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2011 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
13, 2011
Time: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Plazas throughout
Mountain Village
2011 CULINARY PARTNERS
9545 Restaurant
Achiote pork tenderloin tostada with lime chili slaw
Allred's
Chipotle mussels, seared elk medallions, dessert
Bar M (Hotel Madeline)
Duck corn dogs with rosemary honey mustard, chicken wing pops, chocolate and sea salt house bacon
Kendra's Kitchen Natural Foods #1
Salmon, cucumber, caper & dill salad; Kendra’s Kitchen versatile dip & sauce with tri colored tortilla chips
Kendra's Kitchen Natural Foods #2
Basted red onion & Colorado beef brisket with Kendra’s Kitchen gourmet BBQ sauce
M's Restaurant (Hotel Madeline)
Veal cheek ravioli, shaved separate salad and parmesan and white truffle cloud over shaved asparagus salad
Ouray Candy Company
Salsa rubbed mango dipped in dark chocolate; European milk chocolate bacon truffles; California white peaches dipped in dark chocolate; chocolate fudge; Pecan chocolate fudge
SKA Brewing Company
True Blonde Ale, Modus Hoperandi India Pale Ale, Pinstripe Red Ale, Steel Toe Stout
Smugglers Brewpub
Saison De Soleil, The Reckoning Pale Ale, Powder Night Espresso Porter
Smugglers Brewpub
Italian beef sandwiches
Telluride Coffee Roasters
Guatemala Antigua Yellow Bourbon, Ethiopia Mocca Plantation Yirgacheffe, Costa Rica "Macho" Arce Caturra, Decaf El Palomino SWP (Swiss Water Process)
The Peaks Resort and Spa
Saffron corn chowder, chocolate and peanut butter mousse with candied pecans
Xocai Healthy Chocolate
Xocai chocolate samples and Xe
2011 FEATURING THE FOLLOWING WINERIES, BREWERIES & SPIRITS
Constellation Wines US http://www.cwine.com/
CLOS DU BOIS, DISEÑO, ESTANCIA, FRANCISCAN, KIM CRAWFORD, MENDOCINO VINEYARDS, MONKEY BAY, PRIMAL ROOTS , ROBERT MONDAVI WINERY, RUFFINO, SIMPLY NAKED
Don Sebastiani & Sons http://www.donandsons.com/
Pepperwood Grove
Grand Vin http://www.rndc-usa.com/
Heck Estates http://heckestates.com/
Kenwood Vineyards, Lake Sonoma Winery, Valley of the Moon, Pininfarina Winery
Junior Johnson’s Moonshine http://www.juniorsmidnightmoon.com/
Cat Daddy, Midnight Moon
Kobrand http://kobrandwineandspirits.com/
Benziger Family Winery, Cakebread Cellars, Domaine Carneros, Foley Estates, Sequoia Grove, St. Francis
Majestic Fine Wines http://www.majesticfinewines.com/
Arrowood, Cambria, Kendall-Jackson, Matanzas Creek, Murphy-Goode, Paco y Lola, Piatelli
Milbrandt Vineyards http://www.milbrandtvineyards.com/
Montanya Distillers http://montanyadistillers.com/
Performance Marketing
Brassfield, Cycles Gladiator, Drappier Champagne, Guenoc, Langtry, Hahn, Line 39, Morgan, Presidential, Saint-Hilaire
Platinum Beverage http://palmbay.com/
Chateau Bellevue, Chateau Bellevue, Chateau de La Chaize, Chateau de L'Oiseliniere, Chateau Greysac, Chateau Montfort, Domaines Paul Mas, Espirit du Vin, Palm Bay International, Schloss Reinhartshausen, Toad Hollow, Trimbach
Fontanafredda, La Miranda, Mills Reef, MontGras, Niro, Planeta, Quady, Rocca, Santa Rita, San Francisco Wine Exchange, Sella y Mosca, Tomero, Twin Vines, Vistalba
Republic National Distributing Company Beers http://www.rndc-usa.com/
Anderson Valley, Shiner Bock, Tiger Beer
Republic National Distributing Company Presents: Moscato http://www.rndc-usa.com/
Beringer, Cavit , Capalsaldo, Funf, Kenwood, Lancers, Quady, Michele Chiarlo, Pepperwood Grove, Robert Mondavi Winery
Republic National Distributing Company Presents: Rosé http://www.rndc-usa.com/
The Crusher, Chateau Lamarque, Etude, Feudi di San Gregario, Jean Luc Colombo, Kenwood, Milbrandt Vineyards, Poema, Toad Hollow, Valley of the Moon
Rodney Strong Wine Estates http://www.rodneystrong.com/
Rodney Strong Winery, Davis Bynum
Talbott Vineyards http://www.talbottvineyards.com/
Treasury Wine Estates http://www.treasurywineestates.com/
Beringer, Colores del Sol, Chateau St. Jean, Etude, Matua, Penfolds, Sledgehammer, Tierra Secreta
Small Vineyards http://svimports.com/
Alta Vins Domus Pensi, Beira Aral, Bibbiani, Finca el Tesso, Giro Ribot, Le Rote, Parmi, Podere Ciona, Sanguinetti, Terre Margarite
