How To Navigate A Wine Festival

Chances are there's a wine festival in your area. From the Nantucket Wine Festival, Sissy Biggers offers several pointers to ensure you get the most out of your experience.

Jun 2, 2011 in We Live Here

Nantucket Wine Festival Gala 2011

Holly Trickel takes us around the White Elephant at the gala for the 2011 Nantucket Wine Festival to ask attendees where they enjoy being while relaxing with a bottle of wine and what wine means to them.

May 23, 2011 in We Live Here

Nantucket Wine Festival Founder Denis Toner

Denis Toner, the founder of the Nantucket Wine Festival, talks about how following his true passion led him to create this event and live on such a beautiful island. He also describes how you can tell whether or not a wine is high quality.

May 23, 2011 in Plum Daily

Plum Daily Special Edition: The 2011 Nantucket Wine Festival

We're celebrating 15 years of the Nantucket Wine Festival in this special episode of Plum Daily hosted by Kate Brosnan. Founder of the festival, Dennis Toner, describes how he followed his passion for wine and how to tell which bottles are of the...

May 23, 2011 in Plum Daily

Plum Daily Nantucket: May 13, 2011

Its food and wine season on Nantucket and so in this delectable episode of Plum Daily host Kate Brosnan interviews the President and Founder of the Nantucket Food & Wine Festival Dennis Toner. We take a close look at the art of cheese and how to...

May 13, 2011 in Plum Daily

Dennis Toner, The Nantucket Wine Festival

Kate Brosnan catches up with Denis Toner at the White Elephant, to discuss what's in store for this year's Nantucket Wine Festival.

Apr 16, 2011 in Video

Plum Daily Nantucket: April 16, 2011

Plum welcomes in the Spring with this edition of Plum Daily. Host Kate Brosnan is on location at the Old South Wharf, bringing you interviews with Denis Toner of the Nantucket Wine Festival and P.J. Martin Smith of the Chamber of Commerce.

Apr 16, 2011 in Plum Daily

Plum Daily Nantucket: January 29, 2011

Wish you could travel to the hottest vacation spots in the US? Well buckle your seatbelts, Kate Brosnan takes us to Aspen for the X-Games and hangs out with John Secada in Miami. And this all before she heads to Sun Valley for a bizarre art exhibit.

Jan 29, 2011 in Plum Daily

Plum Daily Nantucket: September 11, 2010

Hosts Kevin Flynn and Kate Brosnan share the best from this summer's Plum Daily. Kevin interviews Comedian and Man from Nantucket Award Winner, Don Gavins. Author, Annie Leonard, tells Kate about her passion for trash.

Sep 11, 2010 in Plum Daily

(2009) Nantucket Wine Festival

The 13th annual Nantucket Wine Festival hosted more than 100 international wineries, celebrity cooking demonstrations and seminars, the grand tasting, bountiful auction and Luncheon Symposia. Wine festival president and founder Denis Toner takes us through some of this year's highlights.

Jul 28, 2009

Nantucket Wine Festival's Celebrity Chef & Winemaker Auction Dinner

The 13th annual Nantucket Wine Festival included a spectacular wine auction dinner held at the White Elephant for the benefit of the Nantucket Historical Association. The dinner featured the culinary brilliance of Daniel Bruce, of Meritage at the Boston Harbor Hotel and the critically-acclaimed wines of Fine Estates from Spain, presented by Jorge Ordonez. Experience the live auction and head into the kitchen with Chef Daniel Bruce as Plum gives you a look into this one of a kind event.

Jun 15, 2009 in Video

Nantucket Clamming With Jasper White, Ehren Jordan, & Spanky Kania

Chef Jasper White of Summer Shack and winemaker Ehren Jordan from Failla head out with island raw bar legend Spanky Kania to rake for quahogs.

May 22, 2009 (4 Comments)

2009 Nantucket Wine Festival: Burgundy Symposium

2009 Nantucket Wine Festival: Burgundy Symposium Six extraordinary winemakers from Burgundy came together to talk about their wines and winemaking techniques at the nantucket golf club for this years luncheon symposium.

May 22, 2009

2009 Nantucket Wine Festival: Great Wines in Grand Houses w/ Chef Olivier Muller & Jean-Charles Thomas

Chef Olivier Muller, of Daniel Boulud's Bistro Moderne in Manhattan and head winemaker, Jean-Charles Thomas from Maison Louis Latour put together a wonderful pairing of food and wine in the East Brick for one of the Great Wines in Grand Homes dinners during the 2009 Nantucket Wine Festival.

May 20, 2009 in Video

2009 Nantucket Wine Festival: Artisinal Cheese

Ihsan Gurdal, a purveyor of fine cheeses, meats, and specialty foods travels the world seeking out artisan producers of the world’s finest cheeses. Isahn’s passion for cheese comes through teaching others and exploring its relationship with wine. WEBSITE: http://www.formaggiokitchen.com/node/5 TAGS: MNN Piece, Community Interest, Summer, Business, MNN, Food and Drink, Roger Woodruff, Roggg Woodruff, Nantucket, Ihsan Gurdal, cheese, wine, cheese and wine pairing, nantucket wine festival

May 19, 2009

2009 Nantucket Wine Festival: Food & Wine Pairing Lessons

The Nantucket Wine Festival is known for bringing stellar cuisine and gorgeous wines together during seminars and chef demonstrations. Chefs Jaime Hamlin and Sarah Leah Chase, along with award winning winemaker Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat and Skip Bennett of Island Creek Oysters sit down together to talk about their shared love for food and wine.

May 19, 2009

2009 Nantucket Wine Festival: The Grand Tasting

The Grand Tasting is a tricky event to navigate. There's so much to do partake in. Mark Donato shares some tips on how to truly maximize your time at the Nantucket Wine Festival's Grand Tasting Event. The Grand Tasting Event takes place at the Nantucket Yacht Club. It is on Saturday and Sunday, 12-2pm and 3-5pm. WEBISTE http://www.nantucketwinefestival.com/html/default.asp TAGS Community Interest, Summer, Roger Woodruff, Food and Drink, MNN, Nantucket, Roggg Woodruff, nantucket wine festival, mark donato, wine, tasting, grand tasting, 2009, nantucket yacht club

May 19, 2009

(2009) Nantucket Wine Festival Harbor Gala

The 9th Annual Nantucket Wine Festival Harbor Gala held at the White Elephant featured winemakers and restaurants from around the world. Epernay wine store owner and Plum TV host Amber Cantella took part in this much anticipated yearly event meeting up with old friends, tasting some wines, and sampling some treats. (All of this done in her 3 inch Manolo's!) The gala not only showcased fine food and wine but also helped raise money to benefit the Nantucket Historical Association.

May 18, 2009

Spain: Coming of Age Part 2

This film documents the rise of Spain as a premier wine and food destination. Plum travels to the standout regions of the Priorat, Rioja, Aragon, Ribera Del Duero and Jumilla to capture Spain's coming of age.

Mar 6, 2009 by in Eat & Drink

2008 Nantucket Wine Festival: Great Wines in Grand Houses

Plum takes you into some of the grandest houses on Nantucket to experience great wines, on the water to catch dinner, and meets up with a chef while preparing some delicious dishes during the 12th Annual Nantucket Wine Festival

May 29, 2008

2008 Nantucket Wine Festival Gala

Take a behind-the-scenes look at all the hard work and preparation that goes into the Nantucket Wine Festival Gala.

May 17, 2008 by

2007 Nantucket Wine Festival: Great Wines in Grand Homes

Plum tags along with Nantucket Wine Festival's Denis Toner and Mark Donato as they race around the Island for Great Wines in Grand Homes.

May 20, 2007 in Video

2007 Nantucket Wine Festival: Grand Tasting

A look inside the 2007 Nantucket Wine Festival Grand Tasting. Hear what people have to say about this year's event and new location at the Nantucket Yacht Club.

May 19, 2007 in Video

2007 Nantucket Wine Festival: Vertical Wine Tasting With Alex Gambal

Plum joins Alex Gambal for a vertical tasting of his 2000-2005 Vosne Romanée at the 2007 Nantucket Wine Festival.

May 19, 2007 in Video

2007 Nantucket Wine Festival Harbor Gala

Plum TV takes a look at the 11th annual Nantucket Wine Festival Harbor Gala.

May 18, 2007 in Video