02 Apr Please The Palate Newsletter April 2019

Spring is here! Days are getting longer and I only wish that meant there was more time each day to get things done. It seems like time just flies by as we are already entering the fourth month of the year. It’s been a very busy start to the year getting ready for back to back events this spring. I hope you can join us at one or more of them! And, I hope you enjoy some of the winemaker interviews and stories that have been written over the past three months. Upcoming Events Effervescence LA May 3-5, 2019 The premier Champagne & sparkling wine event in America Krug Collector Dinner Friday, May 3rd, 7:00pm 71 Above (633 W. 5th Street, 71st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071) $1750 per person Grand Champagne Tasting Saturday, May 4th, 12pm-4pmThe Line Hotel (3515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010) $250 per person Includes Complimentary Master Classes featuring Krug, Bollinger, Ayala and Fromage de France Save $15 with the code PTPGC15 Gala Dinner with chefs Nancy Silverton, Dominique Crenn & Suzanne Tracht Saturday, May 4, 2019, 7:00pm Jar (8225 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048) $500 per person More Bubbles Brunch at Hedley & Bennett with Chef Nancy Silverton Sunday, May 5th, 11:00am – 3:00pm Hedley & Bennett (3864 South Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, CA 90058) $125 per person Save $10 with the code PTPMB10 Packages: Tastings Package ($325 per person) What’s better than bubbles? More bubbles! Enjoy the Grand Champagne Tasting and the More Bubbles Brunch with Chef Nancy Silverton for a discounted price. Full Festival Package ($2500 per person) Can’t decide which exciting Effervescence event to attend? Go to all of them! The Effervescence Full Festival Package includes the Krug Collector Dinner, the Grand Champagne Tasting, the Gala Dinner, and the More Bubbles Brunch. Cheers! Click here to purchase tickets ***** The Seven % Solution For The Love Of The Grape Sunday, June 2, 2019, Los Angeles More details coming soon A wine tasting event celebrating grape varietal diversity in California. Eight grape varieties make up 93% of California’s vines. The remaining 7% of grape varieties are championed by a small but steadfast force of winemakers. This is the opportunity to taste the wines made from this 7% and celebrate varietal diversity in California as 40 outstanding California wineries, 150 wines, and over 70 grape varieties are showcased. ***** Vintage Hollywood Saturday, June 8, 2019, 6:00pm at private estate in Bel Air, in West Los Angeles 2019 marks the 18th year of Vintage Hollywood. Vintage Hollywood is a non-profit foundation formed to raise funds to support charitable organizations, both large and small, that work to promote the health and well-being of Southern California’s diverse community. Since 2002, the Vintage Hollywood event has raised more than $3,700,000 to benefit organizations including Children’s Action Network, JDRF, Save the Children, United Friends of Children, OPCC and The People’s Concern. The beneficiary for the 2019 Vintage Hollywood event will be the GO Campaign. GO Campaign invests strategically in solution oriented, community-based and under-funded organizations that address the root causes of problems affecting vulnerable youth. GO Campaign identifies deserving local heroes throughout the world and partners with these organizations to provide children and young adults with critical services, resources and needed opportunities. The GO Campaign works with a number of local Los Angeles area grassroots “heroes” who run programs that give opportunities to vulnerable children and youth (under age 25). There are a variety of LA programs that GO has vetted, works with and gives grants to that benefit children in our community. It is these LA area programs/grantees that Vintage Hollywood will support. Read the full Please The Palate April 2019 Newsletter.