Cool local tasting July 26

Busy day here, but I wanted to pass this along, as it sounds like a great event featuring local food and wines. (NOTE: Reservations required.) Here's the press release, verbatim:

CINCINNATI (June 25, 2007) – Enjoy a wine tasting where the American wine industry was born. Join the Nutrition Council to celebrate the best food, art and wine the Tristate has to offer at the Taft Museum of Art on Thursday, July 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Nicholas Longworth, who lived in the house that is now the Taft in the 1850s, is known as the Father of American Grape Culture. He is credited with planting the first commercial vineyards in the country. It’s fitting that during Celebrating Local Treasures: Food, Art, and Wine guests can sample locally produced wine in the gardens where his vineyards flourished.

The evening will feature a wine tasting with wines from two local award-winning wineries – Kinkead Ridge, from Ripley, Ohio and Burnet Ridge in North College Hill. Learn more about how wines are made from the people who know. Signed bottles of wine will be available as part of a silent auction.

Fresh local produce will be highlighted in the evening’s fare prepared by the Taft Museum’s executive chef Mark Bowers. Sample locally produced cheeses, breads and confections.

Cost for this event is $50. Reservations are required. For tickets and information call the Nutrition Council at (513) 621-3262 or order online at http://www.nutritioncouncil.org. The ticket price includes parking, admission to the Museum, and the special exhibition Hiram Powers: Genius in Marble.

Proceeds benefit the Taft Museum of Art and the Nutrition Council.

The Taft Museum’s Café is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For reservations, please call (513) 352-5140. For more information and a current menu, please visit www.taftmuseum.org/cafe.htm.

The Nutrition Council is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has served Greater Cincinnati since 1974. Their mission is to promote healthy lifestyles in Greater Cincinnati through nutrition education, physical activity programs, and community partnerships.
The Taft Museum of Art is at 316 Pike St., in downtown Cincinnati. The Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $8, $6 for seniors over 60 and students and free to everyone on Wednesday. Children under 18 are free. Free onsite parking is available. The Café is open for lunch Tuesday through Saturday.