I have heard back from manager friend of the Anderson Kroger. Here is an excerpt of what she had to say
I’m so glad that you were able to meet Liz Thorpe and attend my wine and cheese tasting! As for tastings at Kroger, they (for the most part) are store specific. Most stores offer a wine tasting which is usually on a Friday. Some stores, such as Marketplace Stores, will offer tastings on weekends as well. I plan all the wine tastings at my store and have developed monthly wine dinners which include chef prepared meals and wine vendor participation in presenting the wines. All of my wine tastings have a different food paired with the wine, it is not always cheese, and the food is planned and prepared by one of my chefs. In general, Kroger shoppers seem to be loyal to one or two kroger stores that are convenient for them, therefore my advertising is in store. But I am developing a bulk email list in which I plan on sending out a newsletter to those who have already attended my tastings or dinners with future events at Anderson Kroger. Please let me know if you have anyone that would like to be included on that email list.
If you would be interested in getting on the event mailing list leave a comment, but please don’t put your e-mail in the comment. I will send it to her privately. If I get more information about other locations I will let you know too…Is it weird that I am curious about the wine dinners? I might just have to check one of those out too.
I’m definitely interested in being on an email list for tastings as well as for the wine dinners. If it was an interesting enough offering, I’d be willing to go to a Kroger other than that which is closest to me.