REMINDER: The 6th Annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival kicks off tonight (Friday, March 5th) with a black-tie “A Night in the Vineyard” gala party starting at 7:30pmat the Landmark Event Center in Des Moines.
Gala tickets are $75 in advance or $85 at the door, and include a buffet catered by Anthony’s HomePort, unlimited wine tasting, and live music by the Steve Ryals Trio and Ed Taylor & TaylorMade, plus free admission to the wine tasting event on Saturday or Sunday. Several premium wines and other exclusive items will be offered at a silent auction.
Sponsored by the Des Moines Rotary Club, this annual wine festival will run through Sunday March 7th at the historic and grand Landmark Event Center (formerly Landmark on the Sound) in Des Moines. Guests will enjoy live jazz and great food while tasting wines from 25 Northwest wineries.
“The wine festival gala is the hottest ticket in town,” says Des Moines Rotary President Lisa Meineke. “Everybody has a great time! People come back year after year. And this year we have new wineries and more wineries than ever before.”
The fun continues on Saturday and Sunday, with more wine tasting, food, and live music. Saturday’s music line-up includes Darren Motamedy and 4th Degree. On Sunday, it’s Rouge and Billet-Deux. Local restaurants and gourmet food vendors will sample breads, cheeses, smoked salmon, chocolates and other fine fare.
Tickets for Saturday and Sunday are just $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Gala tickets are $75 in advance or $85 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at Corky Cellars in Des Moines (206-824-9462) or at www.dmrotary.org.
Through the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, the Rotary Club of Des Moines has raised over $150,000 in its five-year history. All proceeds fund a wide variety of charitable projects, including college scholarships, grants to local schools, safety and recreation programs for children, yard projects for elderly residents, support for the local food bank and the homeless, and projects to assist needy people as far away as South Africa and Pakistan.
“People can come to the wine festival to have fun and discover some great wines and feel really good about what they are contributing to the community at the same time,” says wine festival chair Brian Snure. “There are so many needs in our community and in our world right now. What better way to give?”
HOURS:
- Saturday, March 6: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Sunday March 7: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
WINERIES:
- Canyon’s Edge
- Chandler Reach
- Covington Cellars – NEW
- Coyote Canyon Winery – NEW
- Burien’s own E.B. Foote Winery (BTB Advertiser)
- Eaton Hill
- Erin Glenn
- Fall Line
- Five Star Cellars
- Fort Walla Walla Cellars – NEW
- Kestrel – NEW
- Knipprath – NEW
- Masset Winery
- Otis Kenyon
- Page Cellars
- Pondera – NEW
- Sleeping Dog
- Sodo Vino – NEW
- Stina’s Cellar
- Two Vintners – NEW
- Vashon Winery
- Vin du Lac – NEW
- Waving Tree
- Willis Hall
- Windy Point
MUSIC:
- Friday, March 5 (Gala):
- Saturday, March 6:
- 12:30-3:00: Darren Motamedy Duo
- 3:30-6:30: 4th Degree
- Sunday, March 7:
- 12:30-2:30: Rouge
- 3:00-5:00: Billet-Deux
For more information, please visit www.dmrotary.org. We’ll see you there tonight!
Here’s another great reason to attend the upcoming Poverty Bay Wine Festival this coming weekend – a parade of MINI Coopers will end up at the Landmark Event Center on Sunday, March 7th sometime shortly after Noon.
The parade will start at the south end of the Des Moines Marina, where MINIs will congregate at Anthony’s Home Port (421 S. 227th St.) at Noon, then motor on up to the Landmark Event Center and park in the front parking spaces (excluding handicapped, etc.).
As everyone knows, it’s always cool to see one unusual, groovy MINI Cooper. Now imagine 20 or more, all detailed, each unique in its own way, cruising in, parking and showing off.
If you’re a MINI Cooper enthusiast (Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer drives one), and you’re interested in being in this parade of fun and funky little MINIs, you should consider joining the Puget Sound MINI Motoring Club at their website here.
This will be the second specialty sports car event at the fest – as you may recall, the Tyee Triumph Car Club will be displaying their classic Triumph cars on Saturday, March 6th (read our coverage here).
To buy tickets for the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, click here, or visit CorkyCellars (206-824-9462), Des Moines Drug, and/or purchase directly from any Des Moines Rotary Club member. All proceeds go to the service projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines.
For more information, including details on wineries, food vendors and entertainment at the fest, read our previous coverage here.
A very unique 9-liter bottle of Five Star Cellars 2006 Cabernet Savignon will be raffled off at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival next weekend (Saturday, March 6th & Sunday, March 7th) at the historic Landmark Event Center in Des Moines.
This one-of-a-kind, big, beautiful bottle contains nine liters – equal to a full case of wine (!) – and is engraved with the Poverty Bay Wine Festival emblem on one side, and the Five Star label on the other.
This 2006 Cab was rated 91 points by Wine Spectator and 94 points by the Beverage Tasting Institute – that means it’s an excellent case of wine in one big bottle!
No purchase is necessary– this is a drawing for anyone who wants to enter – but you will have to show up at the festival, which is just $20 per person; for that amount, you’ll also receive a souvenir wine glass and 10 tokens, a sampling of delicious foods, and live music both days.
Also, for all you non-wine drinkers out there, Pike’s Brewing will also have a booth.
The value of the wine plus the engraving is $1,000!
The opening night Gala will be this Friday, March 5th at 7:30pm at the Landmark Event Center. The theme is A Night in the Vineyard. A lavish buffet will be provided by Anthony’s HomePort. Tickets for the gala are $75 in advance, $85 at the door. The ticket price includes food, entertainment, and wine.
Wine Fesival tickets are priced at $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets for the Wine Festival and Gala are available at Corky Cellars, located at 22511 Marine View Drive in Des Moines (206-824-9462); or online at www.dmrotary.org.
Poverty Bay Wine Festival is the major annual fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Des Moines.
For full details on the festival, check out our previous coverage here.
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The Tyee Triumph Car Club will be displaying their classic Triumph cars at this year’s Poverty Bay Wine Festival on Saturday, March 6th.
“At last count it appears we will have 17 or 18 cars at the Landmark for display,” said club president John Gebert, who himself owns five Triumphs. “We plan to park them in the spaces at the front entrance of the building, leaving ample room for two lanes of traffic for the buses, handicapped, etc. Our plans are to have a club meeting 10am at my home in Des Moines, and then parade down Marine View to the Landmark Event Center so we can be ready for display by Noon.”
The LBC’s (aka Little British Cars) should stay in the parking lot until around 3pm.
Geber adds: “The majority of our members are buying tickets to participate in your Festival and looking forward to a great time. They are excited about the opportunity to display their cars as well as the drive to get there. Thanks for helping get the word out…the best way you could help us would be to provide a clear and sunny day…but, we’ll be there no matter!”
John tells us that the club currently has over 50 active members who all have at least one Triumph car in various states of repair and renovation.
“Of note, we pride ourselves on being a ‘driving’ club in which the majority of our cars are on the road and used regularly,” he said. “You won’t meet many members with ‘trailer queens’,” said John.
More info on the Tyee Triumph Club is available at their website.
To buy tickets for the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, click here, or visit CorkyCellars (206-824-9462), Des Moines Drug, and/or purchase directly from any Des Moines Rotary Club member. All proceeds go to the service projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines.
(Photos courtesy the Tyee Triumph Club)
Ric Jacobson is the Des Moines Rotarian in charge of lining up the largest line-up of wineries – 25 – in the six year history of the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, which is coming to the Landmark Event Center in Des Moines on March 6th and 7th.
Ric reports that the following Northwest wineries will be at the festival on Saturday and Sunday to serve the guests. If you taste a wine you want to take home, bottles will be for sale at the event. All proceeds of the sale of wine will go directly to the Rotary Club of Des Moines, who use the funds for the many great things they do for the community.
The following wineries will be in attendance for the event:
- Canyon’s Edge
- Chandler Reach
- Covington Cellars – NEW
- Coyote Canyon Winery – NEW
- Burien’s own E.B. Foote Winery (WLB Advertiser)
- Eaton Hill
- Erin Glenn
- Fall Line
- Five Star Cellars
- Fort Walla Walla Cellars – NEW
- Kestrel – NEW
- Knipprath – NEW
- Masset Winery
- Otis Kenyon
- Page Cellars
- Pondera – NEW
- Sleeping Dog
- Sodo Vino – NEW
- Stina’s Cellar
- Two Vintners – NEW
- Vashon Winery
- Vin du Lac – NEW
- Waving Tree
- Willis Hall
- Windy Point
Des Moines Rotarian, Dave Loft, in charge of food and goodies at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival has lined up the “best of the best” for food and snacks for wine-fest guests:
- Des Moines’ Anthony’s HomePort
- Des Moines’ Salty’s at Redondo
- Charley’s on Central Avenue in Kent
- Cafe Pacific Catering
- Forte Chocolates
- Kauzlarich Smoked Products
- Panera Bread
- Poverty Bay Coffee
- Waters to go
- Redondo Fred Meyer
- Archery Bistro
- Elliot Bay Brewery
The sixth annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival is surely the hottest ticket in town – well lots of towns, surrounding Des Moines. Your ticket includes fun, music, wine, food and even beer, all presented in the historic and magnificent Landmark Event Center (aka Landmark on the Sound), which is located at 23660 Marine View Drive South in Des Moines.
Tickets for the event are just $20 in advance from CorkyCellars (206-824-9462), Des Moines Drug or your local Des Moines Rotarian.
Parking and free shuttles will be available in the South Marina Parking lot.
All attendees must be 21 years of age and photo ID is required.
Click here for more information.
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The Rotary Club of Des Moines has announced that their Sixth Annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival will be held on Saturday, March 6th, from Noon– 7pm, and Sunday, March 7th from Noon – 5pm at the historic Landmark Event Center (formerly Landmark on the Sound) just down the road in Des Moines.
The opening night gala will be held Friday night, Mar. 5th, beginning at 7:30pm.
This festival is a must for anyone who loves wine, as well as for anyone who wants to support the work of Rotary, which supports schools and families in our community and around the world or anyone who enjoys an afternoon of good food, good wine and great music.
“The wine festival is an opportunity for wine-lovers to come taste samples from 25 Northwest wineries,” said Rotary spokesperson Catherine Carbone-Rogers. “All of the wineries typically offer two, three, or four different wines. Each winery will have wine by the bottle for sale. The festival is also a great opportunity to see the newly-restored Landmark Event Center, a unique architectural gem of the Des Moines community. Many people have driven by for years but have never had the opportunity to see the interior.”
What can participants expect while at the event? Besides the wine tasting from 25 Northwest wineries, there will also be a sampling of food from local restaurants, along with numerous musical guests throughout the festival. Here’s the preliminary lineup:
Friday, March 5 (Gala):
Saturday, March 6:
Sunday, March 7:
For just $20, participants receive a souvenir wine glass and 10 tokens, a sampling of delicious foods, and live music. What if you run out? Don’t worry, there’ll be tokens for sale at the event.
And for all you non-wine drinkers, Pikes Brewing will also have a booth.
Major sponsors are Anthony’s HomePort, 98.9 KWJZ, Landmark Event Center, Fred Meyers, Powell Brothers Custom Homes, Highline Times/Des Moines News, Kent Reporter and The Waterland Blog and its sister sites.
The opening night Gala will be Friday, March 5th at 7:30pm at the Landmark Event Center. The theme is A Night in the Vineyard. A lavish buffet will be provided by Anthony’s HomePort. Tickets for the gala are $75 in advance, $85 at the door. The ticket price includes food, entertainment, and wine.
Wine Fesival tickets are priced at $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets for the Wine Festival and Gala are available at Corky Cellars, located at 22511 Marine View Drive in Des Moines (206-824-9462); or online at www.dmrotary.org.
Poverty Bay Wine Festival is the major annual fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Des Moines. Lisa Meineke is the club President and Brian Snure is chair of the wine festival.
The main purpose is to raise funds for the charitable projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines that include:
- Financial and volunteer support of Des Moines Food Bank
- Financial and volunteer support for Fireworks Over Des Moines on the Fourth of July annually
- “Dictionaries by the Dozens”: Rotary provides a new children’s dictionary to every third grade student in Des Moines
- Mini-grants of up to $1000 to schools or teachers in Des Moines for special projects
- College scholarship of $2,500 to a Highline Community College student
- Pacific Middle School essay contest
- Funding for after school program at Pacific Middle school
- Financial support to Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence, a non-profit benefiting Highline Public Schools
- Financial support for a women’s shelter in South Africa
- Purchase of sewing machines for women in Peru so they can generate income
“We hope to have more attendees than ever this year,” Carbone-Rogers added. “Each year, we have taken the wine festival up a notch with the number of wineries, the entertainment, and the food. The gala is classier every year, and the Landmark Event Center is an amazing venue. We also hope that people coming to the event will get interested in Rotary and join us in our work to support community causes and families,” she added.
For more information on the Des Moines Rotary, please click here: http://dmrotary.org/aboutrotary.php.
The Des Moines Rotary kicked off their 2010 Poverty Bay Wine Festival sponsorship drive with an evening gathering at Des Moines’ historic Landmark on the Sound last Thursday night (Sept. 24th).
The event was to thank past festival sponsors and to encourage them to participate in next year’s event, which will be the fifth festival, and is scheduled to take place on the weekend of March 5th through the 7th at Landmark on the Sound. A variety of wine from Corky Cellars and food from Charley’s were a welcome respite from the daily grind for attendees.
The Print Place is producing next year’s collectible posters, which were created from a pastel by local artist Steve Morris. The pastel was on display and will represent the image of the opening Friday night gala, titled “An Evening in the Vineyard.”
The Des Moines Rotary donates 100% of the net proceeds from the Wine Festival and its other fundraisers back into the community. They are able to do this because of their club’s commitment to the Rotary motto of “service above self”. Club member contributions, both volunteer and financial, cover all of the club’s administration expenses.
Attendees admire Steve Morris' artwork.
According to their website:
The Rotary Club of Des Moines is an association of community leaders who are making our community and the world a better place to live, learn, work and play. Club members adhere to our motto, “Service Above Self; embrace the high ethi- cal standards of Rotary International; advocate on behalf of children and the needy; support programs to eliminate polio and provide clean water worldwide; and offer assistance with educational and recreational projects in our community.
The Rotary is currently seeking sponsors for this annual festival, which last year had more than 1,200 people attend over three days. The festival attendees purchased more than $58,000 of wine, food and festival merchandise in 2009 and organizers are hoping for an even better event in 2010.
Sponsorship of the Poverty Bay Wine Festival will directly support the Des Moines Rotary mission of making a lasting difference at home and abroad through service and financial support. In 2008-2009, the Rotary Club of Des Moines supported the following projects:
- Dollars for Scholars Highline Community College Foundation Pacific Middle School – Afterschool Program Dictionaries by the Dozens (giving a dictionary to every third grader in Des Moines) Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence Cle Gunsel Foundation Scholarships Mini Grants to local schools.
- Bike Helmet Program
- Des Moines Food Bank
- Fireworks Over Des Moines
- Des Moines Park and Recreation Youth Scholarships
- Des Moines Park and Recreation play field equipment
- Rotary First Harvest Food Program
- Mt. Rainier High School Track Project
- House Painting and Yard Care Service Projects for the elderly
- Zhang Zou Sister City Project
- Rotary International Projects
- Pakistan Schools Project
The Rotary Club of Des Moines donates 100% of the net proceeds from the Wine Festival and its other fund- raisers back into the community. Club member contributions, both volunteer and financial, cover all of the club’s administration expenses.
To become a Sponsor, please contact Wayne Corey at 206-824-1066 or email at wayne@corey.cc.
To download and view Sponsorship info, click here for a PDF file.
Photos and Story by Janet Grella
The Poverty Bay Wine festival in Des Moines will be an event not soon forgotten by Burien residents Emma Wagner and Al Halvorson, pictured above.
Al and Emma re-create their first dance at the exact spot where they met at last year's Festival at Landmark on the Sound.
They met here last year at the festival when Al asked Emma to Salsa dance.
One short year later, they’re back at the festival with the big announcement that they’re getting married on March 14th!
A big congratulations Al and Emma from all the folks at The Poverty Bay Wine Festival and your friends at both The B-Town and Waterland Blogs!
Some scenes from Saturday’s festivities at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, which continues through Sunday at the gorgeous Landmark on the Sound in Des Moines:
The Des Moines Rotary Club Poverty Bay Wine Festival continues through Sunday at the historic Landmark On the Sound, and your very own Waterland Blog has a table in the main room (near the back, by the kitchen of course), so come on in and say hi!
It’s for a great cause, and you can buy tickets at the door. $25 gets you inside, and you also get 10 tokens which can be used for wine samples. Parking on site is very limited, but there is free parking and free shuttle service from the Des Moines Marina.
Sunday’s entertainment will be:
- Double Cookin’ (Acoustic Blues)
- Island Jazz Quintet (Jazz)
Staffers from sister site The Waterland Blog will be there, so come on down and have a sip with us:
The staff of The Waterland Blog will be hanging out all day Sunday at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival demonstrating our brand spankin' new website; from left: Bart Bryan, Janet Grella, Scott Schaefer and Mark Neuman. Not pictured: Gina Bourdage.
Friday night’s “Gala of the Gods” fundraiser auction at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival attracted dozens of glamorous, well-dressed area locals, who sampled great wines and bid on auction items, all while being serenaded by Greek music and entertained by Belly Dancers, including one with a sword on her head.
Our own Photographer Tom Sirgedas was there, and he took these photos:
The Des Moines Rotary Club Poverty Bay Wine Festival continues through Sunday at the historic Landmark On the Sound, and our sister site The Waterland Blog will be there both days, so come on down to the Landmark On the Sound and say hi!
It’s for a great cause, there’s plenty of great wines, and you can buy tickets online here, at Corky Cellars or from any Rotary Club member (we’re not sure, but we think they’re also selling tickets at the door)
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Twenty Northwest wineries will offer tastes at the fifth annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival, with an opening night event Friday, Feb. 27th called “Gala of the Gods” at Des Moines’ historic Landmark On The Sound.
The fest will then run Saturday Feb. 28th and Sunday March 1st, and each winery will offer two to four wines for tasting. The event includes a full slate of live music and free samplings from local restaurants.
Among the wineries pouring tastes will be Willis Hall, one of Washington’s up and coming wineries, and Five Star from Walla Walla. New to the festival this year are Sweet Valley, also from Walla Walla, Vashon Winery, and Masset Winery from one of the region’s fastest growing wine areas, Lake Chelan.
Recognizing that value is top-of-mind for many people in today’s economy, tickets include twice as many tasting tokens this year. An afternoon of wine, food, and live music costs $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
Friday’s opening night event will usher in this year’s festival with a Greek theme, and will feature:
- Belly Dancers
- Live music from Takis Dotis and the Mad Greeks
- A Fine Art and Wines Auction
- Anthony’s HomePort will present hors d’oeuvres and dessert buffet.
The evening starts at 7:30pm, it will be a “black tie optional” party, with valet Parking included, and tickets are $75 in advance or $85 at the door. Must be 21 to enter.
This will be one of the public’s last opportunities to attend an event at Landmark On The Sound. This elegant estate overlooking Puget Sound will close for reconstruction this summer and reopen as a private senior living community. The early 20th Century mansion features stunning interiors with classic period details.
Poverty Bay Wine Festival is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Des Moines. All proceeds benefit the charitable projects of the club, which include scholarships, support for the Des Moines Food Bank, grants to local schools, parks improvement, and efforts to assist women in South Africa and Peru.
Tickets are available at Corky Cellars in Des Moines (206-824-9462); Des Moines Drugs, located at 627 South 227th Street; or online at www.dmrotary.org. All proceeds go to local Des Moines Charities.
WHAT: Fifth annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival
WHEN: Opening night is Friday, Feb. 27th, 7:30pm+; also Saturday, Feb. 28, Noon-7pm and Sunday Mar. 1st from Noon-5pm:
- Saturday, March 1st:
Hours: Noon-7pm
Featuring Michael Powers and Mambo Cadillac - Sunday, March 2nd:
Hours: Noon-5pm
Featuring CocoLoco and Global Village
WHERE: All events will be at the historic Landmark On The Sound, which is located at 23660 Marine View Drive South in Des Moines (see map below).
COST: Opening night event is $75 in advance or $85 at the door (must be 21 to enter); Festival admission fee is $20 per person pre-sale or $25 at the door, which includes:
- Souvenir wine glass
- Tokens for wine tastings (certain tastings may require more than one token)
- All proceeds go to local Des Moines Charities
- ID Required at Door
- No Pets Please
- This is an indoor event with free parking and free shuttle service from the Des Moines Marina
TICKETS: You can purchase tickets online by clicking here, or go to Corky Cellars (206) 824-9462, Des Moines Drugs, and through Rotary Club of Des Moines. All proceeds go to local Des Moines Charities.
