Ultimate Office Outing Giveaway: Organic Wine & Food Fair!

Get YOUR office on the hottest guest list in town!

Forget hanging around the water cooler or arguing over whose turn it is to make the next pot of coffee, the Grape Girls have the ideal opportunity for your office to spend some quality time together - and perhaps even catch up on a little office gossip!


Instead of hitting up a local bar for happy hour, we're offering a chance for an office (up to 25 guests) to win an outing to the Organic Food & Wine Fair on Wed., October 24th at 6p.m. Just tell us why your office deserves an evening of wine-ing!


HOW TO ENTER: Email your full name and title, along with your business name, address and phone number to VIP@grapecrushevents.com with OFFICE OUTING in the subject heading. Be sure to tell us why your deserve to win in 75 words or less.

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Contest ends Sunday, October 21st at 6pm. All guests must be 21 and older with valid identification. One entry per person, duplicate entries will be discarded. Certain restrictions may apply. The winner will be notified on Monday, October 22nd. The prize package value is $625.00.
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SAVOR THE DATE:
Organic Wine & Food Fair
October 24, 2012 at 6pm
http://fooddayatlanta.eventbrite.com

Host a Wicked Wine Tasting Party!

Halloween heralds the start of the holiday season - and where there is a party, there is wine! A wine tasting party doesn't have to be a stuffy affair, so mix things up a little by throwing a unique Halloween bash that is sure to be a treat.

Host a wicked wine tasting party in 5 easy steps:


1.Invitations - Get crafty and make your own wine bottle shaped party invitations. Use construction paper or poster board, flat sheets of cork to make a life-like cork stopper for the top, a label in the middle of the "bottle" should provide party details.

2.Decor - Create your very own haunted wine cellar with equal amounts of sophistication and spook factor. Use old wooden barrels to hold platters of food and wine and decorate with large glass jars, grapes, pumpkins, gourds, faux leaves, lots of candles and scary touches like fake spider webs and spiders.

3.Food - Set up a nice assortment of fruit, cheese, crackers, bread, nuts and a few heavier appetizers (think stuffed mushrooms or a hearty pumpkin soup). Be sure to label your assortment with toothpicks that have labels attached - use a ghoulish computer font or eerie hand writing for maximum effect!

4.Wine - Use an old wooden door, wine crates or designate a large coffee table to display your wicked wine collection. Be sure to include some spooky brands like Vampire Wines (from Transylvania!), Poizin Zinfandel (comes in a coffin shaped box), Owen Roe Sinister Hand or Evil Cabernet Sauvignon. Add some dry ice to the display area for a ghostly effect!

5.Attention to Detail - Be sure to have great music, lots of candy, plenty of dump buckets and bottled waters handy. Place small gift bags or containers near your candy station so guests can help themsleves to take-home treats as parting gifts.

Wine & Candy Pairing Tips:

• Almond Joy and Sparkling Wine

• Snickers and Sangiovese

• Three Musketeers and Ice Dessert Wine

• Hershey’s Dark Chocolate and Syrah

• Caramel Apples and Sauvignon Blanc

• Candy Corn and Chardonnay


With these spook-tacular tips from the Grape Girls you are sure to pull off the perfect Halloween wine party. So, dress up, party down and enjoy the wine.

Want to have more fun and less work? Well, book a private Halloween wine tasting party for your home, office or venue!

Send an email to tastings@grapecrushevents.com to ask about our special rates for a professionally guided wine tasting experience now thru October 31st.

Cheers!