Location(s)

Join friends, neighbors and wine loversSaturday, August 2, 3:00 - 5:00 PM at the Ashmont Grill, 555 Talbot Ave., for a Summer Wine Tasting to benefit SMAMS' work revitalizing our Dot Ave business district. For $40 you can taste wines selected by Sean Martin, owner of Albert Winestein in Hyde Park, and enjoy the Grill's tasty hors d'oeuvres. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at the Ashmont Grill. You can also call SMAMS at 617-825-3846 to reserve tickets. Or, log on to www.smams.org/main/donate - for each $40 you donate, we will reserve a ticket in your name at the door. Tickets are limited, so don't wait!

Salut! to our sponsors: Ashmont Grill, Albert Winestein, Countrywide Home Loans,
Mt. Washington Bank, Trinity Financial and the Boston Main Streets Foundation.

Also, many thanks to our advertisers:

O'Brien's Market & Liquors
1911 Dorchester Ave., 617-825-0141

Welles Liquor Mart
1772 Dorchester Ave., 617-288-3575

Julie Simmons/Jack Conway Real Estate
1810 Dorchester Ave., 617-288-0100

Ka Carlos Restaurant
33 Hancock St., Dorchester, 617-282-4616

Rosa's Liquors
1568 Dorchester Ave., 617-282-6122

Gerard's Restaurant/Adams Corner Store
772 Adams Street, Dorchester, 617-282-6370

Shanti/Taste of India Restaurant
1111 Dorchester Ave, 617-929-3900

Fruit Center Marketplace & Wines
10 Bassett Street, Milton, 617-696-5274

Harbor Point Liquors (next to Shaw's)
45 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester 617-282-1315

Ashmont Market & Liquors
630 Adams Street, Dorchester, 617-825-1990

Esprit du Vin Wines & Cheese
25 Central Ave., Milton, 617-296-9463

Blarney Stone Restaurant & Bar
1505 Dorchester Ave., 617-436-8223

A Word about Winestein...

Say the words "wine expert" and the average person might think of someone snobbish, like television's Frasier Crane. But Albert Winestein owner Sean Martin, a down-to-earth son of Southie, is a million miles from Frasier and Niles.

The self-proclaimed home of "smart wine, simple cheese," Albert Winestein opened in December 2007. A. W. offers more than 150 different wine labels, along with several domestic and imported craft-brewed beers offered on a rotating basis. The shop also sells several rotating varieties of cheese, as well as fine chocolate bars.

Martin has a refreshing approach to the wine business: "I don't want to make it seem like I know more about wine than everybody else. We're not trying to intimidate anybody." But he does know his stuff, based on years of experience as a bartender, restaurateur, and wine broker (as well as science and phys. ed. teacher and fitness center owner).

Albert Winestein is located at 84 Fairmount Ave. in Hyde Park. They're open Tuesday - Saturday, 4:00 - 9:00 PM - tel. 617-333-6777.