The sun may sink at night, but the air still smolders with that muggy summer feeling that your skin and hair have grown to despise. If you’re looking to get doused, check out Toscanos this month. Every Tuesday in July the Puyallup café and wine bar hosts a beach party on its patio featuring a beach appetizer menu, summer cocktails, and beach blanket trivia with prizes. Check it out at 437 29th St. N.E in Puyallup.

Food Matters

• Doyle’s Public House will host a Christmas In July celebration featuring Delirium Noel 2006 and 2007 along with Gouden Carolus Noel, plus prize drawings, July 25 from 5-8 p.m. Get your jollies at 208 St. Helens Ave. in Tacoma.


• The Dockside Bistro offers half-off wine glass pours if you can Name That Grape every Thursday. Go for it at 501 Columbia N.W. in downtown Olympia.


• Pour At Four features wines from Rioja during July. Check it out at 3814 N. 26th St. in Tacoma.


• The Sea Grill in downtown Tacoma hosts an Ash Hollow wine dinner Thursday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $125 per person. Reserve your spot at 253.272.5656.

Eat 101

• Primo Grill hosts a Savory Dishes of Spain class Saturday, July 26, 2-4 p.m. The cost is $65, which includes recipes and instruction, lunch with a glass of wine, tax and gratuity. Give them a buzz at 253.383.7000 to reserve.


• Christy Rost, TV cooking personality and cookbook author will demonstrate fast healthy meals for when your kitchen or life is a mess July 24 at the Bayview School of Cooking in Olympia. The cost is $60. Reserve your spot at 360.754.1448.

The Mix

What we’ve been eating/drinking

• BLT on rye, Pinwheel Catering’s Herban Café, Tacoma


• Potato-crusted cod, Maxwell’s Speakeasy + Lounge, Tacoma


• Lobster spaghetti, Pacific Grill, Tacoma


• Gorgonzola ravioli, Sofia Bistro, University Place

Sippin’ Out

• Thursday, July 17: C. R. Sandidge Winery tasting, 5:30-8:30 p.m., complimentary, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015.


• Thursdays: Wine tastings, 5-7 p.m., complimentary, Cork!, 3012 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.1492.


• Fridays: Wine tastings, 6-8 p.m., $7.50-$10, WineStyles Wine & Gifts, 2665 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, 253.756.1922.


• Saturdays: Wine tastings, 1-4 p.m., $5-$7, Swing Wine Bar, 825 Columbia St. S.E., Olympia, 360.357.9464.


• Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101.


• Saturdays: Wine tasting, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Corky Cellars, 22511 Marine View Dr., Des Moines, 206.622.2010.


• Saturdays: Wine tasting, 1-6 p.m., Wildside Wine, 608A S. Oxford St., Tacoma, 253.565. 0811.


• Mondays: $5 Wine Mondays, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., $5 glass of wines, Rosewood Café, 3323 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.752.7999.


• Tuesdays: Wine Tuesdays, 5 p.m., Toscano’s Café & Wine Bar, 437 29th St. N.E., Puyallup, 253.864.8600.