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{dining guide} OCTOBER | 2012 Pop the cork on a good time A toast to the winemakers Enjoy harvest season, pregame parties and Winemaker Dinners THE 2012–2013 WINEMAKER DINNER SERIES HAS announced its schedule, and Washington state takes center stage. Winemaker Dinner guests clink glasses and swap stories with some of the "it" names in the wine industry, all while enjoying the best of the best from Executive Chef Eric Floyd. "These are the premiere wine-and-food events at the Club," says Vice President Food & Beverage Robert Bonina, who hosts each evening. "If you like wine and want to expand your wine-drinking experience, you won't find a better way to do it." October's Winemaker Dinner features Reininger Winery, which embodies the ongoing success of the Walla Walla Valley and continues to score high marks from The Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator magazine. WASHINGTON ATHLETIC CLUB® Score big at Hagerty's 2012–2013 SCHEDULE OCTOBER 13 NOVEMBER 17 Reininger, Walla Walla Valley Long Shadows Retrospective JANUARY 12, 2013 Waterbrook Cellars,Walla Walla FEBRUARY 23 MARCH 16 Seventh Annual Taste WA! Winemakers Dinner APRIL 27 JUNE 29 Bookwalter Winery, Columbia Valley Tanjuli Winery, Rattlesnake Hills For information and reservations » Thurston Wolfe Winery, Yakima Valley REMEMBER, WHETHER YOU come for the football, poker or pub fare, Hagerty's is the place to be this fall. Our Dawg Day and Hawk Day passes are available for all home Husky and Seahawk games this season. Your pass includes parking in the WAC Garage two hours before and after the game, round-trip transportation to the stadium, and 25 percent off food and draft beer at Hagerty's. Passes cost $25 (or $15 without parking). The final three UW homes games of the year are Oct. 13 (vs. USC), Oct. 27 (vs. Oregon State), and Nov. 10 (vs. Utah)—all at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks' next three home games are Oct. 14 (vs. Patriots), Nov. 4 (vs. Vikings), and Nov. 11 (vs. Jets). Hagerty's also hosts poker tournaments, pub nights, Scotch tastings, cocktail classes and more. Mark your calendar: OCT 4 Pub Night OCT 18 Pub Night NOV 1 Scotch Dinner NOV 15 Poker Tournament DEC 6 Holiday Beverage Class Torchy's 206.464.4626 Hagerty's Sports Bar 206.622.7900, ext. 2241 WAC Catering 206.464.3050 Harvest celebration GET READY TO CELEBRATE. This summer's warm weather, combined with new vineyard acreage around the state, has Washington winemakers expecting a record harvest this fall. We're talking 200,000 tons of grapes, or enough to make about 12 million cases of wine. That would shatter the old state record of 160,000 tons, harvested in 2010. To celebrate the season, Torchy's is offering some fantastic wine deals. Drop by for some of the best varietals from years past— including our last-call list of vintages with just one bottle left in the cellar—and toast to the bottles yet to come. Also, enter our drawing to win a tour of Chateau Ste. Michelle, or buy a bottle and you could win two tickets to a Winemaker Dinner. Let the corks fly! Sports Café 206.622.7900, ext. 2809 OCTOBER 2012 | Washington Athletic Club Magazine | 15