News from Scout supporter Au Petit Chavignol

After the leap you’ll find a full calendar of edible and drinkable events from east side gem Au Petit Chavignol, including wine and cheese matching seminars, regionally-inspired dinners, a Port tasting, and more. Om-nom-nom…

Cheese & Wine 101

In this single session, we will provide a roadmap for matching various cheese types with the wines that best suit them.  We will introduce cheese basics, including milk types, textures, flavours, how to care for and serve fine cheeses.  Then learn about how to approach the wines that you choose to pair with cheese.  Sample some of the marriages made in heaven and discover pairings that suit your own personal taste.

Date: Monday January 04, 2010
Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: Au Petit Chavignol – 843 East Hastings
Cost: $70 per person.  Includes taxes and gratuity

Tickets available in store or by phone at les amis du FROMAGE 2nd Ave store only (604-732-4218).

Taste of Alsace

Come join us and explore the wonderful wines of Hugel & Fils [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=68zmaddab.0.0.hr7ngubab.0&ts=S0430&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hugel.com%2F&id=preview]. Hugel is a family company founded in 1639 and located in the beautiful village of Riquewihr, Alsace, France.  In the picturesque land of pure whites, Hugel is a reference for Alsace wines. Start off the evening with a tasting of Alsace cheeses, hosted by Allison Spurrell
of les amis du FROMAGE.

The tasting will be followed by dinner:

Reception
2007 Gentil
CheeseTasting
2006 Pinot Blanc
2007 Gewurztraminer
Choucroute
2006 Riesling
Kugelhopf Bread Pudding
2002 Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive

Date: Monday January 18, 2010
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Au Petit Chavignol – 843 East Hastings
Cost: $90 per person. Includes taxes and gratuity

Tickets available in store or by phone at les amis du FROMAGE 2nd Ave store only (604-732-4218).

Award Winning Wines & Cheeses

The first in a new format of cheese and wine tastings with les amis du FROMAGE and Au Petit Chavignol. These early tastings will start at 5 pm and last just over an hour, and will focus on just a few wines and carefully selected cheeses. This tasting will focus on wines and cheeses that have achieve award winning status.

Date: Monday February 01, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 6:15pm
Location: Au Petit Chavignol – 843 East Hastings
Cost: $45 per person.  Includes taxes and gratuity

Tickets available in store or by phone at les amis du FROMAGE 2nd Ave store only (604-732-4218).

Vive la France

Make room in your schedule for this fantastic cheese tasting where you will explore some of the many regions from France with Allison Spurrell of les amis du FROMAGE [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=68zmaddab.0.0.hr7ngubab.0&ts=S0430&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buycheese.com%2F&id=preview]. This tasting promises to highlight some of the best that France has to offer, and will include some classic cheese pairings with wines from the Alsace, Loire Valley and Bordeaux.

Date: Monday March 08, 2010
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Au Petit Chavignol – 843 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Cost: $80 per person. Includes taxes and gratuity.

Tickets available in store or by phone at les amis du FROMAGE 2nd Ave store only (604-732-4218)

Port with Ty the Wine Guy

Continuing in our “Early Series”, this tasting will start at 5 pm and last just over an hour, and will focus on just a few wines and carefully selected cheeses. Join Tyler Dawson AKA “Ty the Wine Guy” of Liberty Wine Merchants and Allison Spurrell of les amis du FROMAGE. Come and taste their carefully selected pairings of cheese and port, ask questions, and have fun.

A 3G Vancouverite, TY the WINE GUY has libation in his blood as he is the youngest grandson of George C. Reifel, a pioneer in domestic and international beverage markets. Tyler is an Enotainment Wine Pro with 25+ years of beverage management experience, 18years as a Wine Retail Ops Specialist and Manager/Buyer with Liberty Wine Merchants. He is Director/Educator of The Liberty Wine School, the Wine Consultant for La Quercia Restaurant, and author of two Quick Reference Wine Guides.

Date: Monday March 22, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 6:15pm
Location: Au Petit Chavignol – 843 East Hastings
Cost: $45 per person. Includes taxes and gratuity

Tickets available in store or by phone at les amis du FROMAGE 2nd Ave store only.
604-732-4218

Think Pink with The Wine Diva

Continuing in our “Early Series”, this tasting will start at 5 pm and last just over an hour, and will focus on just a few wines and carefully selected cheeses.Join Daenna Van Mulligen AKA “The Wine Diva”and Allison Spurrell of les amis du FROMAGE and taste their carefully selected pairings of cheese and Rosé, ask questions, and have fun.

Daenna is an accredited sommelier who thrives on educating the public with her deviously inspirational and humorous approach to wine, hoping to share her knowledge and increase consumer consumption while decreasing wine snobbery.

Date: Monday April 12, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 6:15pm
Location: Au Petit Chavignol – 843 East Hastings
Cost: $45 per person.  Includes taxes and gratuity

Tickets available in store or by phone at les amis du FROMAGE 2nd Ave store only (604-732-4218)

About Au Petit Chavignol

In March of 2009, Alice and Allison Spurrell, owners of les amis du FROMAGE, along with Joe Chaput, opened the doors to Au Petit Chavignol, a 36 seat cheese and wine bar located at 845 East Hastings Street in Vancouver’s historic Strathcona neighbourhood, next to their newest location of les amis du FROMAGE.  Opening to rave reviews, the restaurant has been a great success and a welcome addition to the les amis du FROMAGE family.

Au Petit Chavignol is a cheese-centric restaurant, with additional hot and cold selections including fresh seasonal salads, fondue, raclette, tartiflette, croque monsieur and other cheese based specialties.  We make everything fresh daily and in-house.  We offer the best selection of cheeses along with local artisan and house made charcuterie.

Whether you desire something small to nibble on before or after an event, or perhaps a full meal, Fromager Joe Chaput and Chef Brad Miller are sure you will leave satisfied.  Come and EAT, DRINK and EXPLORE with us.

We offer several wines by the glass and bottle, along with bottled and draught beer.  Our reserve wine list is made up of wines that vary from familiar to the obscure;  to cheese friendly favourites and our favourite varietal…Riesling.  Several of the “by the bottle” wines can be ordered by the glass if you commit to ordering at least two glasses.

Although the restaurant is currently only open five nights a week, we plan to have the restaurant open seven nights a week starting sometime in early September 2009.

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