The Spirit World

More than 50 wineries will participate in the highly anticipated food and wine festival, Taste of Vail.  Over four days in April, wine connoisseurs and budding aficionados will taste new varietals and learn from the winemakers themselves.  Numerous educational seminars, entertaining dinners and the après ski wine tasting event will allow engaging interaction with the winemakers introducing their latest and finest wines.

Held over one of the last ski weekends of the season at the top ski resort in America, Taste of Vail is a true epicurean adventure.  Gary Eberle of Eberle Winery has been an integral part of Taste of Vail for 18 years, and has always appreciated the festival’s support.  He says, “Winemakers tend to be skiers, and it is such a great event where you could get winemakers to show up because we can ski and sell wine, and it’s a natural.  There are great restaurants and everything you need to make a great event, all in Vail.”

Unlike other wine and food festivals, Taste of Vail has always emphasized the importance of the winemaker attending and interacting with guests, Mr. Eberle comments, “So many of the events have the marketing representatives, but at Vail, it’s the owner or winemaker and the committee has been good at enforcing that.  So a guest actually sits down with the person who made the wine or who owns the winery.  And I think that makes this a very special event that I will go out of my way to get to.”

Kicking off with a lamb cook-off competition on April 1st and closing with the Grand Tasting and Dinner Dance on April 4th, Taste of Vail offers something for everyone.  An all inclusive pass allows access to all seminars, dinners and tastings.  Alternatively, a guest can select a few seminars from $30 to $50 a ticket or attend the Grand Tasting for $175 where winemakers present their finest wines and chefs create their most savory dishes.
Participating wineries for Taste of Vail 2009 include the following.  Please visit tasteofvail.com for more information:
Adelsheim Vineyard
Alexander Valley Vineyard
Bacio Divino Cellars
Baileyana
Bennett Lane
Brassfield Estates
Branham Estate Wines
Camellia Cellars
Canyon Wind
Capiaux Cellars
Castello delle Regine
Champagne Henriot
Champagne Nicholas Feuillatte
Cliff Lede
Domaine Drouhin
Craft Distillers
Chalkhill
Duckhorn Vineyards
Eberle Winery
Etude
Flowers Winery
Grgich Hills Estate
HDV
Hendry Wines
Justin Vineyards and Winery
Klinker Brick
La Crema Winery
Lambert Bridge Winery
Landmark Vineyards
Louis Latour
MARGERUM WINE CO.
Matanzas Creek Winery
Miner Wines
O’Shaughnessy Winery
Pahlmeyer
Paraiso Vineyards
Peak Spirits
Peju Province Winery
Pride Mountain Vineyards
Quivira Vineyards and Winery
Ramey Wine Cellar
Russian Hill Wines
Saracina Winery
Schramsberg Vineyards
Schweiger Vineyards & Wineries
Silver Oak Cellars
St. Supéry Vineyards & Winery
Tandem Winery
Terre Rouge and Easton Wines
Truchard Vineyard and Winery
Von Strausser Winery
Williams Selyem
ZD Wines
Z Mor