Upcoming Wine Tasting Events

Friday's Uncorked

Every Friday, 5pm - 8pm. Fridays Uncorked wine tasting is a great way to start the weekend. Every Friday enjoy a selection of wines in a casual, self-directed tasting. It's an inexpensive way to expand your wine knowledge, plus it's so much fun. Browse Events

Jan 6 - USA: Classic Napa Cabs

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons that show off the power and finesse possible from this region. ...Sign Up

Jan 13 - Italy: Sicily

Nero d'Avola and Insolia and beyond—try these native favorites as well as a few other varieties that express Sicily's ability to produce other great varietal wines. ...Sign Up

Jan 20 - Spain: Priorat & Montsant

Rich and powerful reds from Priorat and refined, complex reds from Montsant. ...Sign Up

Jan 27 - Australia

Celebrate Australia Day (one day late) with five of our favorite wines from the Land Down Under, mate! ...Sign Up

New Year's Day hours:
A Southern Season: Noon - 7p
Weathervane: 11a - 4p

New Year's Day Cookout at A Southern Season

NOON - 3:00PM

We will be open and partying New Year's Day. Come out for a Cackalacky™ Cookout and listen to the great tunes of Guilty Pleasures while you sip on samples from Duck-Rabbit Brewery.

Begin 2012 at Weathervane Restaurant

Weathervane will be serving a traditional Southern New Year's Day menu on January 1, 2012. Black-eyed peas, collards, cornbread—all your favorites will be served in addition to our regular brunch menu. We will also be serving our very popular Bacon, Egg and Avocado sandwich - the perfect prescription after a night of celebrating.

Drink Specials
Bloody Marys & Mimosas
Reviver No. 2 - dry gin, orange liqueur, blanc apéritif wine, lemon juice, absinthe
Champagne Cocktail - sparkling wine, bitters, La Perruche sugar cube

We are celebrating National Hot Tea Month throughout January, and have some exciting plans for our Tea Department. Whether you're a tea lover now, or would like to discover something new, stop by this month and share your enthusiasm as we explore and sample the varying categories of one of the most popular beverages in the world!

Imported Italian Mascarpone

11:00AM - 3:00PM

Indulge in Tiramisu made with real mascarpone imported from Lombardy, Italy.

National Hot Tea Month - Wellness Week

During Wellness Week, in addition to traditional teas, we'll sample and share some time-honored botanicals that have been used in home remedies throughout the world. Sleep and digestion aids are most commonly asked for, so that's where we'll start, but in today's health conscious environment, there's much more to share.

Imported Italian Mascarpone

11:00AM - 3:00PM

Experience what happens when real mascarpone is used to make French Toast. Recipe from John Scharffenberger's The Essence of Chocolate.

Le Grand Pesto

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Le Maison Le Grand is a leader in the production of cold-processed sauces. The company makes products inspired by both the gourmet quality of fine European cuisine and the West Coast influence of healthy, natural foods. Found in our deli department, open one of these innovatively packaged pestos to discover an aroma just as fresh and delicious as homemade.

National Hot Tea Month - Republic of Tea Sampling: Double Green Matcha

11:00AM - 4:00PM

Matcha has been experiencing a surge in popular culture; in baking, added to smoothies and water bottles, blended with traditional green teas, and whisking in the manner of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. When you drink Matcha, the whole leaf is actually consumed rather than brewed, so you're getting the direct nutrient benefit of drinking the leaves. Also getting star play are the acknowledged antioxidant rich Superfruits, of which we'll be focusing on Blueberry Green Tea, Pomegranate Green Tea and Acai Green Tea.

Wedding Services at A Southern Season:
Weathervane Pastry Chef Rhonda Mullen

NOON - 4:00PM

Taste the sublime cake of Weathervane Pastry Chef Rhonda Mullen. Your eyes will be as delighted as your taste buds; Rhonda is a true artist, and will be showing off some of her cake designs.

National Hot Tea Month - White & Green Tea Week

White teas are becoming more available, and it's not unusual to find beautiful, floral, sweet White Teas with the added bonus of rose petals, or citrus. We'll be tasting an assortment of white teas as well as green teas from China and Japan all week, and focus on our staffs favorite choices.

Lotus Foods: Rice is Life

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Some estimate that there are as many as 40,000 different varieties of rice from around the world. Lotus Foods is bringing a few of the more unusual varieties to our shelves. Try rice you might not have seen before.

National Hot Tea Month - Japanese Green Teas

11:00AM - 3:00PM

Reiko Tanaka of our Coffee and Tea Department will be sampling her favorite Japanese teas, and informing our customers on brewing and enjoying their special qualities. She'll focus on lesser known teas, such as the Shincha (First Flush Sencha) from Kagoshima, Ureshino Tama Ryokucha and our Genmaimatcha, a traditional Genmaicha Toasted Rice Tea with the addition of Matcha powder.

Community Spotlight: UNC Dance Marathon

Wedding Services at A Southern Season:
Weathervane Chef Spotlight

NOON - 3:00PM

Nibble selections from the Special Events Menu of our Weathervane restaurant. Explore the courses from beginning to end and taste the perfect meal for your next special occasion.

National Hot Tea Month - Oolong Tea Week

Oolong tea is a vast category of teas with varying levels of oxidation, and assorted leaf style. Traditionally from China and Taiwan, Oolong teas have a rich lexicon of mythology and lore and are now available from other tea producing countries. We'll be tasting both a Chinese and a Taiwanese Oolong each day, with some of our more colorful Oolongs on the week end.

The Ginger People

11:00AM - 3:00PM

The Ginger People is a company that is passionate about all tastes ginger. Committed to its virtues, the company produces a line of products that show off this wonder spice in all its glory. Sample ginger syrups, ginger peanut sauce, and sweet ginger chili sauce.

National Hot Tea Month - Camellia Forest Oolong Demo

11:00AM - 3:00PM

Christine Parks, scientist and teamaker at Camellia Forest Nursery outside of Carrboro, will be visiting our tea counter, and talking about growing and making tea. The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is a relative of the familiar, ornamental Camellia, and can be successfully grown for tea on a personal scale here in our area. Visit with Christine, and see what a tea plant looks and tastes like.

Community Spotlight: The Children of Vietnam

11:00AM - 2:00PM

Celebrate the Vietnamese New Year with traditional Vietnamese food and dancing. This Vietnamese New Year begins the Year of the Dragon. All proceeds benefit the local, non-profit The Children of Vietnam.

National Hot Tea Month - Black and Pu-erh Tea Week

Black teas are what we in the Western World are most familiar with. They are fully oxidized during production, and the addition of flavors, flowers and scents have helped to make teas much more accessible to a wider range of people. Pu-erh, on the other hand, is a tea that additionally undergoes a process of fermentation, and is found loose, pressed into tiny birds nest shapes and discs. Come in and find out more about these fascinating teas.