Doubt I will make it to dinner at Chateau de France, Pessac Leognan, one of the many evening activities I was invited to...that is if I made it to Bordeaux for Vinexpo 2013 (June 16-20).
My schedule will not allow for it to happen.
I can always visit Chateau de France any other time of the year.
(* Photo from Chateau de France website)
Is Natural Wine Pop Up presence on May 21 at London International Wine Fair 2013 (May 20-22) influenced by the fact that for a couple of days the event has to share the London wine stage with all natural wine all the time Raw Fair (May 19-20).
Some of the offerings:
"Les Caves de Pyrene will host this Pop-Up, with a selection of over 50 wines from its own portfolio as well as others, both available in the UK and also seeking distribution. Producers will include critically-acclaimed biodynamic Rhone estate, Domaine Gramenon; Pheasant's Tears from Georgia; Villalobos with their Carignan made from "wild vines" in Chile and Jura's Philippe Bornard, whose reds and whites are made without sulphur. There will also be wines made in qvevri and amphora; orange wines from extended skin contact; sparkling natural wines made in the ancestral (pre-Champenoise) style, and other gems from a multitude of different terroirs and rarely-seen indigenous grape varieties."
Heard it through the grapevine for Green Day # 250
Previously: Vacant Lot Turned Vegetable Garden, Newark, 8th Street and 11th Avenue
Treat Mom to a red and gold chocolate heart
If you are lucky enough to be close to a Henri Le Roux Maitre Chocolatier boutique in Brittany or Paris.
Las Vegas Lotus of Siam chef Saipin Chutima treats New Yorkers to 'Saipin's Siam Supper' on May 1st for New York installment of Lucky Rice 2013 with 2 seatings, one at 6 pm, second at 9 pm, both sold out.
On the menu (according to 'Lucky Rice program)
FIRST COURSE Tom Kha Khai: Mushroom Soup
SECOND COURSE Mango Salad
THIRD COURSE Tuna Tartare
FOURTH COURSE Short Rib Khao Soi
FIFTH COURSE Northern Larb
DESSERT Mango and Sweet Sticky Rice
Tickets are still available for Grand Feast at Mandarin Oriental on May 3rd (7 to 10 PM) for $150 a piece and for Dim Sum Mahjong Bloody Mary Brunch on May 5th for more plebeian $88. Price for both includes food and drinks.
I wonder what Fuchsia Dunlop thinks of events like Lucky Rice.
('Eat, Drink, Get Lucky image from 'Lucky Rice' Facebook page).
Over the months of April and May 2013, the Wellcome Collection in London tries to answer the question Who's the Pest, with combination of Free and Paid events.
Program notes intertwined existence of man and bug:
"From their first bite to the fact they eat us when we die, insects will always be part of our lives. Explore the entwined, co-dependent and timeless love story between humans and insects and answer the burning question… who is more of a pest?"
April 30 and May 1st)
On April 30 and May 1st, sold out evening program (7:30 pm to 10:00 pm) will ask attendees to explore the Deliciousness of Insects...
The Menu
“How do you take something perceived as ‘inedible’, and create the paradigm shift to bring it into the category of the edible?” This is the challenge embraced by Nordic Food Lab. “We hope to show the diversity of deliciousness, by exploring insects as undervalued yet striking ingredients in the Nordic kitchen and beyond.”
"Come to this stimulating evening where Nordic Food Lab's Director Michael BomFrøst and Head of Culinary Research and Development Benedict Reade join Professor Marcel Dicke, ambassador for insects and TED speaker, to show you the possibilities offered by entomophagy (eating insects). Immerse yourself in insect cookery with live commentary and have delicious insect canapés bought to your table."
One a the Free events is Insects au Gratin :
"Insects Au Gratin focuses on the future of food, and shows the potential of insects as a sustainable food source. Enter the near future of food: experience for yourself the sensory world of harvesting mini-livestock and witness table-top 3D printing demos of possible novel insect foods that could be on our plates sooner than we think."
This is an installation created by Susana Soares in collaboration with Steak Studio. It runs until May 5th.
Two weeks from today, the Grandi Langhe DOCG 2013 event near Alba will be in its second day.
I had planned to attend yet sponsor for my visit changed its mind so it's doubtful I will spend 3 to 4 days in Italy to start May 2013.
Registering for the event means that invitations to meet winemakers, visit cellars and do some barrel tasting have started to fall in my inbox.
Last one is from Emanuela Borgogno of Fratelli Borgogno who invited me to visit their cellar.
It would be great to take a walk on Cannubi hill.
(* Photo of Emanueala Borgogno above from Fratelli Borgogno site)
With Vinexpo 2013 barely 2 months away, the event newsletter 'Vinexpo News' offers 4 Reasons Why American Wine Professionals Should Attend Vinexpo 2013 with 4 numbers culled from recent study.
"1) +55% : Projected increase in premium wine sales (above $10 a bottle) in the US between 2011 and 2016
2) 100 million: number ofcases of imported wine forecasted to be consumed in the US in 2016 (an 11.5% increase over 2012)
3) +25%: Projected increase in sparkling wine consumptionin the US between 2012 and 2016
4) $26.8 billion: projected retail sales of still wines in the US in 2016 (an 11.4% increase vs. 2012)"
((Source: 11th Global Study on Current Trends in the International Wine & Spirits Markets AND Outlook to 2016; Vinexpo/The IWSR; January, 2013). The complete study is available for purchase.)
Two very different approaches to photography are on display at Getty Museum with Japan's Modern Divide (March 26- August 25, 2013).
Both surrealist influenced Kansuke Yamanoto and documentary style Hiroshi Hamaya "grew up during the brief Taishō era (1912–1926), a period of industrialization and experimentation that ushered in the modern Shōwa era (1926–1989)."
Kansuke Yamamoto was inspired by "Surrealist art from Europe and produced innovative, socially conscious photographs, poems, and other works that advanced the avant-garde movement in Japan."
In contrast, "during this time, between the international Depression and World War II, Hiroshi Hamaya began to document regional traditions and social issues, primarily on the country's rugged "back coast" along the Sea of Japan."
Japan in Black and White for Tokyo Thursdays # 254
Previously: Full Samurai Armor Suit, $5400 via Bureau of Trade 'Japan Rising' Collection
(Photo Credits: Top: Creator(s): Kansuke Yamamoto (Japanese, 1914 - 1987), Title/Date: Butterfly, 1970, Culture: Japanese, Medium: Gelatin silver print print, Dimensions: Image: 16.4 x 11.4 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.), Mat: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.), Framed: 28.6 x 23.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.), Accession No. EX.2013.2.190, Copyright: © Toshio Yamamoto, Object Credit: Private collection, entrusted to Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
(Photo Credits: Bottom: Creator(s): Hiroshi Hamaya (Japanese, 1915 - 1999), Title/Date: Man in a Traditional Minobashi Raincoat, Niigata Prefecture, 1956...Culture: Japanese, Medium: Gelatin silver print print, Dimensions: Image: 30.6 x 19.8 cm (12 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.), Accession No. 2009.34.18, Copyright: © Keisuke Katano, Object Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
The April 30, 2013 Queensday celebrations in Amsterdam take special meaning as Dutch queen Beatrix will pass the crown to her son.
Besides the pomp and circumstance, music abounds with parties from mainstream Royal Cafe in Zuiderkerk to hardcore with Reng Deng Deng at Haparanda Fields.
One of the 2 dance oriented options is Loveland Queensday, an 11 hour dance music marathon in Oosterpark with DJ line up including pioneer of Neapolitan techno scene, Marco Carola to French expat Sebastien Leger.
Hopefully weather will cooperate. I wish them a 'dry' Queensday 2013.
(* Royal Cafe image from their site)
For its 2013 edition, Raw Artisan Wine Fair partnered with Ottolenghi team who will man the Raw Wine Booth where you will be both able to sample and purchase wines that are present at Raw Fair.
In addition, "official RAW Wine shop will launch on the Ottolenghi webstore mid-April and run through to the end of May. Giving wine fans a preview of what’s on offer at the show, the online store will stock a wide selection of approximately 30 wines from the show’s exhibitors."
A producer seeking UK representation at fair is Domaine Rouge Bleu (Rhone) led by Caroline Jones
Raw Artisan Wine Fair 2013 takes place in London on May 19 and 20.
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