CARIBBEAN PARTY with The Tropical Steel Band Sunday, August 14 Listen to real Caribbean music on steel drums. Prizes for best dressed for the tropics. Dig that grass skirt out of the back of the closet because this will be the best fun in the Caribbean…. without the price of an airpline ticket! Priceless! Corn Crib Catering will be offering Caribbean food: jerk chicken/Alabama white sauce, rice blend, roll/butter and dessert for $10/plate.
IOWA STATE FAIR! August 11 – 21
Snus Hill Wine will be available for tasting and for sale at the Wine Tent located near the Big Yellow Slide behind the Varied Industries Building. Open 10:00 am until 10:00 pm every night. Snus Hill staff will be there on Thursday, August 11th; Saturday, August 13th; Tuesday, August 16th; and Thursday, August 18th and you can taste and buy wines from a number of Iowa wineries as well as from Snus Hill Winery.
AWARDS!
Here are some of our most recent winning awards from this year’s MidAmerican Wine Competition.
GOLD – Edelweiss
GOLD – Sven Red with smoked pork ribs
GOLD – Edelweiss with grilled chicken
GOLD – Boule de Poils with poached sole
SILVER – Frontenac ’08
SILVER – Sven Red
SILVER – Frontenac Dessert
SILVER – Chardonel
SILVER – Boule de Poils
SILVER – CatNip
BRONZE – Marechal Foch
BRONZE – Frontenac ’09
BRONZE – Edelweiss with sauteed shrimp
BRONZE – Whisker White
SPECIALS
Our biggest medal winning wine is on sale. Our Edelweiss regular price is $16/bottle. The more you buy the bigger the savings. One bottle is $12, two bottles for $22, and three bottles for $30.
Events:
Fri, Aug 12, 6:30-9:30 pm Piranha Brothers
Sun, Aug 14, 2-5 pm Tropical Drums and Caribbean Party!
Fri, Aug 19, 6:30-9:30 pm Planet Passengers
Sun, Aug 21, 2-5 pm Ashanti
Fri, Aug 26, 6:30-9:30 pm Billy Club
Sun, Aug 28, 2-5 pm STOMP RIDE with the Hold On Band
Fri, Sept 2, 6:30-9:30 pm Infusion
Sat, Sept 3, 6:30-9:30 pm Back Stage Boogie Band
Sun, Sept 4, 2-5 pm Matt Woods and the Thunderbolts
TIDBITS
It’s sweet corn season….. so what wines do you think pairs best with sweet corn on the cob?
Many dry or semi-dry white wines would do well. Our Whisker White, Boule de Poils and Chardonel would make great pairings.
