The Super VIP Experience

World Class Luxury Festival Experience

We are proud to present the Super VIP Experience - the most exclusive package we’ve ever offered. This all-inclusive pass lets you experience the festival at the highest level possible. Super VIP pass-holders will be treated to a weekend of world-class music, complimentary food, drinks and so much more all surrounded by the unparalleled views of Telluride Town Park.

Amenities

Culinary Experience

Tantalize Your Taste Buds With This Sensational Tour De Food

Styled out, the Super VIP Experience is by far the most luxurious way to attend the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Featuring show-cooking in the Ajax Sky Lounge stage-side and catered meals alongside the artists backstage, Super VIP Pass-holders will be treated to a decadent culinary experience like no other.

Show Cooking Menu

All show cooking bites served in the Ajax Sky Lounge throughout the festival weekend.

2023 menu coming soon, 2021 shown below as an example.

Chef Bud Thomas - Festival “Show Cooking”

Bud was the first member of his family born in the United States. His early childhood was shaped by the culture and food that each of his parents brought to the table from their home countries. It was from his parents that he picked up his passion to cook at an early age. He honed his skills while working as a chef in top restaurants in the US and abroad such as Loews Ventana Canyon Resort and Café Terra Cotta in Tucson, AZ, Les Saveurs and The Collection in London, England. Chef Bud is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, VT, where he received a Bachelor’s degree from the prestigious Food & Beverage Management Program. We are excited to feature Chef Bud’s show cooking prowess as he brings exciting, enticing and honest food to the festival prepared with care and served with flair.

“Chef Bud, who is hailed as one of the Best Chefs in America, has introduced a menu of delicious summer dishes. His passion for local ingredients foraged from area farmer’s markets and ranches, farms and fisheries across southwest Colorado puts the taste of the Rockies right on the plate.”

- Austin Food Magazine

2021 Backstage Dining Menu

All backstage dining served in the Catering Lounge during the times listed. Click the daily menus below to enlarge.

2023 menus coming soon, 2021 shown below as an example.

Craft Cocktails

Andrés Vargas-Johnson - Festival Mixologist

With years of experience behind the bar at Telluride’s top restaurants including the cutting-edge, award-winning bar and restaurant, "there...", Andrés Vargas-Johnson is a master mixologist and a true beverage virtuoso who has earned quite a name for himself through his inventive, handcrafted signature drinks.

Extending beyond the restaurant landscape, Andrés is lending his talents to the festival by creating an elevated assortment of craft cocktails designed specifically for the Super VIP Experience at the 27th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. See the full menu below.

All craft cocktails served stage-side in the Ajax Sky Lounge. Cheers!

Wine & Bubbles

John Rielly - Wine Specialist

On June 1, 2021, John started as National Sales Manager for CA’MARCANDA by Gaja focusing on the Bolgheri region wines for the Gaja family while also talking about and selling the other 3 iconic estates as well. Gaja is a premium Italian wine brand owned by Angelo Gaja who spend 40 years travelling the world promoting Italy and specifically Piedmont wines as equal to the finest wines of the world. He has been called the Robert Mondavi of the Italian Wine industry. They were good friends.

Before working for the Gaja family John was National Sales Manager for Immortal Estate Wines from Spring Mountain in California. He successfully managed this relatively unknown brand with high scoring wines during the first year of the Covid Pandemic and after getting the brand on track accepted the incredible opportunity with the Gajas.

Prior to Immortal Estate John was Western Region Sales Manager for the historic Groth Vineyards in Oakville California.

Before that, John spent 4 years as Prestige Wine Manager for Terlato Wines International on the West Coast of the US. John’s main focus was selling premium brands like Gaja, Il Poggione, Bollinger, Rochioli, Ramonet, Roumier, and Chapoutier amongst others primarily in California, Nevada, and Colorado.

He formerly was in Management with the premier American Distributor Southern Wine and Spirits for 5 years in San Diego and Orange County representing the Diageo and Moet Hennessy portfolios.

Before that John worked in many premium restaurants and hotels in Colorado and California including Zuni Café in San Francisco and was last in service at IVY/Andaz Hotel in San Diego as Director of Private Dining providing service to Celebrities, Athletes, and Politicians.

In 2008 John passed the Certified Sommelier exam in New York and in 2010 he passed the Certified Specialist of Wine and Certified Specialist of Spirits Certificates in San Diego.

John has presented at National Wine Conferences including SommCon San Diego 2015-2018, Society of Wine Educators 2015-2018, and TED Fellows Monterey 2015.

John has lived in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego for the last 20 years and enjoys Golf, Skiing, Surfing, and travelling the world.

John volunteered for the first Telluride Blues and Brews Festival and has joyfully attended the festival 20 of the 27 years.

He is moving back to Telluride Colorado in December of 2021.

Lanson Rose Champagne Le Rose

As one of the first rosé Champagnes, Le Rosé benefits from more than 60 years rosé-making experience of Lanson in its elaboration. It is sought-after for its pale salmon color and characteristic freshness reminiscent of the Black Label.

The delicate and fruity style of Le Rosé is a result of the unique savoir-faire based on:

• The original Champagne vinification method for incomparable fruitiness and freshness.

• A palette of reserve wines counting numerous vintages spread over 20 years.

• The subtle addition of 7% of red wines Pinot Noir from Bouzy, les Riceys and Pinot Meunier from the Marne Valley.

• A longer ageing time in cellar.

Gaja Ca’Marcanda 2016

This wine derives its name from Ca’Marcanda, the winery. Ca’Marcanda is the Piedmontese term for “house of endless negotiations” and refers to the many hours that Angelo Gaja spent convincing the property’s previous owners to sell the estate to him. Ca’marcanda is sourced from one of the stoniest sites of the entire estate, based in Castagneto Carducci in the World famous Bolgheri region on the west coast of Tuscany. The vineyards selected for this bottling are at the base of the hills, composed of 100% terre bianche (white soils), primarily limestone and calcareous ancient sea floor fossils. These soils are ideal for producing rich, structured long-lived red wines. The wine will have a very long life ahead, easily 15 to 20 years, probably longer if cellared properly.

2016 is a vintage with great concentration of fruit, structure and acidity.

Gaja Ca’Marcanda Vistamare 2019

Intense floral notes of acacia and linden flowers. The refreshing presence of Fiano gives notes of fern, musk and menthol. On the palate, it is fresh and compact with notes of bergamot, pear, nectarine and white currant. Then it shifts toward a more mineral and spicy character, with notes of flint, rosemary, saffron. The wine gets riper in the finish with hints of mango, almond and fig leaves.

Immortal Estate Slope Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Layers of black fruit, cherry, dried cranberries, spicecake, interwoven with sweet pipe tobacco, dark muscovado sugar, cocoa powder, raspberry leaf and hibiscus tea. Concentrated and intense, this mountainside Cabernet entices with its sweet fruit, supple palate and rich complexity. Accessible in its youth, it will continue to evolve for decades.

The Immortal Estate vineyard lies within an enclosed valley on steep mountainside slopes with mostly eastern and southern exposures at elevations ranging from l l 00 to 1700 feet. The soils are a complex mixture of uplifted alluvium and decomposed volcanic material typical of the Mayacamas Range and vary throughout the vineyard, which is on steep, mostly terraced slopes. The lean soils and steep slopes naturally limit vine vigor and give remarkably small-berried fruit. Although the vineyard is usually above the fog and sees warm days, the site is protected from inland heat and receives ocean cooling from early morning and late afternoon breezes that maintain our moderate growing temperatures somewhat cooler than Spring Mountain directly to the east. The extended growing day at moderate temperatures gives the fruit well developed tannins and rich texture yet preserves the complex fruit characters and natural acidity.

Nino Franco Grave Di Stecca Brut Sparkling Wine Valdobiadenne 2010

A very pleasant dry taste at the beginning, followed by a growing silky fruit bouquet. The grapes are sourced exclusively from ancient origin vineyard, named "Grave di Stecca", a clos on the slopes of the Prealpi, just near the town center. The vineyard, exposed to the south and partly screened by a huge park, enjoys a particular micro-climate.

Nino Franco was founded in 1919 by Antonio Franco in Valdobbiadene. The winery is located at the foot of the Prealps, in the Venetian region and proud to be one of the oldest wineries in Valdobbiadene. Known for their Prosecco vine, the estate has been growing and evolving throughout four generations of producers. Antonio founded it, Nino expanded it, Primo improved international distribution and today, Silvia Franco is the future of the brand.

"The front label on the wine symbolizes not only the heart of the winery but the heart that quickly pounds when one does something passionately." - Owner, Primo Franco

Gaja Brunello Pieve Santa Restituta 2015

With the 2005 vintage, for the first time in history, the GAJA family decided to produce a classic Brunello without single vineyard designation, blended from all 40 acres the family has planted throughout the entire region. Pieve Santa Restituta's Brunello di Montalcino is now produced from a selection of estate-grown grapes from throughout the winery’s four non-contiguous vineyards as well as 25 acres of southwest facing vineyards in Torrenieri, in northeastern Montalcino, acquired in 2006.

Select vintage, with ageing potential better than 2010. Juiciness and concentration are the features of the 2015 vintage which shows elegance and drinkability. The 2015 Brunello has a very clear expression of sweet and ripe fruit, opening on the palate, with notes of spice and earthy aromatic herbs. This wine has remarkable texture, mouth-filling fruit and a very good length.

Deep garnet color is complimented by charming notes of juniper berries, licorice and sweet wood that greet the nose.

Tickets

The Super VIP Experience is extremely limited with only 25 spaces available

The base price for each package is $4,000 per person. Tickets are extremely limited with only 25 available and a purchase limit of 4 Passes per order.

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