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Up first it’s all about the Breckenridge Brewery Beer Dinner October 2nd at the Wichita Marriott East. This is one of the three Midwest Beerfest Dinner that Friday and they are all GREAT and selling out fast. You can learn more about all three dinners at www.midwestbeerfest.com
Melissa Field joined Breckenridge Brewery in January of 2015 having previously worked in the restaurant industry and later at Western Beverage Distributing Company in Denver. Melissa’s experience during her 10 years in the beer business has included Restaurant Marketing and Key Account Management.
Midwest Beerfest 2015 – Beer Dinners*
Friday October 2 • 7 p.m.
Various locations
Cost: $55 (316) 682-5502** Seating limited
Breckenridge Brewery
Celebrity Guest Melissa Field, Breckenridge Brewery, Sales Manager, KS, MO
Marriott Wichita – 9100 Corporate Hills Drive
Presented by Standard Beverage Corporation & AIWF-Wichita
Winemaker Bob Cabral
In the second half World Renowned winemaker Bob Cabral joins us to talk about his journey in wine, the many outstanding wineries he has worked with and his latest “Three Sticks” winery in Sonoma, another great producer of Bob’s favorite wines…Pinot Noir & Chardonnay.
There is very good reason Bob Cabral’s name is synonymous with great Pinot Noir. With decades of experience in Sonoma County, Bob’s passion, experience and following for his work with the varietal is second to none. From 1998 to 2014 Bob was winemaker for Williams Selyem. There, he led the winery into a new era, overseeing an expansion of new vineyard sources and bottlings for the brand, along with the construction of a state-of the art winery.
Bob’s winemaking philosophy has remained constant throughout his career—to source and farm the best fruit possible, with minimal intervention in the cellar. He was awarded the 2011 Wine Star Award from the Wine Enthusiast as “Winemaker of the Year.”
He joined Three Sticks in 2015, with fervent enthusiasm. Bob lives in the Russian River Valley where and is a devoted husband and father to his wife and daughter.
We don’t have Three Sticks wines available in Kansas YET, but be checking the shelves and bugging your wine merchant. You can always learn more, join the wine club and order on-line at: www.threestickswines.com
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2012 Catena Cabernet Sauvignon – High Mountain Vines
This Argentinean beauty shows a dark ruby color with violet tones. On the nose, it offers intense aromas of ripe raspberries and cassis with notes of pepper, clove, and a touch of cedar. On the palate, it is full-bodied and rich and displays layers of black currant and black raspberry with notes of cedar and oregano. This Cabernet Sauvignon is an elegant wine with silky tannins that provide structure and a long and persistent finish.
Then it will be a blast from the past!
This Silver Label Cabernet Sauvignon reflects a blending of grapes grown from select North Coast vineyards. This combination offers full, rich flavors of berry, cassis and black cherry with hints of vanilla in the background. Aging with French oak adds complexity and depth, resulting in a high quality Cabernet Sauvignon with great value.
2015 Midwest Beerfest is right around the corner. The Famous Beer Dinners are on October 2 and the Grand Tasting at Century-II is October 3…new time this year: 4-7:00 p.m. So many new and innovative things to do and see. Back again is the Midwest Wingfest with some great competitors. The beers are once again organized by region and we’ve added the highly prized import section back this year. New this year is the Food Truck Roundup…some great beer friendly food readily available.
Date: October 1, 2015
Join All Things Barbecue in welcoming Riedel, for an entertaining and educational wine tasting experience. Doug Reed will demonstrate how choosing the appropriate stemware can enhance your wine tasting and awaken your palate. The shape of a glass impacts not only the visual perception of a wine, but its bouquet and flavor, as well – profoundly informing overall enjoyment. Reed will show how the same wine can taste and smell completely different when served in assorted glasses. We will be tasting selected wines along with small bites prepared by Chef Tom Jackson in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, using Riedel’s new Veritas Wine Tasting Set (a $138.00 retail value) which guests will take home as a parting gift. The four glasses included in the set include the Oak Chardonnay, Riesling, Cabernet, and Pinot Noir. 
Then Dave Haglund stops by to talk about the Old Cowtown Wine Mosey. Only at Cowtown could wine tasting and stagecoach rides make such a perfect combination. The Museum is hosting its 7th Annual Wine Mosey from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20. Tickets are $50 per person, and they can be purchased 
Last but not least I’ll be talking to the winner of the Oldtown Farmer’s Market Annual Iron Chef Cookoff competition. I’ll been judging Saturday morning at the market along with Denise Neal of the Wichta Eagle, Jason Fabres of Taste & See and my wife Beth from AIWF Wichita. The competitors this year are returning champ Chef Ben George; Intrust Bank Arena, Chef Travis Russell; Public at the Brickyard, Chef Stephanie Hand; Whole Foods Market, and Chef Paul Freimuth; Hyatt Harvest Kitchen.
If you love the taste of barbecue but worry about cooking the perfect steak or if you’re a whiz with burgers but want to grill other foods or if you harbor aspirations of presenting your own smoked brisket to a panel of trained judges, then this book is for you. BBQ Brian has spent more than a decade smoking and grilling foods, competing against other pit masters and learning from some of the best in the business. And not only does he regularly win awards for his barbecue and House of Q BBQ sauces, but he’s now one of the most sought-after teachers around. Why? Because he tells a great story, makes learning fun and easy and freely shares his recipes and his love of good food. Grilling with House of Q is part handsome cookbook, part instruction manual and part story collection. The result is that rare volume that entertains and becomes your go-to for delicious, no-fail smoked ribs, shrimp tacos, pulled pork and pit beans—or burritos, mac ’n’ cheese and baklava—all prepared on your grill and all eagerly anticipated by friends, backyard neighbors and barbecue judges. 
