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| "A Food and Wine Excursion of Rural Loudoun" Tour Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008 Deadline to register for tour: July 24, 2008 Join Good Taste! Tours for a Food and Wine adventure in rural Loudoun County! Enjoy a "Save Your Gas" day and be picked up at the West Falls Church Metro or Dulles Town Center by Good Taste! Tours.Transportation is included in the price of the day tour. The first stop on your culinary educational journey will be a wine tasting with appetizer pairing at Fabbioli Cellars. Doug Fabbioli is known as the "guru" of Virginia wines and will give an educational tour of his vineyard and winery you will soon not forget. Fabbioli cellars tasting room is based on the Chateau le Garage (yup it's his garage -- but oh such a nice one!) wineries of California and Europe. While his tasting room may be modest his wines are bigger than life! He in collaboration with Chef Daniels will tantalize your taste buds using fresh local ingredients for appetizers (some of his previous appetizers include Bacon- smothered caramelized fig with a dolop of creme fraiche, Spicy chorizo stuffed squash blossoms or Artichoke hearts bruleed with goat cheese) and fabulous Fabbioli wine! From Fabbioli you will journey to Patowmack Farm, a working Organic Farm and restaurant in Lovettsville, VA that features magnificent views of the Potomac River. This farm-to-table experience shows off rural Virginia at its best. Beverly Morton Billand owner will provide a brief presentation on organic farming followed by a superb salad and entree prepared by Chef Christian known for his imaginative, unique cuisine and using the farm’s harvest to guide the menu selections. Past entree's have been Roasted Gulf Shrimp with sea scallop, ricotta pesto ravioli, peppered strawberry relish and vanilla shellfish reduction or maybe Goat's Milk Ricotta Ravioli with garlicky greens, forest mushrooms, toasted pine nuts and garlic scape cream. Expect a work of culinary art when Chef Christian is in the kitchen! From Patowmack Farm the last stop for the day will be Notaviva Vineyards for a wine pairing with elegant desserts. Notaviva is a brand new winery located just west of the quaint town of Hillsboro. It's unique winery name combines the Italian nota meaning "musical note," and viva meaning "with life". This technologically advanced tasting room combines the owner's love of music and wine. At Notaviva, you will enjoy a wine pairing with dessert provided especially for this tour by Savior Fare (examples of desserts they serve are Chocolate Raspberry Torte, Buche de Noel or Lemon Butter Cream Cake.) At the end of your epicurean adventure, you can sit back, relax, let us do the driving and dream about your next culinary journey with Good Taste! Tours. Day Tour Includes Transportation from West Falls Church Metro Stop 10:30am Transportation from Dulles Town Center - 11:00 am Fabbioli Cellars – Vineyard and cellar tour. Appetizers and wine pairing. 11:30am-1:00pm Arrive at Patowmack Farm for salad/ entrée and organic farm presentation- 1:30-3:00pm Arrive at Notaviva Vineyards for dessert, wine pairing and live music. 3:30-5:00pm Arrive back at Dulles Town Center - 6:30pm. Arrive back at West Falls Church Metro - 7:00pm Deadline to register for tour: July 24, 2008 Cost: $140 per person Tour limited to 20 people. Must be 21 years of age to take the tour. This tour books fast please register early. |
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| Doug Fabbioli at Work |
| A Work of Culinary Art at Patowmack Farm |
| The Tasting Room at Notaviva Vineyards |
