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A Taste of What’s to Come
Issue: October - 2022
Oh, the choices! Highlands Food & Wine Festival is offering a pair of delicious new options.
When the 7th annual Highlands Food & Wine Festival takes place from November 10-13, the little town will be transformed into a culinary showcase. At events throughout Highlands, celebrity chefs will seduce the taste buds of hundreds of attendees and esteemed wineries will charm the palates of wine aficionados. New to the weekend schedule is a wine tasting on Friday, November 11 from 4:00 to 5:30 at the Skyline Lodge. Billed as a tour of the major wine growing regions of France, the event will highlight the wines of importer Vineyard Brands. Founded by Robert Haas in 1971, the company has as impressive a blue blood resumé as one could ever find in the world of fine wine. Leading the tasting will be Vineyard Brands’ Vice President Olivier Lotterie, who will illuminate, explore and taste with attendees the wines of five legendary wineries: Champagne Delamotte Brut; Founded in Reims in 1760 by vineyard owner Francoise Delamotte, the house joined forces with the enigmatic Champagne Salon in 1988. Bursting with aromas of peach and freshly baked bread, the wine is a fleshy, giving wine with fine mousse. Domaine de Berthiers Pouily Fume: Formerly owned by one of Loire’s most notable personalities, Jean Claude Dagueneau, the Domaine is now part of Domaine Fournier. Full-bodied and rich, the wines exhibit the spicy smoky nuances of the Sauvignon Blanc varietal. Liger Belair Moulin A Vent Vieille Vignes; For 250 years, the Liger-Belair family has been passing down the tradition of winemaking. Deep, intense and explosive with savory herbs, licorice and graphite adding complexity to the dark fruit, the Moulin a Vent is a wine to savor. Maison Les Alexandrins Crozes Hermitage: Known for producing North Rhone wines that are classic expressions of the region. Deemed by one reviewer to have “as much fine tannin as it does richness,” the wine has a stack of ripe, black cherry fruit. Chateau La Gaffeliere Dame de Gaffeliere St Emilion: This is the second wine of classified growth Château la Gaffelière. Dominated by Merlot, the wine has weight as well as a rich, velvety texture supporting the powerful black fruits Just added to the lineup – Tarpon Cellars is joining Oysters Carolina for a tasting of oysters and wine at the Highlander Mountain House on Saturday from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. Tickets to both events are $65 per person. To sign up for either event, and to stay abreast of news from Highlands Wine and Food, visit highlandsfoodandwine.com
