Wine Tasting, Poetry in Avondale Estates on Tuesday Night

Avondale Estates residents and guests have two events on Tuesday night to choose from, and enjoy.

Deborah Monroy will be doing a poetry reading at Savage Pizza beginning at 8 pm. There will be an open poetry reading at 7 pm.

Monroy, an Avondale Estates resident, is the winner of the first Gerard Manley Hopkins Poetry Award from Georgia State. She is also a photographer whose work is collected by private and corporate collectors in San Francisco, Atlanta and New York. Her work has been shown in Atlanta at the Backdrop Gallery and the Swan Coach House Gallery, and it appears monthly on the Avondale poetry reading's posters displayed at various locations around Avondale and Decatur.

The Little Wine Shop of Avondale Estates is also having its August wine club tasting at 7 pm. This month features Old Word wines with an Asian twist.

Wine Selection:

• Anima Negra Quibia, Spain
• Torres Vina Esmeralda, Spain
• Borgo Pinot Nero, Italy
• Domaine Cantrelles Cabernet, France
• Ch Tire la Piede 2009, France
• Hakutsuru sake Junmai Ginjo, Japan

The wines will be accompanied by locally produced artisan meats and cheese (sold in shop). Cost is $10 per person.