{"id":4563,"date":"2011-07-29T12:53:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T17:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2011-07-29T12:53:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T17:53:28","slug":"tickets-for-the-nyc-wine-food-festival-are-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/29\/tickets-for-the-nyc-wine-food-festival-are-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Tickets for the NYC Wine &#038; Food Festival Are Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in May, I wrote a blog about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycwineandfoodfestival.com\/2011\/index.php\">New York City Wine &amp; Food Festival<\/a> to be held this fall, September 29 thru October 2. Tickets are now available for this massive event. Tickets are per event; while some may find prices to be steep, it should be remembered that this is a charity event. According to the event website, &#8220;100% of the net proceeds benefit the Food Bank For New York City, fighting hunger in the five boroughs; and Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit working to end childhood hunger in America. In 2010, the Festival raised more than $1.2 million for these charities, helping them better provide for those they serve and closing the gap on hunger in our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few more details about the New York City Wine &amp; Food Festival for 2011. Four grand tastings and several dinners are scheduled. Also look for seminars and panel discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Seminars at the festival will be on Saturday and Sunday. Included in the lineup are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vertical      Tasting of Santa Rita Casa Real: 8 Outstanding Vintages of an Iconic South      American Gem hosted by Laura<\/li>\n<li>Petrossian      Caviar Seminar with Ray Isle<\/li>\n<li>Riedel      presents Crystal Clear: Does The Glass Make a Difference?<\/li>\n<li>Cheese      Essentials<\/li>\n<li>Around      the World with Pinot Noir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss some of the Panel discussions and other activities from Meatpacking Local. You will find<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New      York Insiders with Master Sommelier Laura DePasqu<\/li>\n<li>What      is the Ultimate Restaurant Experience?<\/li>\n<li>Dining      Sustainably in New York Restaurants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets are available per event or as a package. If you are thinking about attending any of the scheduled events, get your tickets early in case the event is sold out. Tickets are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imgtickets.com\/OnlineCustom\/default.asp?brand=NYC\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Tickets for the NYC Wine & Food Festival Are Available!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=4563\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in May, I wrote a blog about the New York City Wine &amp; Food Festival to be held this fall, September 29 thru October 2. Tickets are now available for this massive event. Tickets are per event; while some may find prices to be steep, it should be remembered that this is a charity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[438,350,184,34,2097,1935,2247,2098,98],"class_list":["post-4563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wineryevents","tag-dinner","tag-events","tag-festival","tag-food","tag-food-bank-for-new-york-city","tag-foodie","tag-new-york-city-wine-food-festival","tag-share-our-strength","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563","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=4563"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4569,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions\/4569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}