Do You Want To Have A Remarkable Weekend?

Held in one of the most spectacular settings in America, The 4th Annual Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival is this weekend September 25-27, 2009. This remarkable weekend experience features hundreds of wines from around the world, cooking demonstrations by celebrated chefs, fabulous food, live and silent auctions, and a gala celebration.

Friday Evening is A Vintage Evening at The Breakers
Honoring award-winning Chef Jacques Pépin of American Public Television's "Jacques Pépin. An auction of collectible wines and luxury goods, with auction services provided by Christie's.

Saturday & Sunday Grand Tasting

Enter the Grand Tasting through the front door of Marble House and outdoors on the grounds to taste some of the finest wines from around the globe. Learn and enjoy as you taste your way around the world of fine wines.

Grand Tasting Include:

• More than 150 wineries from around the world
• Food samplings from a variety of caterers and restaurants
• Fabulous silent auction of luxury goods and wines
• Cooking tent with ongoing free chef demonstrations and celebrity book signings
• A sourvenir glass to use during the Tasting and to take home
• A color, glossy show program with a map of the exhibitors, plus demonstration schedules

Sunday Jazz Brunch

On the terrace of Marble House is a delicious buffet brunch, with a menu designed by Yankee Magazine Food Editor Annie Copps, accompanied by a live jazz performance. Then stroll down to the Grand Tasting tent to sample from more than 150 wines provided by some of the world's leading vintners. Be warned this event is sold only in combination with a Sunday Grand Tasting ticket.

For tickets visit http://newportmansions.org/index.cfm

What Ocean Home Is The Emblem Of The Spirit Of The American Renaissance?

The Breakers, with all its splendor was very much a family house. Now designated a National Historic Landmark, in Newport, Rhode Island and open to the public for tours by The Preservation Society of Newport County. The ocean home was very important to the Vanderbilt family as they had two residences. The other was on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street in New York City on the property where Bergdorf Goodman is today. They spent a full six months in Newport each year. The 70 room summer estate of New York Central Railroad President Cornelius Vanderbilt II interiors feature rare marble, platinum leaf wall panels, gilded woods, and gold is everywhere throughout the Mansion. Cornelius Vanderbilt II built the house to take advantage of its views of the sea. A visit here becomes magical as the house and the ocean is dramatic. It’s a visually spectacular site The Breakers and the sea with the house with its marble and its colors is magnificent.

"A summer day began with tennis in the morning at the casino, or a swim at the beach. After a luncheon party there was yachting, polo, or a few rounds of golf." As quoted from the Newport Mansions Preservation Society compelling tour. This is a moment in American culture not to be missed.



The Breakers dining room. Photo Credit: John Corbett, courtesy of The Preservation Society of Newport County.