October Events
Theme |
Crow's Nest: Date and time TBA |
Location |
Crow's Nest |
Date |
Oct 01, 2013 |
Time |
TBA |
Theme |
Proposed trip to Tuscany |
Location |
Italy |
Date |
Oct 06, 2013 to Oct 12, 2013 |
In October, IWFS Bombay are planning a trip away to Tuscany from Sun, 6th October to Sat, 12th October, 2013.
The approximate cost is Rs. 3.5 lakhs per person (excluding air fares).
The maximum number of persons that can be accommodated is 20. ...
more info...
Theme |
Supermarket Wines |
Venue |
Aysgarth Court Centre, |
Location |
Aysgarth Court off Highfield Road, Blackpool |
Date |
Oct 07, 2013 |
Time |
7:30 |
A selection of wines purchased by members from ten leading supermarkets.
Aldi; Asda; Booths; Coop; Lidl; M&S; Morrisons; Sainsburys; Tesco and Waitrose
more info...
Theme |
Dinner at Le Gavroche |
Venue |
Le Gavroche Restaurant |
Location |
Vancouver BC |
Date |
Oct 08, 2013 |
Time |
6:30pm |
Many of us know Le Gavroche as an iconic restaurant in Vancouver, notably a "Place to kiss" in the Pacific northwest and it was with great pleasure that we welcomed many of our members and also guests to the "new" Le Gavroche under the ownership of Rob...
more info...
Theme |
Wine Tasting with Importer |
Venue |
TBA |
Date |
Oct 09, 2013 |
Theme |
AGM and POST AGM DINNER |
Venue |
Doubletree Hilton Hotel |
Location |
2 Bridge Place, Victoria, SW1V 1QA |
Date |
Oct 09, 2013 |
Time |
AGM: 6:45 for 7:00 |
We will be holding the Branch AGM and post-AGM Dinner at the Doubletree (formerly the Hesperia) again this year. All members are entitled to attend the AGM and we hope that you will take this opportunity to find out more about how the Branch is r...
more info...
Theme |
Sentieri Dinner |
Venue |
Mario i Sentieri |
Location |
Comforia Nishi Azabu 4-1-10 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
Date |
Oct 11, 2013 |
On October 11th 2013, IWFS Tokyo held a dinner at one of Tokyo's best Italian restaurants, Mario i Sentieri.
Please click here to view the menu.
more info...
Theme |
Monthly Tasting |
Venue |
Greenville |
Location |
Club Lake Clubhouse |
Date |
Oct 13, 2013 |
Time |
3:00-5:30 p.m., |
Meal 1: Appetizers appropriate for “Octoberfest” German Wine and Beers
Wine 1: Deinhard Lila Riesling Sekt Trocken, Mosel, Germany 2.Petals Gewurztraminer (2012), Pfalz, Germany 3.Gerd Anselmann, Pfalz Dornfelder (2010), Pfalz, G...
more info...
Theme |
The Freshest of the Fresh |
Venue |
Wink |
Location |
1014 North Lamar Blvd. |
Date |
Oct 15, 2013 |
Time |
7:00 pm |
IW&FS members met at Wink Restaurant for a very special tasting menu for us, paired with fine wines. Opening Wink in 2001, Chefs Mark Paul and Stewart Scruggs were among the...
more info...
Theme |
Dinner at Yum Sing |
Venue |
Yum Sing |
Location |
Torquay |
Date |
Oct 15, 2013 |
Time |
7.15 pm for 7.45 pm |
Theme |
Tarbells |
Location |
3213 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix AZ 85018 |
Date |
Oct 16, 2013 |
Time |
6:45PM |
Our 51st season of the Phoenix chapter of the International Wine & Food Society is upon us! This year we will begin our 368th Society Dinner with an old friend to many, albeit a new venue for our Society, at Mark Tarbell’s eponymous res...
more info...
Theme |
The Ultgimate Tasting |
Venue |
Mezzanine Floor, Hilton Doubletree |
Location |
Victoria, SW1V 1QA |
Date |
Oct 17, 2013 |
Time |
7.00 pm |
In our October-December Programme of Events for 1980 where we celebrated our 47th Anniversary with a Grand Dinner, there was a Special Note:
“80 years ago on 17th October 1900, a young man named André Simon married a young lady name...
more info...
Theme |
Wine Lunch |
Venue |
(venue TBD) |
Date |
Oct 18, 2013 |
Theme |
A Taste of France |
Venue |
Chef Hattam Catering in the Old Cafe'de Paris |
Location |
1228 S 6th Street Omaha |
Date |
Oct 18, 2013 |
Time |
TBD |
A Taste of France in the Heart of Little Italy
Cafe de Paris
Map & Directions -click here
Event Invitation
Read about it in the- September issue of the Bluffs Food & Wine Gazette
About our Chef
John attended Ca...
more info...
Theme |
October 2013 Italian Dinner |
Venue |
La Cumbre Country Club |
Location |
Santa Barbara |
Date |
Oct 18, 2013 |
Time |
6:30 |
Our dinner menu was selected from The Mozza Cookbook ("Recipes from Los Angeles's Favorite Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria"), by Nancy Silverton, Knopf, 2011. Page numbers are given in parentheses. Wines from our cellar included Gavi, Brunell...
more info...
Theme |
Dinner at La Fontaine |
Venue |
Taipei Room, La Fontaine |
Location |
Gloria Prince Hotel |
Date |
Oct 19, 2013 |
On October 19, IWFS enjoyed a dinner in the Taipei Room at La Fontaine.
Please view the wine menu here.
more info...
Theme |
Bois D'Arc Bash Scholarship Wine Tasting |
Venue |
Commerce |
Location |
Market Square |
Date |
Oct 20, 2013 |
Time |
3:00-6:00 p.m. |
Theme |
Autumn Dinner |
Venue |
Red House |
Location |
Waterloo, Ontario |
Date |
Oct 21, 2013 |
Meal 1: Caesar’s Oysters: Fresh-shucked oyster, with vodka & Clamato mignonette, crispy panko & horseradish-crusted oyster, preserved lemon
Wine 1: Alain Geoffroy Beauroy Premier Cru 2011 Chablis
Meal 2: Spinach &a...
more info...
Theme |
Encore .. at Globe ! |
Venue |
Globe |
Location |
3455 St Laurent Montreal |
Date |
Oct 21, 2013 |
Time |
7pm |
Meal 1: Bar à huîtres Chardonnay,Billaud-Simon, Domaine Les Vaillons, Chablis Premier Cru 2009 1ère entrée Canard fumé, roquette et tomme des joyeux fromagers Pinot Gris, Inniskillin Reserve, Niagara 2012 2e...
more info...
Theme |
Annual General Meeting |
Venue |
Orles Barn Hotel |
Location |
Wilton - Ross on Wye |
Date |
Oct 22, 2013 |
Time |
11.15 |
You are welcome to attend the AGM for which there is no charge. If you would like to stay and join us for a light 2 course lunch with wines please forward your cheque £17.50 per person - payable...
more info...
Theme |
PB Steak - A Stag Event |
Venue |
PB Steak |
Date |
Oct 22, 2013 |
*****
The International Wine & Food Society
Miami Branch
Stag Event, Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Gastro-Steak, PB Style
Dear IW&FS Members:
You are invited to our 334th event.
WHERE:
PB Steak
1787 Purdy Ave  ...
more info...
Theme |
Songket Restaurant - Malay Style Cuisine |
Date |
Oct 24, 2013 |
Theme |
Café Spice Namasté |
Venue |
Café Spice Namasté |
Location |
16 Prescot Street, E18 AZ |
Date |
Oct 25, 2013 |
Time |
7:00 pm |
And now for something completely different.
Your organiser recently had a delicious lunch cooked by Cyrus Todiwala OBE of TV fame. We have now been invited to join him and fellow enthusiasts...
more info...
Theme |
Italian Dinner |
Venue |
Antica Posta Tuscan Restaurant & Bar |
Location |
Atlanta |
Date |
Oct 27, 2013 |
Time |
5:00 pm |
Theme |
Interactive Tasting of Port Wines |
Venue |
The Signet Society of Harvard University |
Location |
46 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA |
Date |
Oct 28, 2013 |
Time |
7:00PM |
Under the expert tutelage of our Program V.P., Fred Ek, we will be tasting and learning about Vintage Porto (1960 to 2011); Late Bottled Vintage; An Aged Tawny and a few other delights. We will also experiment with some food pairings. There a...
more info...
Theme |
Luncheon at Hambledon Hall |
Date |
Oct 29, 2013 |
Theme |
Annual General Meeting |
Venue |
Brasserie Restaurant |
Location |
Cricket Square |
Date |
Oct 29, 2013 |
Time |
6pm |
The Annual General Meeting of the Grand Cayman Branch took place on at the Brasserie Restaurant on Tuesday 29 October, 2013. Directors of the Branch were re-elected for the coming year, and financial accounts were presented and approved.&...
more info...
Theme |
80th Anniversary of the Society |
Venue |
Alderley Edge Hotel, SK9 7BJ |
Location |
Laurent Perrier Suite |
Date |
Oct 31, 2013 |
Time |
19:30 for 19:45 |
An anniversary is a time for celebration, and I don't think we could have chosen a better venue for our 80th anniversary gourmet dinner than The Alderley Edge Hotel. Eighty members and guests attended the dinner on 31 October 2013.
Our menu included s...
more info...
Theme |
ABC - ANYTHING BUT CHARDONNAY |
Venue |
The Lansdowne Club |
Location |
9 Fitzmaurice Place,W1J 5JD, off Berkeley Square |
Date |
Oct 31, 2013 |
Chardonnay – love it or hate it! The yuppy ladies’ ‘vino collapso’ in wine bars gave the grape variety a really bad name in the la...
more info...
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October Events
Theme: |
Crow's Nest: Date and time TBA |
Location: |
Crow's Nest |
Date: |
Oct 01, 2013 |
Time: |
TBA |
|
more info...
|
Theme: |
Proposed trip to Tuscany |
Location: |
Italy |
Date: |
Oct 06, 2013 to Oct 12, 2013 |
|
In October, IWFS Bombay are planning a trip away to Tuscany from Sun, 6th October to Sat, 12th October, 2013.
The approximate cost is Rs. 3.5 lakhs per person (excluding air fares).
The maximum n...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Supermarket Wines |
Venue: |
Aysgarth Court Centre, |
Location: |
Aysgarth Court off Highfield Road, Blackpool |
Date: |
Oct 07, 2013 |
Time: |
7:30 |
|
A selection of wines purchased by members from ten leading supermarkets.
Aldi; Asda; Booths; Coop; Lidl; M&S; Morrisons; Sainsburys; Tesco and Waitrose
more info...
|
Theme: |
Dinner at Le Gavroche |
Venue: |
Le Gavroche Restaurant |
Location: |
Vancouver BC |
Date: |
Oct 08, 2013 |
Time: |
6:30pm |
|
Many of us know Le Gavroche as an iconic restaurant in Vancouver, notably a "Place to kiss" in the Pacific northwest and it was with great pleasure that we welcomed many of our members and also gue...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Wine Tasting with Importer |
Venue: |
TBA |
Date: |
Oct 09, 2013 |
|
More details to follow....
more info...
|
Theme: |
AGM and POST AGM DINNER |
Venue: |
Doubletree Hilton Hotel |
Location: |
2 Bridge Place, Victoria, SW1V 1QA |
Date: |
Oct 09, 2013 |
Time: |
AGM: 6:45 for 7:00 |
|
We will be holding the Branch AGM and post-AGM Dinner at the Doubletree (formerly the Hesperia) again this year. All members are entitled to attend the AGM and we hope that you will take this...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Sentieri Dinner |
Venue: |
Mario i Sentieri |
Location: |
Comforia Nishi Azabu 4-1-10 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
Date: |
Oct 11, 2013 |
|
On October 11th 2013, IWFS Tokyo held a dinner at one of Tokyo's best Italian restaurants, Mario i Sentieri.
Please click here to view the menu.
more info...
|
Theme: |
Monthly Tasting |
Venue: |
Greenville |
Location: |
Club Lake Clubhouse |
Date: |
Oct 13, 2013 |
Time: |
3:00-5:30 p.m., |
|
Meal 1: Appetizers appropriate for “Octoberfest” German Wine and Beers
Wine 1: Deinhard Lila Riesling Sekt Trocken, Mosel, Germany 2.Petals Gewurztraminer (2012), Pfalz, Germ...
more info...
|
Theme: |
The Freshest of the Fresh |
Venue: |
Wink |
Location: |
1014 North Lamar Blvd. |
Date: |
Oct 15, 2013 |
Time: |
7:00 pm |
|
IW&FS members met at Wink Restaurant for a very special tasting menu for us, paired with fine wines. Opening Wink in 20...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Dinner at Yum Sing |
Venue: |
Yum Sing |
Location: |
Torquay |
Date: |
Oct 15, 2013 |
Time: |
7.15 pm for 7.45 pm |
|
more info...
|
Theme: |
Tarbells |
Location: |
3213 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix AZ 85018 |
Date: |
Oct 16, 2013 |
Time: |
6:45PM |
|
Our 51st season of the Phoenix chapter of the International Wine & Food Society is upon us! This year we will begin our 368th Society Dinner with an old friend to many, albeit a new venue...
more info...
|
Theme: |
The Ultgimate Tasting |
Venue: |
Mezzanine Floor, Hilton Doubletree |
Location: |
Victoria, SW1V 1QA |
Date: |
Oct 17, 2013 |
Time: |
7.00 pm |
|
In our October-December Programme of Events for 1980 where we celebrated our 47th Anniversary with a Grand Dinner, there was a Special Note:
“80 years ago on 17th October 1900, a young...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Wine Lunch |
Venue: |
(venue TBD) |
Date: |
Oct 18, 2013 |
|
Wine Lunch (venue TBD)
more info...
|
Theme: |
A Taste of France |
Venue: |
Chef Hattam Catering in the Old Cafe'de Paris |
Location: |
1228 S 6th Street Omaha |
Date: |
Oct 18, 2013 |
Time: |
TBD |
|
A Taste of France in the Heart of Little Italy
Cafe de Paris
Map & Directions -click here
Event Invitation
Read about it in the- September issue of the Bluffs Fo...
more info...
|
Theme: |
October 2013 Italian Dinner |
Venue: |
La Cumbre Country Club |
Location: |
Santa Barbara |
Date: |
Oct 18, 2013 |
Time: |
6:30 |
|
Our dinner menu was selected from The Mozza Cookbook ("Recipes from Los Angeles's Favorite Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria"), by Nancy Silverton, Knopf, 2011. Page numbers are given in parenth...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Dinner at La Fontaine |
Venue: |
Taipei Room, La Fontaine |
Location: |
Gloria Prince Hotel |
Date: |
Oct 19, 2013 |
|
On October 19, IWFS enjoyed a dinner in the Taipei Room at La Fontaine.
Please view the wine menu here.
more info...
|
Theme: |
Bois D'Arc Bash Scholarship Wine Tasting |
Venue: |
Commerce |
Location: |
Market Square |
Date: |
Oct 20, 2013 |
Time: |
3:00-6:00 p.m. |
|
more info...
|
Theme: |
Autumn Dinner |
Venue: |
Red House |
Location: |
Waterloo, Ontario |
Date: |
Oct 21, 2013 |
|
Meal 1: Caesar’s Oysters: Fresh-shucked oyster, with vodka & Clamato mignonette, crispy panko & horseradish-crusted oyster, preserved lemon
Wine 1: Alain Geoffroy Beauroy P...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Encore .. at Globe ! |
Venue: |
Globe |
Location: |
3455 St Laurent Montreal |
Date: |
Oct 21, 2013 |
Time: |
7pm |
|
Meal 1: Bar à huîtres Chardonnay,Billaud-Simon, Domaine Les Vaillons, Chablis Premier Cru 2009 1ère entrée Canard fumé, roquette et tomme des joyeux from...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Annual General Meeting |
Venue: |
Orles Barn Hotel |
Location: |
Wilton - Ross on Wye |
Date: |
Oct 22, 2013 |
Time: |
11.15 |
|
You are welcome to attend the AGM for which there is no charge. If you would like to stay and join us for a light 2 course lunch with wines please forw...
more info...
|
Theme: |
PB Steak - A Stag Event |
Venue: |
PB Steak |
Date: |
Oct 22, 2013 |
|
*****
The International Wine & Food Society
Miami Branch
Stag Event, Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Gastro-Steak, PB Style
Dear IW&FS Members:
You are invited to our 334th event....
more info...
|
Theme: |
Songket Restaurant - Malay Style Cuisine |
Date: |
Oct 24, 2013 |
|
More details to follow...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Café Spice Namasté |
Venue: |
Café Spice Namasté |
Location: |
16 Prescot Street, E18 AZ |
Date: |
Oct 25, 2013 |
Time: |
7:00 pm |
|
And now for something completely different.
Your organiser recently had a delicious lunch cooked by Cyrus Todiwala OBE of TV fame. We ha...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Italian Dinner |
Venue: |
Antica Posta Tuscan Restaurant & Bar |
Location: |
Atlanta |
Date: |
Oct 27, 2013 |
Time: |
5:00 pm |
|
more info...
|
Theme: |
Interactive Tasting of Port Wines |
Venue: |
The Signet Society of Harvard University |
Location: |
46 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA |
Date: |
Oct 28, 2013 |
Time: |
7:00PM |
|
Under the expert tutelage of our Program V.P., Fred Ek, we will be tasting and learning about Vintage Porto (1960 to 2011); Late Bottled Vintage; An Aged Tawny and a few other delights. W...
more info...
|
Theme: |
Luncheon at Hambledon Hall |
Date: |
Oct 29, 2013 |
|
more info...
|
Theme: |
Annual General Meeting |
Venue: |
Brasserie Restaurant |
Location: |
Cricket Square |
Date: |
Oct 29, 2013 |
Time: |
6pm |
|
The Annual General Meeting of the Grand Cayman Branch took place on at the Brasserie Restaurant on Tuesday 29 October, 2013. Directors of the Branch were re-elected for the coming yea...
more info...
|
Theme: |
80th Anniversary of the Society |
Venue: |
Alderley Edge Hotel, SK9 7BJ |
Location: |
Laurent Perrier Suite |
Date: |
Oct 31, 2013 |
Time: |
19:30 for 19:45 |
|
An anniversary is a time for celebration, and I don't think we could have chosen a better venue for our 80th anniversary gourmet dinner than The Alderley Edge Hotel. Eighty members and guests atten...
more info...
|
Theme: |
ABC - ANYTHING BUT CHARDONNAY |
Venue: |
The Lansdowne Club |
Location: |
9 Fitzmaurice Place,W1J 5JD, off Berkeley Square |
Date: |
Oct 31, 2013 |
|
Chardonnay – love it or hate it! The yuppy ladies’ ‘vino collapso’ in wine...
more info...
|
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