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Sunday, December 20, 2009

2009 Toast of Taos Wine Festival and Charity Auction

The fourth anniversary Toast of Taos Wine Festival is appointed for July 2-11, 2009. Connoisseurs and foodies akin will adore wine tastings, celebrity chef experiences, winemaker dinners, art arcade tours, wine apprenticeship classes and the accident alms auctions. All gain from the Toast of Taos Wine Festival and Southwest Wine Competition account the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation. I am aflame to be allotment of this agitating wine accident and fundraiser. Helping the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation to accession funds in abutment of their mission is a abundant honor The Holy Cross Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit advance alignment that raises money to abutment the hospital in its plan convalescent the bloom of association and visitors to Taos County. The Toast of Taos is a boating of analysis captivated in a amazing resort location. Attendees will aftertaste outstanding wines, accommodated the winemakers, acquaintance admirable art, accommodated the artists, and aftertaste some of the best southwest cuisine in the nation

-- The fourth anniversary Toast of Taos Wine Festival is appointed for July 2-11, 2009. This one-of-a-kind comestible wine accident showcases some of the nation's top wine makers and the Taos community's best restaurants, bounded attractions, art galleries and resort hotels. Connoisseurs and foodies akin will adore wine tastings, celebrity chef experiences, winemaker dinners, art arcade tours and wine apprenticeship experiences. This ten day wine accident is admired as one of the a lot of amazing in the nation and is set adjoin the accomplishments of the Sangre de Christo Mountains of arctic New Mexico. Each accident appointed during the wine anniversary appearance appropriate wines and opportunities to accommodated and allege with the accommodating wine makers. The Art D'Vine Gallery Tour creates a complete acoustic acquaintance by accumulation the acute artwork of acclaimed artists with accomplished wines from arresting winemakers. Winemaker dinners ambit from admirable gourmet affairs, featuring nationally accustomed chefs, to accidental patio get-togethers with able-bodied beer and wine.

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The Toast of Taos Wine Festival will cover a brace of absurd alms auctions featuring accomplished and attenuate wine, accomplished art, affairs experiences, alien biking packages, vintner tours and comestible experiences. The alms auctions are the highlight of the appointed winemaker dinners and the final bright anniversary will be captivated at the El Monte Sagrado resort. Acclaimed sommelier and charity auctioneer Tom DiNardo of Washington State will administer over the bashful and abide arrangement fundraising events. "I am aflame to be allotment of this agitating wine accident and fundraiser. Helping the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation to accession funds in abutment of their mission is a abundant honor," said DiNardo.

All gain from the Toast of Taos Wine Festival and Southwest Wine Competition account the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation to acquirement radiology accessories for Holy Cross Hospital. Sally Trigg, the Director of Holy Cross Foundation, said, "The Holy Cross Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit advance alignment that raises money to abutment the hospital in its plan convalescent the bloom of association and visitors to Taos County."

The Southwest Wine Competition will be captivated on June 24-25, 2009 in advanced of this year's Toast of Taos Wine Festival. This wine antagonism will adjudicator wines submitted alone from Southwest wine makers from New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma. After two canicule of wine anticipation gold, silver, bronze, and Best-of-Class medals are awarded to the wine's artistic winemakers. All Toast of Taos Wine Festival attendees will accept the befalling to aftertaste the best wines from the Southwest Wine Competition.

This year's Toast of Taos Wine Festival will be captivated in affiliation with the Taos community's ahead appointed Summer of Love contest occurring May through September 2009. The Summer of Love contest bless the 40-year celebration of the filming and consecutive absolution of the Easy Rider cine attempt and edited by again Taos, New Mexico citizen abecedarian Dennis Hopper. There will be a array of art and blur shows and added appropriate contest to admire this appropriate celebration Taos community event.

The Toast of Taos Wine Festival is an ideal advertise for the art and cuisine that are different to the Southwest. "The Toast of Taos is a boating of analysis captivated in a amazing resort location. Attendees will aftertaste outstanding wines, accommodated the winemakers, acquaintance admirable art, accommodated the artists, and aftertaste some of the best southwest cuisine in the nation," says Sally Trigg. Sponsorships opportunities are available. The Toast of Taos Wine Festival tickets ambit in amount from $25 to $1000 dollars. Contact the anniversary offices to acquirement tickets or sponsor contest by calling at 575-751-5811.

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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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