African Woodsmoke

You are invited to an exclusive event that celebrates the spirit of Africa. Woodsmoke and bread&cup have come together to put on an evening of African art, wine, and food. Sample South African boutique wines, savor continental African cuisine by Kevin Shinn (owner bread&cup), and enjoy rare African art from Woodsmoke. This night will showcase the greatness of African creativity and our commitment to giving.

Five percent of every purchase will go towards putting our artists’ children through school.

The event will be held on February 22nd (6 – 10pm) at bread&cup restaurant which is on the corner of 8th and “S” in Lincoln’s historic Haymarket. Tickets are $15 per person and are available for purchase immediately or at the door. Contact Sean Coetzee at Woodsmoke (402-617-5675) to buy your tickets today or to inquire more about the evening.

South African Boutique Wine

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You are invited to an exclusive event that showcases Africa’s rare and untamed beauty. Enjoy a wide range of complimentary boutique South African wines to taste while taking in the showcase of rare African handmade art for sale. The art includes Kikoys from Kenya, olive wood bowls, African jewelry, and rare textiles from Mali, Ghana, and Congo. All Woodsmoke products are museum-quality, one of a kind pieces.

This event will take place at Venue Restaurant on November 22 from 3 – 6pm.

FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR TO RSVP CONTACT: Jenny Heiser Pilka at 312 925 5997 or EMAIL: jenheiz@aol.com

BUY AFRICA. SUPPORT AFRICA.

www.africanwoodsmoke.com

You are invited to an exclusive event that showcases Africa’s rare and untamed beauty. Enjoy a wide range of complimentary boutique South African wines to taste while taking in the showcase of rare African handmade art for sale. The art includes Kikoys from Kenya, olive wood bowls, African jewelry, and rare textiles from Mali, Ghana, and Congo. All Woodsmoke products are museum-quality, one of a kind pieces.

The Wines Available to Taste

Deimersfontein Pinotage: known as the original Coffee / Chocolate Pinotage. This wine spearheaded what is now an emerging category in South Africa. It is one of our favorites with its older sister, the 2007, winning The People’s Choice at the Durban.

Deimersfontein Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon: intense black current, followed by the slight mint and dried laurel with light cloves on the exit. On the palate a mixed plum and red fruit, added spice and finishes with dark chocolate and herb.

Deimersfontein Shiraz: on the nose morello cherries and mulberry mix, with cloves, white pepper and a hint of pencil shavings . Palate is round and complex, spicy finish, lingering acidity backed by firm tannins.

Raka Biography Shiraz: a wonderfully smooth and silky shiraz. This beautiful wine has big nose of smokey oak and fruitcake with subtle hints of white pepper. Its elegance shows excellent balance between berry fruit and spice, with a touch of sweet vanilla on the finish.

Raka Quinary: the 2005 Quinary is an elegant, complex and sophisticated Bordeaux blend. One critic refers to the process of blending Bordeaux as ‘Painting with Flavor’. That is exactly what wine maker Josef Dreyer has done in creating this materpiece.

Ridgeback Viognier: an incredibly well layered white with tropical bursting flavors and fatness. A delightful, more intriguing alternative to a Chardonnay, this is not a wine for casual consumption but one you find commands your attention with every sip.

This event will take place at Venue Restaurant on November 22 from 3 – 6pm.

FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR TO RSVP CONTACT: Jenny Heiser Pilka at 312 925 5997 or EMAIL: jenheiz@aol.com

BUY AFRICA. SUPPORT AFRICA.

We are featuring traditional South African cuisine at the upcoming Woodsmoke Evening on Friday night.  The food will be paired with specific South African boutique wines.  I just though I would share with you what there is to look forward to on Friday night:

• Tomato Bredie – Lamb in a red curry with Mrs. Balls sauce
• Frikkadels – Meatballs served with mashed potatoes and train smash served with Raka Biography Shiraz
• Bobotie – lamb beef casserole topped with custard and served with fruit chutney, Yellow rice and raisins served with Diemersfontein Pinotage
• Peri Peri Chicken – served with potatoes and a fresh sambal salad served with Viognier
• Sosaties – Skewered lamb, pork and apricots and served with fried Sweet potatoes served with La Petite Ferme Cabernet
• Gesmoorde Snoek – made with salmon instead of snoek and served over yellow rice served with Viognier

I look forward to seeing you there.

Cheers,

Sean

You are invited to an exclusive event that celebrates the spirit of Africa. Woodsmoke and Chez Hay Catering have come together to put on an evening of African art, wine, and food with a cause. There will be South African boutique wines to sample, African continental cuisine to savor, and rare African art from Woodsmoke to purchase.

This is a fundraising event with the goal to help put our African artists’ children through school. It costs only $450 to put an African child through school for a year, 5 percent of all sales from the evening go to educating our artists’ children.

The evening will be held at Chez Hay (above Noodles downtown), the address is 210N 14th St.  Tickets are available immediately: $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Contact Wendy at Chez Hay (402-489-7445) to purchase your tickets immediately.

Buy a ticket today and change the life of an African child forever! Woodsmoke is the love, longing, and pull that Africa has on our hearts – this evening will bring the Woodsmoke of Africa alive.

Live. African.

Woodsmoke had its third African Woodsmoke evening at Charles and Kelly Austin’s house in Bonsall, California.  This was the first evening that had been held at a home and it turned out to be a huge success on all accounts.  The setting was perfect since the Austin’s have a great area to entertain outdoors.  They have a beautiful outdoor area and that is where the whole evening was spent which blends itself well to Africa since you are always outdoors in Africa.

The weather was typical for a San Diego evening – 72 degrees and cloudless.  This event was fully catered serving African continental food that consisted of baby back ribs, sosati’s (chicken kebobs), and an African salad.  Eric & Kara from Cape Ardor were able to come down and help out with the wine tasting and did a phenomenal job.  Cape Ardor specializes in importing boutique wines from South Africa that are new to the American market.  The wine of choice for the evening was Diemersfontein Pinotage.  This is an award winning South African wine that has a smokey nose, and chocolate / coffee taste to it – extremely unique and one of the best wines coming out of South Africa.  It converts, befriends, and seduces you after the first sip.

Woodsmoke wants to thank Charles & Kelly Austin for making the African Woodsmoke evening possible.  Kelly & Megan worked all week to get the everything looking perfect and they did an amazing job.  Sean tried to add his two cents but does not possess any natural talents in terms of creating displays.  We would also like to thank Eric & Kara for coming down and doing such a great job.

Here are some pictures to enjoy from the evening.

Woodsmoke had its second African evening at Venue Restaurant on June 22.  It turned out to be an extremely successful event on all accounts.  Venue has a great room that we used for the evening and it went very well with the Woodsmoke brand since the room had dim lighting, dark interiors, and a social ambiance to it.

For the first time we did a wine tasting of a few South African wines that come from boutique vineyards where they only make a few hundred cases a year.  We served Diemersfontein Pinotage that was sponsored to us by Cape Ardor and did tastings with Raka Shiraz, La Petite Ferme Cabernet Sauvignon, and a Ridgeback Merlot that were all superb .  The Diemersfontein went down extremely well and I was told a number of times that it had a very smokey nose and had great chocolate / coffee notes to it.  There were a few women who were constantly speaking about the wine and definitely enjoyed having a few glasses.

The most important thing to Woodsmoke is to showcase the artists who make our products.  I feel as if we let you know this and it resonated with everyone that came to the evening.  The story behind the product is the second most important thing to us and that is why you can find detailed information about all our products on our website.

Thank you very much for supporting Woodsmoke and coming out to the Venue.  Sign up for our newsletter to find out more information about the next Woodsmoke Evening.

I leave you with a few pics from the evening.

Hamba Kahle (go well)

Woodsmoke is having its second African Evening at Venue Restaurant in Lincoln, NE on June 22nd from 6pm to 10pm.  This evening will be similar to the first Woodsmoke Evening but grander on many terms.  To start off with, we will be having an array of top-class, exclusive South African wines to sample from Cape Ardor.  Venue restaurant has been kind enough to offer food pairings that will go along with the biographies of the wines.

Woodsmoke has also been working with new upcoming artists from all over Africa and have a wider range of very interesting, hand-made products.  We are promoting a South African band here in the States called Goldfish.  Goldfish music will be playing throughout the evening and will be for purchase at the evening.  We will also be offering many African Coffee table books that will be available for purchase.

Come and enjoy the evening.  Forward this message to anyone who has an interest in South African wine, African Art, or experiencing the culture of Africa.

LIVE.AFRICAN.

Visit: www.africanwoodsmoke.com for more information about Woodsmoke.

The Woodsmoke Evening was a great success.  Thank you so much to all those who made this great event possible and thank you to everyone that came and enjoyed the Woodsmoke of Africa.

Woodsmoke Salad Spoons

Sean explaining the story of Woodsmoke

You look great in that necklace little lady!

Woodsmoke Signature Coffee

The Interior Designer / Event Planner -- Always working!

The Ladies

The Owners -- hard at work

Telephone Wire Products

Woodsmoke's stylish designer on the left

Great wine, great people, great conversation

The Woodsmoke Evening Begins

Dear Friends,

You are invited to enjoy an evening of Africa’s rare and untamed beauty.  Enjoy African wine while taking in the showcase of artwork available for sale, including wooden bowls, telephone wire bowls, jewelry, Kikoys, textiles and some rare African art pieces.

It will take place at The Lodge at Wilderness Ridge, 1800 Wilderness Woods Place, Lincoln NE.  It will be on April 23rd from 6-10 pm and you are all welcome to bring friends.

For any questions or to RSVP for your complimentary glass of South African wine, Contact Sean Coetzee at 402-617-5675 or email: sean_coetzee@hotmail.com

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