WINE CALENDAR
Summer Series wine
dinner: Avenida Brazil, 12000 U.S. 59 S. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. $65 plus tax and gratuity. 281-865-8998. Create your own wine dinner during Houston
Restaurant Weeks: Ouisie’s Table, 3939 San Felipe; $20 at lunch, $28 at dinner with HRW menu for seven wine samplings through Sept. 4; 713-528-2264. “Hard Knocks” sports/ wine dinner hosted by the Chronicle’s John McClain and featuring the Louis M. Martini Monte Rosso Cabernet Sauvignon and other premium EJ Gallo wines: The Manor House at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, 111 N. Post Oak; 7 p.m. Sept. 7; $125 plus tax and gratuity; 713-685-6840. Webster Cellars Meritage
& Meat wine dinner: Ritual, 602 Studewood. 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 13. $45 plus tax and gratuity. 713-397-7713. Houston Chronicle’s fourth annual Culinary Stars, featuring food from top Houston chefs, wine tastings from more than 20 estates and the unveiling of Alison Cook’s Top 100 Restaurants list: 4747 Southwest Freeway; 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14; VIP tickets $150, general admission $100; houstonculinarystars.com. Best Cellars Houston dinner, benefiting the T. J. Martel Foundation: Hotel ZaZa, 5701 S. Main. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27. $750 individual tickets, sponsorship $7,500 to $25,000. donate.tjmartell. org/Houston. ellie@ franciscoandco.com. Iron Sommelier presented by AutoSol, benefiting the Periwinkle Foundation: The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, 111 N. Post Oak; 6 p.m. Nov. 9; tickets from $200; 713-807-0191, ironsommelier. com. Ongoing wine education: The Texas Wine School, 2301 Portsmouth. thetexaswineschool.com. 713-828-7767. Weekly free tastings: Houston Wine Merchant, 2646 S. Shepherd. 5:30 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays. 713-524-3397. French Country Wines, 2433 Bartlett. Noon-6 p.m. Saturdays. 713-9939500. Vino and Vinyl, 3340 FM 1092, Suite 150, Missouri City. 2-4 p.m. Saturdays. 281208-7453. Vine Wine Room, 12420 Memorial, 3 p.m. Saturdays. 713-463-8463.
Email event information to dale.robertson@chron.com. Please give two weeks’ notice.