Marlow’s Tavern Throws Six-Week-Long Midsummer Cocktail Party Beginning June 23 with Inspired Drinks, Fare and a South Africa Trip Giveaway

What a life. Summer in Atlanta, winter in South Africa. Marlow’s Tavern spans the best flavors of both hemispheres during a six-week-long Midsummer Cocktail Party stretching from Tuesday, June 23 to Monday, August 3. Toast summer with festive handcrafted cocktails, craft beers and bold South African wines while reviewing a menu of authentic South African cuisine created with party partner 10 Degrees South and registering for a chance to win an eight-day trip to Cape Town, South Africa. One lucky winner and a guest will jet off to experience the culture driving Marlow’s midsummer celebration. The rest of us can unpack a culinary lunch or dinner adventure of South African-inspired fare such as peri peri firecracker eggs; watermelon and buffalo mozzarella salad; daily cocktail party flatbread; and the classic “Gatsby” of grilled filet mignon, leafy greens, roma tomato and thin red onion on a toasted roll slathered with peri peri aioli. A must-eat South African sweet is the traditional baked malva cake, a cream-soaked pound cake with Baileys Irish Cream and apricot jam. Marlow’s regular menu favorites also will be available. South African wines include Riebeek Creek Cellars 2013 chenin blanc, Boschendal chardonnay/pinot noir, KWV pinotage and Mulderbosch Faithful Hound red blend. For those seeking summery cocktails, Georgia peach lemonade, The Gin Job and watermelon margarita fit the bill. Midsummer night’s dreaming about the trip giveaway? Register at all Marlow’s Tavern locations or online. 

Head out on a sustainable adventure with Worthwhile Wine

Craving an eco-adventure across the world this summer?  We are, too!  We’ll be following along and living vicariously as Worthwhile Wine Founder Tom Lynch heads from his Atlanta headquarters to South Africa on July 28 through August 15 on a sustainable adventure through gardens and grapevines.  Readers are invited to follow along with Lynch’s travels through his guest blog posts at Eat.  Drink… Better, a great website devoted to food, drink and the environmental impact that both bring to our planet, as well as via his posts on the Worthwhile Wine blog.

During his first week of traveling, he will be working in the remote village of iNzinga in the community gardens in conjunction with the inspirational non-profit program Isipho founded by Lynch and his daughter Miranda.  Lynch and Isipho will also be partnering in iNzinga with Water For All, an organization that helps improve access to clean water in sub-Saharan Africa, to help establish wells powered by both solar power and energy generated by simple playground equipment to be enjoyed by local children.  Pretty amazing stuff!

His second week will involve visits to many of the area’s wine regions, including Robertson, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Swartland, among others.  Lynch will be sampling soon-to-be released vintages and barrel samples that South Africa’s best sustainable and Fair Trade vineyards are producing, as well as getting a fresh glimpse of the current state of affairs in the South African wine industry.  We can’t wait to hear about the latest sips and steps that Lynch takes on this adventure – stay tuned for more!