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Postcard from the Aspen Food & Wine Classic: Foodie heaven, celebrity chefs, spectacular scenery, and driverless cars
Jul 7, 2017 | 2:31 pm

A mountain view near Aspen.
Photo by Lonnie Schiller
When Houston restaurateur Lonnie Schiller attended the Aspen Food & Wine Classic he found that everywhere you look is a postcard.
If you sign up for all the events and seminars that are part of the festival you can dive pretty deep. Well-known chefs and restaurateurs such as Danny Meyer, Tim Love, Andrew Zimmern, Daniel Boulud, Jonathan Waxman, and many more are giving the talks. Within the tents and at some of the top hotels there are 40-plus sessions and demonstrations over the three days. Some examples: Wines for Zillionaires; What to Drink with Fried Chicken; Cab Franc - The Godfather Grape; Food of the Jedi; How to Sound Sophisticated When Drinking Beer (I made that one up). Tent tickets for all this over the three-day weekend go for $2,000, and it's limited to 5,000 people. There are other good food and wine festivals around the country but being in Aspen and having the pick of the best chefs and brands, and with a affluent foodies, all tickets are gone six months early.
Photo by Lonnie Schiller
If you sign up for all the events and seminars that are part of the festival you can dive pretty deep. Well-known chefs and restaurateurs such as Danny Meyer, Tim Love, Andrew Zimmern, Daniel Boulud, Jonathan Waxman, and many more are giving the talks. Within the tents and at some of the top hotels there are 40-plus sessions and demonstrations over the three days. Some examples: Wines for Zillionaires; What to Drink with Fried Chicken; Cab Franc - The Godfather Grape; Food of the Jedi; How to Sound Sophisticated When Drinking Beer (I made that one up). Tent tickets for all this over the three-day weekend go for $2,000, and it's limited to 5,000 people. There are other good food and wine festivals around the country but being in Aspen and having the pick of the best chefs and brands, and with a affluent foodies, all tickets are gone six months early.