{"id":85454,"date":"2014-10-23T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T14:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=85454"},"modified":"2014-10-23T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T14:56:43","slug":"bristol-wines-schedules-24th-annual-bnt-wine-festival-for-october-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/10\/bristol-wines-schedules-24th-annual-bnt-wine-festival-for-october-25th","title":{"rendered":"24th Annual BNT Wine Festival &#8211; Postponed Due To Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The BNT Art and Wine Festival has been cancelled until further notice due to inclement weather.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85455\" alt=\"bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-1.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bristol Wines and Spirits, Wine Director, Rusty Scates has announced plans to ensure that the 2014 Wine Festival will be \u201cAn event to remember\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Scates noted \u201cBristol Wines and Spirits is once again the major sponsor of the Bahamas National Trust Wine and Arts Festival.\u00a0 The 24th Annual Festival is scheduled for Saturday October 25th at the Retreat, Village Road, commencing at 12 mid-day.<\/p>\n<p>Click the images below to view gallery:<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-85454 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have a record number of 53 wines from around the world, available for tasting,\u201d he advises.<\/p>\n<p>The festival this year will feature overseas wine expert. Pamela Wilson of Oyster Bay Wines, New Zealand, who will be presenting Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot for sampling.<\/p>\n<p>The sparkling wine this year is Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to trying this sparkler,\u201d says Sara Parker, host of \u201cBahamas Realty Now\u201d home and garden TV show. She adds, \u201cThis is really my favourite event of the year,\u00a0 wines, art, nice people, sunshine almost always, and a very worthy cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The annual BNT Wine and Arts Festival is a major fund raising event for the Bahamas National Trust and this year will present patrons with the artworks of over 40 artists and the opportunity to sample the wines presented by Bristol Wines and Spirits.<\/p>\n<p>Sandy Rolle, Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Bristol Wines, commented \u201cThis is a great opportunity for wine connoisseurs and novices to taste numerous wines including a record 17 new wines: 1 from famed Italian producer Antinori;1 from France,\u00a0 Sauvignon Blanc \u201cLes Deax Tours\u201d from LaTourette, Loire Valley, and 15 new USA wines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the week following the Festival, many of the wines will be available at special prices,\u201dMs. Rolle concluded.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. News\/ Features<br \/>\nPhotos by Keith Parker<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85463\" alt=\"bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bnt-wine-art-festival-keith-parker-8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BNT Art and Wine Festival has been cancelled until further notice due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":85455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,204],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-85454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured","tag-events-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}