| EVENT REPORT 06.29.09 1:32 PM |
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Mondavi Builds Replica of Napa Vineyard for Tasting at Nathan Phillips Square
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 | A bar inside the pavilion
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The Robert Mondavi Winery partnered with the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival to bring its Discover Wine Tour to Canada for the first time this weekend. The event, which kicked off with a V.I.P. cocktail reception hosted by Margrit Mondavi on Thursday evening, included three days of wine tastings, food pairings, and seminars in a pavilion designed to replicate Robert Mondavi’s Napa Valley vineyard at Nathan Phillips Square.
“The event here is extraordinary," Mondavi said of the jazz festival. "I’m very happy to be here and to celebrate, as I always do, my wonderful husband, who was such an inspiration and had such a passion for wine." Mondavi's attendance at the event marked the first time she has joined the tour, now in its third year. In 2009, the tour has visited Phoenix, Dallas, New Orleans, and the Food & Wine Festival at National Harbour near Washington. The tour will also stop in Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Diego this year.
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| NEWS 06.23.09 10:00 AM |
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MuchMusic Award Gift Lounges Offer Swag and Space to Chill
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 | The official MMVA Gift Lounge
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Talent in town for the MuchMusic Video Awards had the opportunity to visit two lounges this past weekend, both of which offered swag and space to unwind: the official MMVA Gift Lounge, located at MuchMusic headquarters, and the Artist Sanctuary at Hotel Le Germain.
New York-based On 3 Productions created an orange and white lounge for artists and presenters participating in the MuchMusic Video Awards this year. "We were going for something edgy, something a little different, with bright colours and bold colours," said Matthew Simon of On 3 Productions. Ikea and Sumo Lounge provided furnishings for the space, including bag chairs and ottomans. "It's a place where people can just chill out and relax."
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MuchMusic Video Awards, MuchMusic, IKEA, Soma Lounge, Bench Apparel, Guess, Kameleon Jewellery, LouLou magazine, Marchon, New Era, Tenstate Jeans, Nestlé, Nautica, Stella Artois, Robert Mondavi Winery, Redken, Nokia, Vitaminwater, New Balance, Mavi, PKG, SkullCandy |
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| EVENT REPORT 05.12.09 8:00 AM |
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More Correspondents' Weekend Coverage: Bloomberg and Vanity Fair's Exclusive Party, Atlantic Media's Dinner, McLaughlin's Brunch, and More
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FROM WASHINGTON
As in years past, parties of every kind and color—from movie screenings to exhibit openings to hangover brunches—surrounded this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Here’s a wrap-up of the weekend's attractions:
Bloomberg and Vanity Fair's After-Party
Capitol File may have hosted the weekend's biggest party, but the most exclusive honors went to Bloomberg LP and Vanity Fair, who hosted an impossible-to-get-into shindig for 250 on Saturday night. Taking over French ambassador Pierre Vimont's turn-of-the-century home in Kalorama, the party drew big names from politics and Hollywood, among them Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Glenn Close, Eva Longoria, David Axelrod, Desiree Rogers, and the ubiquitous Captains Chesley Sullenberger and Richard Phillips. The party took over the mansion's interior rooms with bars and buffets, and spilled out into the backyard, where the many trees were uplit in blue, pink, and green.
David Bradley's Private Dinner
On Friday night, Atlantic Media owner David Bradley and his wife, Katherine Brittain Bradley, hosted an indoor cocktail reception followed by an outdoor seated dinner at their Embassy Row home. Sponsored by Toyota and Robert Mondavi Winery, the annual event was twice as large as last year, thus requiring for the first time a 40- by 40-foot HDO Productions tent, which Frost Lighting technicians draped with white rope lights.
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