{"id":13924,"date":"2013-03-25T14:55:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=13924"},"modified":"2013-03-25T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T19:31:06","slug":"wine-tasting-dinner-with-canadas-best-sommelier-veronique-rivest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wine-tasting-dinner-with-canadas-best-sommelier-veronique-rivest\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Tasting Dinner with Canada&#8217;s Best Sommelier Veronique Rivest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wine-tasting-dinner-with-canadas-best-sommelier-veronique-rivest\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10680\" alt=\"VeroniqueRivest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/VeroniqueRivest.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/VeroniqueRivest.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/VeroniqueRivest-160x56.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/VeroniqueRivest-350x122.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/VeroniqueRivest-125x43.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong>Join celebrity-sommelier, V\u00e9ronique Rivest, for a unique tutored wine tasting and small-plates dinner on April 10 at 7 pm. V\u00e9ronique is the winner of <strong>Canada\u2019s Best Sommelier<\/strong> and of <strong>The Best Sommelier of the America\u2019s<\/strong> in 2012, as well as a top 12 finalist for <strong>The Best Sommelier of the World <\/strong>competition in both 2007 and 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch V\u00e9ronique in action and learn from the master how to taste and pair wines with a variety of dishes. Novice and seasoned wine-lovers will enjoy this evening that will be a memorable experience.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Riveriera-Mar.-24th.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13926\" alt=\"Riveriera Mar. 24th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Riveriera-Mar.-24th.png\" width=\"208\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Riveriera-Mar.-24th.png 208w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Riveriera-Mar.-24th-160x192.png 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Riveriera-Mar.-24th-125x150.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><strong>Wine Tasting and Small-Plates Pairing Dinner<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>April 10, 2013 &#8211; 7:00 pm <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Restaurant International \u2013 Algonquin College, Ottawa<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This fundraising event will provide vital support for V\u00e9ronique in her quest to win \u2018The Best Sommelier of the World\u2019 competition in Japan, March 29, 2013. It will help defray lost income and expenses incurred during her six-year journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$100 + HST per person &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/event\/5942180221\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Purchase tickets here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No tickets sold at door<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join celebrity-sommelier, V\u00e9ronique Rivest, for a unique tutored wine tasting and small-plates dinner on April 10 at 7 pm. V\u00e9ronique is the winner of Canada\u2019s Best Sommelier and of The Best Sommelier of the America\u2019s in 2012, as well as a top 12 finalist for The Best Sommelier of the World competition in both 2007 and 2010. Watch V\u00e9ronique in action and learn from the master how to taste and pair wines with a variety of dishes. Novice and seasoned wine-lovers will enjoy this evening that will be a memorable experience.Wine Tasting and Small-Plates Pairing Dinner April 10, 2013 &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,55,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-sommeliers-restaurants","category-wine-articles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13924"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13955,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13924\/revisions\/13955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}