Last night my daughter and I attended the National Zoo's big event called ZOOFARI to raise money and awareness of the critical situation of frogs worldwide that are dying off because of too much ultra violet rays coming through than before. I think that's correct. Anyway, we were invited to attend because we helped them for the event and so we started up at the top on Connecticut Avenue.
It was quite the event, perhaps three thousand people in attendance or more. We walked down the main thoroughfare and had a slow descent because there were so many tables filled with some of the best foods available in Washington D.C. ( many of the most popular and expensive restaurants were present with both owners and top chefs ). There were also many wines poured and represented there. They came mostly from some of the larger houses and were in many cases a bit more generic and widely available. That does not diminish their value. I chose , however, being in the business to focus on the smaller import houses where available ( Wines of Spain, Boutique and Billington ) and sample their wines. I loved the new fruit-forward raspberry and strawberry Spanish rose of Aurelio Cabestrero( owner of Wines of Spain ) and the Two Brothers Chilean red from Billington imports. From Boutique as I mentioned before they poured the Oregon wines from Spruce Goose vineyards. I liked them all, even the non-alcoholic Pinot Noir.
It was a slow descent to the bottom of the zoo and we took our time as we greeted people I knew and introduced my daughter . We sampled many foods and were very impressed by the breadth of everything available and the organization, too.
This was a great event, visually spectacular, wonderful on a culinary level, too. As I said I enjoyed the wines and I did get our local rep to pour my daughter and me a taste of the California brut Gloria Ferrer : always a winner where I am concerned.
Cheers to a fine evening and to all those that donated their time and energy to making this such a grand evening! Hope lots of money was raised, as well as awareness for the plight of frogs worldwide! TONY
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