-2228, theglassmonkey.ca) features special guest Adrien Laurent, the director of operations for Rhone producer Paul Jaboulet Aine, Monday, February 24, 6pm. Enjoy five courses paired with five beautiful Rhone Valley wines. Tix: $79++, email janine@theglassmonkey.ca or call 780-760-2228.

Paul Jaboulet wine dinner