The Food Lovers Charity Banquet to Fundraise for Haiti will be begin with a glass of Jeio.
On January 12th a devastating earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti, displacing 300,000 homeless with an estimated death toll of more than 50,000.
Event organiser and 'Foodepedia' food writer Sabrina Ghayour, is organising a fundraising dinner with all proceeds being donated to Action Against Hunger (www.aahuk.org).
Top Chefs will unite to work side-by-side to prepare an exquisite five-course feast, paired with expertly matched wines for dinner guests. The Chefs for this special event are John Burton Race, Chris Galvin of Galvin Restaurants, Atul Kochar of Benares, Herbert Berger of 1 Lombard Street and Vickram Purewal of Le Bouchon Breton.
There will also be a raffle and an auction with some fantastic items including a wonderful weekend at Duca di Dolle, to bid on. The event hopes to raise as much as possible and as fast as possible to ensure the aid gets to where it is desperately needed, as soon as possible.
FEBRUARY 8 LE BOUCHON BRETON Old Spitalfields Market, London 6:30-11:00pm limited and exclusive tickets from sabrina@foodpedia.co.uk or +44 7961 336 198
– Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore, The Consorzi Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and have joined together to announce a new multi-year U.S. promotion entitled “The Italian Wine Masters.” Initial activities will include a series of grand tastings featuring more than 140 wine producers and master classes. First year events are scheduled to take place Monday, February 1, at the Chicago Hilton, 720 South Michigan Avenue, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Thursday, February 4 at the Waldorf=Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Master classes will include a tasting of selections from the three appellations of Tuscany and a session and tasting entitled “The Evolution of Prosecco, Conegliano Valdobbiadene.” The guest speaker in both cities will be wine and spirits authority, Anthony Giglio, author of Food & Wine Magazine Wine Guide 2010 and wine columnist for the U.S. edition of La Cucina Italiana magazine.
Cartizze will launch the New York City opening of Italian Wine Week and over 350 of New York City's high profile individuals will toast the apperitivo hours at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel for the week. Events are open exclusively to wine industry professionals. For information call + 1 888.398.5440.
January 20 2010, at the exclusive Saatchi Gallery of Art, open to the trade only, this wonderful tasting event is now watchable, live on the web. Thanks to the launch of the exciting concept weblog, THE BIBENDUM TIMES.
The Bibendum Times Annual Tasting on 20th January 2010 will be a wine tasting event like no other featuring over 200 winemakers showcasing more than 1000 wines at London’s Saatchi Gallery. Bisol Prosecco will be there with 2 stands, so you can't miss them!
Find out more about the tasting on The Bibendum Times – a unique website which is all about their passion for food & wine – tasting it, talking about it, writing about it and enjoying it. This interactive website means everyone can get involved.
A lot containing a Jeroboam Bisol has been auctioned at 250000 Dollars in Macao
International Italian Truffle Auction London - Rome - Moscow - Macao Saturday 12 December 2009
One of the lots in which a truffle was matched with a Jeroboam of Crede Bisol was sold at 250000 Dollars on the occasion of the second edition of the International Italian Truffle Auction. The event - conceived by Gisello Oberti, an realised with the support of the Italian Agricultural Ministery and Buonitalia - took place on Saturday 12 December at the Westin Excelsior in Rome, linked by satellate with three other prestigious locations: multi-starred chef Heinz Beck's London Restaurant Apsleys, the Moscow restaurant Semifreddo owned by 2 Michelin star chef Nino Graziano and the 7-star hotel The Grand Lisboa in Macao, the new gambling mecca of China.
The lot in question was bought in Macao by Stanley Ho, a chinese magnate, famous for his passion for wines. The other three prestigious lots matched with a Jeroboam Bisol were sold respectively in Macao for 5000 dollars, USA and Rome for 6000 and 3000 dollars.
This is without doubt another important confirmation that Prosecco is experiencing an international success and that the centre of international markets is moving toward the orient.
The lot was sold by Christie's and the proceeds went to charity.
Getaway to the heart of Prosecco
12/2009
...An ideal toast for the holidays
The Relais Duca di DOlle offers you an unforgetable stay in the hills of Prosecco, for all those who want to spend the festive season in total relaxation, immersed in the greenery of Rolle di Cison di Valmarino, a fascinating historic village elected Punto FAI in 2004 (Italian Foundation for the Evironment).
The Bisol family, invite you to share this island of paradise where it is still possibile to listen to the sounds of silence and to enjoy an incontaminated scenery.
Here are the two proposals for the festive season:
A >> Valid from 30 December 2009 to 2 January 2010 includes: - two night stay in a double room (with shower or spa bath) - Abbundant buffet breakfast - gift in room - Rich New Year's buffet of local traditional produce Price for 2 people // €350,-. Additional light per couple in a double room with breakfast // €74,-.
B >> Valid from 28 to 30 December 2009 or from 2 to 4 January 2010 includes: - two night stay in a double room (with shower or spa bath) - abbundant buffet breakfast - cooking lesson (with a demonstration of a typcial menu and final tasting of the dishes prepared) Price for 2 people // €360,-. Additional light per couple in a double room with breakfast // €69,-.
For information and bookings Silvia Basso > M +39.339.78.38.986 > foresteria@bisol.it > basso.sy@libero.it
Gianluca Bisol receives the Prix The Best
12/2009
Gianluca Bisol ricieves the Prix The Best 2009 in Paris from the Princess Marina di Savoia
Monday 14 December the award ceremony that elects the most elegant, for lifestyle and work, in the presence of the icons of style, Pierre Cardin, Ivana Trump, Ursula Andress, Claudia Cardinale, Joan Collins e Lola Karimova.
Gianluca Bisol, general manager of Bisol and member of the historic Prosecco making family, will receive one of the most important international awards, dedicated to style and elegance: the Prix The Best, from the Princess Marina di Savoia on Monday 14 December in Paris. The award, in its 33rd edition, celebrates the most elegant and charmant men and women around the world: an international committee - presided by Massimo Gargia and composed of artists, writers and members of the worlds of politics and business - this year seleceted the Prosecco entrepreneur, distinguished by an authentic "elegance in lifestyle and work", as the awards objective states.
Many well known people await this exclusive event, that takes place in the central Avenue Hoche: Pierre Cardin, Ivana Trump, Ursula Andress, Claudia Cardinale, Joan Collins, la Principessa Marina di Savoia, Lola Karimova, Sergio Mantegazza are just some of the examples of the important guests of the evening. "It is a great pleasure for me, but also for the Prosecco area to receive a recognition of this type in France" comments Gianluca Bisol "my work is my passion, my life: with my brother and cousins and our parents, we work with great passion so that, slowly, Conegliano will arrive at the same prestige as Reims, Valdobbiadene the same charm as Epernay and Prosecco the same fame as the Champagne region".
