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Sept 4: Harvest Tastes, Thirty Bench Vineyard & Winery, 4281 Mountainview Road, Beamsville, ON. Harvest Tastes is an annual fundraiser with the proceeds going to help low income families at Christmas time. Enjoy top quality wines and excellent food, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm; $40.00 per person. Reservations required. 905-563-1698. e-mail : wine@thirtybench.com Sept 5 & 6: "Hops of Fun" Beer & Wine Festival, Mackinaw City, Michigan. 1-800-750-0160 Sept 5, 6 & 7: Paw Paw Wine Festival, Paw Paw Michigan 269-655-1111 Sept 5, 6 & 7: Niagara Wine & Food Classic - An intentional wine & food experience, Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls ON. Visit North America's fastest growing wine and culinary destination. Call Caroline Atherton 905/356-6061, ext. 41. Sept 6 & 7: Greek Cypriot Dionysia Festival, Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. Celebrate the Dionysia traditions dating back to the ancient Greeks, featuring wine tasting, food, traditional dancing, and activities for the kids. For info call (519) 746-7254 Sept 12: Penfolds Winemaker's Dinner, EPIC Restaurant, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Reception - 6:30 p.m.; Five-course dinner - 7:00 p.m. Call Joo-Rei Mathieson, 416-860-5097 Sept 12 - 28: Niagara Wine Festival. There's just too much going on to give any sort of meaningful detail. There's something happeni9ng at every hour of every day so check out the website or call 905-688-0212. Sept 15: Australian Wine Fair Montreal, Maison du
Gouverneur, Galerie, 901 de Lorimier, Montreal PQ. Trade 2-5
p.m.; Consumer 7-9:30 p.m. Sept 17: Tuscan Wine Producers Lecture & Tutored Tasting, Columbus Centre, Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. Toronto ON, 7 p.m. Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee: 416/593-7769, ext. 358 Sept 17: Savour Niagara, Four Points Sheraton, Thorold ON, 5:00 - 9:00. A celeration of Niagara’s finest wines and foods, combining an evening of tasting with a series of educational seminars and cooking demonstrations. $45/person. Call 905-685-6100 for details. Sept 17: Australian Wine Experience, CBC Building Atrium 250 Front St. West, Toronto ON, 7-10 p.m. Some 50 Australian wineries will be pouring a wide range of wines from Australia's diverse regions and varieties. Aussie winemakers and winery principals will be on hand to discuss the wines. Sept 19: Konzelmann Estate Winery - Winemaker's Dinner. Enjoy an exquisite five-course dinner with Herbert Konzelmann and experience his passion and appreciation for wine, food and life. Featuring the Winemaster's Collection premium wine series. Champagne reception - 6:30pm; Dinner - 7pm. $125.00 per person. RSVP 905-935-2866. Sept 19 -28: 51st Annual Niagara Grape & Wine Festival. Montebello Park, St. Catharines, ON. Over 100 events including winery tours and tastings, concerts, Niagara cuisine, artisan shows, wine seminars, family entertainment, and one of Canada's largest Parades. Selected as Ontario's Cultural Event of the Year and One of North America's Top 100 Events. 906-688-0212 for further info. Sept 22-27: Konzelmann Estate Winery - To Oak or not to Oak! Enlighten your senses and expand your knowledge of traditional winemaking through a vertical tasting of four Konzelmann Chardonnay wines, including our Best Limited Edition Chardonnay (Cuvée 2003). 3pm daily, $15.00 per person. RSVP - 905-935-2866. Sept 23: Toronto Symphony orchestra 13th Annual Fine Wine Charity Auction & Festival Fine Wine Tasting, The Design Exchange, Toronto ON. (Charity Auction, Oct. 2). Sponsored by Robert Mondavi Winery. Sept 25: Portuguese "Group of 7" Tasting & Winemakers Dinner, featuring Sogrape, José Maria da Fonseca, JP Vinhos, Messias, Aveleda, Aliança and Esporão – location TBA Sept 26: Splendours of Sicily, a nine-day wine, food & culture excursion with wine writer and educator Steve Thurlow, 416-878-7955, steve@wineaccess.ca Sept 27: Konzelmann Estate Winery - Harvestfest 2003, Niagara ON. Enjoy an outdoor BBQ featuring authentic German Oktoberfest sausage paired with a glass of a 2002 Vintage Wine. 11-5pm, adults $6.00, kids $4.00 (sausage/pop). Sept 27-28: "Atlanta Wine SouthFestival" Festival of Food, Wine, Art and Music. The 4th Annual Wine South Festival is held in the new Gwinnett Center, 12 minutes north of the Atlanta. Over 400 wines, complimentary cuisine samples, live music, art, cooking demonstrations, and wine seminars. Friday night kick-off reception benefiting the Children's Arts Museum at the Hudgens Center for the Arts. Wine expert Kevin Zraly will be presenting seminars at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday ($28, reservations required). Admission to other wine seminars is $18 each. Sept 29: Sonoma County Wine Tasting, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver ON. Trade Seminar 1:15-2:30 p.m., Consumer Show 7:00-9:30 p.m. Contact Rick Slomka, Wine Institute of California, 905-336-8932 rick.slomka@sympatico.ca Sept 30: Sonoma County Wine Tasting, Hyatt Regency, Calgary AL. Trade Seminar 1:15-2:30 p.m., Consumer 7:00-9:30 p.m. Contact Rick Slomka, Wine Institute of California, 905-336-8932 rick.slomka@sympatico.ca Sept 30-Oct 1: Montreal Passion Vin 2003, Montreal, Quebec. For More Information Contact: 514-252-3435 |