Vinz, located in Pelican Plaza, sets a warm, sophisticated, and embracing atmosphere to enjoy a long and carefully selected wine list, with a tasty and well matched small plates menu. Combine the above with frequent live music and you will love the experience.
At Vinz we like to drink wine – whether it’s inside with bottle lined walls or outside in the breezy covered courtyard.
“Come drink with us at Vinz in Vero Beach.”
Vero Beach has a small town feel. But don’t be fooled, there is plenty of big town culture going on around here. We have a performing arts center and amongst other things we have our very own Vero Beach Museum of Art.
The Vero Beach Museum of Art opened here in Vero in 1986. In 1999 the museum underwent a hugs expansion. Keeping with the flavor of the old museum, but doubling it’s size. Here is an excerpt from their site:
“The Vero Beach Museum of Art provides cultural leadership and enrichment for the public through a wide variety of educational, studio art and humanities programs; a diversity of quality exhibitions; and the collection, preservation and presentation of important American and international works of art.
The Vero Beach Museum of Art opened its doors in 1986 and is the largest cultural arts facility of its kind on Florida’s Treasure Coast. This accredited Museum offers state, national, and regional art exhibitions, a sculpture garden, studio classes, gallery tours, museum store, workshops, seminars, film studies, family events, and cultural celebrations
In 1999 it launched a successful expansion campaign, which doubled the size of the facility to a total of 54,444 square feet. In 2002 it changed its name to the Vero Beach Museum of Art. The Alice and Jim Beckwith Sculpture Park, a one-acre site on the Museum’s south side, opened on February 1, 2007 as an additional “changing exhibition gallery” for outdoor works of art. In 2010 further expansion included an additional sculpture park at the Museum’s entrance to house works from its permanent collection… In addition its center open-air courtyard was enclosed with a sky roof allowing for more usable space all year long. The Museum is the principal visual arts facility on Florida’s Treasure Coast, and serves a three-county area. Its neoclassical structure commands a premiere position on 7 acres in the 54 acre Riverside Park..”
Visit their site at: http://www.verobeachmuseum.org/index.cfm?method=Exhibitions_detail&ID=254
To see what is on exhibit this weekend. If you haven’t yet made plans for this weekend, what about a trip to the Vero Beach Museum of Art and then stop at Vinz Wining and Dining for a light supper and a great glass of wine?
See you soon
With Memorial Day weekend only a few days away, we thought it would be a perfect time to refresh you on the myriad of wines that are available and how they complement various foods. Perhaps you plan to meet with your friends at Vinz in Vero or have a family gathering that allows you to share past memories and make new ones. So what kind of wine should you serve this weekend?
Red, white and sparkling are the most popular wines, which we feature in wide array on our menus. Rose is another option, but most of our customers do stick with red or white, so let’s start our discussion with red wines. Merlot, Shiraz, and Cabernet Sauvignon are the classics. Merlot, with its plum and blackberry essences can be easily paired with desserts or chocolates, as well as many main courses. Shiraz, with its black pepper and currant flavors is best with meat. Cabernet Sauvignon is also a great choice paired with meat, with its bell pepper and currant undertones.
Onto the white wines which include Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling. For salads and poultry, Sauvignon Blanc is perfect because of its grapefruit, bell pepper and grass aromas. As for Chardonnay, we recommend it as a complement to seafood, pork and poultry due to its complex “taste mix” of apple, pear, melon, citrus and oak. Pinot Gris, more often referred to as Pinot Grigio, is best with pasta and seafood with a rich flavor that borders on spicy. With hints of lime, apple and pear, Reisling is preferred with pork and poultry.
And, finally, the sparkling wines with bubbles and fizz that are Champagne and Cava. Champagne signifies “celebration” to most and is perfect for any holiday weekend. Lastly, Cava brings up the ranks. Yet another sparkling wine that comes in white or rose.
Vinz in Vero wishes you a safe holiday weekend with much joy and remembrance!
We loved this quote:
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Benjamin Franklin
And with a nice dinner, or a yummy cheese, what more do we need?
Wine anyone?
Did you ever notice that on TV shows, when people drink wine it is almost always red? I think that is because white wine would probably look like water on most television screens. I like red wines just fine, but sometimes, when the weather is warm, I like a nice chilled glass of white wine.
I usually like the drier wines better, and one of my favorites, (although I have many favorites) is a wine that we carry here at Vinz Wine Bar in Vero. It is called Vigneti Pinot Grigio.
The wine sites describe it as: “Vigneti del Sole is a lighter-style Pinot Grigio with plenty of fruit and acidity for a well-balanced wine. This popular Italian white has crisp acidity and a nose of lemons, green apples and almonds. With no oak, the wine shows the best of the Pinot Grigio varietal flavors. Well-balanced with a fresh, clean finish. “
I would say it more simply. It has a light, crisp and fruity flavor without being sweet. It goes well with a light, hard cheese, or our fresh from the oven pretzels.
Stop by tonight, I will have a glass ready for you!!
Yes folks. There are Wineries in Florida. And they are gaining in popularity. Every so often we are going to feature one of them on our blog. I have not personally toured most of these wineries, but I think it would be something to put on my bucket list!
Today we would like to tell you about:
Florida Winery San Sebastian
San Sebastian Winery
Located in one of Henry Flagler’s old East Coast Railway buildings just a few blocks from historic downtown St. Augustine. San SebastianWinery offers complimentary guided tours and tasting of award winning wines seven days a week. Discover the art of winemaking via audiovisual presentation, guided walking tour of the building which houses oak barrels and stainless steel wine storage tanks. Tours start every 20-25 minutes.
San Sebastian Winery offers 11 different wines, along with one sparkling and two dessert wines; Cream Sherry and Port. There is a large wine shop with a wide assortment of interesting gifts, gift baskets, gourmet foods and wine accessories, as well as expansive tasting counter.”
If you take a trip there, let us know what your thoughts are!!
Vinz in Vero Winery and Dinery
Happy Mother’s Day
Wine, cheese, dinner, desert and good music. Those are what we are all about at Vinz Wining & Dining. Every Friday and Saturday evening we have entertainers to provide the background for a relaxing evening after what may have been a stressful week.
this week we will have
May 10 – Gary Moulton, on guitar and vocals (sounds like Neil young)
May 11 – Don Soledad – spanish guitarist with great percussionist
Come by and listen with us!!
