Partida Tequila

The Tamp Bay Food & Wine Experience is pleased to introduce Partida Tequila as part of the experience that you will be able to enjoy at the end of the month. Because it is a meeting of the old and the new, and Partida Tequila is consisted of traditional tequila making and new technology processing where they bake the agave juice in these huge auto claves which leaves Partida Tequila with a smooth clean taste. The taste of Partida Tequila is deffinatly attributed to the blue agave which makes every sip nothing but pure bliss. John Lastra the state manager for Partida Tequila noted that Partida Tequila is state grown and made so it’s purely organic. He also mentioned that the climate and process that the blue agave is grown is like no other tequila you have probably ever drank. Partida Tequila is 100% Weber Blue Agave it is grown On the side and base of El Cerro, a 6,000-foot dormant volcano, the volcanic soil naturally filters the land for the agave to grow, then It's cultivated for 7-10 years until the piñas are perfect! Before parting with John I asked, “what can we expect to see from you at the event?” John boasted that Partida will be making the original skinny margarita “Partina Margarita”which consist of all organic ingrediants with half the calories making this all natural margarita delicious! Partida Tequila has been rated top tequila by Spirit Journal and Wine Enthusiast magazine stated that Partida Tequila sets a new benchmark in tequila. With all this being said I can’t wait to try out the Skinny Margarita at the Tampa Bay Food & Wine Experience.

Red Cat Wine

     
The Grande Tasting Experience Is proud to featureTampa Hazlitt’s Red Cat Wine! Red Cat is nothing but ordinary, when first tasting this wine your initial reaction is that the flavor is real compelling in nature but rewarding in flavor! Furthermore the Hazlitt winery dates back to the mid 1800s, Hazlitt wine also resides in the great state of New York in a town dubbed for their vineyards, the town of Finger Lakes is where the famous Red Cat wine is crafted. Mark Ballard who happens to be the district manager of Red Cat in Florida, commented on just what makes Red Cat so Delightful?  “what makes red cat different from other wines is that it’s a (beverage wine/bridal wine) that doesn’t need stemware to be served and consumed, its best served chilled in order to truly be refreshing , Red Cat is loved by many due to the fact that its fruity and easy to drink.” He speaks about how he is going to serve Red Cat a unique way this year! We are going to highlight the Red Cat slushies which is mixed with lemonade. Can you say yum? Some other varieties of wines you should hope to see from Red Cat at the Tampa Food & Wine Experience are: Bramble Berry wine which resembles Concord grape juice with black raspberries, Cabin Fever which is a white zinfandel with pink grapefruit flavor. Before we parted we just had to ask Mark what exactly is the Red Cat Chant? Mark replied joyfully that the Red Cat wine is a fun wine that is “best enjoyed with friends and family” with that being said he concluded that the Red Cat chant goes a little something like this “Red Cat Red Cat it’s an aphrodisiac Red Cat Red Cat it will get you in the sack.”