Carpe Vino is Now an Art Gallery!
If you love art, click here to view work from new artists represented by Carpe Vino, including Michael Godard, the #1 selling artist in the world.

Excuse Our Dust

We launched this site more than three years ago, and now it's time for a
face lift.  We're just finishing our latest expansion, and now we need to
feature our new restaurant, art gallery and new staff members.

We're adding lots of new content and new features, so be patient.

Thanks!

Send Us Five Email Addresses & Get a Free Carpe Vino Corkscrew

One thing we can't get enough of is the email addresses of legitimate wine buyers. We ask everyone who enters the store if they would like to get on our email address to receive our two newsletters, "Window on Old Town" and "Wine Deals."

Our list now totals more than 2,600 recipients, but we'd like to get it to at least 5,000. We really want to spread the love.

To reach our goal, we need your help. You're on our list because we know you love wine. We're guessing you know many others who do as well. So, send us the names and email addresses of five of your friends who enjoy wine, and we'll send you a free Carpe Vino corkscrew.

These corkscrews are the same ones we use in the shop. One end has a foil cutter; the other is the corkscrew and bottle opener. Each one carries the Carpe Vino logo.

Okay, so it's not like we're giving away free wine here, but we'd really appreciate your help.

So send us the names, we'll help open your wine.

Thanks!

The constant collision of regulars and visitors is what makes our joint something special. It's not exactly Cheers, but no one is alone at our bar, which was built to resemble the original that was removed by movie actress Mary Pickford in 1932. (Click on "History") Come into Carpe Vino, and you'd better have something to say because there is no television.

Our building itself is a marvel, restored to show off as much of the original fabric as possible, while creating an environment where visitors enjoy browsing our inventory of 400 wines as much as they do tasting at the PickFair bar. This ain't no fern bar, but we're as classy as it gets for an authentic Western relic.

We've got two clear-cut objectives for this site. For those of you who live elsewhere but loved your visit to Carpe Vino, you can stay connected to our life in Old Town through visits to the site and by subscribing to our e-newsletter, Window on Old Town. For locals, get the latest information about our wine dinner menus, tours, events and tasting schedule. For everyone, you can buy our wonderful Foothill wines online, as well as join one of our wine clubs. We love you all, but at the end of the day, we've got generate some cash out of this venture, in addition to the endless goodwill of wine drinkers everywhere.

So poke around the site and you'll find cool stuff everywhere. Come back often, because the wines change weekly, and we intend to keep the content fresh. Being a former journalist, Gary has that end covered.

We look forward to seeing you soon,

Gary, Laura and Drew Moffat