Sunday, December 20, 2009

2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival Creating Art and Culinary Enchantment

The 2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival, now in its fourth year, offers wine, art and abominable adventures for every aficionado and every pocketbook. From absurd art showcased in a 19-gallery bout and four alms auctions, to adorable cuisine featured at the festival's winemaker dinners, to the adventure of an circuit to a alluring resort, the Toast of Taos Wine Festival has it all. The accident will be captivated July 2-11, 2009 in the breathtaking boondocks of Taos, New Mexico in The Land of Enchantment's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Tickets for Toast of Taos contest ambit in amount from $25-$200 and can be purchased online or by calling (575)751-5811. The Toast of Taos Wine Festival brings all kinds of humans calm to accept a abundant time while acknowledging this appropriate community. This abundant accident is a appearance created by the humans of this absurd town I adulation creating august aliment for Lambert's, and the befalling to accomplice with these outstanding winemakers makes the acquaintance one I savor. I apperceive those who appear to the banquet will accept an outstanding dining experience. Gallery owners adulation the Toast of Taos Wine Festival atmosphere as visitors airing from arcade to arcade with wine glasses in hand. Every arcade presents a abundance to the senses.

-- The 2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival, now in its fourth year, offers wine, art and abominable adventures for every aficionado and every pocketbook. From absurd art showcased in a 19-gallery bout and four alms auctions, to adorable cuisine featured at the festival's winemaker dinners, to the adventure of an circuit to a alluring resort, the Toast of Taos Wine Festival has it all. The accident will be captivated July 2-11, 2009 in the breathtaking boondocks of Taos, New Mexico in The Land of Enchantment's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Tickets for Toast of Taos contest ambit in amount from $25-$200 and can be purchased online or by calling (575)751-5811.

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Foodies can flavor the adorable delights of a gourmet banquet at Sabroso or Graham's Grille accompanied by featured wines of Argentina and New Mexico's Casa Rondeña winery. Those gluttonous added accidental dining will ambition to analyze the Summer of Love Wine Tasting captivated at the KTAO Solar Center or accept banquet and a bottle of wine at the Old Blinking Light Restaurant. All wine and food events affection award-winning southwest wines alignment from ablaze and lovely, to big, bake-apple advanced reds, and aperitive white wines. "The Toast of Taos Wine Festival brings all kinds of humans calm to accept a abundant time while acknowledging this appropriate community. This abundant accident is a appearance created by the humans of this absurd town," says Michael Wagener, General Manager of The Old Blinking Light.

Beginning this year the Toast of Taos Wine Festival is aperture its doors to wine makers from about the world. Traditionally a lot of Toast of Taos wine maker dinners accept featured outstanding Southwest wines from New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma, but this year abounding of the wine festival's contest will aswell affection wines from about the world. The 2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival will antithesis its wine offerings by including Southwest wines as able-bodied as wines from California, South America and added accustomed apple wine appellations.

Outstanding New Mexico wines will highlight the Patron's Wine Dinner on July 3rd at Lambert's Restaurant, an elegant, award-winning, bounded favorite. Chef Ty Quintanilla's card includes allotment soup and Lambert's signature dish, pepper crusted loin of lamb with red wine demi-glace. This gourmet meal will be partnered with superb New Mexico red and white wines such as a brittle Sauvignon Blanc from Vivac Winery, a arresting Animante Port, and a adorable Viognier from Casa Rondena Winery. As Chef Quintanilla says, "I adulation creating august aliment for Lambert's, and the befalling to accomplice with these outstanding winemakers makes the acquaintance one I savor. I apperceive those who appear to the banquet will accept an outstanding dining experience."

Headlining the art offerings is the Art D'Vine Gallery Tour on July 10th. From 5-9 PM, 19 Taos art galleries will allure visitors to acquaintance their featured artists, abundant wines and aliment in anniversary gallery. A altered winery and bounded restaurant will action different tastings in anniversary of the 19 galleries. Rob Nightingale, buyer of Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, states, "Gallery owners adulation the Toast of Taos Wine Festival atmosphere as visitors airing from arcade to arcade with wine glasses in hand. Every arcade presents a abundance to the senses."

Famous alms agent Tom DiNardo will administer over the four abide and bashful auctions benefiting the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation. These fundraisers will be captivated at wine maker dinners featuring Lambert's Restaurant, Sabroso's Restaurant, and the Stakeout Grill and Bar. On July 11th the fourth and final Summer of Love Celebration and Gala Charity Auction will be captivated at the El Monte Sagrado Resort and Spa. Auction items affection art created by acclaimed Taos artists, accomplished and attenuate wines, and alien biking and dining experiences.

Since 2006 the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation has put on Toast of Taos Wine Festival to accession money for the acquirement of medical accessories for Holy Cross Hospital. This year the generated fundraising gain will abetment the hospital in paying for its new agenda mammogram machine. The generosity of Taos association association doesn't stop there: dozens of bounded businesses and individuals abutment this fundraiser with sponsorships, and hundreds of volunteers ensure that the Toast of Taos Wine Festival is abundant fun for all.

This year's Toast of Taos will be traveling on during the appointed 2009 Summer of Love events. The Summer of Love celebrates the 40-year celebration of the filming and consecutive absolution of Easy Rider, the cine attempt and edited by again Taos citizen Dennis Hopper.

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