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For more than 100 years punch was the drink of choice of most western nations and most western navies. The flowing bowl provided comfort and enhanced companionship and community to those who would would gather at clubs or homes or in the galleys or on the decks of the ships at sea. To the latter, it also had the beneficial effect of preventing scurvy, the scourge of the worlds navies until the last century.

Amizetta (est. 1979) is a fabulous winery about 1000 feet up the Howell Mountain. Its south-facing slopes offer some of the most striking views of Napa. The vines dig deep into the mountainside for water and nutrients and the fruit of these vines is always concentrated, powerful and delicious.

Some cocktails come seemingly out of nowhere. Our barman, Chris Stanley, and I were working on some punch recipes (more on that in a moment), when we came across a rather curious combination. We have Cointreau, in which we put up peaches last summer. It's delicious but very intensely fruity. We added Chartreuse, because the herbal character tends to compliment fruity things. We then added some Irish whiskey because we needed to man the whole thing up a bit. It was lovely and really, really interesting but still a bit intense with fruit and herbs.

We are pleased to welcome THE SETH JOHNSON TRIO at CATHERINE LOMBARDI tonight late night. There is no cover charge. There is a $20 minimum for table service. Jazz Fridays at Catherine Lombardi are programmed by The New Brunswick Jazz Project. You can find out more about this dynamic organization at www.NBJP.org.

Jazz, Great Cocktails and a warm fire: who could ask for more on a cold winter's night?

George Hendry is universally recognized as one of the most talented people growing grapes in California. For example, Hendry Cabernet has been a component in every vintage of Opus One ever made. A nuclear physicist by trade, George’s family has been farming The Hendry Ranch through most of the last century. George and his nephew Mike continue on in this one.
George will be here to pour and talk about his wines.

Check out our Green Carpet Dinner Theater Package (Red Carpet Packages Sold Out) with our good friends at The State Theater.

Valentine's Day in Stage Left
We will offer an early Three-Course Menu for $65. It will be available from 4:30 - 6:15 and there will be choices in each course. After 6:30, we will offer a Four-Course Menu for $75. Both menus are posted at www.stageleft.com/events.

Reserve by emailing JAlexHall@StageLeft.com. We are booking up, so so please reserve right away.

Valentine's Day in Catherine Lombardi

This week State Theatre is offering Valentine’s Week Packages starting from $86! From February 11th to the 20th you can choose from up to five different packages for five different performances including STOMP, Philharmonic of Poland, Philadanco—The Philadephia Dance Company, The Chieftains, John Lennon—70th Birthday Celebration starring Glen Burtnik & Friends, and DrumLine Live.

Our VIP package includes - 2 box seats, backstage passes, Donor Lounge, drinks/snacks

TixPlus package- 2 mid-orchestra tickets, 2 glasses of wine, chocolate

State Theatre is proud to present the 5th annual Hub City Carnivale, a three-week winter festival, February 4 - February 25, 2011, with performances ranging from the Off Broadway sensation STOMP to a glow-in-the dark puppetry performance of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, to a romantic Valentine’s weekend concert and U.S. premiere tour, of the Philharmonic of Poland. Also featured this month are various workshops; social events such as Thomas Sweets’ pre-show chocolate tastings, and much more—suited for audiences of all ages.

We've got our first two wine dinners of the year scheduled:

Friday March 4th GO WILD! Wine & Wild Game

Chef Brian's putting together a few dishes featuring Ostrich, Wild boar, Venison & Buffalo. Nick is pairing a wine to match each dish and the whole night is gonna finish with Brian's spiced and spiked hot cocoa!

Friday March 25th THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE "85 style" Seafood Wine Dinner

Chef Brian is putting together a 5 course tasting of seafood, paired up with 5 wines.

If you close your eyes you can almost hear the waves crashing against the dock...