Drawing: Tickets for Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Celebration 2015
The scene from a Beaujolais Celebration in a previous year.
Drawing's closed! Winner's been emailed!
The Alliance Positive Heath's annual Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Celebration is this Friday, November 20. We have a pair of tickets for it -- and they could be your pair of tickets. Update: And they're VIP tickets, which include a pre-event receptions and post-event cigar and cognac reception.
To enter the drawing, please answer this question in the comments:
What's something local that you'd like to bottle?
It could be a beverage, of course. But it could also be the warm autumn sunshine. Or the sounds of dogs parking at the park. Or whatever. We'll draw one winner at random.
The Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Celebration is Friday, November 20 at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center starting at 6:30 pm. It includes samples of wine -- both Beaujolais and other varieties -- as well as food from local from local restaurants and purveyors, along with music and silent auction. Tickets -- $85 / $150 VIP -- are available online.
Important: All comments must be submitted by 11:59 pm Tuesday, November 17, 2015 to be entered in the drawing. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by noon on Wednesday and must respond by noon on Thursday, November 19.
AOA is a media sponsor of Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Celebration 2015.
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The feeling you get when you see the Empire State Plaza on the horizon as your driving back towards Albany.
... said Max on Nov 16, 2015 at 2:32 PM | link
I'd bottle the smell of the woods at Grafton Lake State Park when the sun is shining and warming the evergreens.
... said Kate on Nov 16, 2015 at 2:34 PM | link
That bit of crisp air in early September that lets you know the seasons are changing.
... said Michelle on Nov 16, 2015 at 2:48 PM | link
The smell and sounds of summer on a lake. Grills going, kids playing and jumping in the water, campfires starting. I don't think there is anything happier.
... said Katie on Nov 16, 2015 at 2:54 PM | link
I'm not quite as poetic as everyone else... but I would love to bottle the melba!
... said Anne on Nov 16, 2015 at 2:58 PM | link
The twinkle of the amazing lights display in Washington Park when the snow is on the ground.
... said Tess on Nov 16, 2015 at 3:00 PM | link
As many oatmeal cranberry white chocolate cookies as I could put into a bottle from Bake for You! And now I'm hungry.
... said Vanessa on Nov 16, 2015 at 3:01 PM | link
I'd bottle the negative ions after a clearing early autumn thunderstorm, the ones you know you won't feel again until Spring.
... said Janice on Nov 16, 2015 at 3:05 PM | link
Can we bottle some of that pessimism from last week? Ha!
... said ethan on Nov 16, 2015 at 3:14 PM | link
summer breeze on a Center Square rooftop
... said Natalie on Nov 16, 2015 at 3:32 PM | link
The incredible aromas that are created by Dinosaur BBQ as you drive by with the windows down!
... said llcwine on Nov 16, 2015 at 3:38 PM | link
I'd bottle our September weather...and open it up from November to May.
... said Kristin on Nov 16, 2015 at 3:49 PM | link
The opening sentence of William Kennedy's Ironweed: "Riding up the winding road of Saint Agnes Cemetery in the back of the rattling old truck, Francis Phelan became aware that the dead, even more than the living, settled down in neighborhoods."
... said jcb on Nov 16, 2015 at 4:32 PM | link
I'd bottle the view of the Hudson on a crisp fall morning - the kind of day when the sun is just starting to come up and the fog is lifting off the Hudson
... said Katie O on Nov 16, 2015 at 5:07 PM | link
Looking out over the Hudson and seeing a bald eagle soaring.
... said Enough already! on Nov 16, 2015 at 7:37 PM | link
How about the ADK stars?
... said Chris R. on Nov 16, 2015 at 8:11 PM | link
Bottle up some Cider Belly doughnuts for me.
... said Michelle on Nov 16, 2015 at 9:09 PM | link
I want to bottle the up and coming wine bars in the area. ..all very unique and sinfully delectable
... said Vicky on Nov 16, 2015 at 9:27 PM | link
I would bottle up all the delicious soups served at the Empty Bowls Project in Troy NY so I would have enough to sustain me through the winter months.
... said Richard on Nov 16, 2015 at 9:33 PM | link
The smell of early fall.
... said Allison on Nov 16, 2015 at 10:35 PM | link
My dog's #1. Tried to get a urinalysis yesterday and she couldn't go! Sorry, not sorry for the visual.
... said Tooter on Nov 16, 2015 at 10:53 PM | link
This week's weather!
... said Su on Nov 17, 2015 at 6:51 AM | link
I'd like to bottle that optimism and excitement that happens when the first warm day of spring rolls around, and we know another summer of possibilities is right around the corner.
... said Kate on Nov 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM | link
I wish I could bottle up daylight to get me through the long dark winter. Nothing better than getting out of work and still having hours of sunshine to enjoy in Washington Park!
... said Kerry on Nov 17, 2015 at 9:39 AM | link
Wood burning fireplace!
... said Heather on Nov 17, 2015 at 9:40 AM | link
The air when you reach the top of Shelving Rock Mountain in Lake George.
... said Chris Johns on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:14 AM | link
The amazing fall leaves
... said Jennifer on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:21 AM | link
The utterly peaceful quiet of the first really snowfall of the season.
... said Heather P. on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:22 AM | link
I'd like to bottle some of that Nine Pin cider!!!
... said Ron on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:25 AM | link
The smell of apple cider donuts and the crisp outdoors.
... said Traci on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:30 AM | link
I would bottle up the summer evenings of dining
al fresco with my husband and Italian Greyhound-
until the bottle of wine is empty and it's dusk- time to
walk around Buckingham Pond. Heaven! J
... said Maryhelen Lounello on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:31 AM | link
We had about five straight weeks of amazing clouds in the fall. I would like to bottle those and let them fly when the winter skies are most oppressively grey.
... said Laura on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:39 AM | link
The smell that wafts out of Cider Belly...
... said Jack C on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:55 AM | link
I'd like to bottle the smell of Soho pizza after a night of drinking!
... said Joe on Nov 17, 2015 at 11:20 AM | link
D'Raymond's sauce
... said Rebecca on Nov 17, 2015 at 11:21 AM | link
I would like to bottle the view of the city from route 4 by the movie theater!
... said Amanda on Nov 17, 2015 at 11:33 AM | link
A pint of Hofbräu from Wolff's Biergarten.
... said Eric on Nov 17, 2015 at 11:40 AM | link
The mad egg sauce from the Miss Albany dinner!
I miss that curry sauce :)
... said Jessica on Nov 17, 2015 at 11:52 AM | link
Definitely the smell of neighbors chimneys on a brisk fall night! I want to live inside that smell!
... said Alicia on Nov 17, 2015 at 12:02 PM | link
Troy tap water...it's probably some of the best water around. I just moved out of Troy and I really miss it.
... said Ashley on Nov 17, 2015 at 12:43 PM | link
A cool breeze on a warm summer night!
... said Claire on Nov 17, 2015 at 1:12 PM | link
The 'crunchy leaves on a clear crisp Autumn afternoon' smell. As much as I hate to see the end of summer, there is nothing as wonderful as that smell of leaves...
... said capgirl on Nov 17, 2015 at 2:16 PM | link
I would bottle some rain this autumn and send it to my sister in Southern California as a good luck omen!
... said Mary on Nov 17, 2015 at 2:43 PM | link
bacon.
... said ace on Nov 17, 2015 at 3:44 PM | link
I'd like to bottle the sights and smells of the Tulip Fest - vibrant flowers, live music, fried dough.
... said Jess P on Nov 17, 2015 at 4:35 PM | link
I would like to bottle up the smell/feeling of hiking at Thatcher Park.
... said JLD on Nov 17, 2015 at 6:30 PM | link
I'd bottle up some cheese from The Cheese Traveler.
... said Sits Crounse on Nov 17, 2015 at 7:36 PM | link
The tulips in Washington Park- I would especially like to be able to open it on the 2nd snow storm of the winter....
... said MargieC on Nov 17, 2015 at 7:46 PM | link
wood burning fire
... said Gill on Nov 17, 2015 at 8:34 PM | link
apple cider from a local cider mill
... said Jeanine on Nov 17, 2015 at 8:35 PM | link
stand up paddleboarding on the mowhawk river
... said Jill on Nov 17, 2015 at 8:36 PM | link
a walk through Thatcher park on a brisk fall day
... said Gillian on Nov 17, 2015 at 8:37 PM | link
The house salad dressing at El Loco. I don't know why I always chicken out in asking for the recipe...
... said Maureen on Nov 17, 2015 at 9:22 PM | link
Summer sunsets on the boat
... said Shannon on Nov 17, 2015 at 10:06 PM | link