Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
April 05, 2007 issue
2007 Blue Ridge Wine Festival Schedule of Events
Thursday
Commercial Winery Competition
Meadowbrook Inn
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
FREE!
VIP Charity Reserve Gala
Chetola Resort
6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
$50
Friday
Cooking Classes with Suzie Blanchard
Crippen’s Country Inn & Restaurant
10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
$25
Pairing Wine with Cheese and Fruit Seminar
Maple Lodge
11:00 a.m., 1:00 & 3:00 p.m.
FREE!
Pairing Wine with Chocolate Seminar
The Village Inn
11:00 a.m., 1:00 & 3:00 p.m.
FREE!
Evaluating the Scents & Flavor of Wine
Inn at Ragged Gardens
11:00 a.m., 1:00 & 3:00 p.m.
FREE!
Viticulture Seminar
Hillwinds Inn
Time TBA
FREE!
Amateur Winemaker Competition
Meadowbrook Inn
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
FREE!
Gallery Stroll
Downtown Blowing Rock
5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
FREE!
Winemakers’ Dinners
Click to www.blueridgewinefestival.com for details
7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Prices vary per restaurant
Saturday
Grand Cru Wine Tasting
Chetola Resort
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
$20 in advance/$30 day of the event
Fire on the Rock Chef’s Challenge
Hayes Performing Arts Center
10:00 a.m., 12:00 & 2:00 p.m.
$5 per contest
High Country Writers Book Fair
Green Park Inn
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
FREE!
Sunday
Champagne Brunch
Canyons, 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Blowing Rock Grille, time TBA
Jackson Dining Room at the Broyhill Inn, 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Prices vary per restaurant
Commemorative Performance
Featuring Fred German & The Jazz Y’all Stars
Hayes Performing Arts Center
2:00 p.m.
$10 in advance/$15 at the door
Sunday Night Jazz
Meadowbrook Inn
6:30 p.m.
FREE!