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Sniff, Swirl, Sip, Tweet. Four Seasons Tweet-Up Presents a New Kind of Wine Tasting

Sarah Reiss — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:04:46 +0000

A good wine has always been something to crow about; tomorrow night it will become something to tweet about, too. On Tues. Nov. 17, from 6 to 7 pm (CT) the Four Seasons Resort’s Bar 19 in Las Colinas will host a “tweet-up” — a Twitter-based, virtual, global tasting hosted by Four Seasons’ three top sommeliers in an event that mingles technology and oenophilia.

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James Tidwell, co-founder and current head of the Texas Sommelier Association, Mark Sayre, one of Wine & Spirits magazine’s Seven Best New Sommeliers of 2010, and Dana Farner, recognized as “one of the best around” by Bon Appétit, will use the Twitter platform to lead participants in a virtual guided tasting of Loosen Bros. Dr. L Riesling, Paraiso Syrah, and Chappellet Mountain Cuvee. The accompanying Twitter discussion will focus on understanding the flavor profile of each wine and pairing the wines with seasonal dishes. The evening will end with a Q & A session.

Attendance at the Four Seasons Tweet-Up will run you $25 and includes a tasting pour of the three featured wines along with three paired appetizers by Chef Katie Natale: squash-apple soup with chipotle crema, Mediterranean pasta salad, smoked pork loin with blackberry-cinnamon compote.) Enjoy the food, camaraderie, big screen Twitter view and views inside Bar 19. Space is limited to 40. Call 972-717-2441 to reserve your spot.

Can’t come to the Tweet-up? Join the discussion from home by logging on to Twitter at 6 pm CT on November 17. Search for the hashtag #FSWine. Ensure your comments and questions are woven into the conversation by including the #FSWine hashtag with each tweet. Click here for tips on how to participate then go to the event invitation site to register.

SideDish’s Twitter Contest Winner: Aaron Wang Come on Down

Nancy Nichols — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:36:09 +0000

Aaron Wang likes to drink beer and bowl!

Yesterday, Aaron Wang became DSideDish follower number 1,700! Huh? What’s so special about 1,700? Well, 1700 is considered, by many, as the birth year of farming with seeds in the U.S. which lead to all of this.

So, congratulate Aaron Wang. Perhaps you will be follower number 1,800. We all know what happened in 1800, capice? Chicken Marengo!

Dallas Restaurants On Twitter Update: Victory Tavern

Nancy Nichols — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:42:52 +0000

From Victory Tavern: We are now on Twitter as well. http://twitter.com/victorytavern. We promote Maverick’s Game Watching Specials, Beer Dinners, Wine Dinners, our new Stimulus Dinner Specials and Lunch Trio.

Another Use for Twitter: Cooking

Sarah Eveans — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:44:33 +0000

While I’m sure many of you aren’t into Twitter, we’ve been twittering for about a month or so over on SideDish, and I think it’s pretty fun. I love reading tweets from people like F&W’s Dana Cowin, Gail Simmons and Kate Krader, Gourmet’s Ruth Reichl, all the folks at EaterNY, and local chefs Blythe Beck and Kent Rathbun. It’s just another way for me to get information and learn what’s going on out there.

Anyway, enough about us. The New York Times has an interesting article on recipe twittering. Basically, there’s a woman in Northern Ireland who only tweets recipes. She finds it a challenge to see if she can condense them into 140 characters or less. Here is one example:

Strudel Pastry: cut 2T butter/1c flour/mash tater. Knead w 2t yeast/2T h2o; rise 1h. On flour cloth gently pull 17×25″; trim-1″/butter well.

and another:

Kashgar Noodles: mix3.5c flour/2egg/t salt; knead+12T h2o. Cut4; roll30×10cm/12×4″. Cut crosswise cm/.5″. Cvr30m.Pinch+stretch dbl. Boil6m.

Find her at twitter.com/cookbook, for those of you who are into it.

Get Dallas Restaurant Updates On Twitter

Nancy Nichols — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:03:35 +0000

A few days ago I asked local restaurants to let me know if they were streaming deals on Twitter. So far only two have responded. I’m going to add a Twitter Deals category to the site so that you can keep up with the updated list. Restaurants, send me you Twitter address.

* From Donna Tanner at Abacus:

Oh girl, he [Kent] is already there: http://twitter.com/chef911

*From Keri Streiber Maggiano’s:

Maggiano’s is on Twitter! Check us out – http://twitter.com/maggianos.
We’ve done a contest/giveaway or two and tried to help coordinate some tweet-ups at various locations. But the biggest benefit is talking straight to our guests. Some tweet about great experiences, some mention not-so-great experiences. But we’re able to read and react to them all – directly and in almost real-time.