Tickets available at the door
Ticket holders enjoy all cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, food tastings, and wine tastings
An extravaganza of flavor! Enjoy amazing diversity as more than 40 of Arizona’s finest chefs and restaurant properties showcase their menus while over 200 wineries present their most current offerings.
{ Taste 40 Restaurants and 200 Wineries in 1 Day }
With your ticket to the Arizona Grand Tasting, savor an unforgettable afternoon of food & wine as more than 40 top Arizona restaurants present amazing cuisine while you sip from over 200 wineries. Come relax and enjoy the open air Scottsdale weather and lifestyle at SouthBridge.
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Your ticket to the Arizona Grand Tasting gets you access to an incredible lineup of cooking demonstrations by legendary celebrity chefs! Don't miss these international chefs as they help celebrate the 'uniquely Arizona' flavor along side our own famed Arizona chefs!
Kevin Binkley - Local expert of molecular gastronomy
Ming Tsai - Emmy Award-Winning Chef
Stephanie Izard - BRAVO's Season 4 Top Chef Winner
Tim Love - Award-Winning Chef
Chef Jacques Pépin - Culinary Legend
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Your ticket to the Arizona Grand Tasting lets you discover your inner-oenologist during wine seminars that will stir your senses and challenge your preconceptions at a variety of wine seminars ranging from a Syrah Showdown to a sommelier “Battle of the Sexes.” Eats3’s Arizona Grand Tasting promises to serve up the most irresistible and extraordinary flavors that define Scottsdale as an international culinary destination.
"One Man's Opinion³; The Anti-Seminar Seminar "
An amazing opportunity to taste and absorb first hand the diverse approaches to winemaking and business of three extremely opinionated legends: Donn Reisen, President of Ridge; Terrance Leighton, Owner/Winemaker of Kalin; and Bernard Retornaz, President of Louis Latour. Moderated by Jim Kopp, Marketing Director of Jackson Family Wines. Expect a highly charged exchange of wine, ideas and viewpoints (or, as Terry put it, "Iconoclastic Misadventure").
Syrah Showdown (and then some)
An Old World vs. New World tasting that will likely range well beyond syrah. John Larchet, owner of The Australia Premium Wine Collection, and Patrick Will, co-owner of Ex Cellars, pour some of the finest wines from Australia (Elderton, Pikes, Tir na N'og) and France (Guigal, Baumard, Philliponnat) while sharing valuable insights gleaned from their decades in the industry and jaunts across the globe. Moderated by Matt Rinn, general manager of Mosaic Restaurant in North Scottsdale.
“Chefs Favorite Wines, With Food Pairings”
Ever wonder what the chefs drink? And what fare they prepare to pair? Watch James Beard award winners Jacques Pépin, Chris Bianco, and Ming Tsai, Iron Chef victor Mark Tarbell, and special guest chefs as they discuss some of their favorite mainstream and obscure choices for wines and the food they choose to serve alongside. Moderated by Food & Wine Magazine Editor Michelle Shih.
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"Sommelier Battle of the Sexes"
Test your mettle tasting wine blind along with top Sommeliers as we explore the theory of which is truly the fairer sex when it comes to precision of the palate. Panelists include Chrystal Clifton (Palmina), Rajat Parr (Michael Mina), Magan Eng (Kunin), Greg Tresner (the Phoenician), Christie DuFault (Quince), Jesse Rodriguez (Addison), Sariya Jarasviroj Brown (Vin Divino), and Harry Root (Grassroots Wine). Moderated by Peter Kasperski (Spaghetti Western Productions).
