Theme Team Contest: Win two wine fair tickets, dinner, overnight stay and breakfast at Hilton Beijing

August 11, 2011 - Contests, Elements, One East on Third - 84 comments

Update: The Beijing Hilton has picked the winners. Check them out here.

Update: Simon Amos and his team at the Hilton Beijing have picked the winners and I will have all the details tomorrow morning (August 25). Expect a few surprises.

: Last year’s theme: ‘Vindulgence’ (photo: Hilton Beijing)

I have gone to the annual Hilton Beijing Food and Wine Experience every year since 2005 and consider it my best chance to try lots of wines — over 1000 options — from lots of distributors. As in the past, I am running a contest with the hotel. We are asking readers to create a theme for this year’s event — last year’s was ‘vindulgence‘ — slated for November 12. Director of Operations Simon Amos and his team will pick the winner*. The winner gets:

Two tickets to the Food and Wine Experience
Two tickets to the buffet dinner at Elements
An overnight stay
Two tickets for buffet breakfast the next day

Also, anyone who suggests a theme will be entered into a draw for two pairs of tickets, including buffet dinner in Elements. So, two ways to win: with the best slogan or via the draw.

To enter, leave your theme suggestion in the comments section (I am claiming “Grape Expectations” and “Pinot Envy” right off and thus taking them out of play). You can enter up to three times but please put each suggestion as a separate comment. The deadline is next Friday, August 19, at 3 PM.

* The winning slogan will not necessarily be used for this year’s event.

Here are a couple of posts about Hilton wine fairs past, including the year I tried 52 wines and lost my phone (not necessarily related) and the year I accidentally broke a bottle of Shiraz on the Hilton’s marble staircase (not my fault).

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84 thoughts on “Theme Team Contest: Win two wine fair tickets, dinner, overnight stay and breakfast at Hilton Beijing”

boyce August 11, 2011 at 5:47 pm

Grape Expectations. (Please, can we have a ten-year moratorium on wine stories using this as a title?)
Alex B August 11, 2011 at 5:50 pm

Expect the Oenexpected
boyce August 11, 2011 at 5:51 pm

Vintopia

(Oh yeah, I went there, even though I can’t win.)
Vagarumbeando August 11, 2011 at 5:55 pm

I claim Tres Uvas. @vagarumbeando
Geraldine August 11, 2011 at 6:24 pm

The Grape Leap Forward
Richard August 11, 2011 at 6:28 pm

The Perfect Cork
Richard August 11, 2011 at 6:30 pm

“Pull My Cork”…you can see where this is going.
Geraldine August 11, 2011 at 6:32 pm

c’est la vin!
Richard August 11, 2011 at 6:36 pm

Vinology
Daniel LaRusso August 11, 2011 at 6:50 pm

Vino Voyages
Mr. Miyagi August 11, 2011 at 6:52 pm

Grape Wall of China
Jocko August 11, 2011 at 6:55 pm

VInfamous
Daniel August 11, 2011 at 7:02 pm

The Grape Rapture
Janie Gierlich August 11, 2011 at 9:21 pm

“A Day of Wine and Roses”
Janie Gierlich August 11, 2011 at 9:29 pm

“Tour de Vin – a walk down the Grape Lane”
DZ August 12, 2011 at 12:10 am

Nir-Vina, Uncorked
Matt August 12, 2011 at 2:13 am

Wine-ification or Winification The Hilton Beijing turning us all into wine fanatic one bottle at a time.
Matt August 12, 2011 at 2:23 am

Hilton Beijing Presents: Wine-ism or Winism
“Pleasure for the mind, body, spirit and soul”
JP August 12, 2011 at 7:58 am

“A wine for any time”
andy August 12, 2011 at 10:16 am

the grape escape
Sarahplusone August 12, 2011 at 12:18 pm

The “After 4pm Its All Kinda A Blur” Drinkorama
chinabeergeek August 12, 2011 at 4:54 pm

the grape cat’s pee
Jake August 12, 2011 at 7:34 pm

VinDiesel xXx 2Fast4Furious
what time should I come by to pick up my prize package?
chunky August 12, 2011 at 7:53 pm

stop wining the lot of you
Simon August 12, 2011 at 10:01 pm

Come on you lot!!!….were gonna need more than this……I’ll see if I can upgrade the winner to the Presidential suite with in room Champagne breakfast!!!!! Simon. Email me for tickets or supplier participation at simon.amos@hilton.com
Jingyuan August 13, 2011 at 1:16 am

1.wines gratify you…instantly

2 vinredemption
Matt August 13, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Vino Nobile
Matt August 13, 2011 at 3:55 pm

vinophoria
Matt August 13, 2011 at 4:02 pm

Be A Vinopolitan ” Embrace wines and foods from around the world”
mr. brau August 14, 2011 at 3:12 pm

“Ye Olde Wine Festival ” only catch is we need to dress up like its a renaissance festival and use words like “Flagon”….plus Sting can bust out some minstrel tunes
mr. brau August 14, 2011 at 3:17 pm

“Wine is fine, but, whiskeys quicker ” fair…….a heavy metal themed wine fair….black sabbath fans know what im talking about
mr. brau August 14, 2011 at 3:26 pm

The Grape Escape…….featuring boyce on a CJ 750 jumping a kiddy pool of Merlot and a 3 foot tiger shark
mi August 14, 2011 at 8:15 pm

my friend passed out in the bathroom last year
Belinda August 15, 2011 at 12:34 pm

Vintageous
Belinda August 15, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Fortified fervor
Fangbiankeke August 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm

Hi Mr Boyce, Hi Mr Amos.
After deeply thinking about it, here are some of my ideas for the event.
Only the words, because we don’t know yet what kind of artwork it will be linked to.

1°/ ( need to write it on two lines) :

In the Mood for Wine
— by Hilton –
Fangbiankeke August 15, 2011 at 1:04 pm

Hi again, here my second one :

2°/ ( still on two lines, for a kind of visual impact..)

WinException
— by Hilton –
Fangbiankeke August 15, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Hi again! and the third one..

3°/
So Wine ! Savour it…
— by Hilton–

( on this one, english way, not american, for savour, and not savor, also to keep it close to the french and latin origin, in order to catch the spirit linked to those drops of god)

Bye!
Nadia August 15, 2011 at 2:30 pm

I am fine, this is wine!
kirby August 15, 2011 at 5:11 pm

The Beijing Hilton presents Pútaó Pleasures
boyce August 15, 2011 at 5:16 pm

ChardonnYAY!
boyce August 15, 2011 at 5:20 pm

@ Sarahplusone,

That is WAY too close to reality.

Cheers, Boyce
boyce August 15, 2011 at 5:21 pm

@ Jake,

Let’s hold off for a second. It’s possibly, even if remarkably remote, that a better entry might come in…

Cheers, Boyce
boyce August 15, 2011 at 5:24 pm

@ mr. brau,

I like plan C, except that sharks go more for cabernets than merlots…

Cheers, Boyce
boyce August 15, 2011 at 5:26 pm

@ Belinda,

“Fortified Fervor” would work well with the earlier idea of “Grape Leap Forward.”

Cheers, Boyce
jen August 15, 2011 at 5:29 pm

I just googled “In Vino Veritas Chinese” and found this page. If these aren’t a bad tattoo waiting to happen.
http://www.words-chinese.com/symbols/_in-vino-veritas.htm
艾米 August 15, 2011 at 5:31 pm

It’s my party, I’ll wine if I want to.
kirby August 15, 2011 at 6:06 pm

The Beijing Hilton Food and Wine Experience presents- Decanted Decadence.
kirby August 15, 2011 at 6:15 pm

Vintage Encounters of the Grape Kind.
Belinda August 15, 2011 at 6:18 pm

Cellarbration
Andrew August 15, 2011 at 6:20 pm

Shirazzle-dazzle
Andrew August 15, 2011 at 6:20 pm

Decanterlicious
Mark August 16, 2011 at 2:04 pm

Beijing Bacchanalia
ctea August 16, 2011 at 5:59 pm

Mr Boyce, first entry:

1.) Opulent Encounters
ctea August 16, 2011 at 6:02 pm

2.) A Perfect Season – A evening with this season’s best foods and wines.
ctea August 16, 2011 at 6:11 pm

3.) Bountiful Grandeur
Beijing Daze August 16, 2011 at 7:36 pm

*cue Louis Amstrong soundtrack*

What a Wine-derful World
Beijing Daze August 16, 2011 at 7:48 pm

Life is Short, Grape it
Simon August 16, 2011 at 8:35 pm

Very good all….keep them coming……..;0)))
Ann August 16, 2011 at 9:04 pm

“Oenophile, See No Evil”
Ann August 16, 2011 at 9:05 pm

“Grapeling with Destiny”
boyce August 17, 2011 at 12:03 am

Get Jeroboamed in the Jing…
octopus August 17, 2011 at 9:46 am

“It doesn’t matter whether the grape is red or white, as long as it produces wine.”
- Deng Xiaoping
Half-Breed August 17, 2011 at 9:46 am

Night of Terroir
Ann August 17, 2011 at 9:58 am

Vin-dicated: An Day (or Evening) to Remember
octopus August 17, 2011 at 10:38 am

Vintwined…
Jennifer August 17, 2011 at 11:03 am

Vindetta. And on the poster are two sexy women armed with bottles of wine!
Dane August 17, 2011 at 12:53 pm

Rise of the Planet of the Grapes
Dane August 17, 2011 at 12:53 pm

Serial Grapist
Dane August 17, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Relaxed and Wined
Roger August 17, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Oenorgasmic!
Roger August 17, 2011 at 2:29 pm

Vinpire!*

*free entry for those dressed in re-cycled Halloween vampire gear
Alice August 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm

“Vin My Heart” – Love in a bottle, ready to pour and swirl
Half-Breed August 17, 2011 at 5:14 pm

Terroirists Unite
Half-Breed August 17, 2011 at 5:17 pm

Varietal Lust
octopus August 17, 2011 at 5:26 pm

I know I’m only allowed one more so I am dropping:

Wine, ah! Over 8000 years of history.

In favour of a night of wild deer, wild bison and wild moose served with fine red wine called:

Gamey Winehouse
Casey August 18, 2011 at 1:01 am

Pútaó Noir
DZ August 18, 2011 at 2:54 am

VINtastic!
mi August 18, 2011 at 9:23 pm

Dude, Where’s My Wine
艾米 August 18, 2011 at 9:28 pm

Your Vine or Mine?
DZ August 18, 2011 at 9:43 pm

VINtasia
MT August 18, 2011 at 9:49 pm

See Vino, Hear Vino, Speak Vino
艾米 August 18, 2011 at 9:49 pm

Intertwined: Make the Perfect Pairing
Alice August 19, 2011 at 10:29 am

Thank God It’s Vinday