TerraVITA Announces Date for Second Annual Event Celebrating Sustainable Food and Beverage

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- TerraVITA announced today it would host its second annual food and wine event on Saturday, September 24, 2011.  Featuring 35 of the top-rated North Carolina chefs and artisan food purveyors with some of the finest biodynamic and natural wines from around the world, TerraVITA celebrates the very best in sustainable food and beverage.

In addition to the annual Grand Tasting on the Green, scheduled for Saturday afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m., TerraVITA will offer a new addition - the Sustainable Classroom – beginning at 9 a.m. and ending just before the tasting event begins. Tickets will be sold separately for each event or there will be one combined ticket for a reduced price.  Tickets for the Grand Tasting event will go on sale today, June 3, and tickets for the new event – the Sustainable Classroom – will go on sale June 20, 2011.  TerraVITA also will offer a Designated Driver ticket for the Grand Tasting event at a reduced cost. 

"We are extremely excited about the addition of the Sustainable Classroom this year," says Colleen Minton, TerraVITA founder.  "The caliber of the participating international wine experts alone is amazing, but add to it the wealth of talent and expertise we have in sustainable farming and food and it quickly becomes clear why the Triangle has received so much deserved attention over the last few years.  With two of our very own hometown stars receiving 2011 James Beard awards, there is a lot of attention around the excellence this region has to offer on a national and international scale.  TerraVITA simply wants to spread the word."

The Sustainable Classroom will feature speakers in a choice of four tracks: wine, food, farming, and sustainable culture.  Ticket holders will attend four different tandem sessions, with a choice of four speakers per session, in one of four tracks.  Ultimately, there will be 16 sessions to choose from, with time to attend four back-to-back.  Ticket holders will begin the morning with local pastries and organic coffee or tea, go through the sessions, then have the opportunity for early admittance to the Grand Tasting event, if they purchase a combined ticket.   

Alongside international wine and beer producers, premier chefs from western North Carolina to the Triad, the Triangle, and the Coast will be present to prepare some of the freshest and finest food samples using locally grown ingredients for the Grand Tasting on the Green.  Chocolatiers, cheese-makers, bakers, and organic coffee and tea producers will prepare tastings for event attendees while live bluegrass-inspired music plays throughout the afternoon.

TerraVITA's inaugural event featured 28 chefs and food artisans, more than 70 international wines, organic microbrews and some of the finest organic coffees and teas in the world.  TerraVITA also raised more than $6,000 for two non-profit 501c3 organizations in 2010 and plans to raise more than $10,000 with the 2011 Silent Auction!   For more information on attending or participating in TerraVITA, please visit the website www.TerraVITAevent.com or email [email protected].

Media Contact: Colleen Minton TerraVITA LLC, 404-822-0276, [email protected]

SOURCE TerraVITA LLC