Here are a couple events this weekend across the Triangle:

L'Uva at the American Tobacco Complex is hosting an Aviator Brewing Co. beer brunch at noon Saturday. The three-course meal with beer pairings from the Fuquay-Varina brewery costs $35. A special barrel-aged brew and cigars will finish the meal on the patio. To make a reservation, call 919-688-8181.

Downtown Raleigh's Capital Club 16 is hosting its regular Sunday Supper this Sunday at 7 p.m. Many of the meal's ingredients will come from Commonplace Cooperative Farm, formerly New Grass Gardens. The wine pairings will be chosen by The Raleigh Wine Shop. The menu includes these courses:

• Honeydew and cantaloupe skewers with prosciutto.
• Summer vegetable napoleon with tomato, basil, eggplant, goat cheese and a roasted red pepper sauce.
• Either roasted pheasant or flounder and shrimp pinwheel over assorted greens and mache with yogurt dill dressing, roasted potatoes and grilled spring onions.
• Peach and cardamom turnover with crème anglaise and mint.

A vegetarian option is available upon request. The meal costs $55 per person. To make a reservation, call 919-747-9345.
 

The Raleigh Wine Shop will be having a grand opening celebration from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. this Saturday, May 21. The wine shop is opening at 126 Glenwood Ave., across from 518 West. The owners are familiar faces for those who shopped at Raleigh's Seaboard Wine: Seth Hoffman was a manager at Seaboard for seven years and Jeff Bramwell was a manager there for two years. They have teamed up with Ryan Fulkerson, who used to work on the wholesale side of the wine business. 

Hoffman says their shop focuses on "handmade wines," where you know who grew the grapes and who made the wines, as opposed to mass produced wines. He said all three owners have tasted every wine they sell and can offer advice on wine selection.

The store also includes a provisions section with the same theme: excellent handmade products, many of them local, Hoffman explained.

Saturday's event will feature wine tastings from 11:30 a.m. onward, the Farmhands Foods Sausage Wagon and hopefully coffee and cheese samples.

Go HERE to read an earlier story about the store's opening.