Savor Dallas: Explore International Wine, Food, Spirits, and the Arts

The festivities don’t have to end with the holidays. Keep Christmas, New Year, and Valentine’s cheer, but decompress from the stress of the season’s spending. Indulge your spirit by treating yourself to a weekend of epicurean delights at Savor Dallas. Thursday, February 16th through Sunday, February 18th, the Wyndham Anatole and the Arts District play host to seminars, tastings, cooking demonstrations, exhibits, and the perfect accompaniment – jazz. After last year’s stellar turnout, the affair returns, encoring popular events and adding a few new twists.

The weekend kicks off with Savor Dallas Wine Dinners. Visiting winemakers partner with more than two dozen local restaurants. Intimate dinners pair the perfect vintage with to-die-for dishes, making a great belated Valentine’s date. Before dinner, mingle at one of Thursday’s cultural events. The African American Museum in Fair Park will add jazz, wine, and scrumptious eats to its backdrop of beautiful exhibits. Latin Jazz and caliente cocktails mix at the “Sizzling South of the Border Celebration” in the Latino Cultural Center.

It’s hard to pick just one of Friday’s choices. You might try it all: wine seminars and cooking demos with the professionals during the day, and parties at night. The evening offers a wine stroll through the Crow Collection of Asian Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Myerson Symphony Center. Serious oenophiles may opt instead for a reserve tasting of the finest pours, drinking ultra premium wines and spirits from the finest crystal. The highlight of the weekend, though, promises to be Mo?t & Chandon’s Bubbles ‘N Jazz. The event salutes the winners of the 2006 Lone Star Awards. As you sip champagne, professionals in Wine, Cuisine, Spirits, and the Arts will be honored for outstanding achievements. Grammy winner David Sanborn and his band will play into the night.

Sleep in Saturday if you must, but expert-guided wine and spirit tastings will continue. Dean Fearing of The Mansion on Turtle Creek and Stephen Pyles of Dragonfly join other celebrity chefs for cooking demonstrations. The evening holds the jewel of the weekend – the International Grand Tasting. Over 500 premium wine, spirits, and beers will be up for tasting, as well as samples from more than 50 of the finest restaurants in Dallas. If you’ve still got energy, mix with the chefs at the Texas Outlaws After Party. Hot barbecue, cold brews and Texas tunes usher out the long weekend.

Savor Dallas
Schedule of Events

Thursday, February 16, 2006
by reservation Restaurant Wine Dinners – locations TBA
6 p.m.- 8 p.m. “Sizzling South of the Border Celebration” at the Latino Cultural Center ($50 per person)
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. African American Museum Event ($50 per person)

Friday, February 17, 2006
12 p.m.- 4 p.m. Seminars, Tastings, Cooking Demos, & Exhibits at the Wyndham Anatole ($50 per person, per seminar)
4 p.m.- 7 p.m. Arts District Wine Stroll ($40 per person)
6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. Reserve Tasting ($125 per person)
8 p.m.- 11 p.m. Bubbles N’ Jazz with David Sanborn
($110 per person, $800 for a table of 8)

Saturday, February 18, 2006
10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Wine and Spirits Tastings at the Wyndham Anatole
10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Cooking Demos with Star Chefs ($50 per person, per demo)
7 p.m.- 10 p.m. International Grand Tasting (tasting + after party: $100 per person)
10 p.m.- 1 a.m. Texas Outlaws After Party

All-Day Saturday Package ($275 pp) includes: 5 seminars or demonstrations, International Grand Tasting Party, and After Party

Savor Dallas Weekend Package ($450 pp) includes: Art Stroll, Bubbles N’ Jazz,
5 seminars or demonstrations, International Grand Tasting Party, and After Party