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4-day fete celebrates food, wine on Maui
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The 2007 Kapalua Wine & Food Festival, one of the longest-running festivals of its kind in the United States, will be held tomorrow through Sunday at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua.
Master sommelier and host Fred Dame has assembled a cast of internationally known winemakers, sommeliers, chefs and industry insiders for a series of tastings, seminars and gala events. Bon Appétit and Michael Mina, San Francisco Magazine's 2005 Chef of the Year, will conduct a cooking demonstration. A seafood festival featuring Hawai'i's top chefs caps off the weekend's festivities on Sunday.
Cooking demonstrations with food samplings and wine pairings, wine tasting seminars and a winemaker dinner featuring rare wines are a few of the highlights.
Guests can experience "The Grand Tasting," with Spanish-inspired cuisine and more than 100 wines from around the world.
Eight master sommeliers will discuss featured wines:
Ticket prices:
Four-day admission: $750. Sold out.
Cooking demos, wine seminars: $125 per event.
A Rare Wines Winemaker Dinner: $450.
In the Kitchen with Michael Mina: $200.
Grand Tasting & Seafood Festival: $145.
Kapalua Wine Tour: $40.
For more information, call (866) 669-2440. To order tickets, go to www.kapalua.com.
