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Forkly Photo Recap: Food & Wine Classic in Aspen

Well, we’ve been a little preoccupied this week with our new release but wanted to post some beautiful shots from our long weekend at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.

A huge thank you Aspen’s The Cheese Shop for hosting our Happy Hour with Culinary Connectors — we’d highly recommend that you stop by there (tell them we sent you!) next time you’re in Aspen. The food was FANTASTIC. As was the wine & prosecco, thank you Zonin USA! We also recommend that next time you make it to Denver, Boulder, or Aspen, book a phenomenal food (or craft beer!) tour with Culinary Connectors. It’ll give you plenty to Forkly– but in the meantime, you can follow them on Forkly to whet your appetite.

Other shout outs: Food & Wine Magazine, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Leigh Sullivan Enterprises & the FIVE crew, Justin Brunson and Masterpiece Deli, Swirl Girl Denver, Justice Snow’s, the Grand Cochon, One Hope Wine, and Whole Foods Market for being wonderful hosts and making it a fabulous weekend. We’re looking forward to next year!

Categories Events, Everything Else
Author Jossie Auerbach +

Chardonnay Day Recap & THE WINNERS ARE…

29 May

We hope you all had a fantastic Chardonnay Day on Thursday — and at least discovered a new Chardonnay to taste through all the social media chatter about #ChardDay! Below are some tastes from across the US, feel free to follow the users on Forkly for more info from them (just click on his/her post below and it’ll lead you to the person’s account).

Thank you to all who participated in our Whole Foods contest from Languedoc Day to Chardonnay Day!

#LanguedocDay Winner ($100 Whole Foods Gift Certificate): @ecgreaves

#ChardDay Winner ($100 Whole Foods Gift Certificate): @tampawinewoman

AND the 15 WINNERS ARE ($50 Whole Foods Gift Certificate each):

@beerdrinkinherb

@stina

@jessecurry

@maxbmello

@lollie424

@tampabayconcierge

@johnjhodges

@thaigyrr

@mkneisly

@cheebodacapo

@cvogel

@courtneyo

@missodessa

@hadleykk

@stacie_capone

CONGRATS to all the winners!!! Send an email to jossie@forkly.com with your full name, email address, and cell phone (for text to confirm you received the gift certificate) by Monday, June 4 at noon (P.S.T.) or the gift certificate will go to a new winner.

Categories Events, User Features
Author Jossie Auerbach +

In Honor of Languedoc Wine: Whole Foods Market Gift Certificates & more!

30 Apr

Here’s the deal*: Follow Whole Foods Market on Forkly and you will be in the running for 1 of 15 $50 Whole Foods Gift Certificates, courtesy of Whole Foods Market & Forkly.

But wait, there’s more (for 21+ users only)! Once you’re following Whole Foods on Forkly:

Post a Languedoc wine taste on #LanguedocDay (May 3) – The Forkly user with the most wants for this taste will win a $100 Whole Foods gift certificate.

Post a Chardonnay wine taste on #ChardDay (May 24) – Again, the Forkly user with the most wants for this taste will win a $100 Whole Foods gift certificate.

It’s that simple! But why all the Languedoc & Whole Foods love?

Well apart from the obvious reason that we love our Forkly users, May 3rd is Languedoc Day: an American celebration of Languedoc wines from the South of France. Wine lovers across the US are encouraged to try a new wine from the Languedoc region, to spread the word, and to celebrate the incredible range of wines from this region. Details from the Languedoc Day event page:

Wine Lovers across the U.S. will want to tune in online May 3rd, 2012 as we introduce (or re-introduce) AOC wines from the Langeudoc region in the south of France. The Languedoc (pronounced “long-dock”) produces many of the grape varieties you already know, including Syrah, Grenache, Viognier and Mourvedre to name a few, as well as some you may not know like Piquepoul, Carignan and Mauzac.

The appellations we’ll be tasting blend these grapes into some of the most exciting wines coming out of France today. And many of the wines are very affordable with an average retail price of about $15.

Here’s 3 things you can do to be part of #LanguedocDay:

1. Drink some wine! (Many of you already have this down. We’re asking for you to “discover” a Languedoc wine that day.)

2. Share your label photos, tastes, likes, food pairings or any other experiences on Forkly, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, etc. making sure to include #LanguedocDay in your post.

3. See what your fellow wine lovers are saying by tracking the #LanguedocDay hash tag

To give everyone a fair chance to start following Whole Foods Market on Forkly, all follows up until midnight (P.S.T) on Chardonnay Day, May 24, will be in the running for a gift certificate. Plus, show your love of wine with the #LanguedocDay and #ChardDay hash tags in your Forkly notes and tweets and we will be sure to feature you. You have a whole month and a whole lotta great reasons to participate, so get to it!

Good luck & á votre santé!

Click here to find Languedoc wines near you.