CA/National Events
Ventana sponsors several community events locally and across the country each year. We may even be traveling to a town near you! Keep up with the calendar of our award-winning guest appearances on this page.
Monterey:
Cooking For Solutions
Tour 4: A Big Sur Affair
Saturday, May 22 (9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)
Begins and Ends at Aquarium
$225 general public/$175 Aquarium members
(Tax deductible portion: $140 general public/
$90 Aquarium members)
Limit: 25 people
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Join our Chef of the Year Suzanne Goin (Lucques, Los Angeles) on the beautiful Big Sur coast as she and Ventana Inn & Spa executive chef Dory Ford team up to provide you with an incredible experience. You’ll explore the beautiful grounds, see a demo from Suzanne and dine on local sustainable products, including produce from Ventana’s own garden. Enjoy your gourmet lunch on the newly remodeled terrace overlooking the Big Sur coastline, and meet principals from Ventana Vineyards as you sample estate grown wines from the most award-winning vineyard in America.
About Cooking for Solutions: Join us for our ninth Cooking for Solutions celebration—the culinary event of the year with great chefs, gourmet cuisine and fine wines. It’s an elegant way to discover how your food choices protect the health of the soil, water and ocean wildlife. Events include the signature gala celebration, as well as food and wine adventures, cooking demonstrations and a seafood challenge.
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Save the date for:A Taste of TUSCA
Thursday, July 15, 2010
RSVP to the Hyatt at: 831.371.1234 ext 6675
Be sure to book for the VENTANA Taste of TusCA.
$55 per person (includes 4 courses with wine pairings)
More details to follow.
TusCA Ristorante
Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa
1 Old Golf Course Rd. Monterey, CA 93940
831-657-6675
Northern California Events:
Where: The Log Cabin, 1299 Storey Ave, San Francisco
Join 15 of the Rhone Rangers’ best winemakers for a stunning evening at the Log Cabin in the San Francisco Presidio. The dinner begins with a walk-around tasting of library wines complemented by splendid hors d’oeuvres. At 7 PM we will be seated for a three course meal, catered by the Girl & the Fig (that famous Sonoma restaurant known for their their “Rhone alone” wine list) and plenty of great American Rhones. Guests can choose from two menus: smokey pork shank, braised until it melts in your mouth and then finished with a touch of apple brandy and crispy lardons, or a layered mushroom pasta for vegetarians. A brief live auction with wine and wine-country travel lots, with auction proceeds benefitting the Rhone Rangers Scholarship Fund, will top off the evening. Attendance is limited to 130. Participating wineries will be announced in February. This event takes place at the rustic yet elegant Log Cabin in the San Francisco Presidio (map). Seating with any particular winemaker is not guaranteed; we will encourage winemakers to offer their wines to each table, giving everyone a chance to taste any wine offered that evening.
Thirteenth Annual Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting.
Sunday, March 28, 2010 2:00 - 5:00 PM.
Fort Mason, San Francisco
Ventana Winemaker Reggie Hammond will be pouring at the Ventana booth!
The weekend culminates with the Grand Tasting, where over 2,000 people are expected to come taste over 500 wines from more than 100 Rhone Rangers wineries. Sample gourmet foods from 25 or more specialty food purveyors, including cheese, bread, olive oil, charcuterie, fruits and other sweets and chocolates. A silent auction will feature Rhone Rangers wines and wine-related items; proceeds from the auction will benefit our partners, Meals on Wheels of San Francisco. Participating wineries will be announced in February. This event takes place at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion. Come out for a great afternoon of wine, food and fun. BUY TICKETS: $60/each through 2/27/10. (Tickets $65/each thereafter).
Family Winemakers Tastings in 2010
San Francisco
Sunday, August 22, open to the public and the tade
Fort Mason Center
Order Tickets online or call 866-465-3995
http://www.familywinemakers.org/tastings/tastings.cfm
Southern California Events:
Ventana Wine Dinner at Spaggi's
Weds, February 17th, 6pm
Spaggie's Restaurant
1651 W Foothill Blvd.
Upland, CA 91786
RSVP: 909-579-0497
Cost: $52/person plus tax and gratuity
Join Ventana National Sales Manager Sarah Robinson and Spaggi's Restaurant for a gourmet Italian inspired meal paired with Ventana's award winning wines. The menu includes Asiago Potatoes with Ventana Dry Rosado, Heirloom Tomato and Organic Beet Salad with Ventana's gold medal Riesling, Lobster Bisque with our famous Gold Stripe Chardonnay and South African Sea Bass paired boldly with our Ventana Pinot Noir. And don't forget dessert, Torta de Gelato with our limited production Due Amici.
Family Winemakers Tasting
Sunday, March 14
Del Mar Fairgrounds, open to the public and the trade
Tickets are $45 in advance, $55 at the door.
Order Tickets online or call 866-465-3995
http://www.familywinemakers.org/tastings/tastings.cfm
Meet the winemaker! Reggie Hammond will be pouring his gold medal wines at the Family Winemakers Tasting, above.
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