Amelia Island Wine Festival
October 6, 2012
What
Taste award winning Florida wines, served by the vintners who make them at the Amelia Island Wine Festival on October 13, 2012 along the beautiful Amelia River in historic downtown Fernandina Beach. With more than 100 different wines to sample, this is the perfect place to find a favorite locally grown and crafted wine. Enjoy tastings with the award-winning vintners, learn about their wines and wineries, and purchase a bottle or case to prolong the pleasure long after you return home.
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Where
The Amelia River waterfront in historic downtown Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island, FL
When
Saturday, October 13, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wine tasting ends at 4:30 p.m. and wine bottle/case sales end at 5:00 p.m.
10th Annual Riverside WineFest
October 5, 2012
What
Taste over 300 wines from around the world and shop at participating merchants for great fall and holiday specials. While there are a lot of wine events in Jacksonville, no other event offers so many quality wines for such a small donation. Last year more than 1000 people enjoyed this event.
Featuring wines from $6 to $60, all for a donation of $30, with a $5 coupon to use at participating merchants. Wines from California, Spain, Germany, Australia, France and more. Sponsored by RAP, Riverside Liquors & 5 Points Merchants, this event is one of the best wine events in Jacksonville.
Tickets go on sale November 1st at Riverside Liquors & Village Wine Shop, 1035 Park Street in 5 Points – Jacksonville and at Royal Palm Village Wine & Tapas, 296 Royal Palms Drive – Atlantic Beach. Tickets will also be available on the day.
Where
1000 block of Park Street (Five Points), Riverside, Jacksonville.
When
The 10th Annual Riverside WineFest & 5 Points Fall Festival will be held Saturday, November 17, 2012.
Posted in Events | Leave a comment //Denbies Whitedowns Cuvée NV Sparkling, Surrey, England.
October 4, 2012
Grapes
100% Seyval Blanc
Yes, you are indeed forgiven for never having heard-of/tasted Seyval Blanc. The reason this French hybrid grape is starting to see a rise in popularity in English vineyards (as well as in New York and Canada), is that it isn’t opposed to a little cold weather (something which England does so well), since it buds and ripens early.
Facts
- The time is currently 8:28am GMT and I’m headed back to the U.S., after an impromptu visit to see my family in West Yorkshire (Northern England). I’m sat in terminal 3 of Manchester Airport, having just finished a full English breakfast, and am now staring out of the window at the rain hitting the runway tarmac, with my laptop rested on my knees as I contemplate this post…
This is my first-ever English wine review, but not for want of trying to review one earlier might I add! Last year (2011), when I was back in the U.K. visiting family, I had attempted to pickup a bottle of English wine, any English wine. I tried large grocery stores, small wine retailers, farm stores, organic food shops, all to no avail!
This time around, I managed to get my hands on this bottle of Denbies “Whitedowns” Cuvée NV Sparkling from the York Food and Drink Festival, but it was still the only English wine they had available in the whole festival!
So…in my best Yorkshire accent… sit thissen dahn an’ al tell thee all abart it!
- The Denbies is the currently largest vineyard in the United Kingdom; however the honor of largest winery goes to Chapel Down in Kent, this mainly due to the fact they buy in a substantial quantity of grapes. Denbies’ wines use only estate-grown grapes. They never buy to meet their needs…at least…not at the moment….
- Interestingly, because the Seyval Blanc variety has non-vitis vinifera origins (the most common genetic strain of grapevine) it is actually banned by the EU for use in “quality” wine production. Therefore, it couldn’t be used in the AOC or VDQS wines of France, the DOCG or DOC wines of Italy, the QbA or QmP wines of Germany, or the DO/DOCa wines of Spain etc.
29th Annual Jacksonville Caring Chefs Charity Event
October 4, 2012
What
Join Children’s Home Society of Florida, Buckner Division on Sunday, October 14 at The Avenues Mall for the 29th Annual Caring Chefs.
Caring Chefs has been the First Coast’s premier food event for 28 years! As the first, biggest and best food- and wine-tasting event in Jacksonville, it is also the most popular. Each year, sell-out crowds of more than 2,000 fill the mall sampling the best cuisine in Northeast Florida.
For information on how you can become a sponsor or how your restaurant can be part of the event, please contact Eric Scott at (904) 493-7739 or via email at eric.scott@chsfl.org.
General admission tickets are $60. Click here to purchase tickets.
Where
The Avenues Shopping Mall, 10300 Southside Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32256
When
Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Posted in Events | Leave a comment //Corks & Forks 2012 to Benefit Project SOS
October 4, 2012
What
The NAPW Jacksonville Chapter will be holding a charity event to benefit Project SOS.
Parkway Realty Services has donated the lobby of the Wells Fargo Center, and all other expenses are being donated by local businesses in Jacksonville so that all money raised will go directly to Project SOS.
This event will showcase food and wine from around Jacksonville and a silent auction in support of local students and helping them to make healthy life choices. Click here to purchase tickets.
Where
Wells Fargo Center Lobby, 1 Independent Drive, Jacksonville, FL, 32202
www.napwjacksonville.com
When
Thursday October 11th, 2012, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Posted in Events | Tagged Corks and Forks | Leave a comment //Try it!
October 3, 2012
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