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Wines of Portugal Kicks off Society of Wine Educator’s 35th Annual Conference

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

New York, NY, August 15, 2011…Wines of Portugal was chosen by the Society of Wine Educators to preside over the Plenary Session, which opened its 35th Annual Conference on August 3rd in Providence, Rhode Island. This year’s Plenary Session, which covered the first three hours of the Conference and was attended by all Conference-goers, covered [...]

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Society of Wine Educators’ 2011 Conference: Top Presenters to Enliven Wine & Food Theme in Rhode Island

Society of Wine Educators’ 2011 Conference: Top Presenters to Enliven Wine & Food Theme in Rhode Island

Posted on 15. Jul, 2011 by .

New York, NY, July 6, 2011…The Society of Wine Educators 35th Annual Conference will take place August 3-5 in Providence, Rhode Island, with over 50 sessions highlighting the theme, “A Food and Wine Experience.”  And, on August 2nd, to precede the specially themed conference, there will be an entire day of special sessions given by [...]

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Society of Wine Educators’ 2011 Conference Features Wine & Food Theme

Posted on 14. Jun, 2011 by .

New York, NY, June 14, 2011…The Society of Wine Educators 35th Annual Conference will take place August 3-5 in Providence, Rhode Island this year, with a creative take on the theme, “A Food and Wine Experience.” The Conference will feature multiple types of pairings: wines and spirits with complementary foods, as well as the pairing [...]

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Wines of Portugal’s Grand Tasting at Lincoln Center Showcases 60 Producers

Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by .

April 5, 2011, New York, NY…Wines of Portugal held its 7th Annual Grand Tasting at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Broadway & 63rd Street, on Monday, April 4, 2011.  The trade session was followed by a session for consumers, and proceeds from this second session were donated to Citymeals-on-Wheels. The theme of [...]

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Wines of Lisbon Conducts First US Trade Tastings

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by .

November 15, 2010, New York, NY…Lisbon’s Wine Board (Comissão Vitivinícola da Região de Lisboa—CVRLx) held its first two tastings for trade and press in the US: November 8th at the 92Y-Tribeca in New York City and November 10th at The Whittemore House of the Woman’s National Democratic Club in Washington, DC. Lisbon’s Wine Board is [...]

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Wines of Israel Hosts Second Annual Tasting in New York City

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by .

New York, New York, November 15, 2010…Wines of Israel held its Second Annual New York Wine Tasting for wine trade and media on November 8th at the Prince George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street, NYC.  To kick off the walk-around tasting, there was a lively panel discussion about modern day Israeli wines, entitled “Four Perspectives on Israeli  Wines [...]

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Stellar Line-up of Sessions & Speakers for Society of Wine Educators

Posted on 30. May, 2010 by .

New York, NY May 30, 2010. The Society of Wine Educators’ 34th Annual Conference, “Red, White and Bubbles: A Capital Perspective on Wine” takes place in Washington DC between July 28-30, and will feature an extraordinary group of speakers and subjects in their 50-session line-up. The sessions are filling up quickly, so register quickly! Here [...]

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Wine Enthusiast Magazine Announces Harvey Chaplin Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2009

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by .

New York, NY, October 14, 2008. Wine Enthusiast Magazine announced that Harvey Chaplin is the winner of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented at the gala dinner and awards ceremony at the New York Public Library in New York City on January 25, 2010. The Lifetime Achievement award is given to a leading [...]

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Wine Enthusiast’s 2009 Wine Star Awards nominees announced!

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by .

September 1, 2009. Wine Enthusiast Magazine, celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Wine Star Awards takes great pleasure in announcing the 50 nominees for its wine and spirits industry awards. The awards recognize excellence on all levels of the industry, from producing premium wines and spirits to marketing and distributing them. Brief descriptions of these [...]

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Top Speakers & Top Attendance at 33rd Society at Wine Educators’ Conference in California

Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by .

August 11, 2009, New York, NY…Over 300 members of the wine and spirits trade, as well as passionate consumers, gathered last week in Sacramento for the Society of Wine Educators’ 33rd Annual Conference. Arguably the most fascinating and challenging wine conference of the year, this week-long wine and spirits extravaganza kicked off with 2 days [...]

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