22nd Season of Winemaker's Dinners
The Arizona Biltmore is preparing eight incredible epicurean evenings for the resort’s 22nd season of Winemaker Dinners held in Wright's Restaurant where guests will experience bold, inventive menus paired with specially selected wines from California and France, spend time with the creators of the wines, and enjoy a haute couture element of fashion and jewelry shows by Saks Fifth Avenue.
The chic lifestyle events, scheduled monthly from October 6, 2011 through May 3, 2012, will feature a unique, ingredient-centric menu of four-to-six courses created by Arizona Biltmore Executive Chef Todd Sicolo and Executive Sous Chef Conor Favre. Each course will be paired with an appropriate wine of the evening’s featured winery. The winemaker or other representative of the winery will participate, talking about the wines, answering questions and spending time with guests.
The 22nd season of Winemaker Dinners will feature the following wineries:
- October 6, 2011: ZD Winery, Napa, California
- November 3, 2011: Rombauer Vineyards, St. Helena (Napa), California
- December 1, 2011: Henriot Champagnes, Reims, France - Click here for the Menu
- January 5, 2012: B.R. Cohn Winery, Glen Ellen (Sonoma), California - Click here for the Menu
- February 2, 2012: Domaine Carneros Winery, Napa, California
- March 1, 2012: Heitz Cellars, St. Helena (Napa), California
- April 5, 2012: Benziger Winery, Glen Ellen (Sonoma), California
- May 3, 2012: St. Francis Winery, Santa Rosa (Sonoma), California
A reception starts at 7:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. After the dinner, enjoy complimentary Port and cigars.
The cost is $95 per person. A season ticket, for $665 per person, offers all eight dinners for the price of seven dinners. Tax and 18 percent gratuity will be added.
Reservations are required; please call 602-381-7632. 
Remembering Taliesin West: A Photography Exhibit by Pedro E. Guerrero
Historic Photo Exhibit at the Arizona Biltmore Celebrates Frank Lloyd Wright & 75th Anniversary of Taliesin West
History will come to life in stark black and white at a special exhibit of images by Pedro E. Guerrero, the personal photographer of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, at the Arizona Biltmore Dec. 15, 2011 through April 29, 2012.
Presented in collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and held in honor of the 75th anniversary of Taliesin West, Wright’s Arizona home that Guerrero began photographing in 1939; the exhibit features his favorite shots of the famous property that also became Wright’s architectural school. The collection will offer fresh historical insight into the period through commentary by Guerrero and because many of the photos have never been exhibited before.
The exhibit is complimentary and the public is welcome. It will be installed in the History Hallway of the Arizona Biltmore Lobby from Dec. 15, 2011 - April 29, 2012.
For history and photography aficionados who would like to meet Pedro Guerrero, he will host a special reception at the Arizona Biltmore on Sunday, March 11th, 2012 in Wright’s at the Biltmore, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The reception will include wine & hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $60 per person and are available for purchase by CLICKING HERE.
Guerrero, now 94, is one of this country's most gifted photographers. He was just 22 in 1939 when Frank Lloyd Wright took an amused look at his portfolio of photographs and hired him to document Taliesin West. Wright’s spur of the moment decision began an association that lasted twenty years until the architect's death in 1959, producing some of the most powerful photographs ever taken of Wright's work and Wright himself.
Photo Credit: Photo by Keneji Domoto (c) Pedro E. Guerrero
