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Autumn Food & Wine Festival
Friday, September 11 -
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Village at Northstar
24th Annual Celebration presented by The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club, Lake Tahoe, Sunset Magazine and the Northstar Foundation
Complete schedule of events, times & ticket prices will be available online July 8, 2009
CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR ADDITIONS TO THE FESTIVAL
Friday, September 11, 2009
Noon- 2:30pm
6th Annual Village Grapestomp featuring Baxter's Bistro Vineyard Luncheon
Village Center Ice Arena
Sign your team up for this hilarious annual event. Teams of four stomp their hearts out trying to extract the most juice from the grapes. Team entry fee includes grape stomping, wine tasting and lunch. Taste delicious wines from the Suisun Valley Wineries (included in lunch ticket price) or just come for lunch and watch the fun and listen to live music. Chef Mark Estee and his talented culinary staff will prepare an amazing luncheon. (Please note you must be 21 to participate in the grape stomp and wine tasting. Families with children are welcome to come for lunch and watch the stomp.)
4:00pm-7:00pm
Village Center
Live music, dancing, cocktails at the Cabana Bar, campfire, s'mores and shopping.
EVENING
Winery Dinners and Special Tasting Events at North Shore and Truckee Restaurants
Our restaurants and chefs celebrate Autumn Food & Wine Week with very special food and wine presentations. From simple tapas to multi-course winery dinners, the choices are endless. Participating restaurants will be announced. Please call your favorite restaurant directly for reservations, or call us for suggestions at 530-581-6900
Visit our restaurant pages under events and activities
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Village at Northstar
Gourmet Marketplace and Vendor Trade Fair - FREE
Village Center
Taste and buy from our local ranchers, growers and producers handcrafted gourmet goodies, artisan olive oils, and hard to find delicacies. Browse the artists market, the Tahoe Plein Air show, our vendors featuring incredible handmade jewelry, clothing, acessories; sip a glass of wine and relax to the live music all in the great outdoors in the center of the Village at Northstar
Marketplace Wine Tasting
Includes souvenir wine glass & 2 samples, additional tasting tickets available.
Join our renowned celebrity chefs, winemakers, distillers and presenters for a full day of cutting edge, informative and inspiring cooking demonstrations, hands-on cooking for the family, wine and spirits seminars, painting demonstrations, children's activities and more.
FREE EVENTS INCLUDE:
- Yakitori: The Fine Art of Japanese Grilling, Chef-Instructor Lars Kronmark, CIA, Napa
- Sustainable Seafood Cooking Demo - Chef John Ash, Sonoma, Ca
- Hands-on Pizza Grilling (2 Sessions) - Chef Lara Ritchie, Nothing to It, Reno
- Flower Pot Painting for Kids
- Cupcake Decorating for Kids
- Gourmet Marketplace and Vendor Fair
- Live Music: Guitar, Mandolin and Mandocello Master, Jim Steinke
- Strolling entertainers, face painters, balloon artists
- Fine Art Painting Demonstrations
- North Tahoe Plein Air Painting Event
- Artisan Jewelry, Clothing, Accessories Show and Sale
TICKETED EVENTS INCLUDE:
- Celebrity Chef Luncheon with star Chef Traci Des Jardins at Wild Goose Restaurant
- (2) Hands-on Sushi Rolling and Sake Pairing - Sushi Master Taro Arai, Mikunis at Northstar
- Baxter's Bistro from Pig to Pork Whole Hog Seminar, Demo, Tastings and Wine Pairings
- Charbay Annual Release Party - Tequila Blanco with Marko K. and The Tobasco Company Corporate Chef Jason Gronlund, direct from Avery Island, Louisiana
- Award Winning Inman Family Winery Pinot Noir Tasting - Kathleen Inman, Owner/Winemaker
- Chocolate Bar Heavenly Delights Chocolate Seminar & Tasting
- Silver Oak & Twomey Cellars, Raymond Cheesemongers Wine and Artisan Cheese Pairing Seminar. Wine expert Kim Caffrey, and renowned Cheesemonger, John Richmond.
- Blazing Pans Mountain Chef Cook-Off (tm) with Defending Chef Mike Trombetta and his yet unnamed challenger. Cocktails by Marko and Jenni K of Charbay Artisan Winery & Distillery
JUST WHAT IS BLAZING PANS???
Blazing Pans has become the signature event of Saturday’s festivities. A fierce, live cooking battle between the defending champion his new challenger, features a secret ingredient unveiled at the start of the competition. This is live entertainment at its best! Iron Chef (c) Style!
Dress up in costume, bring your finest cheering voice, noisemakers and a thirst for an ice-cold Charbay cocktail, hosted by Marko & Jenni Karakasevic, Charbay Winery & Distillery, St. Helena, CA. The party starts rolling when M.C. Chef Mark Estee announces, “Let’s get it on!”
EVENING:
6:30-8:30pm
Evening in the Village at Northstar
Enjoy the Gourmet Marketplace (until 7pm) and then kick back and gather around the fire pits with your friends and enjoy sunset in the Village. Make plans to attend the Sunday Culinary Competition and Grand Tasting. Explore the first rate restaurants located in the Village: Mikuni Sushi and Japanese Restaurant, Rubicon Pizza Company, casual gourmet-to-go at Earthly Delights, s'mores, and sweets from Eurosnak. All Village shops will be open until 7pm. Check with your favorite restaurant for individual closing times.
Winery Dinners and Special Tasting Events North Shore and Truckee Restaurants
Our restaurants and chefs celebrate Autumn Food & Wine Week with very special food and wine presentations. From simple tapas to multi-course winery dinners, the choices are endless. Participating restaurants will be announced. Please call your favorite restaurant directly for reservations, or call us for suggestions.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Village Center
1:00-4:00pm
Culinary Competition and Grand Tasting
Food and wine pairings, live music and dancing, gourmet marketplace, live wine auction, art show and raffles.
The grand finale to Autumn Food & Wine Weekend, the Grand Tasting, features the food and wine of 30 of the finest restaurants, caterers and chefs from the Lake Tahoe region, paired with premium world-class wineries. This is an incredible opportunity to sample the culinary and winemaking talents of the chef’s and wineries you always wanted to try, including Tahoe’s newest restaurants. The culinary offerings are over the top utilizing fresh seasonal ingredients prepared with the amazing skill of our chefs, perfectly paired with new and known wine finds.
You will also discover new wineries and sample their latest vintage or newest varietal during the Grand Tasting on Vineyard Row and at the Gourmet Marketplace - all under blue skies in the great outdoors at the new Village at Northstar. You must be minimum 21years of age to attend the Grand Tasting.
2:00-4:00pm
Live Wine Auction and Raffle
Always exciting, and peppered with buyers fever, the fast paced bidding for the famous Wheelbarrow of Wine, as well as spectacular wine and merchandise lots including premium, collectible, large format bottles is an annual ritual. Every wine poured at the Grand Tasting is included in the wheelbarrow. Lots may include trips, high end goodies for the kitchen, activity tickets, overnight stays and more. The bidding reaches a feverish pace as the gavel comes down for the final bid on the final lot.
The day comes to an end next to the outdoor fireplaces sipping a nightcap, listening to the live music, shopping at the Marketplace and and making plans to come back next year.
* Program subject to change.
Tickets available online July 8 at the following locations :
North Lake Tahoe Visitor Information Center
380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, CA 96145
530.581.6900
Grand Tasting tickets only are also available at:
North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce
969 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, NV 89451
775.831.4440
Nothing to It Culinary Center
225 Crummer Lane, Reno, NV 89502
775.826.2628
Lake Tahoe Autumn Food & Wine Festival is proud to partner with these fine companies:
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A fundraiser for the Community Fund of North Lake Tahoe, through the 501 © (3) Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation.
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