Black Star Farms is participating in the Pairing event at the Grand Rapids Festival

From November 16 to November 18, Grand Rapids, Michigan is the site of the 10th Annual Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer, and Food Festival.

Tickets are available online and at the festival box office. These tickets offer a complimentary sampling glass, a Festival Program, wine, beer and food seminars. For those who would like to taste food and beverage samples, sampling tickets will be available at the festival in 50-cent denominations.

Thursday Seminars

• Tipsy Turkey & Drunken Gravy
• Cooking with Wood and Smoke
• Celebrate Out of the Box: Holiday Feasts
• There’s BUG in my beer and WHY the brewery put it there!
• Uncovering the Truth About Sparkling Wine
• Not Your Grandma’s Rosé: A Tasting of Traverse Wine Coast Rosés

Friday Seminars

• Handmade Pasta
• Cooking with Wood and Smoke
• Tipsy Turkey & Drunken Gravy
• Celebrate Out of the Box: Holiday Feasts
• “To Have and Have Another”
• When and Why to Splurge
• Michigan Fruit
• Rieslings: A Tasting of Traverse Wine Coast Rieslings from Sweet to Dry
• Guinness: A Tale of Two Centuries
• Cider 101
• Pinot Noir: A Tasting of Pinot Noirs from the Traverse Wine Coast

Saturday Seminars

• Celebrating Michigan Fall Flavors
• Tipsy Turkey & Drunken Gravy
• Cooking with Wood and Smoke
• “To Have and Have Another”
• Handmade Pasta
• KBS Beer Fudge
• Rieslings: A Tasting of Traverse Wine Coast Rieslings from Sweet to Dry
• The World of Fruit Beers
• Cider 101
• Sparkling Wines: A Tasting of Bubblies from Traverse Wine Coast
• Develop Your Wine Sense with Blind Tasting
• A Taste of the Lake Michigan Shore
• Getting Naked with Chardonnay: Unoaked vs Oaked
• Guinness: A Tale of Two Centuries
• Wine, It’s Good for YOU: The Health Benefits of Drinking Wine
• A Tasting of Cool-Climate Reds from the Traverse Wine Coast

In addition to the seminars, Craft Cocktail Workshops will be offered. Look for cocktail workshops including:

• Simple & Sour: The Power of Citrus in Cocktails
• Barrel Aged Cocktails
• Bubble & Squeak: Beertails & Mules
• Brandied Cherries
• The French 75 Connection: Mawby and New Holland Artisan Spirits
• Old Fashioned: The Original Cocktail
• Mixing Cocktails in Hemingway Fashion
• The Manhattan: Story of the First Modern Cocktail

Several special Pairing events will take place. Several restaurants will offer special menus for this event. Restaurants taking part in this event include: Black Star Farms, Gilly’s Smokehouse/B.O.B.’s Brewing, Nibi/FireKeepers, Reds at Thousand Oaks, Rockwell Republic, San Chez, six.one.six, The Kitchen by Wolfgang Puck, and The Knickerbocker.

Cheers!
Kathy