Winning Wine Wednesdays: Toast of the Town, Mity Nice's Classic Cocktail Party & Japan America Society's Sake Tasting

Join Wine Enthusiast Magazine for Toast of the Town, a spectacular evening of wine, spirits, music, and some of the finest gourmet food Chicago has to offer on Friday, June 8th at The Field Museum.

Sample over 500 varieties of wine from participating vineyards and chateaux including:

Adega Condes de Albarei
Adega Cooperativa Ponte de Lima
Alexander Valley Vineyards
Allagash
Àlvaro Castro
Aquinas
Artezin
Aurora
Austin Hope
B Side
Banfi
Beaulieu Vineyard
Belle Glos
Bisol
Bodega Noemía de Patagonia
Bodegas Antaño
Bodegas Valdemar
Bonterra
Bridlewood Winery
Bruno Broglia
Carmen
Casa de Santar
Casa Valduga
Casal Garcia
Castello Banfi
Cavit
Caymus Vineyards
Chamisal Vineyards
Cockburn's
Companhia das Quintas
Concha y Toro
Conundrum
Crop Harvest Earth
Damilano
Davis Bynum
Deep Purple
Domaines Schlumberger
Domodimonti
Don & Sons
Don Simon
Doña Paula
Dow's
Duckhorn
Edna Valley Vineyard
Emiliana
Falua Conde de Vimioso
Faretti
Farmer's Gin
Ferrari
Feudo Arancio
Feudo Arancio Stemmari
Folie à Deux
Gloria Ferrer
Goldeneye
Goosebump
Hall
Herdade de São Miguel
Herdade do Esporão
Hess Collection
Hess Select
Istituto Agrario San Michele
J. Garcia Carrion
J. Lohr
Jaume Serra
Jeio
José Maria da Fonseca
José Maria da Fonseca
Kuleto
La Marca
Lagosta
Lancaster
Las Rocas
Liberty School
Lidio Carraro
Lincourt
Louis M. Martini
Luxium
MacMurray Ranch
Marqués de Murrieta
Marqués de Riscal
Martín Códax
Mer Soleil
Merryvale Vineyards
Mezzacorona
Michter's
Middle Sister
Migration
Monogamy
Napa Cellars
Niepoort
Noble Vines
Paraduxx
PerryMoore
Pine Ridge Vineyards
Prats & Symington
Produttori del Barbaresco
Project Paso
PromisQous
Purple Cowboy
Quinta de Azevedo
Quinta de Baixo
Quinta de Gomariz
Quinta do Vale Meão
Quinta dos Murças
Ramos Pinto
Rocca delle Macìe
Rodney Strong
Roederer Estate
Rotari
Roth Estate
Salentein
Salton
Sanctuary
Santa Rita
Scharffenberger Cellars
Schramsberg Vineayrds
Segura Viudas
Sequana
St. Supéry Estate
Starmont Winery
Sterling
Tapeña
Tenuta San Leonardo
Terredora di Paolo
Teruzzi & Puthod
The Crusher
Tott's
Treana
Três Bagos Lavradores de Feitoria
Trinchero
Trivento
Trump Winery Kluge Estate
Vigne Regali
Vina Robles
Viña San Pedro
Voveti
W. & J. Graham's
Wente Vineyards
William Hill Estate
Wilson Daniels
Yalumba
 

Enjoy cuisine from Chicago restaurants including:

III Forks
676 Restaurant & Bar
Acadia
AI Japanese Restaurant & Lounge
Argent Restaurant & Raw Bar
Atwood Café
Bistronomic
Black Dog Gelato
Café des Architectes
Chicago Coffee & Teas
Chicago Prime Meats
Coco Pazzo
Davanti Enoteca
deca Restaurant
Fogo de Chao
Francesca's Restaurants
Frankie's Scallopine
Inovasi
Japonais
Kinzie Chophouse
La Madia
La Taberna Tapas on Halsted
Libertad
Lockwood
Markethouse
Mercadito
Nellcote
One North Kitchen & Bar
Paris Club
Phil Stefani's 437 Rush
Premise
Province
Pure Kitchen Catering
RA Sushi
Red Door
Rhapsody
Rock It Bar & Grill
Rock it Burger Bar
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Shaw's Crab House
Signature Room at the 95th
South Water Kitchen
Sunda New Asian
Tavernita
The Florentine
Townhouse Restaurant & Wine Bar
Wildfire

Tickets are available online here for both the VIP Tasting ($169.00) and Grand Tasting ($109.00).


Mity Nice Bar & Grill at Water Tower Place (835 N. Michigan Ave) celebrates a new cocktail menu on Friday, June 29 with a classic cocktail party from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  Sip on “real deal” classic favorites, shaken with a Mity Nice twist by Lettuce Entertain You’s Wine Director Richard Hanauer, and savor tasty starters for $15 per person. (Space is limited).

 

Mity Nice will showcase an array of classic cocktails and new inspirations along with passed party snacks.

 

Cocktails include:

·         Bee's Knees (circa 1948)

·         Aviation (circa 1916)

·         Old Fashioned (circa 1806)

·         Manhattan (circa 1915)

·         Watermelon Margarita (circa 2012)

 

 

Passed starters include:

·         Mity Nice's Deviled Eggs

·         Crispy Flatbread Pizza

·         Just-Made Guacamole

·         Green Chili Chicken Nachos

 

Reservations are suggested.  Call Mity Nice Bar & Grill at 312.335.4745. For more information, visit www.MityNiceChicago.com. 

Finally, join the Japan America Society of Chicago for its 19th Annual Sake Tasting on  Thursday, June 21, 2012. 

Join Society members and guests for an exquisite evening of premium sake and contemporary Japanese appetizers, at the ultra swank Japonais Restaurant and Lounge. Nine sake breweries from Japan will be in Chicago for this one-day only event. 

Brewers will set up tasting stations along the beautifully lit Japonais Chicago River Walk, highlighting only the finest sake. Enjoy passed Japanese delicacies, converse directly with sake brewers and sales executives, while taking in the Chicago sites. 

Tickets are available here.  Japonais Restaurant and Lounge (Riverwalk Outdoor Patio) is located at 600 W. Chicago Avenue.