Pour Decisions: Breckenridge Wine Classic Announces Tickets
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One of the world’s highest-altitude wine festivals celebrates its 10th anniversary on August 22-24 with ticket on sales today
BRECKENRIDGE (March 5, 2024) - The picturesque Breckenridge Wine Classic returns this August for its 10th anniversary with high-altitude hikes paired with somm-curated lunches, food-and-beverage-focused adventures with beloved Colorado personalities and sommeliers, and an unparalleled Grand Tasting experience at 9,600’ on August 22-24, 2024. Tickets for Breckenridge Wine Classic, one of the world's highest-altitude wine festivals, go on sale today, March 5.
“Breckenridge Wine Classic should be a bucket list item for every one that’s part- epicurean, part-mountain lover,” said Breckenridge Wine Classic Festival Events and Marketing Director Kristen Slater. “You’re surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, under the Colorado sun, indulging in world-class wines - there’s no better way to spend a weekend.”
The Breckenridge Wine Classic, produced by Colorado-based Team Player Productions, is a three-day festival anchored by the two-day Grand Tasting. In addition to unique seminars, activations and wine dinners planned by world-class sommeliers, more than 100 wineries, breweries, distilleries, and epicurean purveyors descend into Breckenridge at this ultimate food, wine, and sensory experience.
The 2024 Breckenridge Wine Classic, celebrating its 10th year, includes:
The Grand Tasting, Friday, Aug. 23 and Saturday, Aug. 24: The Classic’s Grand Tasting features an impressive selection of hundreds of domestic and international wines, premium craft beer and spirits, alongside live music and endless small bites. In an effort to provide a truly intimate tasting experience for patrons, there will be three sessions of the Grand Tasting. Each session features the same beverages and samples. General admission tickets are $99, and early access tickets are $119, which includes early access 30 minutes prior to general admission and a commemorative glass.
Pairings & Seminars, all weekend: Ticketed wine experiences play into a variety of interests and activities. You could take a hike with beloved Colorado meteorologist and founder of Approachable Outdoors, Kylie Bearse followed by a paired lunch at a standout Breckenridge restaurant, learn the basics of wine pairing with SommSchool Founder Kellie Martin, and more.
Wine dinners, Thursday, Aug. 22: Expertly curated wine dinners and paired lunches will be held at local top dining restaurants across Breckenridge with Master Sommeliers and winemakers. Restaurants so far include Carboy Winery, Radicato and Hearthstone Restaurant.
“Whether you want to learn about wine alongside the best of the best, get outside with your friends for an indulgent afternoon or just want to experience the Grand Tasting in all its splendor, there’s a place for you at Breckenridge Wine Classic,” said Slater.
More details regarding the seminars and events will be released closer to the festival. Volunteer applications will open in June.
Media interested in attending, please fill out the media credential form.
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About Breckenridge Wine Classic
The Breckenridge Wine Classic pairs wine with adventure, from August 22-24, 2024. The Rocky Mountain region’s premier wine and food festival, the Breckenridge Wine Classic showcases wines from around the world throughout a weekend of tastings, seminars and demonstrations created with food and wine in mind. Full-fledged foodies and everyday wine drinkers alike are invited to join master sommeliers and culinary greats in beautiful Breckenridge, Colo. to enjoy more than 100 different wine, beer and spirit samples. The Breckenridge Wine Classic is produced by Team Player Productions, the architects of the Vail Craft Beer Classic and Denver Burger Battle, among others. For more information, including a full schedule of events, visit https://breckenridgewineclassic.com or follow @BreckWineClassic on Instagram and @BreckenridgeWineClassic on Facebook.
About Team Player Productions
Founded more than 25 years ago in Denver, Team Player Productions (TPP) has produced and managed more than 400 events around the country, raising more than $2 million for its various nonprofit partners. TPP has created and continues to produce beloved annual events including Vail Wine Classic, Breckenridge Wine Classic and Vail Craft Beer Classic, and adopted others, such as Denver Burger Battle and Boulder Creek Festival. The company was also the originator of events including Taste of Fort Collins, Steamboat Wine Festival and Park City Food & Wine Classic. TPP consults and produces events for a portfolio of clients as well, such as Goose Island Beer Co., Blue Point Brewing Co., Great Divide Brewing Company, Odell Brewing Company, Red Bull, City of Centennial, Anheuser-Busch, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and City of Littleton. For more information, visit TPPEvents.com, or follow @TPPEvents on Facebook and @TeamPlayerProductions on Instagram.