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Vancouver:

Directly from the Capones Press Release:

Capones Restaurant and Live Jazz Club announces the launch of a unique, high-end, restaurant delivery service - the first of its kind in the city. Using branded Vespas and sharply dressed servers, Capones takes a new approach to ordering in.  Not your typical clumsy, brown bagged take-out order, the Capones delivery service allows customers access to their extensive in-house dining menu and Viti wine merchants wine list, and promises home delivery executed with polish. The look, feel, and taste of Capones Restaurant brought right to your own kitchen table.

“Having dinner delivered is a great option for busy and on-the-go Vancouverites, but we feel strongly that ordering out should never mean compromising on quality, taste or style,” explains Rick Momsen, Owner of Capones. “Our vision with the new delivery service is to bring the in-house dining experience of Capones to the comfort of our customer’s homes. We have taken into account all of the small details of the restaurant dining experience, from the uniforms, wine and beer options, service and menu offerings, and incorporated them into our delivery offer.”

The Capones delivery service offers customers the ability to place orders for both food and wine for delivery to their home by a properly uniformed Capones server. Servers will open bottles of wine and provide food descriptions and information in an effort to ensure that customers feel they are still receiving the Capones experience, without actually having to visit the restaurant.

The delivery service will include attention to all of the finer details of dining, including take out menus that resemble actual restaurant quality menus, and to up the style ante, delivery servers will travel around the city on slick red Capones-branded Vespas. The unprecedented ability to order a favourite bottle of wine to pair with meals will be a first for Vancouverites and will undoubtedly bring the notion of convenience in take-out dining to a new level.

“Our delivery service demonstrates that Vancouverites can still enjoy their favourite Capones dishes and wines at home and proves that take-out delivery can indeed be executed with the level of sophistication that you would expect in an actual restaurant,” comments Momsen.

The Capones Vespas will be buzzing around the streets of Vancouver bringing hot, fresh and signature Capones dishes and wines to homes beginning June 12, 2009.

Directly from the Inniskillin Press Release:

June 9, 2009 [Inniskillin Wines, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario]

IN SHORT:
Inniskillin Wines has received the Top Producer Prize at the 16th Annual Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada. Due to its reputation for quality, many consider this international wine competition to be the most important in North America. Inniskillin was named Top Producer because its wines had the highest average score out of all 600 wineries that competed.

MORE DETAIL:
Bruce Nicholson, director of Inniskillin winemaking is thrilled to announce that the Inniskillin Niagara-on-the-Lake winery has received the top honour of “Best Producer” at the 16th Annual Sélections Mondiales. This award earned on home turf comes fresh on the heels of Inniskillin capturing the top award at Vinitaly’s massive international competition. This continued recognition keeps Nicholson’s wines in the forefront since
he took the helm of Inniskillin winemaking in 2007.

As mild-mannered as always, Nicholson comments, “I am extremely pleased that the scores allowed our wines to take the top spot amidst such a wide selection of international wines. I take great pride in accepting this recognition on behalf of our teams.” Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada, considered by many to be the most important international wine competition in North America, took place from May 26 to 31, 2009, at the Hotel Palace Royal, Quebec City. Over 600 wineries from 32 countries entered over 1800 wines. The event jurors emphasized the outstanding quality of the competing products with 554 awarded products this year. The “Best Producer” prize is awarded to the winery that gained the highest average score for the wines presented in the competition. To be eligible, the producer must have presented a minimum of five products.

The Inniskillin wines which won awards that collectively led to the Best Producer Prize are:
Awarded Gold: 2007 Cabernet Franc Icewine
Awarded Silver: 2006 Sparkling Vidal Icewine, 2007 Riesling Icewine, 2007 Vidal Icewine, 2006 Oak Aged Vidal Icewine, 2007 Winemaker’s Series Two Vineyards Riesling,
2007 Winemaker’s Series Three Vineyards Chardonnay

The combined efforts of the Inniskillin winemaking team and the viticulture team keep Inniskillin focused on consistently producing top quality VQA wines. Inniskillin Wines, established in 1975 by co-founders Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser, is Canada’s premier estate winery producing truly distinctive and elegant wines from premium grape varieties grown in Canada. Inniskillin has vineyards in the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario and the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Inniskillin has gained international recognition for its award winning Icewines, which, as the number one selling wine by distribution in duty free stores, can be found in over 68 countries around the world. Inniskillin is proud of the role it has played and continues to be one of the rising stars in bringing recognition to Canada as part of the international success of Canadian wines. For more information visit www.inniskillin.com

Seattle:

Directly from the BluWater Bistro Press Release:

WiFi At All BluWater Bistro Locations!

Now that the sun is shining, the Patio is ready for dining! And for you, our trusted Email Club friend, FREE WiFi at all five locations of BluWater Bistro!

So think about this…you could be in your office pounding on your laptop, or you could be on the patio at Lake Union’s BluWater Bistro doing the same thing! Maybe you’d rather watch the jogging traffic on Greenlake, or Elliot Bay from Belltown…All five locations of BluWater Bistro now serve up the FREE WiFi because you asked for it! Simple.

So smile, bring the computer, and enjoy that special ambiance only a BluWater Bistro location can claim, and you can smile because you helped build the Bistro that could.