Ski Resorts in Summer: Food & Wine Classic
6/11/2008 at 12:17 PM
Tags: Ski-Resorts-in-Summer, Food Travel, Wine Travel (all tags)
The Food & Wine Classic, takes place this weekend in the swellest mountain town in the USA, Aspen, Colorado. It's the Art Basel of American cuisine, a place where you can sample some of the country's finest wines, attend a "Future of Flavor" seasoning seminar by high cuisine juggernaut McCormick and steal away to the US Open viewing lounge to gripe to other dudes about how all you want to do is play some golf and get away from your wife and her drunk friends.
Beginning this Friday afternoon, there are some really quality events such as the Sam Adams beer pairing with food and a documentary about Spanish wine country held at the Aspen Opera House. (We're pretty sure Aspen is the only ski town with an opera house.)
Food & Wine says the weekend is a way to experience the magazine in 3-D. Rightfully so, the event is a like showing up at a high-brow 6-star luxury Sizzler, with a major amount of corporate schilling, too.
The actual event is sold out--at the cost of $1,050 per person--but that shouldn't stop you from showing up and attending all the side events. If you're feeling dashing, you can try to sneak into one of the numerous gala events that raise money for sustainable farming and other positive social and cultural efforts. If you're a Food Network groupie or celebrity chef star-fucker this is your mecca.
Related Stories:
· Food & Wine Classic [Official Site]
&3183; Ski Resorts in Summer coverage [Jaunted]
· Food Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Italian Food Lovers]
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