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Evening of Yoga & Wine

Yoga & Wine, 2nd ThursdayThursday, October 14th

6:30 pm–A wonderful, full hour plus a wee bit more of an outstanding yoga class that will stretch each part of your body & soul. Unwind the mind, practice restorative poses, and receive cosmic goodness.
 
7:30 pm–A terrific, refreshing glass of locally made Texas wine accompanied by a happy plate of cheese and fruit. Reservations are encouraged so that the appropriate amount of food can be anticipated, but reservations are not required, so if moved by the spirit at the last minute, then come on down and join us! Questions and so on, email [email protected]. Namaste

How to open a wine bottle with a shoe

Salado Corkscrews only $2

save your shoe-buy our corkscrew!

how to open a wine bottle with a shoe

It happens to everyone.  You’re at the hotel, or bed & breakfast, you’ve got that great bottle of Texas wine and no opener!  Well, click on the how to link above and see what to do next.  Or just come down and see us.  We sell corkscrews for as little as $2 and you don’t end up with wine all over your sneakers!

Wiseman House Chocolates

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Wiseman House Chocolate

Saturday, September 25, 12-5 pm

Wismeman House will be here all afternoon to introduce you to their fine handmade chocolates, just in case you didn’t get enough chocolate at the Evening of Chocolate and Wine on Friday, September 24.  They will be offering tastings and plenty of chocolate for sale.  We’ll be offering our normal “Taste 5 wines for $3” and the Chocolate Trail will be in progress from 2-5 pm. Their truffles were a huge hit last year and we will be carrying the products regularly through the fall and holiday season.

Chocolatier Kevin Wenzel
Fourteen years ago artist and chocolatier Kevin Wenzel first opened the doors to the Wiseman House to begin offering fine handmade chocolates to the public. Having studied fine arts in Europe, Asia and the U.S., and chocolate making at a fifth generation chocolate school in Pennsylvania, this confectioner’s son possesses the perfect combination of talent, training, and heritage for this delicate art.

The Wiseman House Difference
Customers who frequent the Wiseman House often ask us what makes our chocolates so unique. The answer is quite simple; we combine real chocolate from origins such as Belgium and Venezuela, with real ingredients such as fresh whipping cream and chopped fruits, and real flavors like crushed coffee beans, and authentic liquers. In fact, what makes our chocolates so unique is not so much what we put in, but what we leave out – added sugars, glutens, sodium nitrates, and trans fats. The result is a fuller flavor profile, smoother texture, and richer taste that you will begin to appreciate from the very first bite. When tasting our fine chocolates you will step back in time and enjoy the same richness and flavor that inspired the Ancient Mayans to revere chocolate as the nectar of the gods.

The Chocolate Experience
At Wiseman House Chocolates, we believe that chocolates are meant to be an experience – to be shared with friends, given as a gift or enjoyed alone in your thoughts. We take time in hand crafting each of our fine chocolates so that our customers will be pleased as they take time to savor every bite. So please, slow down, enjoy your chocolates, and savor life.

Chocolate Trail

Chocolate Trail starts at Salado Wine Seller

Saturday, September 25

Start your Saturday off with a “Milky Way Chocolate & Wine Pairing” with “Miss Jane” Nickles Hood from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Salado Holiday Inn Express.  Milk Chocolate and wine is one of the toughest pairings in the food and wine universe.  It’s a mysterious and complex match, but there are ways to make it work!  In this class, we will try all kinds of milk chocolate creations, paired with all kinds of delicious wines.  We’ll learn how and why they can pair up together, and keep tasting until we find the best match in the galaxy!  This is a ticketed event for $39.95 per person.  Tickets must be purchased at www.saladochocolatefestival.com. 

Enjoy a new event this year.  There will be a Chocolate Trail with 5 stops from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Start at Salado Wine Seller where you will enjoy Texas wines paired with handmade Wiseman House chocolate truffles from Hico, Texas. You will then follow the trail to Brookshire Brothers and enjoy chocolate covered grapes with a sweet Muscat wine. From there you will head to Charlotte’s of Salado to enjoy Redstone chocolate bars (Dark Chocolate Strawberry & Champagne and Milk Chocolate Salty Peanut & Jalapeno) paired with Charlotte’s Chocolate Flavored Coffee. Your next stop is Roy T’s Bakery known for chocolate shakes and chocolate éclairs. Your final stop will be at Gregory’s fine jewelry store.  This is a ticketed event for $24.95. Tickets must be purchased in advance at www.saladochocolatefestival.com. 

Another new event being added this year is “Death By Chocolate Contest” presented by the Friends of the Salado Public Library.  This will be held at the Salado Public Library from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Enter your favorite chocolate recipe and you might win!  Entries available at the library.  Entry Deadline is 1:00 p.m. on September 22nd.  For more information please call 254-947-9191.

Folk & Fudge

Jiminy Crisket

Jiminy Crisket

Saturday, September 25, 7-9 pm

Cover charge includes cheese & crackers and of course fudge. The folk music will be by Jiminy Crisket.  Jimmy Joe and Chrissie Natoli who are a Swinging, Folky, ‘Bluegrassy’, Fun, Story-Telling, Duet-Singing Duo, hail from just a little East of Austin, TX.  They feature “Tunes handcrafted to make you smile”.

The fudge will be from Mud Pies Pottery who sells the ever famous and sought after “Sir Wigglesworth’s Homemade Fudge,” formerly made and sold at Sir Wigglesworth’s of Salado for over 17 years. With only the finest ingredients available including real butter and cream.  This Texas fudge is hand made, poured, and garnished in the Fudge Kitchen here in Salado.

As part of the Salado Chocolate & Wine Weekend, free golf cart shuttle will be available in Salado from 12:30 pm – 9:30 pm provided by the Village of Salado tourism department, the volunteer Salado Ambassadors and Fairway Golf Carts.  Tickets are $9.95 each and will be available at the door or Register for Chocolate & Wine Weekend EVENTS in Salado, TX on Eventbrite

Would you like to know more about the band?  Jiminy Crisket is a husband-wife musical duo who capture the ears and hearts of their listeners with songs that are at once relatable and unique.  Their style encompasses overtones of country, bluegrass, folk, jazz and even classical music.  Variety is definitely a constant with this pair!  Their songs tell stories of hotrods and boot-leggers, race car hall-of-famers, grandpa’s yarns, internet dates gone wrong, and devilish romances.   Their duets are funny and touching at the same time, packed full of clever rhymes and real-to-life guy-to-girl banter that inspires laughter and knowing nods from the audience.  Vocal harmonies and tasty, fancy guitar work are an integral part of their show. 

Jimmy Joe has a way of playing a guitar that is inspiring, moving, and often just plain amazing.  He’ll play a song that is reminiscent of Chet Atkins, then pull out some Johnny Cash style licks, and then in a sweet moment play a classically influenced solo that will bring listeners to tears!   He studied at both Berklee in Boston and GIT in Hollywood, and has spent 30 years with a guitar in his hands.  But more than what could be learned in any school, he has a special talent for being able to listen with his heart and play just the right notes to fully bring out the emotion of a piece, whether it be a gentle song written by Chrissie or a hard-hitting, 95 mile per hour bluegrass tune!

Jiminy Crisket has been performing together for about 4 years.  Their musical wedding in October of 2009 inspired them to write their vows as a duet which they regularly perform, and which becomes an instant favorite for fans.  Since the wedding, they have been putting their efforts whole-heartedly into their musical project.  In a short time, they have recorded a 4 song EP which features one of their duets, their devil love songs, and an instrumental piece that showcases Jimmy Joe’s guitar work.  They have performed for the Zilker Botanical Gardens Festival, for the work week-end concert series for the Kerrville Folk Festival volunteers, at Artz Rib House and Flipnotics Coffeespace in Austin, and on a small tour of New Mexico and Colorado and then in New York.  They  have been featured twice on Austin’s KOOP radio.  They continue to play the Barton Creek Farmers Market weekly, and to perform in house concerts and at vineyards, restaurants, bars and coffee shops across central Texas.  They have an opening slot for the Asylum Street Spankers in October as well as a televised antique show in East Texas coming up in the fall of 2010.   They are constantly writing and creating new music and gaining new fans everywhere they go, inspiring laughter and smiles and providing an earful of good music ready for the listening!

 Contact:  Chrissie Natoli 512.773.2605 or Jimmy Joe Natoli 512.297.7922

[email protected]

www.jiminycrisket.com

Evening of Chocolate & Wine

Dessert Plate 2008

Friday, September 24, 7:30 – 10 pm

Join us for an elegant evening of chocolate and wine under the stars.  We will be pouring 5 Texas wines, each chosen for its unique flavors.  These special wines will each be paired with a fantastic chocolate dessert from The Range Restaurant.  The tables will be set with linen and candles while music will be provided by Dow Ferguson, a classical guitarist.  This makes a fantastic evening for a romantic couple or a group of friends.  Only folks with tickets will be seated. This event might sell out, so buy yours now at Register for Chocolate & Wine Weekend EVENTS in Salado, TX on Eventbrite

Menu for Evening of Chocolate & Wine:

1. McPherson Cellars Viognier * tropical fruit notes naturally match Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroon

2.  Haak Vineyards & Winery Malbec * Sweet violets and a hint of licorice along with aromas of vanilla, roasted coffee and tobacco go perfectly well with Triple Chocolate Chunk Brownie Bites

3.  Flat Creek Estate Muscato Blanco *  Semi-sweet, citrus-packed, honeysuckle and jasmine set off the Chocolate Hazelnut Ganache Bars

4.  Brix Shiraz (sweet) * surprising berry flavors contrast with Banana & White Chocolate Filled crepe topped with chocolate sauce

5.  Texas Hills Vineyard Port Rubino * Ruby ports are aged a short time in oak and  bottled young & fiery, making this a great compliment to Individual Peanut Butter & Chocolate Mouse Pie

SALADO not in the creek WINERY

No flood damage

Salado Creek had quite a flash flood in the morning, Wednesday, September 8th.  Some homes in Mill Creek and some businesses along Salado Creek were filled with water for a short time.  We are not close to the creek, so luckily we were not affected.  If you would like to read more about some of the businesses that were affected, look here.  Also, there are many fundraising opportunities if you would like to help flood victims.  Look to the Salado Village Voice for updates. 

So come on down to Salado Winery and taste some Texas wines!  The grass is green and the sun is shining.  Salado has over 200 businesses open and ready to delight you.

Salado Winery on front page of KDH Sunday Business Section

June picking grapes

photo by Andrew Brosig and published in Killeen Daily Herald

Enjoy your Sunday paper today, we’re on the front page of the Business section of the Killeen Daily Herald!  Okay, the section starts on page C7 and our story continues on page C10, so not exactly the biggest news story, but it’s a nice summary of what we’ve been doing lately and it’s accompanied by some great pictures.  If you can’t run out and buy a copy, check out the story at http://kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?c=10 and then go to http://kdhnews.com/multimedia and find the slideshow for Salado Winery Co. to see more pictures.

It happens that our friend Scott Simon owner of the Texas Cheese House is on page B1 of today’s paper as well.  He was the Adelea’s Farmers’ Market Saturday selling cheese.  You don’t have to wait until next Saturday to buy his cheese though, we’ve got it 7 days a week!

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!  If you get thirsty, we’re open Sunday 12-6 & Monday 12-6.

Evening of Yoga & Wine

Yoga & Wine, 2nd ThursdayThursday, September 9th

6:30 pm–A wonderful, full hour plus a wee bit more of an outstanding yoga class that will stretch each part of your body & soul.  Unwind the mind, practice restorative poses, and receive cosmic goodness.
 
7:30 pm–A terrific, refreshing glass of locally made Texas wine accompanied by a happy plate of cheese and fruit.  Reservations are encouraged so that the appropriate amount of food can be anticipated, but reservations are not required, so if moved by the spirit at the last minute, then come on down and join us! Questions and so on, email [email protected]. Namaste

Artist Reception

Meet the Author/Illustrator

ARTIST’S RECEPTION

Who:  WALT DAVIS

When:  Friday, September 17, 2010, 6-8 pm

What better pairing with Texas wine could there be than a book & artwork about Texas?

Join us on Friday, September 17, 6-8 pm when Walt & Isabel Davis will be on hand to discuss their book “Exploring the Edges of Texas“. The Salado Winery gallery will be filled with Walt’s related art.  Each of the sixteen chapters opens with an original drawing by Walt and represents a segment of the Texas border where the authors selected a special place—a national park, a stretch of river, a mountain range, or an archeological site. Using a firsthand account of that place written by a previous visitor (artist, explorer, naturalist, or archeologist), they then identified a contemporary voice (biologist, rancher, river-runner, or paleontologist) to serve as a modern-day guide for their journey of rediscovery. This dual perspective allows the authors to attach personal stories to the places they visited, to connect the past with the present, and to compare Texas then with Texas now. Says Walt:

The natural world is my subject–watercolor my medium.  I believe that pigment, dissolved in water, and applied to paper produces more luminous color than any other medium.  It is perfect for capturing the glowing transparency of a Texas sky, a shimmering reflection, or the translucence of a newly unfurled leaf. 

 The medium is mercurial however: sometimes difficult, always full of surprises. I constantly weigh the importance of original intent against the unexpected opportunities that present themselves as the work progresses.  For me, painting in watercolor is a series of negotiations with the medium often involving painful decisions, trade offs, and sacrifices.  The ever present risk of failure lends excitement to the process and makes success especially sweet.   

 I am primarily a landscape painter, inspired by the beauty nature produces when left to express itself according to its own needs and potentialities.  Painting allows me to enter into that world and experience it in a more personal and intimate way.  Hopefully, the resulting painting captures the essence of a place and allows the viewer to experience it more deeply as well.

 A landscape is composed of essential elements (rocks, soil, water, plants, animals) playing their appointed roles according to fundamental principles.  A work of art is composed of essential elements as well (line, shape, value, color, texture) obeying a different but no less fundamental set of principles.  The challenge for the representational landscape painter is to choreograph a delicate dance between art and nature coaxing the fundamental truth of one to illuminate the fundamental truth of the other.

Whether retracing botanist Charles Wright’s 600-mile walk to El Paso in 1849 or paddling Houston’s Buffalo Bayou, where John James Audubon saw ivory-billed woodpeckers in 1837, the Davises seek to remind readers that the state’s natural history was written by passionate and determined people. Anyone interested in Texas or its rich natural history will find deep enjoyment in Exploring the Edges of Texas.   Explore the book here.