Events
2008 Events
EXCLUSIVE HOFSTÄTTER WINE DINNER
with Martin Foradori, Tenuta Hofstätter
Ristorante Semplice, 10 Blenheim Street W1S, £85 per person
29th JANUARY, 7pm LAST FEW SPACES
We have a handful of spaces left at Semplice ('the best new Italian in London in years' - Giles Coren, Times Online) for our wine dinner highlighting the exceptional wines of Tenuta Hofstätter in Alto-Adige. Among the wines paired to classic dishes from Semplice's menu will be Martin's tre-bicchieri winning Gewurztraminer - Kolbenhof, his top and Italy's finest Pinot Noir - Barthenau S. Urbano and the supercharged Lagrein Riserva - Steinraffler ('the first top-flight wine from this grape to be made outside of Gries ' - Wine Advocate #154).
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 to book your places at dinner. Guests welcome.
For more details on Hofstätter wines please go to: Tenuta Hofstatter
TRENTINO & ALTO-ADIGE WINE DINNER
Enoteca Turi, 28 Putney High Street - London - SW15
26th FEBRUARY - SOLD OUT
27th FEBRUARY, 7pm 6 tickets left - £95 (payable in advance)
Giuseppe and Pam Turi 'really understand the complex relationship between food and wine ....and the result is a very engaging place to eat and drink.' - Charles Campion, London Restaurant Guide.
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 for more details and to book your places at dinner.
VENETO FOOD & WINE DINNER
Notting Hill, W11
9th APRIL, 7.30pm £100 per person (max 12 people)
Join us at Enrica Rocca's cookery school on Ladbroke Grove, for a fantastic feast of Venetian dishes (seafood from the Rialto market is a particular speciality) paired with fine wines from the region. Food and Wine pairing tuition included.
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 to reserve your places.
CAVALLI SELECTION/BRUNELLO '03 DINNER
Daphne's, 112 Draycott Avenue SW3
22nd APRIL, 7.30pm £95 per person (payable in advance)
Join us for a Tuscan dinner at the famous Daphne's in South Ken, wine highlights to include the first vintage of the stunning Super-Tuscan from Roberto Cavalli's Panzano estate, Tenuta degli Dei, and also arrived this month - Mastrojanni's opulent and forward-drinking 2003 Brunello.
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 to add your names.
ITALY CONQUERS FRANCE!
Le Garrick, 10-12 Garrick Street, WC2E
28th APRIL, evening £40 per person
One of Theatreland's great institutions, the unremittingly Gallic Le Garrick Wine Bar & Restaurant, is going Italian for evening for our Grand Tour Tasting. Join us as we take a vinous trip round the classic and emerging wine regions of Italy. Bread, cheeses and the usual food accompaniments included. Further details to follow.
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 Payment in advance reserves your places.
CAVALLI SELECTION LAUNCH
Berkeley Square, W1
MAY - DATE TBC
From their beautiful Panzano estate, Tenuta degli Dei, the Cavalli family are launching the first vintage of their stunning Super-Tuscan, which we are delighted to be representing in the UK. More details will follow but we will be co-hosting a very glitzy evening launch event sponsored by Roberto Cavalli to showcase the 2005 vintage Cavalli selection. Venue on Berkeley Square TBA, canapes by Cipriani.
Invitation by guestlist only. Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 to add your names. Numbers strictly limited
SARDINIA & SICILY WINE DINNER
Notting Hill, W11
28th MAY, 7.30pm £100 per person (max 12 people)
Next up at Enrica's cookery school on Ladbroke Grove, is an exploration of the islands. Sicily, famous for its seafood and simple ripe ingredients is often considered to be the guardian of true Italian cuisine and Sardinia has a number of interesting culinary specialities. Dishes will be paired with rare and little known wines from the region. Food and Wine pairing tuition included.
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 Payment in advance reserves your places.
MARYLEBONE VILLAGE GASTROTOURS - with Celia Brooks Brown
10th JUNE & 20th JULY 10 am - 2 pm approx, £80 per person
Experience the gastronomic Renaissance of Marylebone Village including the farmer's market, La Fromagerie, the Smorgasbord at Totally Swedish, oyster tasting at Fishworks, and the many flavours of Rococo Chocolates. A feast of their ingredients, selected and cooked by Celia then awaits you at Divertimenti, London's hottest cookshop, accompanied by tutored fine wine tasting from A Moveable Feast.
Please contact DIVERTIMENTI COOKERY SCHOOL, 020 7486 8020
to book your places.
TUSCAN WINE DINNER
Notting Hill, W11
23rd JULY, 7.30pm £120 per person (max 12 people)
Back to Enrica's cookery school on Ladbroke Grove, this time for a traditional Tuscan feast of hearty regional dishes (Crostini, Trippaio, Bistecca alla Fiorentina, Cantuccini etc) paired with fine wines from Chianti and Montalcino, including a Brunello Riserva, and Roberto Cavalli's new Super-Tuscan.
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 Payment in advance reserves your places.
ART GRAND SLAM EVENT
WITH TENNIS GREAT: MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
and Slovak artist Juraj Kralik @
The Smithfield Gallery, 16 West Smithfield, London, EC1Y
8th July 6-9pm FREE
You are invited to an exclusive Private View of these exciting artworks from one of tennis' great figures in collaboration with highly respected Slovakian artist Juraj Kralik. Come and peruse the art works from Art Grand Slam and meet the artists whilst sampling wines chosen by A Moveable Feast from the four Grand Slam nations, UK, France, Australia and the U.S.
INVITATION ONLY: Please contact Tasha from Club Concierge, quoting 'A Moveable Feast' to receive yours.
THANK BACCHUS IT'S FRIDAY...
Megan's Deli, 571 King's Road, SW6
11th July 5.30-8.30p FREE* (first 20 to reply)
Help our market research and kick-start your weekend, sampling a selection of new wines and new-released vintages. We value your opinion and you value our free wine. We hope to make this a regular bi-monthly event so please come and join us at Megan's and if you don't have dinner plans stay on and enjoy suberb freshly-prepared dishes in the garden or restaurant.
Please contact Tom to book your spaces.
DELUXE WINE AND TRUFFLE TOUR
PIEMONTE (Gavi, Barbaresco, Barolo and Alba)
9th-12th OCTOBER £1600 per couple (max 8 people)
Flying in to Genoa, on the Ligurian coast, we will drive up to the picturesque and award-winning wine estate of Villa Sparina for a Tasting and candlelit Michelin-starred dinner in the winery cellars. On Friday we will visit Castello di Neive, which owns the most famous Barbaresco vineyard - Santo Stefano, and enjoy a tasting dinner at converted hunting lodge, La Contea. Saturday's packed itinerary will include vertical and horizontal Barolo tastings at Anselma and Brovia, a Truffle tasting Dinner at Borgo Antico and a nocturnal truffle hunt. On Sunday we will head to Italy's truffle capital for the truffle fair and produce market before making our weary but replete way up to Turin and home!
Please contact Tom, 07870 384 490 for more details.
