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Beverly Hills Bar Association Hosts 26th Annual Vintage Bouquet Food & Wine Event

The Beverly Hills Bar Association’s
popular Vintage Bouquet – which has been serving up tastes of amazing wines,
spirits and food to raise money for community based pro bono legal service
programs for more than a quarter century – continues the tradition with the 26th
annual event, on Sunday, April 27, 2014, from noon to 4 pm, at Greystone
Mansion in Beverly Hills.   Delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts
prepared by many of Los Angeles’ best restaurants and chefs are paired with
tastings from California’s top wineries, spirit and beverage companies.  The event also features live and silent
auctions, exceptional musical entertainment and a VIP Cocktail and Martini
Lounge.  Proceeds benefit the
Beverly Hills Bar Foundation’s pro bono legal services, including free monthly
legal clinics, programs for elementary school students to teach them about
tolerance, feeding the homeless at Samoshel, and much more.



 



Wineries and beverage companies pouring
include Stella Artois, Ahnfeldt Wines, Asahi Shuzo, Beekeeper Cellars,
Bernardus Winery, Beverly Hills Drink Company, Cielo Farms, Ferrari-Carano
Vineyard & Winery, Heitz Wine Cellars, Knights Bridge Winery, Hubert's
Lemonade, Landmark Vineyards, Lewelling Vineyards, Miner Family
Winery, Moreno BHLV, Peju, Priest Ranch & Somerston Estate, Quady Winery, Stella Artois, Sunstone Vineyard &
Farms, Tudal Family Winery – Napa Valley and Wicker
Vineyards.

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Among the many restaurants providing sweet
and savory tastings are Bistrot Bagatelle, Brix Chocolate, Café Firenze, CHAYA Catering,
Celebrity Cruises, Dandy Don's HomeMade Ice Cream, Goldie’s, Il Fornaio –
Beverly Hills, Lexington Social House, Napa Valley Grille, Nuovoterra Products, Phorage,  Ruth's Chris Steak House, STK, Taberna
Arros y Vi, The Good Cookies & Beyond, The Ice Cream Lab, Velvet Rope Bake
Shop and Wood & Vine.

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Leigh Leshner, Barristers Past
President, who is chairing the Vintage Bouquet for the tenth year, says, “There
will be innovative dishes prepared with fresh locally-sourced food,
award-winning wines, the opportunity to meet top chefs and winemakers and much
more.  I didn’t think it was possible to
top last year but this one just might!”



 



The V.I.P. Martini Lounge features
exclusive tastings from Angel's Envy Bourbon, Broken Shed
Vodka, Chakra Cuisine of Beverly Hills, Chareau Aloe Liqueur, Lawry’s Catering,
Le Bon Garcon, Le Ka, Nekter, OMG Chicken and Waffles, Papa’s Pilar Rum, Plan
Check Kitchen + Bar, Tequila Partida, The Baltic Cupboard and Wasted Cupcakes.
V.I.P. guests also receive a Cool Sack wine tote.



 



Wine Glass Sponsor is Elkins Jones Insurance
Agency, Inc. Salmanazar Sponsor is Nemecek & Cole. Cask
Sponsor is Fox Rothschild LLP.  VIP
Cocktail and Martini Lounge Sponsors are Law Offices of Jonathan Franklin and
US Bank.  Barrel Sponsors are Celebrity
Cruises and Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Birnberg & Coleman, LLP.  Magnum Sponsors are
Reuben Raucher & Blum and Strategic Valuation Group, LLC.  Jeroboam Sponsor is Beverly Hills Chamber of
Commerce.  Champagne Sponsors are
Danning, Gill, Diamond & Kollitz, LLP and Variety.  Media Sponsor is
100.3 FM The Sound.



 



The 55-room Greystone Mansion nestled
in a 16-acre park was built by the Doheny family in 1928 and is the largest family
estate in the history of Beverly Hills. 
It has been featured in such blockbuster films as There Will Be Blood,
Nixon, X-Men, Ghostbusters, Spiderman III, Rush Hour, Air Force One, and many
others.



                                                                                                    



Tickets
to the 26th Annual Vintage Bouquet are $150 per person if purchased in advance
and $175 per person at the door.  A
limited number of VIP tickets ($225) are also available and include entree to
the V.I.P. Cocktail and Martini Lounge with exclusive restaurant and spirit and
cocktail tastings. Sponsorships are available.  Greystone Mansion is located at 905 Loma
Vista Drive in Beverly Hills, CA 90210. 
For tickets and information, please call Knock Out Productions at (818)
610-0300, or visit www.vintagebouquet.com.



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