Calendar of NJ Events - June 2007 Event Date: 6/8/07 UCEDC Third Annual Networking Event and Wine Tasting Description: Held in conjunction with The Wine Library of Springfield, NJ. This event is a great opportunity to network with business owners, professionals, and community leaders while sampling 60+ wines from all over the world. Gourmet hors d'oeuvres will be served, followed by coffee and dessert. Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm - Cost: $65 at the door. Address: Liberty Hall Corporate Center, 1085 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ Phone#: 908-527-1166 Event Date: 6/9/07 Italian Wine Chef's Tasting Dinner Description: A taste a bit out of the ordinary is in store every few months as Chef Ed Coss presents a new Chef's Tasting Dinner. This multi-course, set-menu dinner is offered on a Tuesday evening, when Milford Oyster House is usually closed. Next up is a five-course tasting featuring Italian wines on Tuesday, June 5, starting at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $80 per person, including food and wine but excluding tax and gratuity. The evening will start with butlered Brushetta Crostini accompanied by Domenico de Bertiol Prosecco Brut NV from Conegliano, Italy. Time: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Cost: $80. Address: Milford Oyster House, 92 Route 519, Milford, NJ Phone#: 908-995-9411 Event Date: 6/9/07 Wine & Wildlife Description: Join us for an evening of wine tasting, music, local artists, birds of prey and delicious cuisine by Chef & Sommelier Tony Lawrence. Proceeds benefit the mission and programs of Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge. Time: 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Cost: $45. Address: Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, 4 Sawmill Rd., Medford, NJ Phone#: 856-983-9702 Event Date: 6/9/07 Taste of the World Description: A Taste of the World wine tasting with Debbie Miller Nelson will be held at Knights of Columbus. 7:30 PM; $30. Address: Knights of Columbus, 116 Grand St, Iselin, NJ Phone#: 908-510-9653 Event Dates: 6/9/07 thru 6/10/07 21st Annual NJ Seafood Festival Description: The 21st Annual event will once again unite master chefs, fine artists and crafts people along with musicians from around the state. The New Jersey Seafood Festival has been named as one of the top 100 events in North America. Approximately 150,000 visitors attended last year’s festival. Address: Silver Lake Park, 500 Ocean Avenue (between 5th & 6th Avenues), Belmar, NJ Phone#: 732-681-3700 Event Date: 6/11/07 Cooking Class with Chef Jesse Jones Description: A New South cooking class with Chef Jesse Jones, owner of Heart and Soul Catering Inc., will be held at Kings Cooking Studio. 6:30 to 9:30 PM; $55. Address: Kings Cooking Studio, Bedminster, NJ Phone#: 908-719-4966 Event Date: 6/11/07 Chakra Restaurant Presents - An Elyse Wine Dinner Description: Enjoy an exquisite menu specially paired with a carefully chosen medley of juicy, rich, and voluptuous wines from the Elyse Winery. Beginning with a select group of vineyards and wine growers in the Napa Valley, Elyse applies its knowledge, experience and passion for winemaking with the art of evoking the subtleties and uniqueness of each wine produced. Address: Chakra, 144 W. Rt. 4 (Eastbound), Paramus, NJ Phone#: 201-556-1530 Event Date: 6/15/07 Italian Wine and Music Dinner Description: A five-course Italian Wine and Music Dinner co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts will be held at the Mad Batter Restaurant. 7:30 PM; $65. Address: Mad Batter Restaurant, 19 Jackson St, Cape May, NJ Phone#: 800-275-4278 Event Date: 6/15/07 Salute to the Stars & Stripes Description: A special Salute to the "Stars & Stripes" on Flag Day. Town Parade with children and townfolks riding bikes & pushing baby carriages decorated with red, white and blue. WINE TASTING at Balic of Clinton to salute and toast our flag and the great country it flies over! Time: 4:00 - 7:00 pm - Cost: complimentary. Address: Balic of Clinton, 8 East Main Street, Clinton, NJ Phone#: 908-713-WINE Event Date: 6/17/07 ALBA VINEYARD'S ANNUAL FATHER'S DAY CELEBRATION Description: Treat Dad to Fine Wine, Music, Crafters, and Fun! ~ Complimentary Admission and Free Parking ~ Live Music by Jeff Bellfy Band ~ Children's Activities ~ Wine Tasting $5 ~ Food available for purchase ~ NO PETS ALLOWED ~ NO BYOB. Address: Alba Vineyard 269 Rt. 627 Milford, NJ Phone#: 908-995-7800 Event Date: 6/17/07 Father's Day Pig Roast Description: Roast suckling pork on the pit. Bring Dad and the family for a relaxing dinner in the great outdoors under our party tent. Wine tasting, wine cellar tours and live music. Reservations required. Seating every hour on the hour. Time: 12 noon to 3 pm - Cost: $24.95 adults; $12.95 ages 5-10; 4 & under free. Address: Four Sisters Winery, 783 County Route 519, Belvidere, NJ Phone#: 908-475-3671 Event Date: 6/19/07 Komegashi Champagne Tasting Description: 3 excellent quality wineries -- Heidsieck Monopole, Henriot Champagne and Chateau Ste. Michelle; will be in our event introducing their fabulous champagne/sparkling wines to pair up with Japanese cusines. Let's start our summer early with some bubbles, perfectly complimented with a delicious sushi selection. $30 per person (including 4 hours free parking). Time: 6:30~9:30pm. Address: Komegashi too Japanese Cuisine, 99 Pavonia Ave., Jersey City, NJ Phone#: 201-533-8888 Event Date: 6/20/07 NJ Wine Dinner Description: A Murphy-Goode Estate wine dinner will be held at Amanda’s. 7:30; $85 plus tax and gratuity. Address: Amanda’s, 908 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ Phone#: 201-798-0101 Event Date: 6/21/07 Four-Course Dinner and Show Description:  A four-course dinner and show with singer Barbara Rosene will be held at The Manor. Dinner seatings at 6, 6:15, and 6:30 PM; show at 9 PM; $74 plus tax and gratuity. Address: The Manor, 111 Prospect Ave, West Orange, NJ Phone#: 973-731-2360 Event Date: 6/21/07 Sweet Sensations Wine and Chocolate Tasting Description:  Join the AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey! For a mouth-watering wine and chocolate extravaganza as we pair sweet chocolate confections from local chocolatiers with sensuous wines from some of our best local wineries. As you mingle with friends, family and co-workers, you will be able to bid on a host of wonderful silent auction items. This event is a great way to entertain clients, build employee moral, network with other area business people or just spend a fun night out with friends and family all while helping to support vital ACSNJ programs and services for men, women and children in Southern New Jersey affected by HIV/AIDS. Address: Auletto Caterers. 1849 Cooper St Almonesson, NJ Phone#: 856-933-9500, ext. 264 Event Date: 6/23/07 Allagash Beer Lunch Description: An Allagash Beer Lunch with Stephen Gates of Hunterdon Brewing Co. will be held at High Street Grill. Noon; $45. Address: High Street Grill, 64 High St, Mount Holly, NJ Phone#: 609-265-9199 Event Date: 6/25/07 Chakra Restaurant Presents - A Pierre Sparr Wine Dinner Description: The Sparr family have been winemakers for three centuries, and today, the ninth generation is poised to continue its legacy of producing splendid wines. With a combination of superb terroir, ancestral knowledge and state-of-the-art technology in Sparr's computerized winery, the combination produces gastronomic wines of high quality, which recently resulted in spectacular success in last year's International Wine Challenge. We welcome you to join us and enjoy this menu expressly designed to compliment the vibrancy of the Pierre Sparr wines. Address: Chakra, 144 W. Rt. 4 (Eastbound), Paramus, NJ Phone#: 201-556-1530 Event Date: 6/26/07 Monthly Four Course Wine Dinner and Tasting Benefiting PPMD Description: A four course dinner and wine tasting will be featured monthly at every Carino's Italian Grill in New Jersey - with all proceeds benefiting Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. June's wine dinner and tasting will include Scallops ala Scampi paired with Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc; Grilled Chicken and Portabella Cream Soup with Kendall Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay; Grilled Sirloin with Rosemary Red Wine Sauce paired with Kendall Jackson Vintner's Reserve Cabernet and Grilled Peaches ala Mode with Bolla Pinot Grigio. The cost is $39.95 per person and begins at 7:00. Address: At every Carino's Italian Grill in New Jersey: Bridgewater, Clifton, Howell, Mays Landing and Piscataway, NJ Phone#: 908-938-7108 Event Date: 6/26/07 Italian Film and Dinner Description: An Italian Film and Dinner evening... featuring a complimentary movie shown at the Princeton Public Library at 6 PM followed by a five-course meal with wines and a discussion of the film at Mediterra. 8 PM; $65 plus tax and gratuity. Address: Mediterra, 29 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ Phone#: 609-252-9680 Event Date: 6/26/07 A Trip to Broadway - Dinner and Show Description: A Trip to Broadway (Dinner and a show) will be held at Brandl. 6 PM; $60 plus tax and gratuity. BYO. Address: Brandl, 703 Belmar Plaza, Belmar, NJ Phone#: 732-280-7501 Event Date: 6/30/07 Four Sisters Winery - Murder Mystery Dinner Description: Open-to-the-Public-It's the classic case of 'Who Done It?!' If you love the game Clue, attend Four Sisters Winery Murder Mystery Dinner for a night of suspense. Guided by clues throughout dinner your character will role play and try to solve the case. To make your detective's journey even more enjoyable, dine on tasty food and extraordinary wine. Time: 7 to 9:30 PM; $55 plus tax. Address: Four Sisters Winery, 783 County Rt 519, Belvidere, NJ Phone#: 908-475-3671   Two New Jersey cities temporarily served as the nation's capital during the Revolution. From June 30 to November 4, 1783, Princeton was the U.S. capital. Trenton was capital from November 1 to December 24, 1784. Please submit press releases and restaurant events, wine tastings, and all food-related information to: Calendar of NJ Events