Tampa Wine-Gallagher’s Steakhouse Presents Ultra Premium Wine Dinner

Penfolds’ Global Wine Educator to Offer One-Of-A-Kind Experience for Tampa Wine Enthusiasts

TAMPA, Fla., (July 8, 2008) - Gallagher’s Steakhouse is pleased to announce its Ultra Premium Wine Dinner & Silent Auction on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. Presented in partnership with Penfolds winery the five-course dinner will be prepared by the restaurant’s culinary team lead by Ryan Smith and will offer a unique tasting opportunity. A limited number of guests will enjoy a prix fixe menu, each course perfectly paired with rarely imported Australian boutique wines and hand-selected by Penfolds’ global wine educator, Matthew Lane. In addition, a silent auction will include several hard-to-find back vintages of Grange, RWT, Bin 60A, Block 42 and Yattarna Chardonnay.

"We are honored to have Matthew Lane presiding over this stellar event," said Tony Cheek, general manager of Gallagher’s Steakhouse in Channelside Bay Plaza. "As the two-time recipient of the international Vin de Champagne award and the 2001 South Australian Sommelier of the Year we are excited to host such a rare talent and serve as the destination for those that are passionate about food and wine.”

Matthew Lane’s profession in wine blossomed at Penfolds’ prestigious Magill Estate restaurant in Adelaide, South Australia, where he served as head sommelier and senior wine educator for more than four years before relocating to the United States in 2003. He has been involved in widespread sensory tasting, winemaking, testing and training with top winemakers from Foster’s in Australia & the United States, working particularly with Penfolds’ vintages and also internationally in France with champagne. He is currently in his final stages of Enology and Viticulture 3 at the University of California, Davis.

This world-renowned food and wine expert also serves as a guest wine, food and sensory-lecturer at the University of Adelaide—arguably one of Australia’s top wine training colleges and has also worked as a guest Sommelier at Charlie Trotter’s restaurant in Chicago, the exclusive Lanesborough Hotel in London, the luxurious Palazzo Versace resort in Australia and was recently surrendered his Sommelier duties to lecture at Harvard University. After two years of development, Lane launched Foster's online wine education program known as Wine Edge, which has quickly been noted by contemporaries as "one of the most authoritative and comprehensive Australian online wine course's ever created."

The Gallagher’s Steakhouse Ultra Premium Wine Dinner & Silent Auction will take place in the restaurant’s private dining area and seating is available at a cost of $300 per person, excluding tax and gratuities. A credit card is required to for the reserve seating, which is limited to 42 guests. Please allow 72 hours advance notice for refunds. For reservations or more information please call Lisa at 813-229-8637 or email lisa@gallagherstampa.com. Gallagher’s Steakhouse is located at 615 Channelside Drive, #203 – in Channelside Bay Plaza - Tampa.