MISCELLANY (Continued from page 19) Kristin Vemo, estate manager Grevino Wines; Sherri Frazier, SBMNH director of marketing; Danielle Moran, SBMNH marketing associate planning for the forthcoming Santa Barbara Wine and Food Festival (photo by Priscilla)
Winning the title of the 2017 Cocktail Contest Alvaro Rojas and Kyle Peete named the “Ginspiration” from Alcazar Tapas Bar with Kathy Janega-Dykes, president/CEO Visit Santa Barbara, and Gabe Saglie, Visit Santa Barbara cocktail naming contest emcee (photo by Priscilla)
David Hefferman, KEYT; Eva Ryan, Janette Garcia, KEYT; Bruce Covington all enjoying the wines from Grevino at the Santa Barbara Wine Collective (photo by Priscilla)
The concert wrapped with Franz Schubert’s The Great symphony in C major, which, sadly, was never publicly performed in the Austrian composer’s lifetime, though Felix Mendelssohn conducted the premiere in Leipzig in 1839, 11 years after Schubert’s death.
The always-sold-out event, which celebrates its 30th anniversary, is now planning to celebrate the food side of the fundraiser, as well as the wine. “We want to feature all of them equally,” Luke Swetland, museum president, told me at the Santa Barbara Wine Collective party. “They are all wonderful pairings. “We want to give the event a fresh look and focus on food development, as well as wines, and have now re-titled it as the Santa Barbara Wine and Food Festival.” Currently, there are 50 wineries and 30 food vendors lined up, but Luke is hoping to have 50 eateries in the mix by the time of the event.
I’ll drink to that. Huang in There Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra under veteran conductor Heiichiro Ohyama, kicked off its first performance of 2017 with a cracker. The Greats at the Lobero featured major works by Beethoven and Schubert. Taiwanese-American violinist Paul Huang, recipient of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, was utterly superb with his poised and elegant performance of the German composer’s 1806 concerto in D major, quite deservedly getting a long standing ovation from the sold-out audience.
Mix and Match Guests at Visit Santa Barbara’s debut cocktail contest at the Museum of Contemporary Art were left shaken and stirred as talented mixologists from five city eateries showed off their skills at the bar. More than 150 turned out for the event as the final five from an initial 14 entrants developed a new unique signature mixed drink that celebrated the distinctive attributes of the American Riviera, with the creation including liquor from Cutler’s Artisan Spirits in the Funk Zone. The creative bartenders from the
Gabe Saglie holding the “Ginspiration” and Meridth Garofalo holding the Loquita’s Santa Barbara’s “Montecito Martini” (photo by Priscilla)
five establishments – Olio e Limone, Loquita, Rodney’s Grill at Fess Parker’s, the Boat House at Hendry’s Beach, and Alcazar Tapas Bar – had seven minutes to create their concoctions which were judged by KEYT
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