L'Amour du Vin Preview & Giveaway

Happy October! For me, this month is already filling up with fall fabulousness. Margaritas, mojitos and poppy summer tunes have made way for jazz, bourbon sippers and spicy red wines.

Speaking of wine, the Arthritis Foundation of Northeast Ohio is celebrating the 15th year of L'Amour du Vin and guess what? They want you to celebrate with them. The kind people over there have generously donated a pair of tickets for me to give away.

EMH Healthcare & The Arthritis Foundation present:

L'Amour du Vin

Premier Wine & Food Tasting Event

Thursday, October 18th 6-9PM

Avon Oaks Country Club

L'Amour du Vin is an evening filled with world-class wines and cuisine from some of the best restaurants in Cleveland's western suburbs. Not only will there be great food, drink and mingling, but guests will enjoy live entertainment, a silent auction and the opportunity to win fabulous prizes. 

General Admission $60 ($70 at the door): sampling of cuisine from 15 restaurants, international wines, silent auction and entertainment.

KeyBank VIP Lounge admission $90: includes the above benefits as well as admission to the VIP Lounge sponsored by KeyBank that includes complimentary specialty cocktails and exclusive cuisine. 

Get your sip on: Woodford Reserve, Woodford Double Oaked

Jack Daniels, Gentleman Jack, Jack Single Barrel

The swanky KeyBank VIP Lounge will not only have handcrafted cocktails, but the gentlemen from Brown-Forman will be on hand offering whiskey and bourbon tastings. Oh, hello there, darling!

....and crowd favorite, Watershed Distillery, will be offering up vodka tastings. 

Flavor the Town Catering and the Wood Fire Grille will be the exclusive restaurants in the lounge and members of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music will be performing to get you in the mood.....to bid on some VIP-only silent auction items.

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If all that sipping, sampling and swaying to the music gets to be too much, Exhale, The Spa at EMH, will be at the ready with small spa services, such as chair massages, to ease you back into party mood. This is one event where the VIP ticket really is worth it.

Want to go? Enter to win 2 general admission tickets right here.

3 ways to enter:

1. Check out the participating restaurants here and leave a comment telling me which you'd like to sample.

2. Share this post (http://ow.ly/e7g92 ) on your facebook page and leave me a comment letting me know you did so.

3. Tweet: "I want to win tickets to #LAmourduVin from @smittenincle & @ArthritisFouNEO http://ow.ly/e7g92 "

This may be tweeted once a day for add'l entries. Just be sure to leave a comment on this post each day to be counted.

Good Luck!! Contest closes Thursday, 10/4 at midnight and winner announced Friday.

Proceeds from this event benefit the Arthritis Foundation.
"The Arthritis Foundation is committed to raising awareness and reducing the unacceptable impact of arthritis, which strikes one in every five adults and 300,000 children, and is the nation’s leading cause of disability.  To conquer this painful, debilitating disease, we support education, research, advocacy and other vital programs and services."


::Disclosure - I was provided 2 tickets to giveaway and 2 to attend this lovely event c/o the Arthritis Foundation. All musings are my own::