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Loading ...SPRING FOOD AND WINEFESTS 2008
Spring food and winefests are coming up fast. To complement our suggestions for Spring Festivals, Travel Advice offers the following events to tickle your taste buds.
First up from February 29 to March 2, 2008 is the Boca Bacchanal, sixth annual winefest in Boca Raton, Florida, presented by the Boca Raton Historical Society.
The three-day event commences with Vintner Dinner’s where celebrity chefs and prize winning vintners will combine their respective talents to create gastronomic masterpieces, which are open to the public and held in private residences.
The highlight of the three days is The Bacchanal and Auction held on the Saturday at the Boca Raton Resort & Club with a lavish dinner and live auction of rare wines. On the third day there is a “Tasting Lunch” at the Centre for Arts at the Mizner Amphitheatre where you can try delicious food prepared by the top 25 restaurants. A new addition this year is “Raise your Glass,’ a lunch and culinary demonstration by the Florida Table and the Lynn University School of Hospitality. All proceeds go to the Boca Raton Historical Society. Many of the Vintner Dinners are already fully booked so do not wait too long before making your reservations
Each year The Southern Breeze Wine and Culinary Festival brings together fine wines, gourmet food and Gulf Coast culture into one weekend. The festival visits several Gulf Coast cities in turn, to celebrate the unique flavour of this region.
In 2008, you have a choice of three Spring weekends. Biloxi, Mississippi from March 7-9, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 4-6 and Orange Beach, Alabama, May 2-4. Each venue hosts exciting events, including a Winemaker Dinner where a top Gulf Coast chef prepares a five-course meal complemented by five elegant wines. On the Saturday is the Grand Wine Tasting where guests can sample up to 200 vintages from around the world, watch a “cook off” between local chefs and enjoy live music and purchase wines of their choice. The weekend ends with The Walkabout Brunch, sampling delicacies from 10 local restaurants and casting votes in The Peoples Culinary Competition. A perfect end to this great extravaganza of food and wine.
Finally, but by no means least, is The Blue Ridge Wine Festival, NC, held at Blowing Rock from April 10 – 13 2008. Thursday commences with the Commercial and Amateur Wine Competition where you can submit that homebrew you are inclined to boast about, Wines must use 70% of NC grapes. Friday, The Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry, there are cookery classes, Wine Education Seminars and The Gallery Stroll through the art galleries of Blowing Rock. The highlight is on Saturday with The Grand Tasting where you can sample 100 great wines followed by “Fire on the Rock,” a cooking competition between Blowing Rock’s finest chefs with the finale on the Sunday after The Champagne Brunch at a local restaurant. In addition there are Vintner’s Dinners in private residences. This is a fantastic festival in a fantastic setting, surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains
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