BARGAIN WINES
Our particular venue for Bargain Wines is ad hoc and unlike most other SIR activities with either weekly or monthly meetings our events are held only 3-4 times during the year. We are a coed activity with partners and guests most welcome!
History: SIR Bargain Wines began in 2010. The concept is simple. We attempt to find a nice bottle of wine at a decent price from local stores known for recurring sales or bargain prices. Using the Branch 8 database a roster of Bargain Wine members is maintained in order to email notification of dates and times of planned tasting events. Reservations are taken on a first come basis and the two chairpersons purchase the wines for tasting. Members have also been known to offer suggestions of their favorites.
Be sure to bring a guest as we find our venue is an effective way to introduce prospective members to the SIR family-who does not like to eat and drink! We taste and evaluate/rate the selections of both red and white wines and publish our findings. Results are shared electronically with event attendees and via the Hotline with the entire membership so anyone wishing to take a chance on our selections has access.
At many of our tastings the attendees will have the opportunity to rate the wines being presented. As our name Bargain Wines denotes, we are not high-end/special occasion steak dinner wines and often our bargain selections go unappreciated and unpurchased, but everyone enjoys the event. We are a coed group and Bill and I are sending our members a suggestion for August/September which would include an indoor class at Total Wine. One class is snack food with Chardonnay -NOTE -Most of our members partners appreciate white wine while our Sir members are bigger into reds; should anyone reading this month’s update have an interest in a class “Sip n’ Snack pairings- Chardonnay with buttered popcorn or Pinot Noir with BBQ chips”- send me an email-address below.
For 2024 we increased our purchase amount but will stay with the $5-$9.00 per bottle range (occasionally slipping to $10+) and hope to find wines our members will consider. Have not found much at Grocery Outlet of late but for those who shop Costco, there have been a bargain or two!
At least one tasting may be at a local winery which may mean we need to go a bit upscale, $$, in the cost of tasting.
Please contact me for more information.
Chairman, Dennis Mierzwa
925/938-5343
Event Reports and Photos follow:
December 2024
Bargain Wines – Wishes you Happy Holidays and a healthy new year!
Watch for January 2025 emails for Bargain Wine opportunities.
November 2024
We are sad to note the passing of Bill Koski. He was a great help in keeping Bargain wines going, a great member of Sirs volunteering and taking a leadership role in many activities- he will be missed!
Bargain Wines meets on an ad hoc basis. Our objective is to find a reasonably priced wine that you would drink as an everyday wine- not every day of course -let’s just say it might be your midweek wine!
At many of our tastings the attendees will have the opportunity to rate the wines being presented. As our name Bargain Wines denotes, we are not high-end/special occasion steak dinner wines and often our bargain selections go unappreciated and unpurchased, but everyone enjoys the event. We are a coed group and welcome guests.
Watch for January 2025 emails for Bargain Wine opportunities.
September 2024
The past year Bill Koski and I have had some health challenges which have slowed us both down and Bill has step down as assistant chairmen. Currently searching for an October/November event as well as assistant!
Chairmen: Dennis Mierzwa, dennis.miezwa@att.net
Updated 12/22/24 MLF
