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Category Archives: Blog
Wine Fest Trustees and Supporters Present $1.5 million to The Children’s Hospital
The trustees and supporters of the Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest presented The Children’s Hospital administration and staff with a check for $1.5 million for a total of $4 million donated to date as proceeds of the Wine Fest … Continue reading
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Tagged Benovia Winery, signature vintner, The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, wine fest
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Signature Vintner’s Challenge Takes Wine Fest Over the Top
Signature Vintner’s Challenge Takes Wine Fest Over the Top
2012 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest Nets Record $2 million
(March 7, 2012- Fort Myers, Fla.) – The 2012 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest, held on February 24 and 25 at … Continue reading
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THANKS A MILLION! Make that $2 million — thank you to our bidders, our volunteers and our host
The SWFL Wine & Food Fest hit an all-time high netting over $2 million to benefit local children’s charities. Nine chef vintner dinners held on Feb. 24 throughout Lee and Collier counties and the Grand Tasting and Auction held Feb. … Continue reading
This week’s Wine Fest Vintnerview Features Tablas Creek Vineyard
This is Vintnerview: a conversation with the wineries that are literally putting the wine in the Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest, February 24th and 25th 2012 at Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club. Our winery today is Tablas Creek … Continue reading
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Benovia Vineyards – Our 2012 Signature Vintner Tells Us About Their Special Pinots and Chards
Below is a transcript of an interview with Benovia Vineyards’ owners Joe Anderson and Mary Dewane and their partner winemaker Mike Sullivan while on a recent visit to help kick off the SWFL Wine & Food Fest fun at Angelina’s Ristorante in … Continue reading
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Tagged benovia, Benovia Winery, charity, Fort Myers Wine Fest, signature vintner, SWFL Wine & Food Fest, wine
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We Will Drink No Wine Before Its Time
It’s time!
Okay, so we’ve done all the planning we can do, we’ve held all the meetings we could possibly sit through and it’s almost time to throw the switch. The 2011 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest is upon us. … Continue reading
DONALD PATZ AND HIS DESTINATION WINES
Most winemakers in the Napa area, especially those who make premium products, establish tasting rooms somewhere along the (very) well-traveled tourist corridor of Route 29. They’re packed together in a solid mass from downtown Napa up to Yountville, through St. … Continue reading
Meet the Staglins
If you turn off Napa Valley’s Route 29 on Bella Oaks Lane, go up the road about half a mile and look to your right, you’ll see a vast expanse of gorgeous vineyards crowned by a heritage estate house at … Continue reading
Patz & Hall–Four Friends. Fine Wines.
It’s amazing what can happen when four people who really like each other decide to make wine together. That’s what resulted when Donald Patz, James Hall, Anne Moses and Heather Patz came to that decision. Over the years, they’ve elevated … Continue reading
It’s Ur-BEE-Chay, Okay?
Italy is probably the only country in the world where wine is made in every single region. While most of us enjoy the wines of Chianti, and maybe those of the Piedmont area in the northwest, the area north and … Continue reading
