Walton Arts Center's educational programs, which serve students all over the state of Arkansas, will get a boost from the nonprofit organization's 15th annual Art of Wine Festival June 11-13 in Fayetteville.
The festival kicks off June 11 with the Winemaker's Dinner onstage in Baum Walker Hall. This year's featured winemaker is Tatiana Nessier, of Alamos Winery, who will lead guests through flights of the Argentian vineyard's wine. Each flight will be paired with five courses of gourmet dishes prepared by CHEF, OF RESTAURANT. A silent auction will feature large format bottles of wine, in-home dinner parties and tickets to Walton Arts Center shows.
Art of Wine
What: Winemaker’s Dinner
When: 6 p.m. June 11
Tickets: $200
Attire: Cocktail
What: Uncorked: Friday Night Tasting
When: 7 p.m. June 12
Tickets: $80
What: Premier Tasting
When: 6 p.m.
Tickets: $150
Where: All events are at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville
Information: (479) 443-5600 or waltonartscenter.org
Next, the Uncorked: Friday Night Tasting will afford guests the opportunity to sample more than 400 wines from around the world and try tastes from area restaurants.
The festival finale, The Premier Tasting, will feature wines such as Opus One, Dom Perignon, Honig and Mondavi. Heavy hors d'oeuvres from area chefs will accompany the tasting.
Education programs the festival will help support include a series of performances tailored for specific age groups to help teach Arkansas history: Digging up Arkansas, for third- through fifth-graders; Bear State of Mind, for kindergarten through second-graders; Down the Dirt Road Blues, for middle- through high-schoolers and An Ozark Journey.
-- CARIN SCHOPPMEYER
NAN Our Town on 05/21/2015