Summer / Fall 2008

Lake Tahoe Autumn Food & Wine Festival

The 23rd Annual Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival, co-presented by The Ritz-Carlton Club, Lake Tahoe, and Sunset Magazine, returns to the Sierra Nevada in all its culinary glory September 5th-7th all in the great outdoors at the new Village at Northstar™.

The annual event is designed for all ages and features popular, long-standing events, such as cooking and outdoor grilling classes with celebrity chefs, Blazing Pans Mountain Chef Cook-Off© (Iron Chef© style), vertical, portfolio and appellation premium wine and spirits tastings, kids' cooking classes, a grape stomp, kid's activities, winery dinners, a live wine auction and the Grand Tasting and Culinary Competition. Live music, dancing and evening gatherings around the outdoor fireplaces will be featured throughout the weekend along with alfresco wine and gourmet product tastings and special events at the Gourmet Marketplace in the Village at Northstar™.

This year's celebrity chefs include Joseph Keller of Yountville's Bouchon (California) and Bouchon and Bistro Zinc at Lake Las Vegas (Nevada); Lars Kromark of the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, California (winner of Chef of the Year from the Cordon d'Or, Gold Ribbon International Culinary Academy Awards); renowned Chef Douglas Dale of Wolfdale's, Tahoe City, Steven Jenkins, cheese expert, author and magazine contributor, of New York City; Master Sommelier Robert Bath M.S.; and Chef-Instructor Lara Ritchie of the Nothing to It Culinary Center, Reno (Nevada).

Event tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 1, and can be purchased by calling 888.229.2193 or by visiting www.tahoefoodandwine.com. North Lake Tahoe is a 45-minute drive from the Reno Tahoe International Airport, two hours from Sacramento International Airport and just over three hours from San Francisco International Airport.