Wine Tasting Details
Catholic Charities' Ninth Annual d'Vine Affair
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Union League Club of Chicago
Wine Tasting: 2p.m. - 6p.m.
Guests can enjoy the opportunity to sample among an array of 275 wines from the West Coast, Europe, and around the world-many of which will be poured by the vintners themselves.
Tasting Tickets are $100 per person.
Tasting Ticket with Dinner at Quartino $140.
Designated Driver Ticket for $75 per person.
Business casual attire
2:30-3:00 p.m. & 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Wine-Appreciation Seminar
BOB BANSBERG
Sommelier at Gabriel's & Wine Instructor at Kendall College
2:30 - 3 p.m.
Mr. Bansberg is an award-winning sommelier, currently at Gabriel's and formerly at Chicago's four star restaurant Ambria for its full 25-year run. He served on the executive wine committee for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. In addition to developing wine lists for numerous restaurants, he is also noted for his current contributions with Fahrenheit and Vie.
In 2009, Bansberg won the "Best Sommelier " in the Jean Banchet Award for Culinary Excellence in Chicago. In 2000, Food & Wine magazine selected Bansberg as "The Best Sommelier in Chicago." In 1999, he was nominated for the highly coveted James Beard Award. He is a master judge for the Beverage Testing Institute and has been a judge for the National Restaurant Association's Wine Classic.
PATRICK W. FEGAN
Founder of the Chicago Wine School
3:30 - 4 p.m.
Mr. Fegan has taught wine appreciation classes since 1975 and has visited the vineyards of five continents. This love of wine lead Fegan to found the Chicago Wine School in 1984. The Chicago Wine School is an independent educational organization providing information about wines and spirits.
Fegan writes a regular wine column for the Chicago Tribune. He has also written Vineyards and Wineries of America: A Traveler's Guide and published The Vineyard Handbook: Appellations, Maps and Statistics.
He is the only Chicagoan to have passed the world's most rigorous wine-tasting exam, administered by the Institute of Masters of Wine (London).
2:00 - 4:30p.m. Silent Auction
Shop for an amazing array of wines, wine accessories, and fine dining experiences.
5:00 p.m. Raffle Drawing
Win the chance to stock your own wine cellar or toast to a case of vintage champagne.
Raffle Tickets are $15 each or 4 for $50
STOCK YOUR OWN WINE CELLAR I
Choose from selections offered at the January 31 event to stock your cellar.
Prize valued at $1,000
STOCK YOUR OWN WINE CELLAR II
Choose from selections offered at the January 31 event to stock your cellar.
Prize valued at $500
CASE OF MONTAUDON CHAMPAGNE
Glunz Family Winery & Cellars.
Prize valued at $450
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Dinner at Quartino
(additional purchase)
After you have enjoyed the wonderful wine tasting at the d'Vine Affair you should come pull up a chair and Join us for Dinner at Quartino. Arrive anytime between 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Includes a set dinner menu:
Antipasti
House-Cured Salumi
Assorted Cheeses
Roasted Beet & Walnut Salad
Roasted Peppers
Sicilian Caponata
Olive Assortment
Specialita
Roasted Tuscan Sausage with Bell Peppers & Onions, Garlic & Olive Oil
Braised Lamb Shank with Gremolata
Paste
Gnocchi with Arugula Pesto
Orrechiette with Fennel & Sausage Ragu
Bigoli with Venetian Duck Ragu
Dolci
Biscotti
Zeppole
Tiramisu
Wine will be included with dinner complements of Louis Glunz Wines, Inc.
No need to worry about parking or moving your car:
Transportation will be provided compliments of
Quartino from 4:45 to 8:30 p.m.
Buss transportation will be available in a continuous rotation to and from the Union League Club and Quartino located on the corner of State Street and Ontario Street.
(Tax and gratuity included)
Valet Parking is available for $10 per car.
