What do you get when you put some of the best food & wine vendors in Sacramento, and a good cause in a room? A decadent event! This year the 24th Annual Winter Wine & Food Fest brought high-end wine, sugar-lacquered sweets and new foods to this exclusive crowds attention.
This event is always more exclusive than many of the food & wine events around Sacramento, garnering about 1,500 people - which is nice as you don't have to fight a crowd to get a bite/ pour. The event happened in two stages:
1. 5:00 PM — 7:30 PM, Silent Auction/ Food & Wine Tasting (this portion is all for 'regular' attendees)
2. 7:30 PM — 10:00 PM, LIVE Auction and seated dinner in the VIP area (VIP ticket holders only) by The Supper Club. This portion of the event is more unique, because after all the glitz and glam of the previous hours, you can sit down, mingle, and hear heart wrenching/ wallet opening stories about Make-a-Wish!
Food highlights for me were the soup offered by Mama Kim's Kitchen - super well seasoned butternut squash with spices, and a cambazola and fig crostini, my favorite sweet treat had to be from the ever-crowd pleasing Konditorei out of Davis, they always have a gorgeous presentation, and brought sweet treats like petite-fours, chocolate covered crepes, poppy-seed apricot cake, and truffles.
But a girl can't live on food alone, so it was the 2007 Melka Métisse, Knights Valley that had me really excited, not only was this a label I'd never seen before (this is a great way to find new wines to love) but their cabernet franc - merlot blend was unique and exciting, which was nice as I haven't been so excited by a wine in a long time - it was all chocolate, spice box and sweet black currants.
This event not only supports a great cause, there was a even Make-a-Wish kids there to speak to the public, but they pull out all the stops for a black-tie elegant affair. Here's looking forward to next years!
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