\Ontario gets its own big wine auction with the inaugural Niagara Wine Auction on June 22 - 24, 2007. The auction even has its own celebrity host, new winemaker Dan Aykroyd. Proceeds from the event will benefit SickKids Foundation and St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation. The event is modeled after the Napa Valley and Washington State events and will include an opening reception, winemaker dinners, a garden party, live and silent auctions and a black tie gala. One ticket to the winemakers dinner, garden party and gala dinner costs $1,000 and a table for ten at the gala start at $5,000.Posts with tag gala
Niagara Wine Auction
\Ontario gets its own big wine auction with the inaugural Niagara Wine Auction on June 22 - 24, 2007. The auction even has its own celebrity host, new winemaker Dan Aykroyd. Proceeds from the event will benefit SickKids Foundation and St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation. The event is modeled after the Napa Valley and Washington State events and will include an opening reception, winemaker dinners, a garden party, live and silent auctions and a black tie gala. One ticket to the winemakers dinner, garden party and gala dinner costs $1,000 and a table for ten at the gala start at $5,000.Spirit of Toronto Whisky Gala
I cover plenty of wine festivals but not as many whisky galas. The Spirit of Toronto event on May 12 is a whisky-lovers dream. It includes sampling of more than 100 single malt whiskies, masterclasses with distillers, a whisky cocktail bar,live jazz and an outdoor cigar bar. The event will also include Canada's first rare whisky auction, which will offer a rare whisky which was distilled at the Glenury Royal distillery in northeast Scotland. The distillery shut down in 1985 and only 498 bottles of this 50 Year Old were produced in 2003. Proceeds from the gala go to the Parkinson Society Canada as a tribute to Michael Jackson author of the "Malt Whisky Companion" and a person living with Parkinson's disease. Tickets are $105.
