Virtuoso Life - September/October 2008 - (Page 28) LUXE REPORT Enlightened times: Flamenco in Seville. CLICKY SCENE DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY A perennial destination for flamenco dance, Seville intensifies its appeal to performing arts patrons during its month-long Biennial of Flamenco, running September 10 to October 11. Highlights of the 66-show festival, which covers dance, song, and guitar, include Carmen by the Sara Baras Flamenco Ballet and a concert by flamenco singer José Mercé. www.bienal-flamenco.org PURE FUN Don’t Sugarcoat It Most champagnes require the addition of sugar in the winemaking process to mask flaws. Not so with the French wine Ayala, credited with starting the trend toward zero- and low-dosage champagne, which is newly available stateside. Its winemakers boast that their base wine is so good it needs no additives, and chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, who pours Ayala as the house champagne at his restaurants, agree. $40 to $120 per bottle; www. cognac-one.com for retailers Families discover the New Mexico Museum of Art while geocaching in Santa Fe. TECHIE TOURISM Wild Wired West Rather than dragging the children from Loretto Chapel to Palace of the Governors, gizmo-savvy families have a new way to sightsee in Santa Fe with the city’s Geocaching Challenge. Using a handheld global positioning system (available for rent for $25), high-tech treasure hunters track down eight separate locations in the historic town center, earning a passport stamp and prizes as their cache. www.santafe.org 28 V I RT U O S O L I F E (NEW MEXICO) CHRIS CORRIE http://www.cognac-one.com http://www.bienal-flamenco.org http://www.cognac-one.com http://www.santafe.org
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