December 10, 2011 be in Ouray Colorado for the 3rd Annual Wine & Chocolate Fest – a fun filled evening filled with local wines, chocolates and other decadent delights! The Ouray Community Center will have live music and dancing, featuring the Chameleon Ensemble, a local quartet, who will be paying Celtic and Chamber music. The
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Plan to visit the Western Slope on December 3, 2011 for a holiday tour outside of Hotchkiss, Colorado. Taste great wines, sample a little good food and meet the wine makers and farmers. It the perfect time to stock up on gifts and goodies for the holidays! Take the tour, visit all three stops and
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Come enjoy Wednesday evenings in September and October at the Ridge Street Wine and Breckenridge Cheese and Chocolate. FREE cheese assortment and tapanades. Fun, interesting and delicious wines by the glass or 1/2 glass. Budget friendly way to get out with friends, socialize and try some great new wines. Wherever you are in the area,
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The first annual Harvest Festival is Saturday August 27th, 2011 during regular Montrose Farmer’s Market hours, with special emphasis on GARLIC. Chefs from area restaurants, Simmer Wine & Food and Damiano’s, both located on Main Street in Downtown Montrose, and Smokelicked Seasonings, located at the Montrose Farmers Market, will hold food demonstrations with samples and
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It’s the 11th Annual Blue Sage Chili Cook-Off at Mountain Harvest Festival!!  Whether you’re a chili-cook, a chili-eater, or simply want more of the Paonia Mountain Harvest Festival fun – you must check this event out.  All chili will be available for tasting in the park on September 23rd, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 
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Barbeque chefs will compete for a chance at a $3,000 grand prize in the Colorado State BBQ Championships in Craig, Colorado this August 25 to 27, 2011, at Loudy-Simpson Park. Chefs compete in four meat classes: chicken, ribs, pork and brisket. Competitors and attendees alike enjoy the live music, various vendors and beautiful scenery that
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Come to Georgetown on September 17th to celebrate the end of summer with the annual Georgetown Dutch Oven Cook-Off. Teams compete to make the best Miner’s Stew, Dutch Oven Bread, Beer and Brats and Rocky Mountain Cobbler. Come and taste all the fixin’s or enter the cooking competition. There will be live music, entertainment and
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If you want to end the summer season right, and welcome fall – be in Boulder Colorado on September 5, 2011 for the 14th Annual Chili Inferno Cook Off.  What is the Chili Inferno? The name says it all! Local and surrounding restaurants, cooking schools, personal chefs and citizens share their cooking skills and favorite
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Crested Butte Arts Festival Culinary Events will take place August 6th – 7th, 2011. The 39th annual Crested Butte Arts Festival will offer expanded culinary programming after a highly successful inaugural year. “Art of the Ride” will kick things off on Aug. 6th with a guided, two-hour mountain bike ride with Dave Wiens and Doug
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Crested Butte, Colorado, is home to one of the nation’s top arts festivals. Now in its 39th year, the Crested Butte Arts Festival features incredible art, fantastic cuisine, exhilarating entertainment, artist demonstrations, chef demonstrations, children’s activities and an art auction. There’s something for everyone at the Festival, where surrounding beauty, artistic talent, and appreciative patrons
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