If you find yourself standing in the wine aisle at the supermarket scratching your head, or just don't know which wine to try on your next visit to your favorite restaurant or liquor store, the crew at Four Winds hopes to make your life considerably easier and a whole lot more enjoyable with a spring showcase of local food and wine pairings they are calling Uncork & Unwind. It's coming this May.
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ Four Winds Casinos are pleased to announce that it will host Uncork & Unwind at Four Winds New Buffalo’s Silver Creek Event Center on Saturday, May 7 from 5pm to 9pm.
The Uncork & Unwind tasting event will feature award-winning, regionally produced wines, and VIP wine and food pairing packages. A hotel package is also available for the night of the event. Tickets can be purchased beginning tomorrow, Friday, March 4 at 11am exclusively through the Ticketmaster website, www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling (800)745-3000. Tickets are $20, plus applicable fees.
Four Winds New Buffalo will be offering a hotel package that includes a one night hotel stay on Saturday, May 7 along with two tickets to the event. The hotel package must also be purchased through Ticketmaster.
At the exclusive tasting event, guests can interact with the craftsmen and women who are behind the scenes at your favorite Michigan wineries such as Chateau Grand Traverse, Round Barn Winery, and Wyncroft. Plus, Four Winds will be offering seasonal food options for purchase to complement the tastings, and live music will enhance the tasting experience.
There will also be several VIP pairing packages during Uncork & Unwind that will feature food and wine tastings along with a discussion with a chef and a representative from a vineyard. A ticket for each of the pairings is available for $15 and can be purchased prior to the event through Ticketmaster. VIP pairing packages include:
- Located in Room A at 5:15pm and 6:15pm, a Wyncroft Riesling will be paired with Seared Foie Gras on Jewish Apple Cake with Apple Marmalade…
- Located in Room B at 5:45pm and 6:45pm, a Chateau Grand Traverse Cherry Wine will be paired with a Flourless Chocolate Cake…
- Located in Room A at 7:15pm and 8:15pm, Wyncroft’s the Shou (Meritage) will be paired with Mini Duck Confit and Cherry BBQ Pizza…
- Located in Room B at 7:45 pm, a Chateau Grand Traverse Laika Gruner Veltliner will be paired with a Spicy Hot Smoked Salmon & Crème Fresh on a Potato Rösti.
Each ticket into the event includes admission, a souvenir glass and 10 tasting tickets that can be redeemed for food and drink samples. Additional tasting tickets are available for purchase at the event for $1 per tasting ticket. The following is a list of some of the impressive participants:
- 12 Corners Winery
- Black Star Farms
- Chateau Grand Traverse
- Cody Kresta Vineyard & Winery
- Dablon Vineyards
- Domaine Berrien Cellars and Winery
- Fenn Valley Winery
- Free Run Cellars
- Lazy Ballerina Winery
- Leelanau Wine Cellars
- Marland Wine
- Round Barn Winery
- Tabor Hill Winery
- White Pine Winery
- Wyncroft Wines
To make a hotel reservation at Four Winds New Buffalo or for more information on Four Winds New Buffalo, Four Winds Hartford, or Four Winds Dowagiac, please call 1 (866)4WINDS1, (866)494-6371 or visit www.fourwindscasino.com. Additionally, be sure to like Four Winds on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fourwindscasino and follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/fourwindscasino.
