If you’ve ever been lucky enough to have more
than one wine served with a particular food item, you know just how
much a wine can change in the presence of tasty food. The
beautifully mysterious marriage of food and wine enhances both
sides of a dining experience…a wine’s personality will
change and your appreciation of the food will too.
You probably wouldn’t be surprised to
know how much fun the table talk is when multiple wines are tasted
with a course of expertly created food. Which wine is the
best by itself, which is best with the food? For the 2012
Wine Expo, all wines have been selected and their food pairing has
been determined through close consultation between Sommelier and
Chef.
Please take a look at the wide array of wine
dinners for 2012…it’s our largest selection
ever. Wine dinner tickets often sell-out VERY quickly, so buy
yours early to avoid missing out.
Saturday, November 3 SOLD
OUT
The 2012 ‘Prestige
Tasting’ Dinner
Maison Tait House — Shediac, NB
Tuesday, November
6th
Les Gourmandes
presents
"A gastronomic Tour de France"
The Capitol Theatre — Moncton, NB
Wednesday, November
7th
The Symington Family presents
“A Passion for Port”
The Delta Hotel — Moncton, NB
Wednesday, November 7 SOLD
OUT
The Frye Festival presents
“An evening with …” Pastalli Restaurant —
Moncton, NB
Thursday, November 8 SOLD
OUT
Celebrating Malbec with Bodega
Norton
St-James Gate à Fox Creek — Dieppe,
NB
(Note-tickets only available from restaurant)
Thursday, November
8th SOLD
OUT
90 Point+ Wine
Dinner
The Delta Hotel - Moncton,
NB
SOLD
OUT
The 2012 ‘Prestige Tasting’
Dinner
Maison Tait House is a gorgeous Shediac mansion
filled with outstanding woodwork, cut glass and a new Chef.
Michael Harris has just returned from five years of cooking in the
Caribbean and is now warming up local food lovers with inventive
cuisine and a flair for presentation.
Chef Harris is looking forward to wowing food and wine lovers
during the Expo and has been working with Sommelier Bill Vance on
an outstanding food and wine collaboration …with each course
paired with 2 to 4 of the Wine Expo’s highest rated and
most expensive wines. This winning combination
explains why this dinner sells out so quickly! Buy your
tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Click here to see the
delicious menu.
$225 total per
person including tax &
gratuity.
Drink and enjoy responsibly…why not
pre-arrange your departure transportation in advance.
Capitol Theatre
— Moncton NB
6:30 PM, Tuesday, November 6th - $150
Note: Venue change to the Capitol Theatre
We love food almost as much as we love matching food and wine
together. And if there is one country that dominates all
others when it comes to diversity, complexity and overall food
& wine nirvana, it must certainly be France.
We also love people who have made it a labour
of love to supply us with great food tasting opportunities.
Such are the people at Les Gourmandes Cheese, Delicatessen and
Chocolate, a deliciously artisan specialty food store with big
ambitions. The owners, Monique Roussel and André
Martineau, produce some of the best local cheeses in the
region. They also import rare and wonderful food from around
the world and sell it to discerning consumers in their retail shop
next to Main Street’s Crown Plaza Hotel.
This unique tasting experience will feature
wines from many different parts of France paired with a food item
from that region in an attempt to highlight the diverse nature of
France and delight you with rare food items such as Foie
Gras, artisan cheeses, charcuterie, etc. And since
owner Monique is a Cordon Blue trained Chef, you know the
selections will be outstanding. The wine portion will include
Champagne and Sauternes to name just a
few... A special surprise will be a tasting of world-class
Caviar produced in New Brunswick!
So mark your calendar and join the food-crazy
bunch at Les Gourmandes and Sommelier Bill Vance for a delicious
exploration of France…Mother Nature’s gift to us
all.
Click here for the delicious menu!
$150 total per person including tax &
gratuity.
Drink and enjoy responsibly…why not
pre-arrange your departure transportation in advance.
6:30 PM, Wednesday, November
7th, $175
Symington Family Estates is a wine company that owns several
vineyards, wineries, Port brands, Madeira producers and companies
making dry Douro wines. Included in their vast holdings are
some of oldest and highest quality Port brands. In fact, this
wine-loving family is often described as being a ‘Port
Empire’ unto themselves.
Any port tasting is a rare opportunity to enjoy
one of the wine-worlds most unique wine experiences. So when
the Symington family notified us of a major release of Port in New
Brunswick, we gladly offered to support their efforts with a Wine
Expo dinner.
Although the Ports offered at this dinner are
not part of the Wine Expo, the opportunity to participate in a
diverse Port tasting was too much to pass up. So we’re
doing something we really don’t do…allowing our
passion for wine to connect with a wine-making family’s
equally passionate drive for quality and diversity.
Your host and guide will be Mr. Pierre Dumas,
one of Canada’s leading experts on Port wine. He will
be working closely with Executive Chef Stefan Muller to present a
one-of-a kind food and wine pairing experience. In addition,
pre-Port wines will be presented by wine columnist and
professional Sommelier Craig
Pinhey.
So mark your calendar and join Port expert
Pierre Dumas and Chef Stefan Muller on a delicious exploration of
one of the wine world’s most delicious tasting
experiences.
$175 total per person including tax
& gratuity.
($100 tax receipt from the Canadian
Cancer Society)
Reservations are available
directly from the Delta by calling Ms. Pat DesBrisay
at 506-877-7101 or by emailing
pat.desbrisay@deltahotels.com.
Click here to see the
menu and wine list.
Drink and enjoy responsibly…why not
pre-arrange your departure transportation in advance.
SOLD
OUT
The Frye
Festival and Pastalli’s Restaurant present “an evening
with Lucy Waverman”
Pastalli Restaurant — Moncton NB
6:30 PM, Wednesday,
November 7th,
$95
Pastalli’s Restaurant has a well-earned
reputation for creating delicious and unique ‘one-off’
menus at previous Expo wine dinners. That and the delicious
wine pairings help explain why these dinners always sell-out so
quickly. Such is the passion of owner Gilles Ratté and
Sommelier Bill Vance.
We will be posting more details about this very
unique dinner and the proposed menu as soon as all details are
finalized. But if you’re a fan of great food and
wine-related entertainment, you won’t want to miss this
exciting evening.
So mark your calendar and join restaurateur
Gilles Ratté and Sommelier Bill Vance on a delicious food
and wine journey…all in support of Moncton’s
nationally recognized Frye Festival.
Click here for the delicious menu!
Drink and enjoy responsibly…why not
pre-arrange your departure transportation in advance.
SOLD
OUT
Argentina is a country famous for wine and
beef. For the wine, the delicious and sexy Malbec grape is
king. For their beef…well every food item there seems
to feature beef. This is without a doubt one of Mother
Nature’s best combinations of food and wine.
If you are already a fan of Malbec, then you
probably have heard of Bodega Norton. Each year, they produce
some of Argentina’s most highly sought after Malbec based
wine and this exceptional dinner will allow you to try several
different quality levels of this versatile and seductive grape
varietal. Will you prefer the entry level Malbec or one of
the more premium offerings? Who knows until you
try? What a great way to explore this Argentinian
gem.
Mr. Diego Surazsky, international marketing
manager for Bodega Norton, will host this wonderful dinner.
That fact would be interesting enough on its own, but Diego has a
surprise for those in attendance. He will be bringing a
‘cellar treasure’ for you to try. A wine so rare
that it is not offered for sale during our Wine
Expo…it’s a gift from him to those lucky enough to
secure tickets. Let’s just say that most of you will
never have experienced a Malbec from pre-1980.
$85 total per person including tax &
gratuity.
Click here to
see the menu and wine list.
Tickets for this amazing
evening are only available by calling the restaurant directly on or
after October 6th. So plan to attend by
calling ‘St-James Gate à Fox Creek’ at 1-
506-859-4653 ext 2.
90 Point+ Wine
Dinner SOLD
OUT
Delta Beauséjour Hotel —
Moncton NB
6:30 PM, Thursday, November
8th,
$135
Everyone loves great wine, especially if that wine has received recognition and
high scores from some of the world's top wine
writers.
This unique dinner features non Wine Expo wine but
we don't think you'll mind.
Each wine scores at least 90 points, and each wine will be paired
with delicious food prepared by Executive Chef Stefan Mueller.
In addition, the wines will be
presented by Maria Allan, eastern Canada sales
manager for top US wine producer Kendall
Jackson. Maria is bilingual and really knows her stuff.
This fantastic dinner is sure to please. And
at $135 including taxes and gratuities, it offers
great gastronomic value.
$135 total per person including tax &
gratuity.
Reservations are available
directly from the Delta by calling Ms. Pat DesBrisay
at 506-877-7101 or by emailing
pat.desbrisay@deltahotels.com.
Click here to see the
menu and wine list.
Drink and enjoy responsibly…why not
pre-arrange your departure transportation in advance.
