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Category Archives: Events
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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Hospital Patient Creates Signature Art for Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest
Original painting featured on event posters, to be auctioned at
Wine Fest event on Feb. 25
Fort Myers, Fla. – January 10, 2012) – Butterflies and a bright purple kitten are featured in this year’s signature painting created by Olivia Ramsey … Continue reading
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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
They’re baaaaaaaaaack! Favorite winemakers return.
One of the major ways you know an event is successful is that people who attend want to come back year after year. We’re very grateful for the trustees and other generous folks who have loyally graced our tasting tables … Continue reading
The Coffee Conferences
As we mentioned before, planning is well under way for the Wine Fest in February. In fact, the Wine, Chef, and Auction committees have been meeting on a very regular basis at the former Blackhawk coffee shop in the Bell … Continue reading
Justin: Wines, Charities, and Big Dogs, Too.
There are a lot of treats in store when you drive north on Highway 101 from Los Angeles. The first, of course, is the lovely town of Santa Barbara, and it would be so easy to just stop there and … Continue reading
