Taste & Buy Events

• Tara Simpson, Edible Ottawa Magazine

  

  Thank you for including us in County in the Capital!  We had a great time, we ordered some cheese and wine bottles!

  

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• Kelly

  

  Last night was super fun! Thanks so much, we all had a blast at County in the Capital. 

  

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• Wendy

  

  I thoroughly enjoyed this evening`s County in the Capital Taste & Buy. What a wonderful event. The organization was terrific, everything went smoothly, congratulations!

  

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• Kara, Good Earth Winery in Niagara

  

  Another fab event! Thanks so much for organizing last nights Outstanding in their Fields Taste & Buy. You and your team are such a pleasure to work with!

  

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• Barry

  

  Thanks again for organizing another great event! My guest and I thought it was a perfect evening and I can’t wait to get the wine I ordered!

  

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Corporate Events

• L Robinson, CIBC Private Wealth Management

  

  It’s official, you are a hit! I have been receiving calls and e-mails from everyone thanking us for the wonderful evening. I can’t thank you enough. I was so impressed with how smoothly everything was done and the really wonderful way you are able to get everybody engaged in the process. I have been singing your praises for two days now!

  

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• Lesley Lang, BDC

  

  The reviews from our guests have been fantastic. Thank you again for creating a wonderful event for my clients

  

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• R Comeau, Natural Resources Canada

  

  Thank you ever so much for yesterday’s Sommelier-led lunch. It was well received by everyone in our office – all have stated back they had a great time, and enjoyed the meal and your hosting.

  

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• B Shepherd, Britannia Yacht Club

  

  I just wanted to put in writing what I said in person. It was a fabulous evening. The wines were lovely and an excellent variety. And your commentary was very insightful. I look forward to working with you in future.

  

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• John Lark, Managing Principal Coherent Advice

  

  Thanks SO much Debbie for your help in making this wonderful event in support of Rotary Home come together so successfully. It was a great event with your Ontario wines and Sommelier service, everyone had a great time. It was a success and everyone who came will want to come again next year.

  

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Savvy Team

• Kimothy Walker, Ottawa Media Group

  

  What an incredible gift you gave us Debbie…creating the Amazing Wines private labeled wines to raise funds for Amazing People charities. I know you spent hours and hours of time organizing this project, and many more to come getting it launched. It’s all pretty incredible.

  

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• Lesley

  

  I just want to send a very big thank you to you for the bottle of Amazing Wine you delivered. It was very well enjoyed alongside our Thanksgiving turkey.

  

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• Derick Fage, Host of Rogers TV Daytime Ottawa

  

  Thank you very much for the beautiful bottle of bubbly Debbie! You rock with your kindness.

  

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• John Lark, Managing Principal Coherent Advice

  

  Thanks SO much Debbie for your help in making this wonderful event in support of Rotary Home come together so successfully. It was a great event with your Ontario wines and Sommelier service, everyone had a great time. It was a success and everyone who came will want to come again next year.

  

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• Penny

  

  My guest speaker got her gift of wine today that you arranged. She’s thrilled.  Thanks so much to the Savvy Team for making this gift happen.

  

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Wine Tastings

• Deb

  

  Dave & I had a great time last night. It’s always nice to enjoy new wines. Although I have completed reading Natalie’s book, Red, White and Drunk All Over, which I enjoyed tremendously, it was an added bonus to taste wines she refers to in her book.

  

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• Joan

  

  A great value for an evening out. Be sure to email me the invitation for you next one.

  

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• Jane

  

  What an excellent evening tasting wines from around the world! The Savvy team displayed incredible poise & knowledge about the wines.

  

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• Jennifer

  

  Thank you for a fantastic evening at the Wines to Warm your Winter wine tasting. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

  

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• Julie

  

  The information presented for each wine was very interesting.  After sampling the wine on our own, it was a great experience to smell and taste what you explained to us in advance.  This certainly put those of us who are new to wine tasting at ease.

  

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Savvy Wicked Wines

• Barb

  

  Savvy Selections wine of the month club is grand!! Thanks for all the excellent wine you deliver each month

  

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• Gary

  

  I want you to know that last night we served wines from the Savvy Selections. Our menu included the recipes from the Savvy eZine and our guests were entertained with the stories about the winemaker that you provided. It was a wonderful evening.

  

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• Pam

  

  The 2012 Chardonnay from Stanners is absolutely lovely!! Thanks for finding it & introducing it to me in my monthly Savvy Selections deliveries

  

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• Peter

  

  Savvy Selections wine-of-the-month club is such a good idea for a wedding present – especially for the couple that has everything. No wonder I have given it twice already

  

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• Lindsay

  

   The Savvy Selections subscription was one of our favourite wedding gifts! We loved the newsletter with suggested recipes to pair with the wines. Your Sommeliers do a wonderful job.

  

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Savvy Hip Hops

• Jamie – a happy SUDS-criber

  

  WOW!! Refined Fool brews are what Savvy Hip Hops is all about. I’ve had 2 so far and they’re OUTSTANDING!! Great pints that I can’t get here.

  

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• Jenna Banforth, Beau’s All Natural Brewing

  

  It was great working with you and your team on Savvy Hip Hops again this year!

  

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• Meghan 

  

  I just wanted to thank you for your extra efforts in getting this Savvy Hip Hops package to us! I really appreciate the additional attention and look forward to enjoying this tasty beverage!

  

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• Sue

  

  Your customer service is fantastic and if I lived in Ottawa I would be going to many of your local Savvy Company events! I do want to thank you for introducing me to some amazing beers that I wouldnt have had access to or even had knowledge of before Savv

  

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• Abbie

  

  Dave and I really enjoyed the beer.  We really loved all the selections in Savvy Hip Hops – you and your team are doing an amazing job!  We’ll definitely be signing up again! 

  

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Savvy Cool Curds

• Maggie Paradis, owner & cheesemaker, Fromagerie Les Folies Bergères

  

  The Savvy Team is great & having this opportunity to be featured in Savvy Cool Curds is exciting! Anyone who has met Vanessa Simmons quickly learns that she is passionate about Canadian cheese.

  

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• Glenn Symons, owner, winemaker & cheesemaker, Lighthall Vineyards & Dairy

  

  As soon as I heard about Savvy Cool Curds, I wanted to be featured. In fact, a cheese-of-the-month club is so cool, that I am going to subscribe!

  

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• Georgs Kolesnikovs, Founder, The Great Canadian Cheese Festival

  

  Savvy Cool Curds is hands-down a great idea. There is no one better suited than Vanessa Simmons to select the best in Canadian cheese to discover each month. I’m sure the cheese-of-the-month will succeed because consumers want local…they want Canadian!

  

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• Jeff Fenwick, owner & cheesemaker, Back Forty Artisan Cheese

  

  We have had the pleasure to work with Vanessa & the Savvy Team & I am very confident that their new Savvy Cool Curds cheese-of-the-month club will bring consumers a unique opportunity to educate themselves & be able to try some of the best cheeses Canada

  

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• Armand Bernard, Cheesemaker, Cows Creamery

  

  We are thrilled to be featured in the Savvy Cool Curds Cheese of-the-month-club! Working with Vanessa and the Savvy Team has been great & energizing. We appreciate everything they are doing to promote Canadian artisan cheeses in order to get our cheeses

  

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Personalized Events

• Susan, Perley Robertson

  

  The cocktail reception went incredibly well. The wine was a perfect selection and the food was awesome.

  

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• Silvie

  

  Thank you for hosting my friend Sonia’s 40th surprised birthday.  She was so surprised and impressed to have her very own Sommelier at her party.  The evening went off as planned and our friends thought it was a unique idea for an event as it got people mingling while learning something new about wine.

  

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• Celine and Loretta, EDC

  

  The recent wine tasting evening was the perfect way to celebrate our 25th corporate anniversary. All the elements of a successful event were present – good food, good wine and good friends and colleagues.  Thanks again Debbie helping to create our special event.

  

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• Pierrette, Canadian Association of Professional Speakers

  

  On behalf of the CAPS Ottawa executive board and those that were in attendance at the wine tasting social event, I wanted to express our sincere thanks for giving us an opportunity to socialize and learn new things – tantalizing as they were!

  

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• Anita

  

  Susan – Everyone had a great time Saturday night at the Italian wine tasting for Yves’s birthday party.  You were outstanding – and shared fascinating stories about your travels to Italy and we all learned from your extensive Sommelier knowledge. The wine selection was great and everyone seemed to have a different favourite.

  

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Sommelier-led dinners

• Jocelyn

  

  I had a great time at the Big Night event, and thought the combination of learning about cooking and the wines was perfectly enhanced by being held in such a cozy environment as Pam’s kitchen.

  

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• Lisa

  

  Thank you for a wonderful night. The Savvy Supper Series was so well planned and executed it was a pleasure and I know my clients enjoyed them selves as well.

  

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• Judi

  

  Debbie, thank you so much for the fantastic evening – we really enjoyed ourselves. You have such a wonderful presence, you are so knowledgeable and have a great sense of humour. It was very, very smooth and informative and we can’t believe how the time flew!

  

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• Robyn

  

  Thank you for a great event!  We had a blast & look forward to future events hosted by Savvy Company!

  

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• Bryan

  

  Thank you for our BIG NIGHT Sommelier led dinner and cooking class.  I was still full the next day!

  

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Winemaker’s Dinners

• Angela

  

  Jeff & I had a great time at the Nova Scotia Kitchen Party – great wines, great company & great entertainment.  It was a fun night out for us.  Thank you!

  

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• Peter

  

  Tonight’s Savvy Supper Series was very informative. My first experience & I loved it.

  

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• Tonya Lailey, Marketing Manager of Lailey Vineyard

  

  The members of Savvy Company are energetic, motivated & passionate about wine.  They have the contacts & the expertise to organize a wine event that is sophisticated, well detailed & incredibly fun.

  

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• Vanessa

  

  Discussing wines with Dan Sullivan from Rosehall Run in a casual setting was something I have never had the opportunity to do before.

  

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• Vic Haradine, Wine Current

  

  Savvy Company, Novotel and Featherstone Winery make a dazzling Trio

  

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Wine & Food Shows

• Patricia, Women’s Business Network

  

  Positive comments were shared all around the Board table last night at the WBN Board meeting. The event was a class act all the way and kudos to you!  The evening went exactly the way I had envisioned. I appreciate your attention to every detail. Thank you for making the President’s Christmas Party a success

  

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• Louise, Featherstone Estate Winery

  

  Dave considered it a big success thanks very much in large part to you- and your Savvy Team. They were great. He was very positive about the whole experience and your team of Sommeliers who helped out.

  

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• Mary

  

  I would like to personally thank you for inviting us to be part of the VIP day at Thirty Three Vines, we really had a lovely time.  From our perspective, the event you organized was a huge success and my congratulations to you on a job well done.

  

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• Paul, Thirty Three Vines

  

  Thank you again for the Thirty Three Vines Founder’s Circle VIP event at the winery, pre-concert wine tasting and the private concert with The Jim Cuddy Band. It was a roaring success. I know exactly why it worked so well—because of the Savvy team!

  

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• Dana, Ottawa Spring Home Show

  

  You are wonderful! Thank you for the time and detail you have put into creating engaging presentations on the main stage at the Spring Home Show. You are welcome back as a presenter anytime!

  

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