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Wine Events for all Tastes Surround the 19th Annual Colorado Mountain Winefest
PALISADE, Colo. (Sept. 1, 2010) - The 19th Annual Colorado Mountain Winefest in Palisade, Colo., is best known for its sea of Colorado wineries during the Festival in the Park (Sept. 18). But the Colorado Mountain Winefest has something for everyone’s tastes, from cooking demonstrations and seminars to bicycle tours and golf.
To learn more about the events listed below, including tickets, visit www.ColoradoWinefest.com.
September 16-19
Winemaker Dinners: Meet the winemakers and share a lively evening starring Colorado wines expertly chosen to enhance the flavors of each course. It’s fun for all. Ticket prices vary and reservations are essential — seating is limited. Ten Grand Valley restaurants and venues are hosting this year’s Winemaker Dinners. A list of the restaurants are available at www.ColoradoWinefest.com.
Thursday, September 16
Golf and Wine with a Spectacular View: Come experience one of the finest golf courses in the country. The Redlands Mesa Golf Course has been named the 17th Best Public Course in America for the past four years. The Winefest Golf Event is a fun 4 –person scramble where you can put your own team together or organizers will pair you on a team. This event is combined with a Wine Reception following play that will give attendees an opportunity to taste wonderful local wine paired with delicious food from the Red Canyon Grille at Redlands Mesa.
Time: Tee-off 1 pm / Reception 6 pm
Location: Redlands Mesa Golf Course Community Clubhouse
Tickets: Golf and Reception $135.00, Reception only $50.00
Friday, September 17
Re-setting your Taste Buds: How the Components of Food and Wine Interact: Join Enologist Steve Menke during his seminar and learn how food and wine elements like acidity, fruitiness, sweetness, astringency, bitterness, and dominant flavors and spices can either match or fight each other. This seminar is designed to teach the methodology that will help attendees match foods and wines.
Time: 10:00am–12pm
Location: Wine Country Inn, Palisade, Colo.
Tickets: $49
Same grapes different wine!: Attendees will learn how to appreciate and understand the winemaker's touch by tasting wines made from the same grapes with different wine making techniques or wines made by different winemakers from the same grapes.
Time: 1:30pm–3:30pm
Location: Double Tree Hotel, Grand Junction, Colo.
Tickets: $49
Celebrity Chef Kelly Liken Evening Event: Join Chef Kelly Liken of Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail, CO, Iron Chef America and Bravo TV’s Top Chef D.C., as she demonstrates how she takes fresh seasonal ingredients and brings out the best flavors for every meal. In addition, Chef Liken will join guests for dinner following her demonstration.
Time:
4:00 pm: Liken reception at the DoubleTree Hotel begins for attendees of the cooking demo and/or dinner
4:30-5:30: Chef Kelly Liken Cooking Demo
6:00: Dinner with Chef Kelly Liken
7:30-9:30: Enstrom’s Chocolate and Wine Tasting
Location: DoubleTree Hotel, Grand Junction, Colo.
Tickets:
Chef Kelly Liken Cooking Demo: $50.00
Dinner with Chef Kelly Liken: $75.00
Enstrom’s Chocolate and Wine Tasting: $54.00
Package for all 3 events: $170.00
Enstrom's Chocolate & Wine Tasting: Event attendees savor a bountiful array of Colorado wines and ports paired with Enstrom’s Candies and Guittard Chocolate Company's super premium chocolates. This is an evening to remember from the first bite of exquisitely crafted milk, dark and white chocolates to tempting truffles, fruits and more.
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: DoubleTree Hotel, Grand Junction, Colo.
Tickets: $54
Saturday, September 18
17th Annual Tour de Vineyards: Tour de Vineyards is a 25-mile bicycle tour through the wine country and orchards of the Palisade area. Tour de Vineyard tickets do not include admission to the Festival in the Park.
Time: 7am
Tickets: $40
Tasting with Riedel Glass: Riedel brings 250 years of glassmaking skill to the finest wineglasses in the world. During this seminar’s guided journey, attendees taste how the flavors and aromas of wines are enhanced when a glass shape is designed according to the character of the wine. Participants take home four Riedel glasses retail valued at $116.00.
Time: 12:00pm–1:30pm
Location: Riedel Tent at Riverside Park
Tickets: $94
September 19
Introduction to Grape Growing: This is a seminar that gives an overview of growing wine grapes on a commercial scale, economics of the business, market forces, and a tour of the CSU vineyards.
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: CSU Agricultural Station
Tickets: $43
About Colorado Mountain Winefest
Thousands of wine lovers make the annual pilgrimage to Palisade, Colo., to sample a growing array of Colorado wines and participate in a variety of events, including winery tours, chef demonstrations, V.I.P. events and the always popular grape stomp. Colorado Mountain Winefest is the fundraiser for the trade organization of grape growers and winemakers of Colorado, the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (C.A.V.E.), a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. Join the Colorado Mountain Winefest conversation via Facebook (www.facebook.com/cowinefest), Twitter (@cowinefest) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/cowinefest) and learn more at www.ColoradoWinefest.com.