The Grand Tasting will be on Saturday, November 5 from Noon – 4 p.m. This event celebrates scholarship, food, music and of course, wine! Guests will have the opportunity to sample wines from around the world, while enjoying food prepared by the student culinary team from the Knoebel School. To complete the setting, music will be provided by students of DU’s Lamont School of Music. The Grand Tasting is a wonderful opportunity to support superb wineries, and to experience a top-ranked Hospitality Management program.

Grand Tasting Only:

AGRIS

ALEXANDER VALLEY VINEYARDS

AQUINAS

BAGUALA

BERINGER

BERONIA

BILA HAUT

BIN 36

BLACKSTONE

BLUFELD

BODEGA DEL FIN DEL MUNDO

BOLLA

BRASSFIELD

B-SIDE

BYRON

CAMBRIA

CAMERON HUGHES

CARPE DIEM

CHATEAU GREYSAC

CHATEAU ST. JEAN

CLOS DU BOIS

COMTE LAFOND

CRUSHER

DAVID BRUCE

DELAS

DISENO

DREAMING TREE

ERIC MONTINTIN

ESTANCIA

FINCA LA LINDA

FIRST PRESS

FONTANA CANDIDA

FRANCISCAN

FREIXENET

FÜNF

GAUCHEZCO

GLORIA FERRER

GUENOC

HAHN

HOGUE

JACKSON TRIGGS

JEAN LUC COLOMBO

KENDALL JACKSON

KENWOOD VINEYARDS

LA CREMA

LAKE SONOMA

LOUIS ROEDERER / ROEDERER ESTATE

LUIGA BOSCA

MARC BREDIF

MARQUES DE MURRIETA

MILBRANDT

MURPHY GOODE

NOBILO

PARDUCCI

PAUL DOLAN

PENFOLDS

PIO CESARE

PRIMAL ROOTS

PROJECT PASO

QUERCIBELLA

RAVENSWOOD

RED GUITAR

RENZO

RIOJA VEGA

ROBERT MONDAVI

RUFFINO

SAINT HILLAIRE

SCHARFFENBERGER

SCHLUMBERGER

SEGURA VIUDAS

SIMI

SIMPLY NAKED

SMITH AND HOOK

ST. URBANHOF

SWEET

TALBOTT VINEYARDS

TAPENA

THE BEACH HOUSE

TOAD HOLLOW

TOMERO

VALLEY OF THE MOON

VISTALBA

WILD HORSE

Assorted Appetizers:

Endive Cups with Smoked Salmon and Zucchini

Grilled Vegetable Platter

Baba Ghanoush with Pita Chips

Greek Quesadillas

Potato Curry Cups

Duck Gyoza

Vegetable Dumplings

Cheese, Meat, and Fruit Stations

Bruschettas:

Classic Tomato

Manchego Cheese with Peach Chutney

Olive Tapenade

Spinach Artichoke

Mini Flatbread Pizzas:

Vegetable

Prosciutto and Caramelized Shallots

White (Goat Cheese and Parmesan)

BBQ Chicken

Carving Station:

Turkey & Agave Glazed Ham with the following sauces:

-          Cranberry Orange Chutney

-          Pesto

-          Roasted Garlic Aioli

-          Chipotle Mayo

-          Maple Mustard

-          Smoked Tomato Spread

Desserts:

Pumpkin Pie Shooters

Orange Panna Cotta with a Cranberry Streusel Topping

Chocolate Mousse

For more information on Chef Bonanno, visit frankbonanno.com.

Wine Pairing Dinner:

State: Colorado

Title: Senior Event Director

Favorite place to go out in Denver: Lingers Restaurant

Best experience with wine: Attending the 2011 Banfi Scholastic Tour
of Italy. This was an 8 day wine tour around Italy with other hospitality
students nationwide.

Plans after graduation: Work in Barcelona during Summer 2012 at a
resort. Afterwards, wherever life’s opportunities take me, preferably into a resort
and/or tourism position

Name: Emily

State: Colorado

DU Vin Title: Operations Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: Anywhere in Larimer Square

Best/most memorable experience with wine: Finding out that wine
was cheaper than water during my weekend in Paris and capitalizing on that by
drinking my weight in fabulous wine that weekend!

Plans after graduation: Travel, travel, travel! To become a Master
Sommelier and plan grand parties for every occasion. To continue to enjoy food
and wine and balance that love with a lot of exercise.

Name: Brooke-Lynn

State: Colorado

DU Vin Title: Director of Sales, Marketing, and Public Relations

Favorite place to go out in Denver: Pi, Pats, The Rio, Vita, and
The Ale House

Best/most memorable experience with wine: Vineyard

Plans after graduation: Event Sales or Catering Management

Name: Trevor

State: Texas

DU Vin Position: Financial Controller

Favorite place to go out in Denver: The Tavern

Best/Most memorable experience with wine: Going on vineyard tours
in New Zealand

Plans after graduation: Find a job as a revenue manager somewhere
that allows me to be outdoors.

Name: Elizabeth

State: California

DU Vin Title: Director of Marketing

Favorite Place: Cherry Creek Grill

Best Wine Experience: while studying abroad in Italy. They have
such amazing wine!

Plans after graduation: I hopefully will be attending graduate
school

Name: April

State: Colorado

DU Vin Title: Sales Manager

Favorite place to go in Denver: The Ginn Mill!

Best/Most memorable experience with wine: during my study abroad
experience in Dijon, Burgundy, France. I was able to taste wonderful wines at a
very affordable price. I also saw some beautiful wineries, and the vineyard
where Pinot Noir was first cultivated. It was amazing!

Plans after graduation: I plan to go into event / venue management
after I graduate from KSHM.

Name: Nathalia

Country: Bogota, Colombia

DU Vin Title: Sales Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: Mercury Cafe

Best/most memorable experience with wine: Going to a friend’s Wine
and Food Pairing competition.

Plans after graduation: I would like to go into sales and events.

Name: Hannah

State: Denver, CO

DU Vin Title: Food and Beverage Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: to eat: Houstons , to relax
Lavish or Suite 200

Best/most memorable experience with wine: The first night I hosted
a dinner. I had just moved into a lovely single family home with the most
glamorous kitchen I had ever had in a residence. It was thirteen girlies, some
perfectly cooked salmon, and lovely greens

Plans after graduation: To work abroad in Spain or the Caribbean

Name: Federico

State: Florida

DU Vin Title: F&B Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver:  LoDo/ Highlands

Best/most memorable experience with wine: Drinking Bonny Doon’s
2008 DEWN Ca’ del Solo Grenache Blanc while cleaning up a massive mess
resulting from a three-day wine symposium which I helped organize and execute.
It was a windy summer day in the Southern Rhone and I was completely
sleep-deprived.

Plans after graduation: To start getting certified with the Court
of Master Sommeliers while working in some area of the wine industry.

Name: Zach

DU Vin Title: Logistics Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: The Cheeky Monk

Best/Most memorable experience with wine: For me, wine is a key
element for family gatherings. Thanksgiving, birthdays, or random evenings
enjoying the company of those I haven’t seen in a long time with a few bottles
of wine are what I think of when . Though the kinds of wine are rarely
remembered past the following morning, this mentality of wine has made me a
wine lover, and the acquired taste has followed.

Plans after graduation: Travel, ski, brew

Name: Sunny

Origin: Beijing, China

DU Vin Title: Logistic Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: Fogo de Chao

Best/most memorable experience with wine: took couple bottles of
100-dollar wine for a jeep ride on top of Aspen mountain in the middle of the
night and didn’t spill a drop it on the way

Plans after graduation: Move to Aspen or Hawaii

Name: Taylor

State: New York

DU Vin Title: Logistics Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: My favorite place to go out in
Denver is Max’s gill and grill and Governors Park tavern

Most memorable wine experience: I studied four months in Seville,
Spain and one of the trips I went on was to Jerez which is the capital of
Sherry country. We went on a wine tour at Tio Pepe which is the worlds best
selling Fino. Sherry is an interesting identifiable wine that goes well with
the Spanish tapas such as olives and cheese. It was a great experience and so
nice to try the regions wines!

Plans after graduation: After graduation I plan to work in event
management in New York or Los Angeles.

Name: Alyssa

State: Minnesota

DU Vin Title: HR Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: Downtown

Best experience with wine: Being abroad in Aix-En-Provance, France
and trying all different types of French wine

Plans after graduation: Work in an HR department for either a
hotel or a company

Name: Tricia

From: Phoenix, Arizona

DU Vin Title: PR Manager

Favorite place to go out in Denver: I love to go out and try new
places in the city, my most recent find was Linger’s in the Highlands – great
outdoor rooftop patio

Best/Most memorable experience with wine: I lived in France for 4
months and drank wine with close friends many of the nights I was there. Every
time I drink wine I still think of the beautiful public squares I enjoyed with
friends

Plans after graduation: I’m hoping to stay in Denver and do
something with Food and Beverage (& wine!) upon graduation

 Wine Pairing Dinner 2010

Hi! I’m from Saratoga Springs, NY, but now live in Denver after falling in love with it freshman year at DU. My hobbies include skiing, real estate, planning events, and filming and editing video. When I’m not inside the classroom I usually have a video camera in my hand, because I really enjoy the concept of creating memories that will last a lifetime.

My most memorable wine experience took place for a period of 4 months while I was studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Before studying abroad, I never gave wine a real chance. Spain helped shift my comfort of ordering typical mixed drinks and beer to something new – and also at an incredibly cheap price! My friends and I used to buy bottles of wine for about 3 euros and then hang out on the beach all day. I’m no wine pro but I’m definitely starting to learn!

Feel free to check out my work at www.jeradlarkin.com.

Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management

DU Vin Festival and the Knoebel School of Hospitality Management would like to invite you to participate next year as a sponor.
To learn more, please contact:

Eric Lane
Director of Operations

Knoebel School of Hospitality Management

Daniels College of Business
University of Denver
2044 East Evans Avenue, Suite 216A
Denver CO 80208

info@duvinfestival.com

This process is an excellent hands-on learning opportunity that will enable these talented students to showcase the valuable skills they have learned over the past four years. By generating funds for the KSHM scholarships, this festival will provide future KSHM students with more exciting growth opportunities in their fields of endeavor. Please stay tuned for further updates!