STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK
Cycle and Sip your way through art and wine in a new event organized by the Sun Valley Museum of Art.
The Museum is offering a free Cycle and Sip with Paradigm Winery at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 29, as part of its annual Sun Valley Wine Auction week. The week features a variety of wine tastings and vintner dinners to raise money for youth scholarships and other programming.
Partakers are invited to meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Simplot Lot across from the Ketchum Post Office. They then will enjoy a leisurely pedal punctuated with stops along the bike path to look at public art and other points of interest.
There also will be a brief break to sample wine provided by Paradigm Winery. The winery is located in Napa Valley grapes are grown on 52 acres. Paradigm turns out just 5,000 cases of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel and Cabernet Franc a year, maturing them for 20 months or more in French oak barrels.
Cyclists can turn around at any point or hop on the free valley shuttle from Mountain Rides. Though free, participants are asked to register at wineauction@svmoa.org.
DID YOU KNOW?
The 9th annual Teton Food Tour will offer a chance to enjoy food and beverages on July 23 in Jackson, Wyo.
For $45, bicyclists will get a chance to enjoy fried chicken slider, poblano rajas tacos, chicken tamales, and other tastes, along with cider, brews, vodka cocktails, kombucha and fruit smoothies. There’ll also be music and other family activities along the seven-mile route that starts at Teton Village and travels south towards Wilson. How fun is that!? For more information, visit https://friendsofpathways.org/teton-food-tour/.