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Jump to an Event<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Event: <\/strong>Houston Restaurant Weeks is an annual month-long fundraiser to benefit the Houston Food Bank. Participating restaurants make donations to the Food Bank based upon how many brunches, lunches and dinners they sell during the event. For each multi-course meal, participating restaurants donate $3 – 7 to the food bank. Several of the participating restaurants have great wine lists. See the list of participating restaurants here.<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n Event: <\/strong>French Country Wines offers a selection of artisanal wines, hand-made and estate-bottled, from family-owned and operated vineyards throughout France. Come to one of their wine tastings to try what they offer. Sign up for their email newsletter to see what wines they’ll be offering. <\/a><\/p>\n Event: <\/strong>Come enjoy an amazing dinner and NICE wine with winemakers and Le Cordon Bleu trained Chefs Ryan Levy & Ian Eastveld. They will show you how to prepare an amazing dinner and teach you the science behind pairing cuisine with their acclaimed NICE Wines! <\/a><\/p>\n Event: <\/strong>Learn how to make an amazing menu featuring Hatch chiles and how the sparkling wines of Gruet can enhance your enjoyment of them. <\/a><\/p>\n Event: <\/strong>Take a wine tasting tour of rose with the resident expert at Central Market. Not only will you taste the featured wines, but you will also learn about what to look for when tasting wine, how the grapes are grown, techniques utilized in the winery, and much more. Here’s what’s going on in wine in August in the Houston area: Jump to an Event Houston Restaurant Weeks 2015 Wine Tastings at French Country Wines A Mid-Summers Wine Dream Cooking Class & Wine Dinner at Central Market Hatch Chiles and Sparkling Wine at Central Market Discover Series: Roses for Summer at Central Market Houston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[625,632,602],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-houston-area-wine-events","category-houston-wine-scene","category-wine-eat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15508"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15657,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15508\/revisions\/15657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Houston Area Wine Events and Special Offers:<\/h2>\n
Houston Restaurant Weeks 2015<\/h3>\n
\nDates: <\/strong>August 1 – September 7, 2015
\nTime: <\/strong>During restaurant hours.
\nLocation: <\/strong>Various restaurants throughout Houston.
\nContact: <\/strong>Go here for more details.<\/a>
\nCost: <\/strong>$20 – $45 per multi-course meal.
\nTickets: <\/strong>Contact the participating restaurant directly to make reservations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWine Tastings at French Country Wines<\/h3>\n
\nDate: <\/strong>Every Wednesday & Saturday
\nTime: <\/strong>5:00 – 7:00 pm (Wed) and 12:00 – 6:00 pm (Sat)
\nLocation: <\/strong>French Country Wines, 2433 Bartlett Street, Houston, TX 77098
\nContact: <\/strong>713-993-9500<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/h3>\n
A Mid-Summers Wine Dream Cooking Class & Wine Dinner at Central Market<\/h3>\n
\nDate: <\/strong>Saturday, August 8, 2015
\nTime: <\/strong>6:30 – 9:00 pm
\nLocation: <\/strong>Central Market, 3815 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77027
\nContact: <\/strong>713-993-9860
\nCost: <\/strong>$65 per person
\nTickets: <\/strong>Purchase tickets online here.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nHatch Chiles and Sparkling Wine at Central Market<\/h3>\n
\nDate: <\/strong>Saturday, August 11, 2015
\nTime: <\/strong>6:30 – 8:30 pm
\nLocation: <\/strong>Central Market, 3815 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77027
\nContact: <\/strong>713-993-9860
\nCost: <\/strong>$65 per person
\nTickets: <\/strong>Purchase tickets online here.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDiscover Series: Roses for Summer at Central Market<\/h3>\n
\nDate: <\/strong>Monday, August 24, 2015
\nTime: <\/strong>6:30 – 7:30 pm
\nLocation: <\/strong>Central Market, 3815 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77027
\nContact: <\/strong>713-993-9860
\nCost: <\/strong>$10 per person
\nTickets: <\/strong>Purchase tickets online here.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"