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Napa Valley School Benefit Offers Wine Lots For A Good Cause

We like the way they raise money in wine country. The 12th annual fundraiser for The Young School in Napa Valley's St. Helena includes silent and live auctions with a wine focus. This year's event takes place on Saturday, March 12 at Failla Winery.

The winery's elaborate caves make a dramatic setting for the evening, which is called Casbah in the Cave. The evening features a Moroccan feast by Alex's Catering as well as a classical Middle Eastern dance performance. There will be a wide selection of auction lots featuring splendid adventures and truly fine wines from a variety of local wineries including Abreu, Blackbird, Colgin, Robert Foley, Harlan, Ovid, Joseph Phelps, Shafer and Silver Oak. Many wineries such as Far Niente and Smith-Madrone are offering event lots and travel lots offer getaways to Portugal, Nantucket and more.

The Young School is a private non-profit non-denominational Montessori-derived program for children ages 6 through 12 years old/first-sixth grades. The name of the school is taken from two sisters named 'Young' who were well-known Sonoma teachers several decades ago. The first Young School was founded in their home in downtown Sonoma. In 1997 the school moved from its Sonoma location to St. Helena in the Napa Valley. It operates as a 'one-room schoolhouse' in quarters rented from a church in a residential neighborhood of St. Helena and has an enviable 12-1 student-teacher ratio.

Tickets are $100 per person in advance and available at the benefit website.

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Boston Wine Expo Celebrates 20th Year

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Boston-area wine lovers are eagerly anticipating the 20th Anniversary Boston Wine Expo coming up this weekend, January 22-23, 2011 at the Seaport World Trade Center. This year's event includes the "Founding Chef" culinary series with celebrity chefs and local favorites Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger; Todd English of Olives, Figs and Kingfish; Jasper White of Jasper White's Summer Shack; Gordon Hamersley of Hamersley's Bistro; Michael Schlow of Radius, Via Matta and Alta Strada; Marc Orfaly of Pigalle and more.

The Boston Wine Expo also features keynote speaker Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor of Food & Wine. The main event is the Grand Tasting showcasing over 300 international and domestic wineries pouring over 1,500 different wines. There is also an exclusive Grand Cru Wine Lounge, featuring high-end vintages; and a Seminar Series designed for all levels of wine enthusiasts. Tickets for the Grand Tasting are $110 each after that date and two-day tickets are $145. Grand Cru Wine Lounge ticket prices are $175. Seminar and other events are priced separately. For more information on chef demonstrations, seminars, participating wineries and to purchase tickets, go to www.WineExpoBoston.com.

[via MetroWest Daily News]

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Alsace Wine Festival Brings European Taste To Northern California

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Northern California's Mendocino County offers a different wine profile than you can get in other places in the state. In many ways it is similar to Oregon with cooler weather that is favorable to pinot noir and to riesling and other aromatic whites. The Anderson Valley growing region will celebrate Alsace-style white wines next month in an decoration: underline;">Alsace Wine Festival weekend event February 12 and 13 that brings together a variety of different white wines including Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Muscat. The event includes a technical conference where participants can interact with winemakers and wine experts from around the globe and discuss the trends. This year's topic is Old World/New World and includes a discussion of Alsace wine and the wines of Germany as well as a look at Anderson Valley wines and the white wines of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The grand tasting brings together a variety of different wineries including Alderbrook Winery, Breggo Cellars, Domaine Weinbach, Foursight, Hagafen Cellars, Handley Cellars, Husch Vineyards, Lazy Creek Vineyards, Londer Vineyards, NY Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, Toulouse Vineyards and many more. A winemakers dinner is scheduled for the evening of February 12 in the private dining room at Scharffenberger Cellars. A sit-down dinner will be prepared by a renowned local chef and each course will be perfectly paired with wines featured at the festival or locally produced. The dinner is $125 and is nearly sold out.

The next day is given over to winery open houses. Local wineries are participating and hosting special programs. Events include live music, food pairings, cheese tastings and more. All together a lovely way to wile away Valentine's Day weekend in beautiful Northern California.

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Mortons and Mondavis Collaborate On Nationwide Wine Event

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Morton's The Steakhouse and the Mondavi family are planning a nationwide wine dinner and charity auction on October 7, 2010 at Charles Krug Winery's historic Carriage House in Napa Valley to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The gathering will be broadcast simultaneously to 54 Morton's private dining rooms via satellite.

The evening's hosts will include Michael Mondavi of Folio Fine Wine Partners, Tim Mondavi and Marcia Mondavi Borger of Continuum Estate, and Peter Mondavi, Sr., Peter Mondavi, Jr. and Marc Mondavi of Charles Krug Winery.

The event will kick off an online auction of the first-ever red wine produced by the extended Mondavi family, Siamo Insieme, which means "We are Together" in Italian. The Mondavi family has collaborated to produce a 27-liter bottle (called a primat); a unique blend of Napa Valley grown Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, produced and blended by the second and third generation of the Mondavi family especially for this event. This bottle will be auctioned online on Hart Davis Hart Wine Co.'s website October 7, 2010 through October 30, 2010, with 100 percent of the winning auction bid benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Vintage Indiana Offers A Day Of Tasting The Midwest's Finest

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Wine festivals aren't just limited to the coasts. One of the biggest events to take place in Indiana is the Vintage Indiana festival which is held in Military park in downtown Indianapolis on June 5 this year. The festival features offerings from 26 Indiana wineries and 11 restaurants as well as other activities. The Indiana Wine Grape Council named Traminette Indiana's state grape and the festival should feature some offerings using the grape. The event is a family affair, there is the KidZone at Vintage Indiana 2010 which includes face painters, cartoonist and balloon artists and ice cream.Tickets for the all-day event are $25 at the door. An overnight package that offers two tickets and a stay at the Hyatt Regency is $166.

[via The Journal Gazette]

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Room Forty, A Restaurant Without Walls

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When is a restaurant not a restaurant? When it's Room Forty, a 'restaurant without walls' that hosts winemaker dinners in alternative venues and also does private catering. They work with winemakers to create events in an undisclosed, non-restaurant environment. Each month features one winemaker and several dinners, usually one in Los Angeles and one in Orange County. February's winemaker is Russell From, owner and winemaker of Herman Story Wines. From was one of the first winemakers to work with Room Forty and makes Santa Barbara wines including Syrah and Grenache. Tickets are $150 and upon confirmation of your ticket purchase, you will receive an email with location specifics.

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Flavours of the World Wine Tasting Event

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Ordinarily I cover wine events in the U.S. but this event n London caught my eye. Estates & Wines, the Moët Hennessy Wine Division (part of the LVMH) will be hosting a new wine event to showcase their collection of "New World" wines. The inaugural 'Discover the Flavours of the World' will take place in London on May 14, 2008 at Il Bottaccio, Grosvenor Place, Belgravia, London, UK . It will feature LVMH brands including Cloudy Bay from New Zealand and its sister winery Cape Mentelle in Australia; Australian sparkling wine Green Point; Terrazas de los Andes from Argentina which plants specific plants at the optimal altitude; Cheval des Andes also in Argentina; and Napa Valley's Newton winery which is a new addition to the LVMH portfolio. I had no idea LVMH had so many New World labels.

A limited number of free tickets are available, and can be reserved when ordering a special case of Moët Hennessy wines (£60 for a case of six bottles, plus p&p in the UK) of either Terrazas de los Andes Reserva Malbec 2006 or Terrazas de los Andes Reserva Chardonnay 2006. Alternatively, tickets can be purchased for £60. For further information, to purchase a case and ticket, please contact Rosalyn.LANE@mhuk.co.uk.

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"Dark & Delicious" Arrives in Time for Valentine's

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On February 8th at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco one can partake in the loverly Dark & Delicious event. Organized by PS, I Love You (an association of Petite Syrah producers) the name alone qualifies it for a Valentine's-esque evening out with your honey. Boasting thirty-six wine companies and twenty food vendors for only $50 a ticket it makes me want to jump to the opposite coast just for the weekend! And if you aren't already familiar with Petite Syrah you need to be introduced...it's fantastic.

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Rutherford Appellation Wine Passport Weekend

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The Rutherford appellation in Napa Valley is looking for a little respect. In an effort to help educate consumers about the region the Rutherford Appellation Wineries have created their first Passport weekend on December 1-2. A $50 passport gets you access to 13 participating wineries which will offer special pourings, tastings and entertainment. The list of destinations includes the Swanson Salon, Peju, Beaulieu and Grgich Hills. Each winery is organizing unique offerings such as Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s at Beaulieu Vineyard, exclusive access to Alpha Omega's state-of-the-art tank room and artisan cheese and antipasto with your wine at Honig Vineyard & Winery. Profits from the event got to the Rutherford Dust Restoration Team, a group of vintners and growers working to improve the health of the Napa River as it passes through the Rutherford AVA.

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Monterey Wine Country's 11th Annual Great Wine Escape Weekend

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Who doesn't like their wine experience with a side order of gorgeous scenery? Monterey Wine Country's 11th Annual Great Wine Escape Weekend on November 9-11 offers a wide variety of wine adventures including wine and food integration seminars, open houses at the wineries, guided wine country tours, winemaker dinners and the Grand Finale at Quail Lodge. There are over 20 winemaker dinners which offer a chance to meet the faces behind the labels and taste vintages paired with food by local chefs. The winemaker dinners are $95. There is also a shuttled dinner in Carmel that starts at the Cima Collina tasting room, in Carmel then heads to Grasing's Coastal Cuisine for appetizers, salad and wines from Michaud Vineyard followed by a main course and dessert at the Carmel Chop House paired with wines from Pessagno Winery. The dinner is on Nov 9 and costs $165. The Wine Enthusiast's Signature Dinner is on Nov 10 and takes place in the Marinus Restaurant at Bernardus Lodge. Chefs Cal Stamenov of Marinus Restaurant and Annie Somerville of Greens Restaurant. The dinner will be accompanied by Monterey Country wines which are all rated 90+ points by Wine Enthusiast's Magazine) Monterey County wines. This dinner costs $250. The Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa offers a package that includes three nights accommodations (double occupancy) in an Ocean View Room, plus Palate Pleasers, Winemaker Dinner on Friday or Saturday, Monterey Wine Country Tour with Boutique and Hidden Gems Wine Tasting and the Grand Finale for $1,556.

[via Avenue Vine]

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Telluride Wine Festival

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It may not be ski season but it's still gorgeous in Telluride, Colorado. The 25th Annual Telluride Wine Festival gives you chance to check out this ridiculously picturesque town in the month of June. The festival, which runs from June 22-25 includes winemaker's luncheons, a grand tasting held in Town Park, cooking demonstrations, the Toast of Telluride & Mountain Village, a Scotch and cigar tasting, and the Sunday brunch which is the festival finale. The guest chefs include Vitaly Paley, the owner of Paley's Place in Portland Oregon, Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson co-owner with Bobby Stucky of Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder, Colorado and Ana Sortun of Oleana in Boston. The Patron Package sells for $850 and includes priority seating at all festival events. Individual events are priced from $40 to $125.

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Sonoma County Showcase of Wine and Food

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Sonoma County Vintners has announced that the 26th annual Sonoma County Showcase of Wine and Food will be held July 13 through 15. The three-day event features a variety of wine and food events that explore the diversity of Sonoma County. Events include winery lunches and dinners, a Taste of Sonoma County sampling event and the Ultimate Winemaker Dinner and Barrel Auction which takes place on July 14 at Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards. Plan now for an ideal summer weekend.

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New Orleans Wine and Food Experience

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The great legacy of fine cuisine in New Orleans continues with the 15th annual New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. The event will be held in New Orleans on Memorial Day Weekend May 24 – 28, 2006 and is a five-day event, featuring culinary seminars, demonstrations, vintner dinners, and wine tastings. There will be a champagne brunch, and seminars including an interactive wine tasting musical that includes samples for the audience and a celebration of the famous muffaletta sandwich. The full package which includes six seminars, Friday and Saturday Grand Tastings, Royal Street Stroll and Bubbles and Brunch sells for $450.

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Nantucket Wine Festival

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Frommers has a piece on the Nantucket Wine Festival, another chance to drink wine in an impossibly gorgeous location. The festival which takes place during the weekend of May 17 through 21 has a wide variety of East Coast luminaries and wineries from around the world converging on the small island which is a puddle-jumper flight away from Boston. The Grand Tasting is the festival's must-do event which and is held in four sessions on May 20 and 21. A two-hour session costs $65. Many of the pricer events include the $990 Showstopper dinner are sold out but most of the seminars, which usually cost $50 to $100 are still available. The comprehensive list of seminars range from cooking demonstrations to pairing seminars to tastings like an in-depth look at the much-discussed 2005 Bordeaux vintage. The Grand Cru package costs $425 and includes a laminated pass with your name, access to all four Grand Tastings, access to Saturday morning Early-Admission VIP Reception at the Grand Tasting, access to the Meet the Winemakers Reception, tickets to one of the Winemaker Symposia, tickets to two additional Wine and Food Seminars, a 2006 Nantucket Wine Festival poster signed by artist Kerry Hallam and an NWF hat. Frommers has more info on accommodations and places to dine when you aren't spending time with a wine glass in your hand.

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Royal Tokaji Wine Dinner

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Fans of Hungarian Tokaji wine will have a rare opportunity on May 21. Royal Tokaji Wine Company will hold its first-ever vintner dinner in the U.S. on May 21, 2006, at the Pebble Beach Resort. The dinner will take place at the Casa Palmero Resort and will be attended by Royal Tokaji Wine Company's founding partner, Ben Howkins of the United Kingdom. The seven-course meal by Club XIX Chef de Cuisine Lisa Nakamura will be paired with six wines from Royal Tokaji but the real treat comes when each guest is served spoonful of the Royal Tokaji Essencia 1999, which sells for $500 per 500ml bottle. Beginning with the 1999 vintage, each bottle of Royal Tokaji Essencia has come with one crystal sipping spoon which bestows a neat 33 sips from the dessert wine. The wine has been described as being so different from other wines that it is like seeing a new primary color. Guests on May 21 will be given an engraved sipping spoon as a keepsake. The meal is limited to 35 guests and costs $195 per person. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis by calling Stefanie Brand at (831) 622-8761.

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