{"id":14600,"date":"2017-09-06T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=14600"},"modified":"2017-09-13T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T21:42:08","slug":"3rd-annual-glorious-bites-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/06\/3rd-annual-glorious-bites-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual Glorious Bites Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14602\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14602\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14602\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/090216a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"288\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gloria Ferrer Brut<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Do you like sparkling wine and have a special recipe? You\u2019ll want to check out this special event offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloriaferrer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gloria Ferrer Caves &amp; Vineyards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have an appetizer recipe idea that might pair well with Gloria Ferrer\u2019s Sonoma Brut? Submit your original recipe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloriousbites.com\/recipes\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a> by September 24, 2017. If you are not quite sure how to pair a sparkling wine with food, you will want to check out the suggestions on the Gloria Ferrer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloriaferrer.com\/blog\/recipes-2\/gloria-ferrer-the-perfect-appetizer-wine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In early October, twelve participants selected to continue in the competition will face a semi-final cook-off at one of three locations. For 2017 the locations are in Boston, Minneapolis, and Englewood, CO.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14601\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14601\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14601\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/101624d14435347_10154146211658043_5960239401245631934_o-200x300-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winner of the 2016 Glorious Bites Challenge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The semi cook-offs are followed by the Glorious Bites Challenge Finals on October 14th at the renowned Gloria Ferrer Winery in Sonoma California. The selected finalist will receive $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>To offer this delightful Gloria Bites Challenge, Gloria Ferrer Winery partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pointreyescheese.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The judges for this year\u2019s Glorious Bites Challenge include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Julia Luttrell Executive\u00a0 Chef of The Fork, a Culinary and Education Center<\/li>\n<li>Susie Williams, <a href=\"http:\/\/wearenotmartha.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Are Not Martha<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kim\u00a0 Ly Curry, from Minneapolis<\/li>\n<li>Erin Sellin, <a href=\"https:\/\/dinnersdishesanddesserts.com\">Dinners, Dishes &amp; Desserts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_14603\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14603\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14603\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/92316iIMG_0945-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creating a yummy appetizer.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2016, Terry and I were invited to attend the live semi-final, cook-off in Washington, DC. We had a wonderful experience. If you enjoy sparkling wines and good food you will want to try to attend one of the live cook-off events. Check out some of Wine Trail Traveler\u2019s 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?s=Glorious+Bites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blogs<\/a> about the Glorious Bites Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Wish we lived closer to one of the semi cook-off events!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"3rd Annual Glorious Bites Challenge!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=14600\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have an appetizer recipe idea that might pair with Gloria Ferrer\u2019s Sonoma Brut?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,1],"tags":[996,2899,674,3693],"class_list":["post-14600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","category-wineryevents","tag-brut","tag-contest","tag-gloria-ferrer","tag-glorious-bites-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14600"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14635,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14600\/revisions\/14635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}