{"id":9958,"date":"2016-09-29T17:35:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T22:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=9958"},"modified":"2016-09-30T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T17:00:16","slug":"harry-potter-dinner-city-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/harry-potter-dinner-city-winery\/","title":{"rendered":"All Aboard the Hogwarts Express to City Winery this October!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Calling all Harry Potter fans!\u00a0Grab your wands and head to Platform 9 \u00be<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_302465570.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9964\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_302465570.jpg\" alt=\"harry potter dinner city winery\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_302465570.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_302465570-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_302465570-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_302465570-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citywinery.com\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\">City Winery<\/a> is hosting \u201cExpecto! A Harry Potter Wine Dinner\u201d on October 25. And no worries, it\u2019s open to both wizards and muggles. Brought to life by graphic designer Dustin DuBois, City Winery Head Chef Andres Barrera, and Beverage Director Rebekah Mahru, we&#8217;re wondering where this event has been all our lives! If you are interested in attending, $85 will get you a four-course meal, with each course representing Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin. But instead of Butterbeer or Gillywater, you\u2019ll be sipping wine of course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/expecto_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9962\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/expecto_1-300x225.png\" alt=\"harry potter dinner city winery\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/expecto_1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/expecto_1.png 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The same event is also scheduled for October 24, but tickets for that date have already sold out, so we\u2019re assuming these tickets will also go fast!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Tickets for Tuesday, October 25 are currently sold out, but hopefuls may <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citywinery.com\/chicago\/tickets\/expecto-a-harry-potter-wine-dinner-10-25-16.html\" target=\"_blank\">add their name to a waitlist<\/a> if space opens up!<\/p>\n<p>What house will you represent? Will there be a sorting hat? You\u2019ll have to attend to find out!<\/p>\n<p>If you never received your acceptance letter to Hogwarts, now is your chance to experience the magic! Head to City Winery at 1200 West Randolph Street. Practice your spells and don\u2019t forget your wands. You\u2019ll never forget this night, even if someone casts an Obliviate spell on you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We got in touch with the event organizer and graphic designer, Dustin DuBois, to ask him some questions about this magical event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What made you decide to pair Harry Potter with alcohol?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At City Winery we do &#8220;Wine-Pairing&#8221; dinners every month, we bring winemakers from all around the world to Chicago to present on what makes wine tick. In the case of this dinner, I wanted to pair a sense of nostalgia for the Harry Potter series with our wonderful selection of wines from around the world. From the famous Butterbeer to &#8220;Firewhiskey&#8221;, alcohol does have a seat at the table in the series. In the earlier books, Harry and friends are still quite young, so Pumpkin-Juice and the like is more favorable. But as we go on in the series, different types of wine, such a matured-mead are introduced. With the introduction of wine, our Beverage Director,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Rebekah Mahru,<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0and I can start to pair these &#8220;potions&#8221; with dishes and culinary treats that are so often mentioned in the books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What food dishes can we expect at the dinner?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our head chef,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Andres Barrera, and his gaggle of house-elves are preparing quite the feast for our dinners. Each dish and potable\u00a0potion will be paired with an accompanied Hogwarts House. In the series, you have Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. I don&#8217;t want to ruin TOO many of the magical surprises we have up our robe sleeves, but you can expect some of the characteristics of these houses to shine through these dishes and their beverages. For instance, you have Hufflepuff, my own house and my favorite to discuss, The Hufflepuff House Common Room is located near the kitchens, their house colors are representative of wheat (yellow) and soil (black), their Head of House is an Herbology professor, so you have a sense of herbaceousness. Even their element (Earth) can have parallels in cuisine. So with this thinking, it gives our Culinary team here at City Winery a palette of flavors to experiment and work with. The end result for all four courses is going to be no less than magical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>What can attendees expect at the dinner? Will there be any surprises?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It&#8217;s a traditional prixe-fixe wine dinner, albeit, enchanted with a dash of Harry Potter magic. We are transforming our intimate Barrell Room into the Great Hall, complete with floating candles and magical decor that fans of the series will recognize. Our goal is to make this less of a &#8220;dinner&#8221; and more of an experience. This is a meal that guests will look back on and not help but smile. As far as surprises, it wouldn&#8217;t be Harry Potter without them! Luckily, City Winery has access to the &#8220;Floo Network&#8221; There will be a few SPECIAL guests that will be making appearances throughout the night,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Will there be a sorting hat?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There JUST might be\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_5317-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9961\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_5317-2.png\" alt=\"harry potter dinner city winery\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_5317-2.png 450w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_5317-2-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citywinery.com\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\">City Winery&#8217;s website<\/a> to see what other fun events they&#8217;ve got coming up in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all Harry Potter fans!\u00a0Grab your wands and head to Platform 9 \u00be City Winery is hosting \u201cExpecto! 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