The Tulalip Casino Resort’s popular “Taste With Tommy” winemaker dinners return for the summer with three events that promise a chance to rub elbows with various celebrity personalities during three spectacular evenings filled with great wine and food. 
Photo: Actor Kyle MacLachlan and winemaker Eric Dunham (courtesy of Mens Vogue)
Get ready to mark your calendars, here’s a sneak peek of the upcoming winemaker dinners:
Eric Dunham & Kyle MacLachlan
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Eric Dunham, enological legend of Walla Walla’s Dunham Cellars will share his award-winning, single vineyard “Artist Series Wines” at Tulalip Resort Casino on Saturday, June 23, 2012. Dunham partnered with Hollywood acting star and Washington native Kyle MacLachlan to create a Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon called Pursued By Bear, as well as a Baby Bear Syrah. Both join culinarian extraordinaire Chef Perry Mascitti and his team for an evening of great sips, quips and exceptional food pairings under the direction of Tulalip Sommelier Tom (a.k.a. Tommy) Thompson. Guests will be served under the stars or by the fire on the Mpulse patio.
This star-studded evening will feature five dynamic food stations. Each will showcase the diversity of Tulalip’s culinary depth. The meat and fish grilling station offers guests a selection of six basting sauces, seasoning salt and assorted relishes. Among the many vegetable station choices will be a cedar-grilled garden bundle. Or slip over to the slider station for mini-halibut burgers, Italian sausage focaccia and venison sliders. As you toss your way over to the salad section, you’ll find fresh, seasonal nibbles. Chef Nikol will work her usual kitchen magic on a trio of sinful desserts including fried fruit pies and fudgesicles. Click here to view the entire menu.
Chris Sparkman
Saturday, July 7, 2012
The second in this summer’s winemaker dinner series follows on July 7th, when Chris Sparkman of Sparkman Cellars shares his powerhouse pours and shows how well suited they are to enjoy with great food. This is a winemaker who knows his stuff having spent a couple of decades as a sommelier and wine buyer for some of the U.S.’s best restaurants. Sparkman has been named the 2012 Taste of Tulalip Honorary Winemaker and his wines have been featured in Tasting Room Magazine’s Top Wine Picks.
Marc Mondavi & Family
Saturday, August 4, 2012
A rare opportunity to dine al fresco with the wine pioneering Mondavi’s as Marc and his family bring their legendary Napa bottling selection to Tulalip. Chef Perry will prepare a mid-summer evening “Krug family picnic on the lawn” at the resort’s Amphitheatre, while the Mondavi generations speak about their family’s amazing history.
Tickets Available While They Last
The Dunham/MacLachlan Winemaker Dinner begins at 5pm and is priced at $115 per person all-inclusive as is the evening with Sparkman Cellars. The Mondavi Generations Picnic is priced at $145 per person all-inclusive. Guests can save by purchasing the entire series of three events for $340 pp all-inclusive. Click here to select your event(s) and purchase tickets now.
About Tulalip Resort Casino
The Taste of Tulalip, the resort’s annual signature food, wine and tradition event has been recognized as the “Best Wine Event Featuring Washington Wine”.
Tulalip Resort Casino is the largest and most distinctive gaming, meeting, dining, entertainment and shopping destination in Washington State. The AAA Four Diamond resort’s world-class amenities have earned the property Condé Nast Traveler Gold List status as well as the “Best Resort” award from NW Meetings & Events magazine. With six dining venues, headlined by the exceptional Tulalip Bay (TB) restaurant and Blackfish Wild Salmon Grill and Bar (BF), the restaurants have been individually honored with accolades from Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence” (TB), the Washington Wine Commission “Award of Distinction” (BF) and “Grand Award” (TB), the Seattle Magazine award for restaurant leadership in the business community (TB). Tulalip is conveniently located between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., just off Interstate-5 at exit 200 and is an enterprise of the Tulalip Tribes. For reservations please call (866) 716-7162 or visit www.tulalipresort.com