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For Immediate Release
Long Island Wine Country.COM featured as one of 10 World's Top Wine Tours by Travel & Leisure Magazine
August 24, 2010, New York, New York, LongIslandWineCountry.Com, a premium wine tour and event management company, specializing in public and corporate wine tours has announced today that it has been featured as one of 10 World's Top Wine Tours by Travel & Leisure Magazine in their September 2010 issue. The company's annual Harvest Fest event on Sunday September 26th at Laurel Lake Vineyards has been selected as the "Best For Picking Grapes".
The comprehensive article by T+L’s wine and spirits editor Bruce Schoenfeld reviewed wine tours in Napa, Paso Robles, Austria, Croatia, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. LongIslandWineCountry.Com was the only tour company from the East Coast that was featured.
Tickets are now on sale for Long Island Wine Country.com's Harvest Fest on Sunday September 26, 2010. Cost is $139 per person with roundtrip luxury motor coach transportation from Manhattan, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. An optional blend your own bottle of Meritage-style wine activity is also offered for $45 per person.
For info and orders visit www.longislandwinecountry.com
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Editors: High resolution professional quality photographs are available for
publication usage.
Additional information about the Meritage-style wine blending is available
at this webpage: www.longislandwinecountry.com/blend.html
Long Island Wine Country.Com is wholly owned by nIdea Corporation.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Taste of Elegance Chefs Food & Beer Competition Winners Announced!
Broomfield, CO, Wine Country Network, Inc, announced the results of it's first ever, Taste of Elegance Chefs Food & Beer Competition which was held on Wednesday June 9, 2010 at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado.
The sold-out event showcased 20 award winning beers from the 2010 Denver International Beer Competition with culinary creations prepared by ten master Colorado chefs. The chefs competed for three awards. Their dishes were evaluated for food quality,plating design, originality and compatibility with the assigned beer.
2010 Chef Winners
- David Harker, Executive Chef, The Omni Interlocken Resort: "2010 People's Choice Chef".
- Michael Long, Opus Restaurant, Littleton, CO: "Best Chef"
- Jean-Luc Voegele, Executive Chef, The Westin Tabor Center "Most Creative Chef" Tie
- Ian Kleinman, The Inventing Room Catering, "Most Creative Chef" Tie
2010 Food & Beer Judges
- Claire Walter, Food Critic & Author of "Culinary Colorado"
- Keith Villa, Brewmaster at Blue Moon Brewing Company
- Lori Midson, Cafe Society Editor, Westword
- Dan Rabin, Journalist and Beer Judge
Main sponsors included Electrolux Major Appliances North America, Mountain
High Appliance, Red Bird Farms, Snow Creek Ranch, Aspen Pure Water and The Omni Interlocken Resort.
For more information & photos visit: Denverbeercomp.com
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February 9, 2010
WINE COUNTRY NETWORK LAUNCHES VINOTASTING NEWSLETTER FOR WINE AFICIONADOS
Denver, Colorado--Wine Country Network, Inc., producers of Wine Country International magazine and the Denver International Wine Festival, today announced the launch of “Vinotasting,” a full-color print and online wine-tasting newsletter aimed at sophisticated wine aficionados.
Despite the weak economy, 2009 was the 16th straight year of growth in wine sales, up 1.5%, with 276 million cases compared with 205 million in 2000. Today there are more than 6,100 wineries in the United States and more than 40,000 International wineries. The US wine market is evolving into the largest market for wines in the world.
"Vinotasting” aims to help consumers find exceptional wine values.
Christopher Davies, Chairman & CEO of Wine Country Network explains, “Our tasting panel will meet several times monthly to taste wines blind, thus providing unbiased evaluations of the newest wine releases. Our ‘Best Buy’ ratings are given to wines that we feel offer exceptional quality for their price. Most ‘Best Buy’ wines are $20 or less. Our ‘Best Wine’ ratings distinguish exceptional quality wines of any price point when compared with other similar wines."
Harold J. Baer, Jr., the former owner and founder of “The Colorado Wine News,” has joined Wine Country Network as Editor-in-Chief of “Vinotasting.” He brings more than 20 years of experience in wine journalism, judging and overseeing prestigious wine competitions such as the Denver International Wine Competition.
The new “Vinotasting” print newsletter will be published on a quarterly basis and offered to all subscribers of “Wine Country International® “ magazine. A deluxe annual subscription will include 4 newsletters, 2 issues of “Wine Country International®” glossy magazine and membership in the Vinotasting money-saving members club. Cost: $24
Wine Country Network will also publish “Vinotasting” as a stand-alone printed newsletter and offer online, PDF and Kindle versions by subscription.
For additional information visit www.vinotasting.com
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January 25, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WINE COUNTRY NETWORK'S SIGNATURE CHEFS FOOD & WINE COMPETITIONS TO GO
NATIONWIDE AND TO INCLUDE NEW BEER EVENT!
Denver, Colorado--Wine Country Network, Inc, producers of Wine Country International magazine and the Denver International Wine Festival, today announced that they would add more editions of The Taste of Elegance Chefs Competitions nationwide, including one that will showcase International beers with culinary creations.
The Taste of Elegance has become the signature food and wine event of the Denver International Wine Festival, attracting Colorado's most awarded master chefs. "It has been fondly referred to by many repeat attendees as ‘Iron Chef meets wine’," said Wine Country Network Chairman Christopher
Davies.
Wine Country Network plans to create several new editions of this popular event this year in New York City and Las Vegas. In early January the company also entered into a contract with Spare Parts Media, to develop and co-produce a television show based on The Taste of Elegance.
On June 9, 2010, the company will hold its first ever "The Taste of
Elegance" Chefs Food & Beer Competition in the Pavilion at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado. The event will showcase 24 internationally awarded beers with culinary creations made by 12 master chefs. A panel of notable food and beer experts will taste each culinary creation with its assigned beer. All attendees cast their votes for the People’s Choice Chef.
100% of the proceeds of a live auction will benefit the Help America Hear
Program. Tickets: $100, limited to 250 guests.
For info and tickets visit:
www.denverwinefest.com/order.html
Or call 303 664-5700.
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November 25,
2009
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
5TH
ANNUAL DENVER INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL BREAKS ATTENDENCE RECORDS;
2010 FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED
Denver, Colorado--Wine
Country Network, Inc, producers of the Denver International
Wine Festival, today announced that the recent Denver International
Wine Festival had record attendance despite the uncertain economy.
Wine Country
Network CEO Christopher Davies commented, "we were elated that
attendance was up 30% over 2009 levels. This, we believe, was the
result of changing our venue to a more centralized location, increasing
marketing promotions/partnerships and gaining more support from
the trade."
The 2010
Denver International Wine Festival will be held November
3 through November 7, 2010. The main festival events will again
be held at The Mile High Station, Denver.
Events
Planned for the 2010 Denver International Wine Festival include:
