Wine, Food, and Music Festival 2009

The Rotary Club of Burnaby - Metrotown, and Metropolis at Metrotown put on the Wine, Food, and Music Festival of 2009 on June, 13. Over 700 guests were treated to a night of wine (and cocktail) tastings from the likes of Pacific Breeze Winery, Liquid Bartending, Blossom Winery, Desert Hills Estates Winery, Domaine de Chaberton Estate Winery, E&J Gallo Winery, Forbidden Fruit Winery, and Westham Island Estate Winery to name a few. Amazing samplings of food were dished out by the Cactus Club Cafe, Firefighters' Club, Holiday Inn Express Metrotown, Station Square Pub, and Minoas Greek Taverna. All of this on a beautiful night outdoors with music from Caribbean band Phase III, and the Scott Cook Jazz Trio.
It was also an important charity night, with all the proceeds going to the South Burnaby Neighborhood Society, The Down Syndrome Research Foundation, and the Rotary Foundation Polio Plus Program. Special thanks to Bala Naidoo and Gloria Staudt for putting on an amazing event and being so accommodating!

In line with the theme of the event Liquid Bartending created wine cocktails to represent wine, food, and music, as well as a signature cocktail for the rotary club metrotown. Here are the drink recipes:


















Wine
The Oak and Chard
Ingredients: 2oz Chardonnay, Squeeze of lemon and lime, vanilla bean (substitute drop of vanilla extract), caramel syrup, 1 oz grape juice, 1oz apple juice, butter spray.
Method: In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice, shake and strain into a wine glass. Garnish with lemon and lime twists.

Food
Savoury City
Ingredients: 3oz Okanagan Shiraz, 3oz tomato juice, 2oz starfruit juice, celery salt, lemon, lime, and balsamic reduction.
Method: In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice, shake and empty into a tall collins glass. Garnish with a celery spear.

Music
High Note
Ingredients: 2 oz Chilled Pinot Grigio, 1 oz fresh watermelon puree, squeeze of lime, dash of melon syrup, 1 oz aloe vara juice, splash of ginger ale, and a squeeze of fresh grapefruit.
Method: In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice, shake and strain into a wine glass. Flame with citrus oil and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Rotary Club
Metro Rotary
Ingredients: 1 Muddled clove, dash of passionfruit syrup, 2 oz pinot grigio, 1/2 oz orange juice, 1/2 oz apple juice, 1/2 oz ice tea, dash of amaretto, and a drop of blue curacao.
Method: In a cocktail shaker, combine for 7 ingredients with ice, shake and strain into a martini glass. Slowly drip blue curacao into glass to create layer on bottom.