deVine Thoughts

November 15, 2009

Portuguese Wine Festival

Filed under: deVine's Daily Blog Article — Dirk @ 7:52 pm

Author: Dirk Chan

The culmination of a three day Portuguese Festival, this drop in festival style tasting at deVines on Saturday, November 14th from noon to 5pm will feature over 40 different wines offering you a chance to sample a wide range of what Portugal has to offer, from bubbles, to rose, to whites to table reds and of course the famous Ports (various types) to finish. Portugal is currently the old world wine producing country offering the best quality for price ratio (i.e. best bang for the buck), and we will showcase this. There are two other events in this three day festival: On Thursday, the Naked Grape Series: Port, and on Friday the sold-out dinner tasting at Sabor Divino, our annual Roy Hersh Portuguese tasting.

The $15 entry fee will benefit our charity of choice this year, the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters.

Day One of the three day Portuguese Festival will start with a special edition of the Naked Grape Port tasting. Lead by own Annabelle Evaristo, the focus will be on various styles of Ports from the homeland of Portugal featuring the White Port, tawnies, ruby, Late Bottled Vintage, and of course the rare and ultrafine Vintage dated Ports..This is a perennial favourite and fast seller so please book early to avoid disappointment.

The Naked Grape Series: Port (Selling Fast)
Date: Thursday, November 12
Time: 7pm
Cost: $50
To Register: Call 780-421-9463 or sign-up online here..

Day Two of the three day Portuguese Wine Festival will be our annual Remembrance Day Weekend Portuguese tasting with world renown Portuguese wine & port expert Roy Hersh at Sabor Divino Restaurant where chef Lino Oliveira will be preparing a special four course menu to pair with Douro Portuguese reds. As with tradition, we will then taste a selection of the 2007 Vintage Ports, the third declared vintage since 2000, and it is apparently stellar!

Annual Portuguese Tasting with Roy Hersh (Waiting List)
Location: Sabor Divino Restaurant on the Boardwalk (10220 – 103 Street)
Date: Friday, November 13
Time: 6:45 (Reception), 7:00 (Dinner)
Cost: $150

Day Three is the culmination of a three day Portuguese Wine Festival, this drop in festival style tasting will feature a wide range of what Portugal has to offer, from bubbles, to rose, to whites to table reds and of course the famous Ports (various types) to finish. Portugal is currently the old world wine producing country offering the best quality for price ratio (i.e. best bang for the buck), and we will showcase this. The $15 entry fee will benefit our charity of choice this year, the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters.

Portuguese Wine Festival (Selling Fast)
Date: Saturday, November 14
Time: 12-5pm
Cost: $15
To Register: Call 780-421-9463 or sign-up online here..

What a way to bring in the Remembrance Day weekend!

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