Event Watch: Chi Fan For Charity, Napa Valley Style (Beijing, Apr. 17)

Two-City Event Series Started In 2008 Bringing top restaurants in Shanghai and Beijing together with philanthropic foodies in these two cities, the cuisine-and-charity series Chi Fan For Charity is set to hold its next event in the Chinese capital on April 17. Started in 2008 by Michael Crain and supported by the financial advisory Austen Morris Associates, last year's Chi Fan For Charity events in Beijing and Shanghai raised over 500,000 yuan (US$79,242) for charities including Heart to Heart Shanghai, the Chi Heng Foundation and Compassion for Migrant Children. At the upcoming event in Beijing, Chi Fan for Charity is partnering with a group of 20 Napa Valley, California wineries on a wide-ranging multi-restaurant wine dinner to support Children's Hope orphanage. Along with vintners from France, Australia and Spain, California winemakers have been working overtime to build their presence in China, and this event gives them a chance to do that in support of a good cause. During the event, four Napa Valley wineries will interact with diners at each of the five participating restaurants: Cain Vineyard & Winery, Helena View Johnston Vineyards, Long Meadow Ranch Winery and Swanson Vineyards at Brasserie FLO; Cardinale, HALL, Honig Vineyard & Winery and Spring Mountain Vineyard at Grange; Cakebread Cellars, Hestan Vineyards, Moone-Tsai Vineyards and Waterstone at Maison Boulud; Salvestrin, Schramsberg Vineyards, Somerston and St. Supery Estate Vineyards & Winery at Temple Restaurant Beijing; and Heitz Wine Cellars, Signorello Estate, Wallis Family Estate and Whitehall Lane at Vasco's. At each restaurant, vintners will share tasting notes and fill diners in on their wines and Napa Valley's place in the world of American fine wine. All dinners are 800 yuan (US$127), with a portion of proceeds going to benefit Children's Hope, a local Beijing orphanage that provides long-term care for disadvantaged youth and life-saving medical attention for orphans. Tickets can be reserved by emailing individual venues: Brasserie FLO Contact Romain at romain.b@flo.cn or 6595-5135 ext. 17 Grange Contact F&B reservation hotline (5922-8880) or fbreservation.chaoyang@westin.com Maison Boulud Contact Nicolas at Nicolas.socquet@maisonboulud.com or 186-1024-5268 Temple Restaurant Beijing Contact Ignace at ignace@temple-restaurant.com Vasco's Contact 5812-8888 ext. 8411 or wangfujing@hilton.com Tweet Follow @JingDaily

Event Watch: Chi Fan For Charity, Napa Valley Style (Beijing, Apr. 17)

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Published March 07, 2012

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Event Watch: Chi Fan For Charity, Napa Valley Style (Beijing, Apr. 17)