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03/11
Willamette Valley Wineries Block Party at Sodo Park by Herban Feast
Join us Thursday, March 11, 5:30-8:30pm at Sodo Park by Herban Feast for a rare opportunity to taste the exceptional wines of the Willamette Valley. More than 50 Oregon winemakers will pour their Pinot Noir and a surprising diversity of other wines in a casual and personal setting. Sip current releases, taste wine-friendly appetizers and meet the faces behind the wine. Join the Block Party! Meet your neighbors to the south and enjoy a taste of our unique place.
Tickets are $45 per person before March 1. $55 after March 1. Visit www.willamettewines.com for more information and to purchase tickets.
**For details regarding trade tasting event visit www.willamettewines.com.
Contact:
Lynnette Anderson
Phone:
503-297-2962
Email:
info@willamettewines.com
Website:
http://www.willamettewines.com/seattle_tasting.shtm
03/12
"Four to Six" Washington Wine Tastings with Sommelier Dieter Schafer.
Wine Educator Dieter Schafer invites you to Taste a Little, Learn a Lot. Each session taste Four to Six wines from Washington and France while you enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and the breathtaking view of Elliott Bay from the fifth-floor restaurant.
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Come anytime Four to Six pm.
Friday, February 19: Cabernet/Merlot and Bordeaux Rouge.
Friday, February 26: Syrah and Rhone Valley Rouge.
Friday, March 5: Riesling and Pinot Blanc.
Friday, March 12: Malbec from Here and There.
Friday, March 19: Sparkling Wines and Champagne.
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The Art Institute's Portfolio Restaurant.
2600 Alaskan Way, Seattle WA 98121.
$12 per person, per session.
Reservations required.
Contact:
Dieter Schafer
Phone:
206-239-2363
Email:
Website:
http://www.ais.edu
03/12
Anthony's Restaurants Oyster Fesstival: Friday Night Oyster Slurp
Anthony’s Restaurants celebrates its West Coast oysters in ways only a local restaurant could with its month long Oyster Festival in March! Come out to celebrate with them for their new, later happy hour from 7 to 10 p.m. in the lounge offering tasty trios ($3), from Barbecued Oysters on the Half Shell to the Oyster Lovers Trio to Three Oyster Sliders. Refresh with $3.50 featured draft beer and $5, no-guesswork-needed, perfectly paired glasses of “Oyster Wine,” such as Barnard Griffin 2008 Fume Blanc to a Chateau Ste. Michelle 2008 Pinot Gris and more.
Are you a slurp-o-matic? Flex those skills during Friday Night Oyster Slurp, 6 p.m. in the lounge. Each Friday in March, slurp a dozen freshly shucked oysters, hands-free! Prizes to the fastest “slurper” include Anthony’s gift certificates. Weekly winners compete Friday, March 26 for slurping championship glory.
Contact:
Anthony's Restaurants
Phone:
Email:
Website:
http://www.anthonys.com
03/13
"Fine-Dining Etiquette and Wine Tasting" with Sommelier Dieter Schafer at SSCC.
Table manners play an important part in making a favorable impression. Learn how to be more polished and socially savvy for your next fine dining experience. Certified Educator and Sommelier Dieter Schafer covers the dos and don'ts of fine dining. Dieter will address questions of etiquette, ordering in a restaurant, pairing food and wine, how to converse, how to complain and compliment, guest-server relationship, tips on tipping, and guidelines for hosting a dinner. Several wines are served and a wine tasting primer is included. For details please go to: www.Hospitality-and-Wine-Education.com .
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Saturday, 12-3 pm.
South Seattle Community College.
6000 - 16th Avenue SW, Seattle WA 98106.
$49 per person.
Contact:
CED
Phone:
206-764-5339
Email:
southced@sccd.ctc.edu
Website:
http://www.LearnatSouth.org
03/13
aMaurice Wine Dinner at Volunteer Park Cafe
Volunteer Park Cafe kicks off its 2010 quarterly wine dinner series with Washington’s àMaurice Cellars. Originally set for Saturday, March 13, the dinner will now take place on Friday, March 12, due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict. The talented ladies of VPC, Ericka Burke and Heather Earnhardt, as well as Anna Schafer, àMaurice Cellars’ much-touted winemaker, will be hand to talk food, wine and enjoy the evening. Guests will look forward to a rustic five-course dinner paired with the spectacular wines of àMaurice Cellars.
VPC’s unpretentious and sometime rowdy wine dinners begin at 7pm and cost to attend is $95/person (excluding tax and gratuity). Reservations are required. The menu for the evening is as follows:
Seared Sea Scallop
Poached Pear, Tarragon, Vanilla Sabayon
2008 àMaurice Cellars Estate Viognier "Sparrow"
Mushroom Espresso Risotto
Locally Foraged Mushrooms, Rosemary, Parmigiano-Reggiano
2006 àMaurice Cellars Red Blend “The Tsutakawa”
Smoked Pork Tenderloin
Roasted Olives, Chimichurri Sauce
2007 àMaurice Cellars Columbia Valley Malbec
Rack of Lamb
Braised Fennel, Giant White Beans, Nettle Coriander Sauce
2007 àMaurice Cellars Columbia Valley Syrah
Bittersweet Chocolate & Berry Pot Pie
Quinta da Prelada Late Bottled Vintage Porto, 2000. Volunteer Park Cafe is located at 1501 17th Avenue East (at Galer) on Capitol Hill.
Contact:
Volunteer Park Cafe
Phone:
206-328-3155
Email:
info@alwaysfreshgoodness.com
Website:
http://www.alwaysfreshgoodness.com
03/13
Winemaker Sighting: Naches Heights
Winemaker Sightings
Throughout the year, our winemakers stop by The Tasting Room in Pike Place Market to pour their favorites and autograph bottles for that special gift. Look for:
Phil Cline from Naches Heights Vineyard • Saturday, March 13,
time to be announced
Contact:
Jen
Phone:
206-770-9463
Email:
info@winesofwashington.com
Website:
http://www.TheTastingRoomSeattle.com
03/14
Bags & Bottles
Bags & Bottles: 4th Annual Handbag Auction & Wine Tasting
Sunday, March 14th 2010
4pm – 7pm, Registration opens at 3:30pm
Westin Hotel
1900 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Tickets: $40
What’s better than having a bag like the celebrities? How about owning a bag from a celebrity! Seattle's premiere wine and handbag event, Bags & Bottles, returns for a 4th year to the Westin Hotel in Downtown Seattle on Sunday, March 14th from 4 – 7pm. This year, 16 celebrities have jumped on board to support Gilda’s Club of Seattle by donating handbags for the live auction. Attendees can walk away with a handbag signed and donated by Carol Burnett, Olivia Newton John, Aya Sumika, Shawn Johnson, Tina Fey, Sharon Osbourne, Regina King, Lili Taylor, Sweet P, Scarlett Johansson, Rachel Ray, Elisabeth Moss, Marcia Cross, author Rebecca Wells or Indigo Girls' Amy Ray! And the most unique handbag to be auctioned will be one specially decorated by famed glass artist, Dale Chihuly.
Over 25 NW wineries will be showcasing their newest releases to taste, hundreds of handbags will be up for silent auction and the latest designs from Seattle’s hottest bag stores will be on display for shopping. Joan Kelly, from Seattle’s Fashion First Annual Fashion Show, will be the Emcee/Auctioneer for this handbag extravaganza. The firefighters will also be on hand to sell and sign their 2010 calendars. Attendees are encouraged to bring a new or barely used handbag to the event for the silent auction.
"Bags & Bottles" is a fundraiser for Gilda's Club of Seattle, a meeting place where men, women and children living with cancer, along with their families, partners and friends, join with others to build social and emotional support. Tickets are $40, and can be purchased at www.gildasclubseattle.org.
Event produced by David LeClaire, Wine Events & Promotion, www.vinolover.com, and Seattle Uncorked, www.seattleuncorked.com.
Contact:
Gilda's Club Seattle
Phone:
206-709-1400
Email:
Website:
http://www.gildasclubseattle.org
03/14
Firenze Ristorante Hosts the Miss Italy Pageant
Firenze Ristorante and Pizzeria Guido at the Crossroads Mall will play host to the Miss Italy pageant in March 2010. If you are a woman of Italian descent, call Nina DeMarco at Pizzeria Guido, 425-614-0007, to get all the information on how to apply. Applications must be in by March 5. The New York jury will be in town for the finals on March 14.
Contact:
Nina DeMarco
Phone:
425-614-0007
Email:
Website:
http://www.firenzerestaurant.com
03/15
Winemakers Dinner at Stumbling Goat Bistro
The Stumbling Goat Bistro is proud to team together with Woodhouse Family Cellars for a five course dinner with Winemaker, Jean Claude Beck. “Jean Claude comes from generations of winemakers; his family estate in Alsace, France has been producing wine since 1579.”
Woodhouse Family Cellars took up residence in Woodinville, WA in December of 2004. www.woodhousefamilycellars.com
Doors open at 5:30 for tastings of additional Woodhouse Family Cellars Wines and dinner will commence at 6pm. Please contact us at stumblinggoat@gmail.com to purchase your seat at this event. You can view the evenings selections in the menu screen. Seating for this event will be $100.00 per person. We hope to see you there.
Contact:
Keri Dewoody
Phone:
206-784-3535
Email:
stumblinggoat@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.stumblinggoatbistro.com
03/16
Wine School at Seastar Bellevue
Erik Liedholm and sommelier accomplice Lars Ryssdal are up to more fun and games with a series of tasty and educational wine classes to enlighten the palate as well as the mind. The 2010 eno-academic semester at Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar in Bellevue will begin by exploring the fabled Northern Italian regions of Piedmont and Tuscany, for the first time in Wine School history. On Tuesday, March 16th, the self-dubbed “Scandinavian Wine Hacks” will discuss the attributes that make this area so legendary and lead a tasting that includes Piedmont’s magnificent Gaja, Giacosa, and La Spinetta wines alongside Tuscan giants like Antinori, Tenuta san Guido, Isole e Olena, and more. Classes are priced at $90 each or $240 for the three-class series (plus tax). Reservations are required and space is limited. All classes begin at 6:30 pm and run for approximately two hours. Students must be at least 21 years young. Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar is located at 205 – 108th N.E. on the ground floor of Bellevue’s Civica Building.
Contact:
Erik Liedholm
Phone:
425-456-0010, ext 46
Email:
Website:
http://www.seastarrestaurant.com
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