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Wine Makes Food Taste Better Except if it’s from North Dakota

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Check out the post, Wine and the Spillover Effect. Apparently, we’ve all been trained from childhood that brands are better. But, in fact, we all like “Two Buck Chuck” if it’s packaged nicely and comes from a region somewhat known for vineyards and wine making. Interesting reading.

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Oh, and the Real March Madness

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

is NCAA basketball. The ACC Tournament is March 13 through 16th in Charlotte. Go Heels!

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March Craziness - Irish beer and whiskey morph to chocolate Easter eggs

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Flight is offering, at Jack Hastings’ recommendation, Bushmills 10-year single malt whiskey on St. Paddy’s Day (March 15) for half off the regular price. I didn’t know much about Irish whiskey even though I’m Irish, but Jack’s story intrigued me: Bushmills claims to be the oldest licensed distillery. Despite a lack of [...]

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Carina Cellars Wine Dinner

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments


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Hendersonville NC Restaurants Grow In Number and Variety

February 1st, 2008 · No Comments

While we consider Flight to be the premiere fine dining restaurant in Hendersonville, and arguably all of WNC, we are happy to have growing diversity here on Main Street. The Hendersonville Times News reported recently that an outside consultant’s report on downtown indicated that we need more restaurants, specifically one that will serve after [...]

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Winter menu and Valentine’s Day, magazine shoots and reshoots

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Rob Keener and the management team have finalized the winter menu which should be up on Flight’s website soon. Our regular customers are saying that the scallop appetizer is the best new thing. We’d love to hear what you think.
Valentine’s Day is on a Thursday this year which is also martini [...]

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Holiday Party Time! Well, sort of

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s really too hot to be thinking about the holidays. It’s annoying to go to Lowe’s and where water hoses should be, there are now Christmas decorations. But you have to admit, holidays go smoother and so are more fun with a little advance planning. So, plan a night for your [...]

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Water, water, everywhere, but what to drink?

August 1st, 2007 · No Comments

A “water sommelier?” Yes, it had to happen. And, Time Magazine documented it. Water is being “paired” with steak or fruit or whatever based on its TDS’s. Total Dissolved Solids. Yum, doesn’t that sound tasty. All I know is that I cannot abide Dasani and I prefer our mountain water to almost anything [...]

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The Architecture of Erle Stillwell

June 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Flight Wood Grill and Wine Bar lives in a converted bank building built by Erle Stillwell, a well-regarded Hendersonville architect, in March 1922. The First Bank and Trust Company occupied the first two floors until November 20, 1930 when the great depression forced it as well as two other local banks to close. [...]

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Flight Wood Grill and Wine Bar - Up to the minute information

May 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Welcome to Flight Savor Fare!
Why does a restaurant need a blog? We send out a monthly email newsletter and we have a website www.flightwoodgrill.com that contains our menu and wine list, but sometimes the wine we expected doesn’t come in or other last minute changes occur that may affect your dining [...]

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