High on the Hog

If you are free through April 4 and have an extra $1,000 lying around, you might want to load up the Escalade and drive up I-70 for the nineteenth annual Taste of Vail. The four-day event, featuring thirty chefs and fifty winemakers, will consist of a variety of tastings, classes, seminars and delicious gourmet meals. Chefs will try to wrangle the Colorado mainstay in the 5th Annual Colorado Lamb Cookoff, which will launch the event.

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From there you can attend one of the many seminars focused on culinary topics, including wine tasting and cigar and Grand Marnier tastings. On Friday night, there will be a live auction, and Saturday night will feature the Grand Tasting and Dinner Dance, which comprises what www.tasteofvail.com calls ‘the granddaddy of wine and food tastings.’ The website has a detailed list of events, special guests and prices.

A plethora of Vail’s own eateries will participate as well, including Grouse Mountain Grill, Restaurant Kelly Liken and Two Elk, which is situated as a gateway to China Bowl and Blue Sky Basin. For anyone who’s ever wondered if food tastes better at 11,000 feet, here is your chance to find out.
April 1-4, 2009