On the average social occasion, if your host were to hand you a beverage and you were to respond by claiming it smelled like cat pee and spitting out your first sip, you would be correctly labeled a schmuck. If you pulled the same stunt at a wine tasting, you would likely, also correctly, be viewed as an oenophile â€" and a perfectly civil one at that. Which is only one reason the Weekly Volcano loves wine tastings. The other is, well, we love tasting wine. Whether they’re sit-down soirées hosted by restaurant sommeliers or trading sips with Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones, tastings provide prime opportunities to ...

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Mick Jones!?!

That's right snobby classic rock dinosaurs â€" STG presents hosts an evening with the rock band Foreigner that includes at "VIP Exclusive Wine Tasting With Foreigner."  Foreigner will perform Tuesday, Nov. 7 at Seattle Paramount Theater featuring Jones on guitar, Jason Bonham (yeah, son of) on drums, Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson and vocalist Kelly Hansen.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, Sept. 23 at noon.  Forty bucks gets you inside.  A cool $150 allows you to drink out of the wine bottle with Jones and his motley crew.  Tickets are available at Ticketmaster. â€" Suzy Stump