THE SECOND ANNUAL
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINE FESTIVAL

Saturday and Sunday
September 8 and 9, 2007
2PM to 7PM

Organizers:

Ben and David Saeidian
Well known throughout the art world for their wholesale custom picture framing, Ben and David Saeidian founded City Art Inc. in 1980 to provide museum quality framing with exceptional service for the fine art and corporate worlds. Using only the finest materials, the most sophisticated computer mat cutters, unrivaled scanning capabilities for logo designs, canvas transfers, archival mounting and framing, City Art Inc. fulfills the needs of corporate clients, art galleries, auctioneers, artists and art connoisseurs. This dedication to excellence, combined with an exquisite artistic sensibility, has won the Saeidian brothers the loyalty of such clients as Aaron Brothers, Costco, Disney and Warner Brothers.

Joel M. Fisher, PhD
Joel M. Fisher, PhD is the wine columnist for the Culinary Connection of the Chefs de Cuisine Association of California . He was on occasion Contributing Editor of Patterson's Beverage Journal, and is Editor of the Vineyard Report . Since 1999 he has been a wine instructor for the Culinary Arts Department of the Art Institute of California- Los Angeles and is a founding partner of the educational Wine Vine and Dine, which conducts programs throughout Southern California . Sommelier for the Escoffier Association of Southern California. He is also a member of Bon Appetite Magazine's Tasting Panel.

Dr. Fisher is a member of the Society of Wine Educators, The Circle of Wine Writers (UK) and was awarded a Wine Enthusiast Media Scholarship for 2005 at the Culinary Institute of America. He is the author of The Wine Work Book now in its 6 th edition.

In 2004 he co-led a program for chefs and culinary students to the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany and to wineries in Burgundy and Champagne. In June 2006 he again lead a program, "Wine and Cuisine of Iberia," to Spain and Portugal.