What is up with the so-called “International Food and Wine Experience of Charlottesville”? Any little birdies know any details? Is it on, or will it be canceled? Currently, the site for purchasing ticket says “check back” for ticket information.
The event, a two-day wine festival, competition, seminar, and all-around bacchanalian celebration of oenophilia was originally scheduled for late January of 2009 (if memory serves). It was unexpectedly postponed; rumors in the ether suggested due to poor ticket sales. The site is still up, but no new data has been added about tickets for the rescheduled event. Data appears to be updated for the new Friday-Saturday schedule of events, available here.
The Neoskeptic knows at least one member of the local media has tried to contact them to find out if new details are available for ticket sales, and to confirm that the event is on as scheduled. The office phone for the IFWEOC appears to no longer be in service, and the mobile number for the group’s president plays a canned network recording saying the customer is not available, and offers no voicemail options.
I don’t know how they expect to have an event if they’re not selling tickets three weeks out.
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http://cvillain.com/2008/12/10/charlottesville-food-and-wine-festival-international-food-and-wine-experience/
http://cvillain.com/2009/01/18/charlottesvilles-food-and-wine-experience-postponed/
It’s already been postponed once. Sketch is sketch, though.
Looks a bit better this time, but the copy is still presented untouched by an editor’s hands. Check out this page for some of the worst:
inaccurate, poorly written stuff about charlottesville
Still, I wish them well.
Vaguely reminiscent of this, though with fewer exclamation points.
Charlottesville Restaurant Week is coming up next week and looks to be an amazing food/wine event without the hefty ticket price. cvilleyum.com has the $25 details
imo, it was really lame of the boathouse to add itself only after the article on how many reservations C&O had came out, & it’s also lame of the melting pot to have a $50/3-course/2ppl meal when we just got coupons for a $60/4-course/2ppl meal in the mail, & it’s also lame that boar’s head has no vegetarian–or even seafood-vegetarian–main course.
and it’s also lame that cassis hasn’t published their menu yet. wtf.
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/new_wine_festival_planned_after_pricey_event_dies/43041/
Anita Legault, who works as the Sweely Estate Winery’s hospitality director, said she was notified months ago that the International Food and Wine Experience wasn’t happening.
Is that a real article? First, you would think The Daily Progress would know that Charlotesville is not hyphenated, and second, the guys name is Alex Papajohn. Seriously, is someone’s last name really Papajohn? Is he a part of the pizza empire?
Lastly, you would think I would know how to spell Charlottesville.