VIP "Dinner Under The Stars"
Friday, April 26th, 2013 | 7 PM - 10 PM
|
Join us on Friday night for an exclusive VIP "Dinner Under-The-Stars". It’s about atmosphere. It’s about food. It’s about wine. And now, Chef Angelo Morinelli from Angelo's Station House Grille in Deerfield Beach is bringing his culinary talents to the table. Friday evening VIP Guests will enjoy a four-course dinner prepared to please your palate as you are introduced to perfectly paired wines by the Festival Sommelier. After your culinary experience, you’ll make your way through our farmers garden market, retail and business shopping bazaar, outdoor art gallery and silent auction. Then head over to the Vineyard Party area to enjoy Live Entertainment and Drinks. Limited seating available to ensure an intimate experience. The VIP "Dinner Under The Stars" tickets will sell out quickly so please purchase tickets early! |
ITALIAN CUISINE - Purchase Tickets Today!
Featuring Angelo Morinelli
VIP Dinner Under The Stars Chef
|
|
Angelo Morinelli was born in Naples Italy. His passion for food was fueled by working in the family restaurant in Rome. Angelo Morinelli is a well-versed chef. He amassed a wealth of experience working and traveling in Italy, then taking over his family's Long Island restaurant, La Cisterna In Mineola, New York. Chef Angelo Morinelli established Cucina D'Angelo in 2002, at Boca Center. The restaurant quickly became recognized as one of South Florida's finest destinations for authentic Italian cuisine. For over 40 years, Chef Angelo has garnered the respect of the industry and his loyal clientele. Chef Angelo displays well-disciplined culinary talent and extensive knowledge of fine Italian wines, as well as skill at pairing wine with food. Chef Angelo opened "Tanzy" of Mizner Park and now brings 40 years of international culinary experience to Deerfield Beach.
FEATURED MEAT
For The VIP "Dinner Under The Stars"
Chef Angelo’s chicken dinner uses locally raised pastured chicken
that are hormone and antibiotic free
from the Florida Fresh Meat Company!
FEATURED ITALIAN WINES
For The VIP "Dinner Under The Stars"
Strategic Importers Inc., offers limited production of premium wines from selected wineries around the world. We bring to the FL market wine productions of 500 cases or less per year and we give this exclusivity to our loyal clients.
The Story began forty years ago when PJ gave her boyfriend (now husband), Robert Rex, a winemaking kit as a thank you gift for keeping her Alfa Romeo Spider running like a top. She knew he was a good cook and a chemist and loved great wine so she figured he’d be a natural at making wine. He was. She’s still driving the same Alpha, Robert’s still keeping it purring and together they are making some great wine.
Robert and PJ built and operate the Deerfield Ranch Winery, in the heart of Sonoma Valley in Kenwood. Thirty years ago they got married at Deerfield, turned an old horse barn into their first winery, and have never looked back. Deerfield is now a 35,000 case winery on the Sonoma Highway in Kenwood, where they have a tasting room in the middle of a 23,000 square foot wine aging cave. Deerfield wines are renown for their brilliance, balance, complexity and cleanliness. The red blends, Robert’s specialty, are aged longer in the barrel than any other California wine.
Deerfield has pioneered the clean wine concept. One of their employees has taken a leave to undertake studies at the University of California to learn more about clean wine production. Clean wine is free of compounds that may adversely affect the wine drinker. Even moderate levels of sulfite in wine can cause allergic reactions. Biogenic amines, particularly Histamine, can cause headaches. Deerfield wines are organically produced and are Vegan. Bacteria and toxins on the grapes and in the juice produce Histamines. By careful vineyard management, including sustainable, organic and biodynamic farming methods, hand picking and triple sorting the grapes before the fermentation, and good fermentation management, the histamine production is reduced to negligible level. This allows Robert and his team to make wine with no sulfite (SO2) addition until barrel aging begins, and then the SO2 is used only as an oxygen scavenger, keeping the wine from prematurely oxidizing during the extended barrel aging. After bottling, the wine is not released until the free SO2 (used up by the free oxygen) is less than one third of the lowest published human reactive level.
By remaining on the cutting edge of winemaking, Deerfield can afford to take the extra care, and commitment necessary to produce wines that are not only good for you but great tasting. Robert says, “You shouldn’t have to think about whether you like a wine or not, It should just be delicious” With 40 years of experience and a source of grapes that is world-class (29 Sonoma County vineyards are under contract to Deerfield) whatever wine comes out of Deerfield Ranch Winery is special.
@Wine was born of the great recession of 2008. Necessity is the mother of invention and the necessity came from the first decline in the wine industry since Prohibition. Consumers traded down on necessities as well as luxuries. The wine they drank was no exception. Instead of buying $75 Cabernet they would buy the $35 one. Instead of $40 Merlot, it was the $25 one. While Deerfield wines weathered the period better than many, the Rexes looked for ways to provide a good wine at a recession friendly price without compromising the Deerfield commitment to excellence.
@ Dinner, @ Home, @ Lunch with friends, these @Wines will pair with almost any food and will satisfy the most discerning palate.
 |
Sonoma County, California, is one of the very best places in the world to grow Cabernet. Sonoma has the perfect weather for growing the best wine grapes, warm dry summer days and cool nights. The soil is volcanic in origin, just what the best wine grapes like the most. The season is long, giving the grapes time to produce the best fruit flavors. As Sonoma winemakers, we know how to bring the best in Cabernet, from its robustness throughout the palate built on its ample structure. It's finish, enhanced by extended barrel aging in a combination of French and American oak, is long and lingering. The tannins, which can be aggressive in Cabernet, have been softened and lengthened by barrel aging. The acids are in perfect balance to show off the fruit. To make @wine, Robert Rex, our winemaker, sources the best young wines and blends lots to maximize balance and complexity. He styles the wine, like a great chef styles his signature dishes, bringing together the best ingredients with the best know-how built on 40 years of winemaking experience. |
 |
Mendocino County, California, about two hours north of San Francisco, is a large coastal county with varied geography and climate, much like Sonoma County directly to its south Mendocino is sparsely populated and homw to majestic redwood forests. It's interior valleys are perfect for growing world-class wine grapes. This @Merlot comes from Redwood Valley, one of the most renowned grape growing valleys in Mendocino. Mendocino winemakers are mostly grape farmers. These specialties are typically quite separate. This double duty means they spend less time on making the wine. Mendocino wines are sometimes simple compared to Sonoma or Napa wines. We acquired this @Merlot in its infancy, just after it was made, so we could finish it with the dedicated know-how of the Deerfield winemaker, Robert Rex. The 2009 Vintage was an exceptional vintage throughout California. The weather cooperated beautifully to produce this @Merlot that has fruit, structure and grace. @Merlot is made, aged and bottled with very low levels of sulfites. The wine is kept clean and happy so the histamines, which are created by bacteria, are low. Low histamines helps avoid red wine headaches. Low sulfites avoids allergic reactions. |
 |
From the Santa Maria Valley in central California, comes a Chardonnay so good and affordable you won't believe it! In true California spirit we want to change the world - The wine world that is. Lets face it; we all want to bring a good bottle of wine to the beach or to your buddies BBQ, wine the everyone will enjoy, right? Wine that wont make you look cheap or like a wine geek. Well check it out, this wine is where it's @! Now you can enjoy great wine without the attitude, and it wont leave you broke. So @ your dates place @ a party, @ work (OK maybe not @ work) its always a good time to be where its @ and this wine is where its @! To make @wine, Robert Rex, our winemaker, sources the best young wines and blends lots to maximize balance and complexity. He styles the wine, like a great chef styles his signature dishes, bringing together the best ingredients with the best know-how built on 40 years of winemaking experience. |
When texting doesn't fit the bill; when real face time is the thing; these wines are where its @
PHOTOS FROM THE VIP DINNER UNDER THE STARS LAST YEAR
| 
|
| 
|