Putting the relationship back into wine
Serious Wine. Amazing Food. Great Music.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Nov. 12-14, 2020
11am - 4pm each day
To purchase tickets, click here!
Small Towns Supporting Small Wineries
Small Towns Supporting Small Wineries
Experience the charm of Highlands and Cashiers with Elevated Wines. During our premiere event, November 12-14, we'll roll out the
welcome mat to host small production wine makers from "wine" towns along the West Coast and across the pond. Whether a true oenophile, new to the world of wine, or in search of a change of scenery,
Elevated Wines is for you.
Join us on Main Street in Highlands and The Village Green in Cashiers. Come one day or all three.
What's Included:
20+ Small Production Wineries
80+ High Quality Wines
Meet & Greet with Winemakers and Vineyard Owners
Small Bites From the Plateau's Top Chefs
Amazing Local Music
Socially Distanced Fun
Gift Bag with Tasting Glass, 6 bottle wine tote, padfolio
and pen for tasting notes, neck gaiter for warmth and
to fashionably cover mouth and nose, and more!
Highlands Tasting Locations and Local Partners:
The Highlands Wine Shoppe (Registration)
The Highlander Mountain House
Tugs Proper
Midpoint
Thank you to the Pat Allen Realty Group,
the CLE (Center for Life Enrichment) and the
Highlands Chamber of Commerce for a grant to help promote
tourism and growth in Highlands.
Thursday, Nov. 12th - Small Production Wines - 11am to 4pm
Friday, Nov. 13 - Small Production Wines - 11am to 4pm
Saturday, Nov. 14 - CASHIERS - Small Production Wines - 11am-4pm
Saturday, Nov. 14 - HIGHLANDS - International Wines and Local Beers - 11am-4pm
Daily Ticket: $175
Three Day Ticket: $450
Purchase Tickets HERE.
CASHIERS TASTING LOCATION AND PARTNERS:
The Cashiers Chamber of Commerce
The Village Green (Registration)
Landmark Real Estate Sales and Vacation Rentals
Saturday, Nov. 14 - Small Production Wines - 11am-4pm
Daily Ticket: $150
Purchase Tickets HERE.
Participating Wineries
Participating Wineries
Tate Wine www.tatewine.com
Barnett Vineyards www.barnettvineyards.com
Royal Prince www.royalprincewines.com
Lapelle Wines www.lapellewines.com
Vine Cliff Winery www.vinecliff.com
August Briggs Winery www.augustbriggswinery.com
Kate Arnold Wines www.katewines.com
Andis Wines www.andiswines.com
Italics www.italicswinegrowers.com
Vina Robles Vineyard www.vinarobles.com
Coquerel Wines www.coquerelwines.com
Trentadue Winery www.trentadue.com
Elizabeth Spencer Winery www.elizabethspencerwinery.com
Textbook Vineyards www.textbookvineyards.com
Pine Ridge Vineyards www.pineridgevineyards.com
Ancient Peaks www.ancientpeaks.com
Reynolds Family Winery www.reynoldsfamilywinery.com
Turley Wine Cellars www.turleywinecellars.com
Chappellet www.chappellet.com
MacRostie Winery macrostiewinery.com
Dough Wines (James Beard Foundation collaboration) www.dvwinepartners.com/dough/
Paul Lato Wines www.paullatowines.com
Max Kast, Master Sommelier
Max Kast, Master Sommelier
Elevated Wines: Special Guests
Wine is meant to be shared. It is with great pleasure that we welcome these special guest to Highlands to share a glass and extend our hospitality to them as honored guest.
MAX KAST, MASTER SOMMELIER
While studying History at the University of Montana, Max Kast supported himself by working in restaurants and wine bars. With a pocket full of tip money, he purchased a bottle of 1991 Chateau Musar Rouge and fell completely in love with wine. After graduating with a BA, he decided to forego the world of academia for a full time career in the world of food and wine when he realized he spent more time reading Michael Broadbent, Kermit Lynch, and Jancis Robinson than applying to grad school. Max was the wine director at the Relais & Chateaux property, Triple Creek Ranch in the Bitteroot Valley of Montana before he moved to Chapel Hill, NC where he spent 10-years as Wine Director of the Grand Chef Relais & Chateaux Fearrington House Restaurant. During his time at the Fearrington House he helped the property earn the coveted Grand Chef Relais & Chateaux and the Forbes Five Star designations.
In 2018 after over a decade of traveling, tasting, studying and more studying, Max earned the coveted designation of Master Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers. Max is one of only 273 Master Sommeliers in the world. Since 2016 Max has worked for Broadbent Selections, where he passionately promotes their diverse portfolio of family-owned global boutique wineries from around the world including the wine that set him on his path, Chateau Musar.
DAVID AND SUSAN TATE
David is Winemaker for Barnett Vineyards (Napa) and Tate Cellars (Napa)
Susan is Director of Sales for Tate Cellars
MIKE HELIOTES
National Sales Director: Vine Cliff Wines (Napa)
JEAN ARNOLD
Kate Arnold Wines (California, Oregon, Washington)
STEVE HEDBERG
Owner: Fine Juice Wines, August Briggs (Napa)
JACK LARKIN
VP of Pacific South Wine, CoVina Robles (Paso Robles)
STACEY PYTLEWSKI
Dir of Sales, Coquerel Wines (Napa)
ALICIA SEAY
National Sales Manager, Elizabeth Spencer Winery (Napa)
MARCI WEINSTEIN
Mid-Atlantic Manager, Textbook Vineyards (Napa), MacRostie Winery & Vineyards (Sonoma), Dough Wines (Sonoma,
Napa, Oregon) James Beard Foundation Partner