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Beverage Media
December 2012
VISION WINE BRANDS HOSTS
2012
PORTFOLIO TASTING
On October 3
rd
,
Vision Wine Brands held its 2012
holiday trade show tasting at the Metropolitan Pa-
vilion’s The Level. Members of media and the trade
sampled from Vision’s wide-ranging portfolio.
1.
Josh Raynolds, International Wine Cellar; and
Stephen Lewin, Lewin Wine Group
2.
Robert Mazurkiewicz, Vision Wine Brands;
Cristiano Andrade, Sea Grape; Charlie Black,
Small Gully Wines; Stephen Black, Small Gully Wines;
Ascher Baer, Selectvin; and Ricardo Castiblanco,
Vision Wine Brands
3.
Robert Mazurkiewicz, John Retsas, First Drop;
Enrique Duran, Corvo Branco; John O’Neill, Vision
Wine Brands
4.
Martin Fiegl, Fiegl Winery; Ines Giovanett, Castelfeder;
Filippo Pistone, Vision Wine Brands; Patty Leonards,
Slope Cellars; and Ben Hagen, Slope Cellars
HOUSE OF BURGUNDY HOLDS
GRAND ANNUAL TASTING
On October 1
st
,
The House of Burgundy, Inc. held
its Grand Annual Tasting at New York’s Harmonie
Club. Producers from across the globe were pres-
ent to taste attendees on new releases.
1.
Rachel Martin, Boxwood Winery; and Robin Kelly
O’Connor
2.
Mehmet Yorukoglu and Lillian Lai, both House of
Burgundy with guests
3.
Joanne Van Stone and Angie Bingham, Shannon
Ridge Winery
4.
Fehmi Atak of Kavaklidere Wines showcases his wine
Esporao Uncorks New Wines in NYC
DavidBaverstock, winemaker at theAlentejo-based
Herdade do Esporão Estate, hit New York on Octo-
ber 23
rd
.
The dinner at Hearth in New York provided
local trade and media a chance to sample new vin-
tages of the Portuguese producer’s popular Ver-
delho and Reserve red, plus the debut of Assobio,
a proprietary red blend from Quinta dos Murças,
Esporão’s property in the Douro region.
Pedro Carvalho, Aidil Wines; Miguel Vaz, Esporão;
David Baverstock, Esporão; W. R. Tish,
Beverage Media
;
and Blanche Orbe, Esporão
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