The Wine Offensive’s Offering To Menu For Hope
((all new posts will appear below this one until Dec. 23rd))
This year’s 3rd annual Menu For Hope benefits the United Nations’ World Food Programme. It’s a project started by Chez Pim, and I’ve elected to participate this year because of you, my readers. Last year, I was humbled by the amount of money you all donated when I asked.
So I’ll take advantage of you, again. Feed the world, and maybe yourself. Donate just $10 to Menu of Hope and get a raffle ticket for a number of fabulous prizes thunk up by bloggers like me (more details below). Of course, I think you’ll be partial to mine:
MY ITEM, Code# WB06 : - I wanted to give something that paid tribute to my grapey goddess Nebbiolo, and took it from there. So it’s a Northwest by Northwest tribute to two of my favorite places in the world–Piedmont and my home, Washington state.
Not as high concept as it sounds, the hearty food tradition of Piedmont comes alive in autumn and worships mushrooms, truffles, and whole grains like risotto and farro. Up here in the Northwest, our dank autumns bring on a shroom cornucopia, and our truffles? Well, though not quite legendary, they are delicious.
Included in this item, lovingly packed by moi:
One bottle of 2001 Roagna Langhe Rosso
Handwritten recipe for Wild mushroom & hazelnut farro
and almost everything you need to make it, including:Organic Piedmontese farro
Wedge of Quillisascut Farm’s aged Curado cheese
Fresh-dried wild mushrooms from Seattle’s Foraged & Found
Washington truffle salt from Foraged & Found, with container
Washington filberts
Detailed tasting notes
Handmade gift card & gorgeous packaging, for re-gifting
Suggested retail price: $100++
Shipping: ANYwhere within the continental US
Raffle winners will be notified on January 15th.
To SWEETEN THE POT: The item can be hand delivered to you or the recipient of your choice within either the Portland or Seattle metro-area.
AND! $$ saved on shipping fills the box w/ extra booty!
HOW TO DONATE / ENTER:
Click on the Menu For Hope picture, which will give you more information before the pledge page. For each $10 increment, you get a raffle ticket. In the comment section of the form, DO NOT FORGET towrite: WB06, that’s W-B-Zero-Six. add “the wine offensive” if you like to be sure. No money is handled by us. Your funds go straight to an independent DOT ORG.
It’s not exactly one-click, but it’s worth it.
And I know my little miscreants are good for it.
Notify me of your pledge, and I’ll have my own runner up raffle for a surprise gift (all who bid on my item are eligible). It’ll be gooood……..but not as good as the gift above.
For insanely detailed details check back each day for a full description of each and every item along with a new wine review.
For more details, visit Chez Pim to see all participating bloggers or Alder’s Vinography, for the round up of all participating wine bloggers.
December 11th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
How can I say no?
December 12th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
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December 12th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
Northwest truffles say wha???? I believe you. Do you have any say in this thing? Because that Posh n Becks site almost gave me epilipsy trying to look at the prizes. Can’t they just list them like everyone else?
Yours of course is totally cool. Now all I have to do is move to Portland by next Friday.
December 13th, 2006 at 12:02 am
You hooked me on the Roagna Paje and now a chance at a Langhe? I’m in! And thanks for the great site…
December 13th, 2006 at 12:05 am
Oh, I got 4 etix- so 4 chances!
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