Events

Wine Tasting: Happy Krampus Day

Friday, December 5th

5:30-8:30pm

(wines by the glass also available from 4:00 to 11pm)

$15/person

5 wines and gourmet cheeses from Auntie Em's Marketplace

Please RSVP to: info@cowineco.com or (323) 478-1985

So, today is when we all don our best incubus costumes and go around frightening children with rusty chains and bells and smacking women in the ass with branches. Or at least in Austria we do.  Ahhh, the Christmas season is really upon us.  The word Krampus originates from the Old High German word for claw (Krampen). In the Alpine regions the Krampus is represented by an incubus in company of Santa Claus. Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in the first two weeks of December, particularly in the evening of December 5, and roam the streets frightening children (and adults) with rusty chains and bells. In some rural areas the tradition also includes slight birching by the Krampus, especially of young females.

wines

Tolosa No-Oak Chardonnay, California

La Playa Sauvignon Blanc, Chile

Don Rodolfo Tannat, Argentina

San Felice Chianti, Italy

Fieldstone Convivio Red, Alexander Valley, California