11th Annual KC Wine and Food Festival

Now doesn't THIS sound like fun? It's still a week away, but thought I'd make sure you had plenty of time to get ready for this one.

The website says:

Join us as the “city of fountains” becomes the City of Wine at the 11th Annual Kansas City Festival of Wine & Food, August 26-27, 2006, at the Overland Park Convention Center. This event is an annual fundraiser benefiting the American Heart Association. Since it was founded by Standard Beverage Corporation, nearly $1 million has been generated to raise essential funds in the fight against the No. 1 and No. 3 health threats of all Americans: Cardiovascular disease and stroke.

The list of restaurant sponsor's is impressive, including:
40 Sardines
Bacchanalia
Bristol Bar & Grill
Cassis
Cinzetti's
Dean & DeLuca
El Caribe Café & Catering
Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue
Garozzo's
Hereford House
Houlihan's
J. Alexander's
J. Gilbert's
Longhorn Steakhouse
Nick & Jake's
OP 1906 Bar & Grille
Plaza III
Starbucks Coffee Company

Other events include:

Wine Maker Dinner:
6:30 pm, Saturday, August 26, 2006
Overland Park Convention Center
Join celebrity vintner Kathy Benziger of Benziger Family Winery, Glen Ellen, CA, at this blacktie optional evening featuring an exclusive six-course wine dinner enjoyed among friends.
Individual Tickets: $200 each, seating is limited to 350 guests.

Grand Tasting & Auctions:
1-5 pm, Sunday, August 27, 2006
Overland Park Convention Center
Meet the wine makers and sample from more than 300 award-winning wines from around the world while also tasting the best of regional cuisine. Guests also have the opportunity to participate in a Reserve Room select tasting and Kansas City’s most select silent and live auctions.

Grand Tasting: 1-4 pm; Tickets: $60 each; attendance is limited to 1,500 guests.

Reserve Room: 1:30-3:30 pm; Tickets: $40 each with purchase of Grand Tasting ticket.
Select tasting includes a choice of 5 specialty wines; limited to 150 guests.

Silent Auction: 1-3:45 pm

Live Auction: 4-5 pm
PARTNERSHIPS:
The goal of the 2006 Kansas City Festival of Wine & Food is to raise $225,000 (net) to assist in research, education and advocacy efforts of the American Heart Association. We invite you to partner with us on this exceptional event that is life-saving, full of marketing opportunities for you and FUN for the more than 1,500
attendees! Please contact Kristi Torres, AHA Development Director, at 913.652.1907 or Kristi.torres@heart.org.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS:
Individual tickets for all events may be purchased through the American Heart Association office:
Phone: 913.648.6727 | Address: 6800 W. 93rd Street, Overland Park, KS 66212 |

www.kcwinefest.com

Event attendees must be 21 years of age and present valid photo ID.

posted by B.G. Roberts @ 7:52 AM