FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 4, 2007
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CARAMOOR ANNOUNCES
"AN EVENING OF WINE"
 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

Fundraiser featuring vintage wine and elegant dinner prepared by Chef Peter X. Kelly
to benefit Caramoor's Education Programs

Katonah, NY - Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will pop the cork on An Evening of Wine, Friday, October 12, 2007.  The event is a benefit in support of Caramoor's music and education programs.

An Evening of Wine begins at 6:30 pm on October 12 with cocktails in the Summer Dining Room of the House Museum, once the residence of Caramoor's founders, Walter and Lucie Rosen.  It continues at 7:15 pm with a musical interlude in the House Museum's magnificent Music Room, and concludes with an extraordinary six-course gourmet dinner prepared by acclaimed chef Peter X. Kelly beginning at 8:00 pm.  The dinner will be accompanied by exceptional wines especially selected to complement the menu and will feature commentary by Kevin Zraly, founder of the famed "Windows on the World Wine School."

Co-chairs for An Evening of Wine, which will also feature a Silent Auction of rare wines, trips and fine collectibles, are Alice Limkakeng and Peter Nager of Katonah and Leslie Williams and James Attwood of Bedford Hills.

Tickets for An Evening of Wine are $1,750 per person.  For additional information or to make a reservation email events@caramoor.org or call 914.232.1492.

Peter X. Kelly

For more than two decades Peter X. Kelly has set the standard for dining in New York State.  He owns some of the most renowned & acclaimed restaurants in New York State, all located in the Hudson Valley:  Xaviar's at Piermont, The Freelance Cafe and Wine Bar, Restaurant X & The Bully Boy Bar, and X2O on the Hudson.   His restaurants have received popular praise and the industry's most coveted awards and accolades which include The New York Times highest rating (Extraordinary), The Mobil Travel Guide Four Star Award, The Dirona Award, Restaurant News Dining Hall of Fame, Wine Spectator's "Best of Award of Excellence", Zagat's Survey (29 out of 30), New York State Restaurateur of The Year 1998.  Peter Kelly has been featured in numerous national publications including New York Magazine, Esquire, Crain's, USA Today, W magazine, Food Arts, Gourmet, Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine and Bon Appetit.

Kevin Zraly

Kevin Zraly celebrated his 30th anniversary last year as the founder and teacher of the immensely popular Windows on the World Wine School that has graduated over 18,000 students since its inception. He has been teaching wine for over 30 years, beginning at the age of 20, and has studied wine-making techniques in California and all the great wine regions of Europe.  Acclaimed as the creator of the famous wine list at Windows on the World (which sold more wine than any restaurant in the United States), he also designed the training program for the most knowledgeable wine-service staff in America.

The recipient of the James Beard Award as the Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year and the Food and Beverage Association?s Man of the Year Award, Kevin is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Culinary Institute of America and has been featured in The New York Times, People, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, Newsweek, and USA Today, among others. 

About Caramoor

Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built the great house and filled it with their treasures.  Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, bringing to reality his dream of creating a place to entertain friends from around the world.  Their musical evenings were the seeds of the annual summertime Caramoor International Music Festival, as well as the Fall and Spring musical programs held in their former home, now the House Museum.  Realizing the pleasure their friends took in the beauty of Caramoor -  the house with its art collection, the gardens, and the musical programs - the Rosens established a Foundation to open Caramoor to the public in perpetuity.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.

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