City Vino's Fredericksburg Wine Meetup

New year, new you—step out on faith and let bold wines take the lead! Deep ruby, inky, garnet—they hit the eye with confidence before even touching your palate. Aromas roar with black cherry, bramble, cassis, and dark plum, spiced with pepper, clove, or smoky vanilla, maybe even a whisper of leather or cedar. On the tongue, they’re full-bodied, tannic, and unapologetically structured, bursting with layers of flavor that demand to be noticed. This is your palate speaking, your authority shining—splash those flavors boldly, strut that bottle down the runway, and own every sip like no one could ever overrule your taste
Josep Grau Viticultor L’Efect Volador Montsant Catalonia Spain 2023 60% Grenache, 30% Carignan, 10% Syrah. Opens with red florals, bramble, black cherry, anise, and savory tones of bacon-wrapped date, maple, and black pepper. The palate adds sun-kissed black plum, dried cranberry, cooked blackberry, pomegranate, and a light minty-herbal thread, supported by touches of vanilla, wood char, smoke, leather, and earthy slate.
Clos Siguier Cahors France 2020 95% Malbec, 5% Tannat. Oens with black cherry, red currant, and ripe plum, layered with cool black tea, licorice, clove, and a subtle earthy note of crushed stone and dried sage. This is a fruit-driven wine, showing black cherry, stewed blackberry, blueberry, and pomegranate. A long graceful, mineral lined finish with lingering dark fruity and spice.
Tait Wines The Ball Buster Barossa Valley Australia 2022 77% Shiraz, 12% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon. Intense aromas of sweet tobacco, mocha, black olive, black currents, stewed plums, cherry and chocolate. Full bodied palate; blackberry, plum, white pepper, wet stone, s with a long-lasting savory finish
Domaine de Terrebrune Terre d'Ombre Rouge Provence France 2022 80% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache, 10% Cinsault. Aromas of earth, herbs, blackberry, blueberry, bramble that all follow to the palate. Flavors of plum, chocolate, caramel, fig, cinnamon, cedar, wet leaves, forest floor. There are many layers of complexity and intensity. Medium bodied, medium minus in acidity, with a long finish.

January 9th, doors open at 7:00, show starts at 7:30

Tickets $30 / person and includes four samples of wine and a light snack
Get tickets: HERE

✨ Prepare to Be Amazed! ✨ The great Patrick Reynolds arrives at City Vino for an evening where reality loosens its grip and the ordinary slips quietly away. The night will unfold in a graceful ebb and flow — moments of illusion drawing you in, followed by the pleasure of a flight of four 2-oz wine samples, each paired with a light snack. Magic gives way to tasting, tasting returns to magic, each enhancing the other as the experience drifts back and forth like a pendulum of delight.
Expect laughter, surprises, and the soft shimmer of the impossible, all carried along by sips perfectly chosen to match the mood.
Seats are limited — step into the spell at City Vino.
Other wine and menu items will be available for purchase.

### Tickets are $40 person. Get Tickets HERE

DRY SHERRY? Fortified wine does not have to be sweet wine! Sherry Explained is an in-depth exploration of one of the wine world’s most complex and historically significant styles. The course traces the evolution of Sherry from its Phoenician origins through England’s long-standing obsession and the challenges of 20th-century scandals. Students will examine the geography, climate, and zones of production of Jerez, with particular attention to its distinctive soils, grape varieties, and vineyard management practices. Winemaking topics include biological versus oxidative aging, back-sweetening methods, maturation techniques such as the solera system, and the classification of Sherry styles. The course concludes with a hands-on blending exercise, allowing students to experiment with creating their own Sherry-style profile..