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ASPEN: Food & Wine Classic

I just got back from an Aspen Business Luncheon with Food & Wine Publisher and Vice President Christina Grdovic. She was an excellent, fast-paced speaker, and her talk really got me jazzed about the upcoming weekend! Even though I don’t have passes to the actual events, there’s plenty for me to do … ASPEN magazine,…

Austin Food & Wine Festival

… just another way Austin and Aspen are uniquely synchronized: The Austin Food & Wine Festival C3 Presents with Chef Tyson Cole, Chef Tim Love & Jesse Herman are creating the Austin Food & Wine Festival March 30-April 1, 2012 in locations throughout Austin. It is presenting sponsor Food & Wine (yep, the same as…

Austin: For Japan

A couple of really cool events coming up benefit Japan. Here’s a rundown: Wine for the Win TRIO will donate 50% of the total revenue of all wine bottles sold now through Wednesday, March 30 to the Red Cross to aid in Japan’s emergency relief efforts. The wine promotion applies to every bottle of wine…

Austin: Top Texas Wines

I love wine, and I love wine from Texas.With more than 215 wineries, Texas is the fifth-largest wine producing state and seventh-largest grape producer. In the first-ever Texas Sommelier Tasting, nearly a dozen sommeliers and wine experts blind tasted more than 100 Texas wines to select their favorites. The cool thing about Texas wines is…

Austin: Fall Frommage Fest at French Legation

Love cheese? Love wine? Love Texas? Are those even questions? Hit up a free event celebrating the preservation project currently underway at the French Legation, a non-profit historic house museum and the oldest wood-frame structure and home in Austin. Head to The French Legation Museum Wednesday November 10th from 5:30 – 7pm for incredible Austin cheese creations…

Texas Wines Win!

Being a Texan is an admittedly huge part of my identity. My state pride may or may not be larger than my national pride, so naturally I MUST tell you that Texas wines are winning! I received a press release on Texas wines winning, and I got really excited. Upon further inspection it turns out…

Austin: Free Bottle of Wine …

… with the purchase of two lunches or dinners at Fogo de Chao on Wednesdays all summer. Ironically, you’ll choose between two Chilean wines from Casa Lapostolle, the Merlot (2005) or the Cabernet Sauvignon (2007). Fogo de Chao is a Brazilian steakhouse. But hey, it’s all South American! And it’s really the perfect excuse to…

Aspen: Um, duh? Food & Wine Classic Weekend

It’s this weekend, kids. If you didn’t have the $1,185 to buy the big tickets, or even the $295 to buy a 1-day pass (steal! if that’s your cup of tea anyway), you can still enjoy the Food & Wine melee with the rest. Word on the street is that there are over 100 private…

Austin: Memorial Day Weekend’s What to Do

FareCompare had me write a Guest Post on what to do for Memorial Day Weekend. Part of it is excerpted below, and I’ve got two more shindigs added to the bottom of the list: Memorial Day weekend in Austin means one thing: the lake. Austin’s hot summers call for long days spent in and on…

Aspen: Plastics Make Food & Wine Possible?

Honestly, this is probably the number one thing people said to me as I started talking about being in Aspen for part of the summer — “Oh, are you going to Food & Wine?” Well, no. Hopefully we can spring for a locals’ tasting, or at least hit up a cool afterparty. Unless, of course,…