Thumbs up to jazz, wine event

The recent jazz and wine event at the Grand Tradition gets a “10.”

I was skeptical to attend the first jazz and wine concert, as there are often bugs the first time out the gate. But, as I asked more questions at the Grand Tradition, we finally decided to buy the $65 tickets so we could wander the gardens and try the food and wine “tastes.”

Well, what an experience. The gardens were so beautiful, and the “tastes” were very plentiful, high quality, and very tasty. The wine “tastes” were four-ounce pours of some very good wines.

The real clincher was many of the main stage jazz artists played in...