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Beaver Creek Wine & Spirits Festival Entertains, Educates August 7-9

* National and local culinary talent take up residence in Beaver Creek for the three day festival * Winners of San Francisco International Wine Competition and San Francisco World Spirits Competition will be featured

EDT Aug. 1, 2008
Source: Market Watch

BEAVER CREEK, Colo., Aug 01, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- For one weekend in August, Beaver Creek is host to a plethora of potent potables during the Beaver Creek Wine & Spirits Festival, August 7-9, 2008. This annual festival features culinary demonstrations, a wine auction that benefits local charities and a variety of opportunities to indulge in the finer things in life.
The Beaver Creek Wine & Spirits Festival features world-famous celebrity chefs from around the world including: Michael Cimarusti, Providence, Los Angeles; Joseph Manzare, Globe and Zuppa, San Francisco; Marco Stabile, Ora D'Aria Ristorante, Florence, Italy and Christoph Wagner from Rud-Alpe, Lech, Austria. In addition to the guest chefs, the culinary talents of locals Pascal Coudouy and Francois Millet, Bivans Restaurant; Mark Ferguson, Spago; Jay McCarthy, Beaver Creek Chophouse; David Walford, Splendido and Riley Romanin, Foxnut will be featured.
"The Beaver Creek Wine & Spirits epitomizes the best in wine, spirits, and food," says Tony O'Rourke, Executive Director of the Beaver Creek Resort Company. "We have an amazing lineup of guest chefs, as well as the winners of the San Francisco Wine and Spirits Competition. If you're interested in learning more about and enjoying great wine or cuisine, this is the weekend to visit Beaver Creek."
The Vail Valley Wine Auction has moved to Beaver Creek and is now part of Beaver Creek's Wine & Spirits Festival. The Eighth Annual Wine Auction will take place on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 6 p.m. at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa. Proceeds from the evening will benefit local charities including the Bright Future Foundation, the Culinary Institute at Colorado Mountain College, and the Vail Valley Rotary Clubs.
The event consists of a five-course wine pairing dinner attracting an all- star lineup of chefs. The silent and live auctions feature upscale and rare wines from a spectrum of wineries around the world as well as from the personal cellars of discriminating connoisseurs. The live auction also offers a rare opportunity to bid on custom vacation packages including a ski or hiking trip to Beaver Creek's sister Resort in Lech-Zurs, Austria, a VIP wine and cultural trip to Florence, Italy, an exclusive getaway to a private home at Hawaii's Four Seasons, a one-of-a-kind wine trip to California, a racing and wine experience at the Moto GP in Estoril, Portugal, and an adventure to Argentina's wine country.
Executive Director and founder of the San Francisco International Wine Competition and the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Anthony Dias Blue, will be in residence during the Wine & Spirits Festival. He brings with him the Double Gold Medal Winners from the competitions; guests of the festival will be able to sample these winners and learn more about both wine and spirits. Dias Blue is recognized world-wide as a leading food, wine, travel and spirits authority.
Other activities during the weekend include: "Fly Fish/Eat Fish"; the Culinary Demo Series; "Best Of" Wine Dinner; cooking classes; "Walk and Wine"; cocktail seminars and the "Best Of" walk around wine tasting.
Fast Facts: 36: Total different types of wine and spirits featured during the weekend Elk Hair Caddis: Type of fly likely to be used during the "Fly Fish/Eat Fish" event 6: Total number of countries that one could visit by bidding on live auction items at the Vail Valley Wine Auction 723: approximate number of glasses used during the "Best Of" walk around wine tasting. 1,236: approximate number of feet in altitude that one could gain during the "Walk and Wine" event.