FANDANGO Catering Attended Wine Event and Interviewed for Catering Mag

Last week FANDANGO Catering representatives attended the "Great Match 09: Wine & Tapas" seminar and wine tasting event at Uptown Park. We tasted 9 wines during the seminar with Doug Frost, noted wine expert and particular expert on Spanish wines. Our favorites were the Martín Códax Albariño and the Martín Berdugo DO Ribera del Duero 100% Tempranillo.

The Martín Berdugo is going to be a good choice for our clients who like Spanish wines and want a red Rioja, 100% Tempranillo to go with their red meat events, particularly our big business in beef tenderloin-based menus. A nice change from Marqués de la Concordia for this type of menu. The Albariño is a great all-around white, in the style of the less-sweet Rieslings, and can go with all kinds of menus.

We were also interviewed by Linda Picone of CaterSource magazine for a January 2010 article on catering trends in 2009 and 2010. Among trends we've spotted for 2010:

• The end of Asian-based hors d'oeuvres menus unless you're on the West Coast
• Continuation of tropical and monstera leaves as decorative greenery at events
• Deeper or medium colors for table linens
• Food themes carried out throughout the starter and main course

Bon appetit, have a great week!

Kristina