Event Schedule

La Vendemmia Daily Schedule

• Day 1: Monday, September 17, 2007
• Wine Tasting Seminar (SOLD OUT)
  5:30 - 7:00pm
  SOPRA Room at Trattoria Caffe Italia, 254 Preston Street
  
  Italian Wine Basics and Beyond, with Wine Writer Vic Harradine, Winecurrent.com / Algonquin College Sommelier Certificate Program.
  
• Feature Cooking Demonstration
  7:30 - 8:30pm
  SOPRA Room at Trattoria Caffe Italia, 254 Preston Street
  
  An Italian Cooking Experience with Italian Chef Pasquale Vari, Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec.
  
  
• Day 2: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
• Wine Tasting Seminar
  7:00 - 9:00pm
  SOPRA Room, Trattoria Caffe Italia, 250 Preston Street
  
  La Strade del Vino Northern Italy with Sommelier Antonio Mauriello, DiVino Wine Studio.
  
• Day 3: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
• Signature Dining Experience: The Moveable Feast (SOLD OUT)
  
  The Moveable Feast Dining Experience is a multi-course wine paired meal enjoyed in multiple restaurants with a Sommelier as your guide.  This event has sold out the last two years, well in advance.
  
• Day 4: Thursday, September 20, 2007
• Set Menus
  Book a set menu at your favourite Preston Street Restaurant.
  Click Here for Details
• Dining Experience: Wine and Food Pairing with Rob Elvy
  6:00-9:00pm
  La Roma Restaurant, 430 Preston St.

  Reserve your space for a Wine and Food dinner at La Roma Restaurant, hosted by private wine importer and Sommelier Rob Elvy of the Small Winemakers Collection.

  Call 613.234.8244 today to book your seat!
• Repas d'Automne, La Vendemmia (en Français)
  7:00-9:00pm
  Restaurant Trattoria Caffe Italia
  
  Vous êtes cordialement invité à un magnifique repas d’automne sous les couleurs italiennes.  Nous renouvellons cette année l’expérience culinaire dans le cadre de La Vendemmia.  En effet nous serons en plein festival du Vendemmia (vendange en italien) cette fête italienne annuelle très prisée de la rue Preston à Ottawa.
  
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• Wine Tasting Seminar
  7:00-9:00pm
  Sala San Marco, 215 Preston Street
  
  La Strade del Vino Central & Southern Italy with Sommelier Antonio Mauriello, DiVino Wine Studio.
  
• Day 5: Friday, September 21, 2007
• Arthur Murray Dance Recital 
  6:00-10:30pm
  Arthur Murray Dance School, 928 Gladstone Avenue
  
  Arthur Murray can teach you to dance in a hurry!!!  Come see the students at Arthur Murray showcase their dancing talent at their quarterly dance recital and receive a complimentary Arthur Murray Dance Package (value- $150) - to be booked at your convenience.
• Italian Gastronomy and Architecture Seminar
  7:00-9:00pm
  SOPRA Room at Trattoria Caffe Italia, 254 Preston Street
  
  A one-of-a-kind seminar on Italian Gastronomy and Architecture with guest speaker Marco Frascari, Architect, Ph.D. MRIAC, Director School of Architecture, Carleton University. A selection of Italian wine and cheese will be served.
  
• Set Menus
  Book a set menu at your favourite Preston Street Restaurant.
  Click Here for Details
• Day 6: Saturday, September 22, 2007
• Signature Dining Experience: Italian Roots in Local Soil (SOLD OUT)
  6:00-10:00pm
  SOPRA Room at Trattoria Caffe Italia, 254 Preston Street
  
  Italian Roots in Local Soil is hosted by Angelo & Leonardo of the Italian Food Entertainment Experience.  This special dinner features an Italian sausage maker, a prosciutto maestro, chef, wine agents, and a little Italy music. 
  
• Set Menus
  Book a set menu at your favourite Preston Street Restaurant.
  Click Here for Details
• Day 7: Sunday, September 23, 2007
• Signature Grape Stomp
  11:00am-1:00pm
  Sala San Marco Parking Lot, 215 Preston Street
  
  Enter a team in the grape stomp in support of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and Tickled Pink in 2007 Cookbook (proceeds of the grape stomp and cookbook sales supporting cancer research).
  
• Wine Making Demonstration
  11:00am-12:00pm
  Preston Hardware, 248 Preston St
  
• Signature Event: Taste Little Italy Wine & Food Show
  2:30-5:00pm
  Sala San Marco, 215 Preston Street
  
  Taste Little Italy Wine and Food Show is showcase of Italian wine and food highlighting food from Preston Street Restaurants, and Italian wine and food suppliers. 
  
• A Week of Complimentary Dancing at the A. M. Dance Studio
  6:00 - 7:30pm
  Arthur Murray Dance School, 928 Gladstone Avenue
  
  There is no better way to burn off those Vendemmia calories than a complimentary week of dancing at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio! Attend "A Taste of Little Italy" event and then stop in at Arthur Murray's for a Vendemmia Dance Sampler Reception to begin your week of free dance lessons. How can you resist?