GRAND TASTING
The Festival’s signature event! Enjoy the remarkable tastes of local restaurants, breweries, fine wineries and spirits for an evening of culinary and social celebration! First 400 online ticket buyers guaranteed very special commemorative wine glass, and all patrons will receive a wine glass for the Grand Tasting! Early bird pricing $75 until midnight August 11, $85 thereafter and on-site.
Event Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Time: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Plazas throughout Mountain Village
Culinary Partners |
Wineries, Spirits and Breweries |
9545 Restaurant |
Colorado Artisan Spirits (3 distilleries) |
Allred's |
Constellation Wines (2 tables,19 wineries) |
Argentine Grill @ Rico Hotel |
Fosters (Treasury) Wine Estates (8 wineries) |
Capella 1: Onyx, Suede & Gray Jay Café |
Heck Estates (4 wineries) |
Capella 2: Onyx Restaurant & Suede Bar |
Kobrand (29 wineries) |
Chicken Noodle Café |
Majestic Fine Wines – Spire Collection (5 wineries) |
Hop Garden Bar & Grill |
Milbrandt Vineyards |
Kendra's Kitchen (2 tables) |
New Planet Beer |
Ouray Candy Company |
Oregon Microbrews (2 breweries) |
Scenic Mesa Ranch |
Platinum Beverage (2 tables, 21 wineries) |
The Peaks Resort |
Prosecco (12 northeastern Italian wineries) |
Xocai Chocolate |
Rosé (12 worldwide wineries) |
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Rodney Strong Wine Estates |
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SKA Brewing |
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Smugglers Brewpub |
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Svedka Vodka – Lemonade Stand |
Grand Tasting Culinary Partners:
9545 Restaurant
Description:
Garnering its name from its elevated perch of 9545 feet above sea level, 9545 is The Inn at Lost Creek’s Southwest style bistro. 9545 has a relaxed atmosphere and the best outdoor patio vantage point for concerts in the summer and après hot toddies in the winter.
Menu:
Mini Pork Empanadas with Jalepeno Jack Cheese and Tomatillo Jalapeno Jam; Shrimp Stuffed Cumin Scented Arepas with Seafood Tomato Sauce and Grilled Corn Pico De Gallo.
Allred's
Description:
Telluride's most unique dining can be found at Allred's, where culinary excellence, an award winning wine list, exquisite views and impressive ambiance mesh to create an unforgettable experience at 10,551 feet above sea level. Allred's Contemporary American cuisine, guided by Executive Chef Mike Weist, is available nightly throughout
Menu:
Lobster cocktail with garlic aioli; Painted Hills all Natural New York Strip steak with Chimicurri
Argentine Grill @ Rico Hotel
Description:
Chef O’Hara is the former Executive Sous Chef at the world famous Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles, California, where he had the privilege of working with the world renown Wolfgang Puck. He now brings his experience and critical acclaim to the quiet town of Rico, Colorado. His use of local organic meats and produce gives the Argentine Grille’s cuisine a distinctively regional flavor.
Menu:
Avocado/Veggie Spring roll with soy-ginger dipping sauce; BBQ Duck crepe with dried cherry sauce; Crème brulee with caramel and candied hazelnuts.
Capella (Suede, Onyx, Gray Jay)
Description:
Rhiannon began cooking at age 3 and is now a chef at Capella. She won People’s Choice and Most Decent in 2009 and Chef’s Choice and Creme da crème in 2010 at the San Migual Chocolate Lover’s Fling!
Menu:
Capella cupcakes: red velvet, German chocolate nutella, banana caramel
Chicken Noodle Café
Description:
Chicken Noodle Café offers the tastiest and freshest meals and snack on the Plaza! Stop by for the full menu listing.
Menu:
Ginger mango habanero chicken wraps; chicken noodle soup with home made rye bread; home make tortillas and salsa
Hop Garden Bar & Grill
Description:
The Hop Garden is located steps away from the gondola and base of the ski slopes in Mountain Village. Featuring over thirty beers from around the world this alpine themed restaurant is the perfect place to relax after a day of skiing or other outdoor activities. The restaurant features both indoor and patio dining, including our popular outdoor bar.
Menu:
Authentic Bavarian Pretzels; sliders.
Kendra's Kitchen
Description:
Chef Kendra Wilcox established Kendra’s Kitchen Natural Foods, Inc. in 1987 in Telluride, Colorado. She trained at Cordon Bleu in Paris and has adapted French Escoffier classic recipes to a healthier version thus creating Southwest French Fusion Cuisine. The recipes have reduced saturated fats, sodium and cholesterol and the methods have been simplified. The product line was recently featured on the Food Network Channel/BBQ with Bobby Flay and is receiving national recognition.
Menu:
Bison meatballs with Telluride’s Own BBQ sauce; glazed chicken pinwheels with the Rub and SW Seasoning; Kendra’s Special Dip/Mayo/Sandwich; A Sweet Salade: Palisade peach, arugula, farmer’s goat cheese, toasted pinion nuts tossed with a semi sweet Colorado wine vinaigrette.
New Planet Beer
Description:
Well balanced beer made from fermented sorghum and corn, hops and yeast. Both Tread Lightly Ale and 3R Raspberry Ale are certified gluten-free and offer a light body and refreshing taste.
Beers:
Tread Lightly Ale is a bright and light bodied craft beer with a refreshing taste and doesn’t have the after taste of other sorghum-based beers. Inspired by the old-style American Pilsner, Tread Lightly Ale appeals to a new style beer drinker looking for a healthy alternative with low caloric content, without sacrificing great taste. Triple R Raspberry Ale: not overly sweet, the Oregon grown fruit puree creates a beautiful body color with a natural raspberry flavor.
Onyx Restaurant & Suede Bar
Description:
A modern yet sleek setting creates the perfect balance between the mountain spirit and casual elegance. Onyx dining reflects Executive Chef, Gabriel Kolofon's interest in local meats and produce as well as influences from his Argentinean background. Suede Bar is the "place" where guests, visitors, and locals alike can enjoy a quick afternoon snack or light meal or beverage after a day of hiking, touring, or simply enjoying the surroundings.
Menu:
Roasted Beet Salad, Elk Carpaccio with Arugulas and Crispy Cheese, Philo Dough Crispy Shrimp & Peach Sauce, Short Ribs, Colorado Lamb Loin with Chimichurri, Onyx Cupcakes
Ouray Candy Company
Description:
The longest privately owned candy store in Ouray county! A place where you can find home-made truffles to retro-candy you had as a child, the home-made fudge and truffles are all made with European butter and double cream. Enjoy a little bit of New Mexico in Colorado!
Menu:
Chili spiced mango truffles; milk chocolate truffles, Bailey’s fudge; chocolate fudge
Scenic Mesa Ranch
Description:
Organically-produced American buffalo meat can be a delicious, healthful mainstay of your family diet. Produced in Hotchkiss CO, our buffalo burger is 99% lean, without the addition of fat, growth hormones or subtheraputic levels of antibiotics. Come talk to us about the American icon: the American Buffalo of the West.
Menu:
Buffalo Burger; Buffalo Brats; Buffalo Hot Dogs; Buffalo Sausage
SKA Brewing
Description:
When it comes to bringing home the bacon, assuming that bacon is made of the world’s best craft beer, nobody does it quite like Ska. From our flavor-packed flagship brews to our ridiculously robust reincarnation libation, we’ve got the goods.
Beers:
True Blonde Ale: a crisp English-Style Summer Ale, golden in color, medium in body, she's brewed with the help and the honey of Durango's tenacious Honeyville
bees. Steel Toe Stout: this traditional English Cream Stout is brewed with actual milk sugar to create a creamy and sweet brew. Jet black in color, the latte frothy
head will make you mooo for more.
Smugglers Brewpub
Description:
All of our handcrafted Award Winning Ales and Lagers are created in our 7 bbl brewhouse in the basement just below the restaurant. If the Brewery door is open pop in for a tour or ask your server.
Beers:
Rocky Mountain Rye, Saison de Fish, Russell Kelly Pale Ale, Powder Night Espresso Porter
The Peaks Resort
Description:
Enjoy a fresh dining experience at The Peaks Resort & Spa. Your fresh experience begins at 'The Lift', with freshly baked muffins, natural smoothies, pressed panini’s,
and outdoor patio seating. The New Palmyra' at The Peaks is open in the evenings to satisfy the taste buds in a new way with dazzling fire features and romantic valley views.
Menu:
Rock lobster cakes (Japanese panko encrusted rock lobster cakes served on a bed of mixed organic greens and fresh lemon aioli; Zucchinni spears (basil stuffed hand battered organic zucchini spears).
Festival Weekend Specials:
Two for ones in the Great Room Daily; $25.00 Day Passes to The Spa (indoor outdoor pool, hot tubs, steam rooms, saunas, grill)
Xocai Chocolate
Description:
The cacao in Xocai products is non-alkalized, unfermented, sun-dried, non-roasted and cold pressed. This patented process produces cocoa powder that has antioxidants that are twice the levels in other dark chocolates. Our dark Belgium chocolate is the only one to ear the Brunswick Labs Certification and Seal of Approval.
Menu:
Xocai Chocolate
WINERIES & SPECIAL GUESTS:
Constellation Wines US (2 tables)
* Constellation Brands, Inc. is the leading producer of premium wines in the world, with a portfolio that includes many well-known and highly regarded wine brands, complemented by spirits, imported beers and other select beverage alcohol products. Constellation is the largest premium wine company in the United States. With more than 100 strong, consumer-preferred brands marketed in nearly 150 countries, Constellation has unequalled breadth, offering consumers their beverage of choice no matter what the occasion.
www.cwine.com
Featured wineries: Kim Crawford, Ruffino, Wild Horse, Blufeld, Hayman & Hill, Clos du Bois, Black Box, Ravenswood, Blackstone, Toasted Head, Franciscan Estate, Mount Veeder Winery, Robert Mondavi Winery, Simi, Estancia, Ravenswood, Hogue, Rex Goliath and Ruffino.
Featured Spirits: SVEDKA Vodka
Stacey Swetil-Rust, Field Sales Manager for Colorado -- Stacey will be featured at the “Art of Food & Wine” Seminar at the Peaks, at the Friday store tasting at Pacific Street Liquors and pouring at the Grand Tasting.
Deschutes Brewery
Fosters (Treasury) Wine Estates
* Welcome to Treasury Wine Estates - the new identity for Foster's global wine business Foster's wine portfolio is made up of some of the world's leading premium wine brands. The unrivalled portfolio includes icon brands Beringer, Lindeman's, Wolf Blass, Penfolds, Rosemount, Matua Valley, Wynns Coonawarrra Estate and Castello di Gabbiano.
www.fostersgroup.com
Full Sail Brewery
Heck Estates
* Family owned and operated, Heck Estates represents an exclusive portfolio of Sonoma County’s finest wine and spirit producers. Each winery is distinct in history and personality, and all are well known for producing varietals that reflect the unique characteristics and style of many of California’s world-renowned appellations.
www.heckestates.com
www.kenwoodvineyards.com
valleyofthemoonwinery.com
lakesonomawinery.com
Wineries featured at the Grand Tasting: Kenwood Vineyards, Valley of the Moon Winery, Lake Sonoma Winery & Pininfarina Winery
David Walden, Colorado Fine Wine Associate for Heck Estates -- David will be the featured winery for the Capella Three Course Tasting menu Friday night and pouring at the Grand Tasting.
Kobrand
* Kobrand was founded on three cornerstones: quality of product, quality of people, and quality of relationships. It is therefore logical that our portfolio today continues to reflect the unerring principle of quality. This principle continues to guide every step of our growth, from the choice of new representations, to the range of services demanded by an increasingly sophisticated and competitive market, to the informed personnel who provide them. Years of experience, skill and care allow us to present here a unique collection of fine wines and spirits, critically and comparatively chosen as the finest examples of their types.
www.kobrandwineandspirits.com
Featured wineries: Abadía Retuerta , Agricola Punica , Benziger, Bodega Chacra, Bollini, Caposaldo, Cakebread, Château d’Aquéria, Christian Moueix, Craggy Range, Croft, Domaine Carneros, Fonseca , Louis Jadot, Michel Redde, Michele Chiarlo, Poema, St. Francis, Wild Oak by St. Francis, Santa Martina, Sequoia Grove, Taittinger, Taylor Fladgate, Nozzole, Salviano, San Guido , Sette Ponti, Silvio Nardi , Wild Rock
Rob Harp, State Manager for Colorado & New Mexico -- Rob will be featured at the Capella Summer Wine Luncheon and pouring at the Grand Tasting.
Majestic Fine Wines
* Luxury wine from Majestic Fine Wines Spire Collection. Anakota, Arcanum, Archipel, Atalon, Arrowood Reserves, Cardinale, Farrier, Freemark Abbey, Hartford Court, Io, La Jota, Château Lassègue, Château Vignot, Legacy, Lokoya, Stonestreet, Vérité, W.S. Keyes
www.mfwsales.com
Featured wineries: Freemark Abbey, Stonestreet, Farrier, Archipel & La Jota
Anne Hay, CWE, WSET Advanced Certificate, WSET Diploma, -Rocky Mountain Regional Manager, Spire Collection -- Anne will be leading the “Elevation of Wine” seminar at the Suede Bar, featured at the “Art of Food & Wine” Seminar at the Peaks and will be pouring at the Grand Tasting.
Milbrandt Vineyards
* After more than a decade of growing some of eastern Washington’s most sought-after grapes, brothers Butch and Jerry Milbrandt decided it was time to grow their own wine. They knew they had something pretty special in their Wahluke Slope and Ancient Lakes vineyards after witnessing the impressive scores going to wineries that had been purchasing their grapes. In 2006, under the talented direction of winemaker Gordon Hill, we began crafting signature wines using selected grapes from our reputable vineyards. Our first wines were released in June 2007. The tradition for excellence established in our vineyards is inherent in every bottle of Milbrandt Vineyards wine and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
http://milbrandtvineyards.com/
Featured wineries: Milbrandt Vineyards Sentinel Wines, Milbrandt Vineyards Estates & Legacy Wines & Milbrandt Vineyards Traditions Wines
Heather Price, National Brand Manager -- Heather will be featured at Art of Food & Wine Seminar at the Peaks, the Summer Wine Luncheon at Capella, the Thursday store tasting at Pacific Street Liquors, the Telluride Aids Benefit Dinner at Honga’s and will be pouring at the Grand Tasting.
Montanya Rums: Platino and Oro
Peach Street Distillers: Goat Vodka and Jackalope Gin
Platinum Beverage (2 tables)
Featuring the wines of:
Palm Bay International
Wine lovers delight in the discovery of unique tastes from regions around the world — whether it's Malbec from the high-altitude vineyards of Mendoza, or Sauvignon Blanc from Casablanca, Chile, or even classic Chianti from Tuscany. At Palm Bay we thrive on seeking out wines with a distinct point of view, shaped by origin, terroir and winemaker. Join us in celebration of authentic wine excellence! WINE LOVERS WELCOME.
http://palmbayimports.com/
The San Francisco Wine Exchange
SFWE, founded in 1975, is the oldest US-based, independent wine marketing company. Its headquarters are in San Francisco at 620 Folsom Street. The company began by handling the national sales of family owned, super premium California wineries from different appellations in California. Over time, its focus expanded to Washington State and 3 different appellations in New Zealand, 3 in Argentina and all the wines of the Gonzalez Byass family (founded in 1835) in Spain.
http://sfwe.com/
Schmitt Söhne
Over 200 years ago my ancestors settled in the small village of Lonquich, located along the Mosel River in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wine region, and began their involvement in vineyard management and wine production. Always mindful of my Great Grandfathers philosophy, our winery, which is still located in Longuich, has continued to grow and change through the guidance of three successive generations to become Schmitt Söhne, one of the largest and most successful German wine exporters today. The standards originally put forth by my Great Grandfather - to produce the best wines possible using only top quality grapes - have guided my ancestors throughout the winery's growth. As the 4th generation family member and current President of Schmitt Söhne, I have adopted this philosophy for our company - "top quality grapes, skilful and meticulous production of wines, combined with comprehensible packaging and superior customer service forms the basis for a first class product". Thomas Schmitt President of Schmitt Söhne
http://www.schmitt-soehne.com/mainframe.asp
Mark Price, owner Platinum Beverage -- Mark will be featured at Art of Food & Wine Seminar at the Peaks, the Summer Wine Luncheon at Capella, the Telluride Aids Benefit Dinner at Honga’s and will be pouring at the Grand Tasting.
Prosecco!
* The annual U.S. sales of Prosecco have seen double-digit growth for the last several years, come and taste why! Resist the temptation to compare Prosecco to Champagne. They are made from very different grapes and techniques, which produce very different bubbly wines. Prosecco is a white grape grown in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Come and sample Prosecco from several producers. Salute!
Presented by Republic National Distributing Company
Rosé
* Some say love, it is a glass of Rosé. Beautiful, dry, pink wines with bright fruit flavors, NOT to be confused with sweet blush wines! Stop by the “Rosé” table at the Grand Tasting to sample dry Rosé wines from around the world, even Champagne! An ideal summer wine, Rosé is also perfect as a refreshing, light alternative throughout the year. Find out what you have been missing!
Featured wineries: TBD
Presented by Republic National Distributing Company
Rodney Strong Wine Estates
* Family owned, Sustainably Farmed, Solar powered & Carbon Neutral. Sonoma County’s potential for excellence was the reason Rodney Strong Vineyards was founded and we continue to fulfill the promise of this exceptional land. Our approach is for the grapes from each vineyard and growing region to express their intrinsic character in the special wines we craft. Gentle handling, careful use of barrel and stainless steel fermentation, and proper oak aging are guided and monitored to enhance the natural characteristics of our fruit.
www.rodneystrong.com/index.php/our-wines
Featured wineries: Rodney Strong & Davis Bynum
Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey
Svedka Vodka
