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Enjoy boutique wines with select pairings of gourmet hors d’oeuvres and cheeses prepared by more than 15 of our region's finest chefs.
During the afternoon's festivities break away for short informative seminars highlighting Wine, Culinary, and Sensory Evaluation topics - all presented by our widely respected industry leaders... a wine & food lovers perfect adventure!
Wine & Food Pairings begin at 1:00pm sharp!
The premiere foodie event of the Sierra Foothills:
Seminars begin at 10:00am - no tasting allowed until 1:00pm - this will be strictly enforced! Enjoy our chefs international cuisine, fine specialty cheeses and delicious desserts while perusing the works of local artists and our exhibitor's gourmet-focused wares. Take home a pearl of wisdom and knowledge from our food, cheese and wine focused short seminars.
Guest artists from our own Arts of Bear Valley art co-operative invite you to stroll their "Continental Art Walk". Taste wine and cheese as you stroll the stage and admire your favorite artist's works of art!
Saturday 'Break-out' Seminars
10:00am Home Winemakers Round Table led by winemakers Scott Klann and Matt Hatcher. With your homemade bottle of wine in hand, our professional winemakers will critique your wine - problems, challenges, styles, our panel will answer your questions, one on one and exchange commentary and advice. Bring your notebooks and a bottle of your wine!
12:00pm Food and Wine presented by Yankee Hill Cooking School owner, Chef Ron Erickson.
1:15pm Food & Wine: A Sensory Explosion! presented by Sommelier Nicole Darracq, a.k.a. "The Wine Chick" will teach us how to create a sensory explosion! Learn how a food paired with one wine tastes absolutely delicious but when paired with another wine tastes disastrous! 2:30pm Dessert, Cheese & Wine... A Love Affair! presented by Cheesemonger Judy Creighton. A guide to selecting the perfect cheese & wine pairing for an elegant dessert. Cremes to Bleu, discover great wine choices that will end your meal with surprising fanfare!
Groups Welcome! Check out the local fanfare in celebration of this Winegrape and Gourmet event - chefs will be featuring their best dining specials, wineries will be 'all about gourmet' with food and wine pairing focused sales, shops will cater to food oriented activities - wine and food will be the weekends focus!
Pre-Sale Tickets online now at calaveraswines.org
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