Experience the wines of the world in Bloomingdale

Experience the wines of the world on Fridays at Shiraz on the Water located in the Hilton Chicago/Indian Lakes Resort. This series of tastings and seminars, featuring wines from different regions of the globe, continues through July. The event is $25 per person.

Info: 6 to 7 p.m. Fridays at Shiraz on the Water, Hilton Chicago/Indian Lakes Resort, 250 W. Schick Road, Bloomingdale. Call (630) 671-5013 or visit www.shirazonthewater.com.

Pub TriviaWhat makes you warm and toasty and feel good all over? Handcrafted beer and pub trivia at Emmett's Brewing Company in Palatine on Mondays. Grab a couple of your nerdiest friends and form a team. Try this month's special, a 20-ounce pint of Rye IPA for $6.25. Munch on 50-cent potato skins, minimum six per order. Pub trivia is $7 per person. Info: 7:30 p.m. Mondays at Emmett's Brewing Company, 110 N. Brockway St., Palatine. (847) 359-1533 or emmettsbrewingco.com.Spice it upGive your week a little extra juice with a hump day fiesta at Austin's Saloon in Libertyville. Enjoy half-price margaritas and $2.50 Bud Light lime beers every Wednesday. Or fill your belly with all-you-can-eat fajitas. If that won't do, there's always the 22-ounce T-bone steak with half New York strip and half filet. Wednesdays at Austin's Saloon, 481 Peterson Road, Libertyville. (847) 549-1972 or austinsaloon.com.