On Tuesday, Feb 28, join Dover’s fifth annual Fat Tuesday celebration when nine downtown restaurants celebrate Mardi Gras with what Barley Pub owner Scott Mason—who founded the event—calls the Pub and Grub Crawl.

No one produces more Petite Syrah on the planet than California’s own Bogle Winery. No one. It is their trademark varietal, which they grow and vinify with pride and tender loving care. When the name Bogle comes up in a wine conversation loosely focused on high value wines, someone inevitably interjects something along the lines of “What about that Petite Syrah?” with a positive emphasis. Everyone agrees this dark purple wine is simply fabulous for the price.

Lindbergh’s Crossing will celebrate its 10th anniversary next month, and although that might not seem like an extraordinary feat in a town that boasts eateries dating as far back as the 1920s, it still beats industry odds that predict 26 percent of new restaurants will fail within the first year, and up to 80 percent by the fifth.

This wine breaks our “under $15 per bottle,” rule, but I don’t care. It’s some of the most delicious wine that will ever pass your lips with dessert. Dessert wines, as a category, are a tough sell, and therefore must try harder to get attention. Any time a wine has to try harder, that’s good news for the consumer because prices are kept down while quality is kept high. They hope a cheap and tasty wine will eventually get noticed and have a broader recognition so they can increase production and prices to make more money. This wine even goes so far as to make the label look like lingerie to get noticed… it works for me.