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Wine festival TODAY at the Fraze
Lat month, I called it a stealth wine festival. Of course, it didn’t stay that way for long. And the Festival of the Vine is happening today (6-24-07) from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering. But here, I’ll let Karen Durham, the Fraze’s general manager, tell you the rest, as she did in a comment to that earlier post about the event: (Click on “continue reading” …)
Festival of the Vine, June 24 from 2 PM to 11 PM, is a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon sampling wines from all over the world! The festival is definitely not a secret! We’d love to spread the word, as we are eager to introduce what we hope to be an annual event. We started this festival in response to the positive comments we received in the wine garden at SeaFest, Fraze’s seafood festival. We offered a small selection of wines, but many festival goers had questions about the wines they were sampling, so we thought we’d create an event to educate our folks. A few selections of wines that will be offered at the festival include Nicolas Potel from Burgundy, Kim Crawford from New Zealand, Greg Norman Estates from California and Australia, El Coto from Spain, Simi from Sonoma County, Jackson Triggs from Canada, Biltmore from North Carolina and De Favri from Italy. And the list goes on reaching approximately 40 different wines, enough to please all levels of knowledge for all you wine tasters! Wine experts will be on hand to answer questions and make recommendations as well! Festival vendors will barbeque and sell chicken, steak, chops and fruit, too. We had also been playing with the idea to create a jazz festival since it’s such a wonderful music niche for Fraze. At Festival of the Vine we’ll have free music in Lincoln Park Civic Commons during the day featuring smooth sounds from some of the area’s finest jazz musicians, including Puzzle of Light and Magnolia Bolthead. You can also attend the festival’s ticketed headlining performance, saxophonist Euge Groove with special guest Urban Jazz Coalition at 7:30 PM. So if you’re looking to have fun and try wines in an unpretentious atmosphere, then Festival of the Vine is the place to be! The fine wines offered, $2 for samples and $6 a glass, plus the music make this festival an excellent deal! For all you wine tasters out there, and those wanting to learn more, don’t miss out on your chance to spend a relaxing Sunday in the beautiful surroundings of Lincoln Park for an experience worth savoring. We hope this “super-secret stealth event” is no longer a mystery and we hope to see you there! Karen Durham, Fraze Pavilion General Manager
So there you have it. Super-secret not more.
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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By chiefwino
June 24, 2007 9:27 PM | Link to this
Nice afternoon event. I would like to commend Heidelberg Distributing for offering a nice variety of wines from around the US and the world. (Not just the usual supermarket brands) Hopefully next year will have a broader selection of wine-friendly foods (antipasto or cheese plates for example). My favorite things that I had not tried before include: Bella Valle Pinot Noir, Two Oceans Shiraz, El Coto Crianza. An old favorite the Franciscan Cabernet was showing particularly well.
By Steve
June 24, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this
Sounds like a great festival, a shame it wasn’t written up before today. Can you recap the event to let us that weren’t able to go know how it turned out?!?