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  • THE LOS ANGELES PHlLHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WEDNESDAY WINEMAKER SERIES - FREE WINE TASTINGS AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FEATURING ARTISANAL WINEMAKERS
  • Jul. 13, 2017
  • Winemakers hand-selected by Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine Sommelier and Wine Director Caroline Styne

    Wednesdays 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., prior to Jazz at the Bowl concerts, in the new Plaza Marketplace

    LOS ANGELES, CA (July 13, 2017) - The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced today details of the new Wednesday Winemaker Series for the 2017 summer season at the Hollywood Bowl. This new offering from Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine will provide visitors an opportunity to participate in tastings of wines hand-selected by Caroline Styne, a four-time nominee by the James Beard Foundation for "Restauranteur of the Year."

    "In our partnership with the LA Phil for the Food + Wine program, I decided to treat the Bowl like I do at my own restaurants and feature wines made by small, artisanal winemakers from California and beyond," says Styne. "I thought it would add another layer of fun and interest to have some of these winemakers visit and make themselves, as well as tastes of their wines, available to the Bowl's visitors. All of the winemakers chosen for this new tasting are among my personal favorites."

    The complimentary Wednesday Winemaker Series begins on July 19, 5:00 - 7:00p.m., in the Plaza Marketplace, at the newly-renovated Box Office Plaza. The eight-week series, which includes celebrated Winemakers Fabien Castel, Sandy Garber, Gavin Chanin, Jonathan Rosensen, Brian Talley, Chad Melville, Gray Hartley, Amy Christine and Peter Hunken, coincides with the venue's Jazz at the Bowl schedule. Wines featured in the tastings are available for purchase at select Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine locations.

    Wednesday Winemaker Series Schedule:

    Wednesday, July 19

    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM: 
    Wines from Fabien Castel of The Ojai Vineyard and Sandy Garber of Garber & Co. 

    Show at 8:00 PM: 
    ELLA AND DIZZY: 100 YEARS, 1,000 MEMORIES

    HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA
    VINCE MENDOZA, conductor
    ANDRA DAY, JANE MONHEIT, LESLIE ODOM, JR., LIZZ WRIGHT, REGINA CARTER, PAUL JACKSON, JR., PATRICE RUSHEN, LEWIS NASH, PETER WASHINGTON, special guests

    A DIZZY 100TH CELEBRATION ALL-STAR BIG BAND
    JON FADDIS, conductor/trumpet
    BILLY CHILDS, CHARLES McPHERSON, LEWIS NASH, PETER WASHINGTON, special guests

    CCH POUNDER, host

    Wednesday, August 2

    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM:
    Wines from Gavin Chanin of Chanin Winery/Lutum

    Show at 8:00 PM:
    THE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA - 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW!
    JD McPHERSON

    Wednesday, August 9

    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM:
    Wines from Jonathan Rosenson of Rose & Son

    Show at 8:00 PM:
    GENTE DE ZONA
    ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO'S TRIBUTE TO SALSA
    PEDRITO MARTINEZ, special guest
    THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP

    Wednesday, August 16

    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM:
    Wines from Brian Talley of Talley Vineyards

    Show at 8:00PM:
    JILL SCOTT
    ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT

    Wednesday, August 23

    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM:
    Wines from Chad Melville of Melville Vineyards

    Show at 8:00 PM:
    HERBIE HANCOCK
    KAMASI WASHINGTON

    Wednesday, August 30

    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM:
    Wines from Gray Hartley of Hitching Post Wines

    Show at 8:00 PM:
    TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
    ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
    LAKE STREET DIVE

    Wednesday, September 6

    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM:
    Wines from Amy Christine & Peter Hunken of Black Sheep Finds

    Show at 8:00 PM:
    QUINCY JONES: THE A&M YEARS
    CHRISTIAN McBRIDE, musical director
    JOHN CLAYTON, conductor
    with special guests DAVE GRUSIN, SEAN JONES, HUBERT LAWS, GRÉGOIRE MARET, LEWIS NASH, LEE RITENOUR, ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ and ASHFORD & SIMPSON'S VALERIE SIMPSON, plus an all-star big band
    RICHARD BONA & MANDEKAN CUBANO
    JONAH NILSSON

    Wednesday, September 13
    Tasting from 5:00 - 7:00 PM:
    To be announced

    Show at 8:00 PM:
    STEVE WINWOOD
    MAVIS STAPLES

    For more information about the food and wine experiences now available at the Hollywood Bowl, please visit: www.HollywoodBowl.com/FoodandWine

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  • Contact:

    For the LA Phil: Sophie Jefferies, sjefferies@laphil.org, 213.972.3422
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