Apr 20, 2010

Northern Nevada farm-to-plate event - Excellent!

From my mailbox to you:

Fallon hosts the perfect stay vacation for Northern Nevadans with the introduction of Tractors & Truffles, a small farm agriculture and arts event, Saturday, April 24.

The full-day event will include farm tours, wine tasting, gourmet dining and a live music performance.

Highlighting the event is a four-course dinner with wine pairing prepared by a team of award-winning chefs, including Steve Hernandez of the Slanted Porch, Mark Davis, Cordon Bleu, and Ryan Scott, Bravo's Top Chef Chicago. The gourmet dinner will be served at historic Oats Park, and it will include locally-grown beef, produce and wine from Northern Nevada farms.

The event begins with lunch and a tour of Lattin Farms, known regionally for its corn maze and on-farm bakery. The fifth-generation family farm celebrated 100 years of farming in 2009.

Wine tasting and a tour of Churchill Vineyards, Nevada's only estate winery, will follow lunch. Churchill Vineyards grows ten different varieties of fine European wine grapes and is considered a pioneer in Nevada's wine and viticulture industry. Father and son Charlie and Colby Frey established the winery on the fourth-generation farm in 2001.
Blues Music Award winner and country blues artist Rory Block, provides a nightcap to the event with a performance in Barkley Theater, considered the finest small performing arts house in Nevada.

Block has won five WC Handy Blues Music Awards, and according to the Blues Foundation, she is widely regarded as the top female interpreter and authority on traditional country blues worldwide.

"Tractors & Truffles showcases two of Fallon's greatest assets - its small farm agriculture industry and the vital and eclectic arts scene," said Rick Gray, executive director of the Fallon Convention and Tourism Authority and producer of the new event.

Tickets for the event are $100 and can be purchased by calling toll free 1-866-432-5566. More information is available at http://www.tractorsandtruffles.com/

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