Slow Food Vast Wine
Posted by ryan / Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Barrel Oak Winery of Delaplane is hosting the Third Annual Slow Food Vast Wine Fundraiser on Saturday, April 30 at 6:30 p.m.
This event has several ambitions and noble cause behind it. Besides promoting lesser-known food and wine producers in the area, all the proceeds go to scholarship programs at the John XXIII Montessori Children’s Center in Front Royal.
Anyone can bid on bottles of exemplary wine or exhilarating getaways in the silent and live auction portion of the fun-filled evening that awaits you.
Attendees can “travel” to three regions of the world with their handy-dandy passport to try award-winning wines paired with epicurean delights. The Virginian, Californian, and the Mediterranean tables are quite different from one another. Each themed area has up to four meals and three different wines to choose from.
David and Stacy Gedney of the Apartment 2G Restaurant are in charge of cooking the tapas-style menu. All ingredients are from local farms that practice “beyond organic agriculture.” These include Ayreshire, Fields of Athenry, Briarmead, Echo Ridge, Brown Stone Ranch, and Polyface, among others.
Event coordinator Mark Accettullo was adamant in his belief that these purveyors deserve our loyalty and support. “All of the producers we highlight are committed to uphold and promote principles that are good for our taste buds, landscapes, animals, and bodies,” he said. “They represent everything that is good and noble about farming.”
The evening is scheduled to end at 11 pm, but not before the dessert underneath the stars. Decadent delights like cream puffs, chocolate pave, and lemon mousse pavlova will be paired with special Ports that have been aged to perfection.
Buy your tickets now in order to attend this exciting event. You can still donate to the cause even if you can’t make it.
Call (540)-660-5641 or e-mail mark@slowfoodvastwine.org for more information.
-Ryan Robertson
(image: John XXIII Montessori)
Tags: Apartment 2G Restaurant, Ayrshire Farm, Barrel Oak Winery, Briarmead, Brown Stone Ranch, Echo Ridge, Fields of Athenry, John XXIII Montessori School, Organic Farming, Polyface, Slow Food Vast Wine, tapas