It fails to name the auction house where Kurniawan was the consignor of wines in 2008 where Laurent Ponsot dramatically stopped the sale in the room even though it has been widely reported. District Court, Southern District of New York. Rudy Kurniawan, aka “Dr. Conti” aka “Mr. in March. The case is U.S.

Benefits of the course. •     Develop wine knowledge and increase personal or staff credibility. •     Impress clients and customers and increase wine sales. •     Learn wine the way people drink it -- by the grape, not by geographic area. •     Discover easy approaches to wine and food pairing. "What a fabulous resource!".

What if you could not buy a book at a bookstore in New York if it had come from a New Jersey warehouse? Or fill your car up with gas in New York if the truck that brought it to the gas station came from New Jersey? This would require all wines to come from warehouses in New York. Thank You.

Back in New York for another edition of Return to Terroir, a roving show of Biodynamic wine producers, Joly leveled criticism at the appellation system (as he did three years ago at the event ). “The concept of appellation has lost its meaning,” he said. ” As he talked about life energies, he got more positive.

sat down with Erwan in New York a few weeks ago to talk about how he has improved the house style, overcoming paternal resistance, vineyard acquisitions and biodynamic winemaking. Georges and studied in Versailles (and later did an MBA at Columbia in New York). He grew up in Nuits-St.-Georges It’s pretty sexy stuff.

first met Ken Forrester in New York at a trade event in New York City focusing on wines from South Africa. "So here i am, at Ken Forrester's 96 Winery Road restaurant in South Africa!". Africa for many decades. The basic message is that Chenin Blanc is a quality grape in its own right, and deserves respect. News S.

Are you interested in becoming a sales rep for a wine distributor with the area industry’s “highest salaries”? Would you like to be a sommelier at a leading restaurant in New York City? – currently available and posted over at the new wine industry jobs board that I am launching today.

said Freixenet CE0 Pedro Ferrer, here with his wife Begonia and other key executives in New York to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Gloria Ferrer sparkling wine brand from Sonoma. Bob Iantosca, Executive Winemaker. We went to California for wine instead of gold!" can read here, and Jose set up Gloria Ferrer in Sonoma in 1982.

He said wine sales have been strong, adding that the bottle-splitting program “has made money, certainly not lost any.” ” Two diners sometimes buy a full bottle and then order another half that they wouldn’t have normally ordered to try something new. dining New York CityCiano, 45 E.

for the New York Marathon. But more than just a sporting challenge, the New York Marathon also. at tastings and dinners in Bordeaux and New York. New York represents the challenge of. Grands Crus Runners in New York. David LAUNAY – Director of Sales at. Classé in 1855.

And even though wine auctions have shifted to Hong Kong with astonishing speed over the past couple of years, the gavel still does come down on wine lots at places like Sotheby’s and Christie’s here in New York. But the status quo is under threat thanks to new legislation in Albany. Full text of A06884.

Garcia Sales Executive, and Sandra & Sandra. am here at the Graffit restaurant in New York, where the incredibly charming Esperanza Castro, and her husband Carlos Moro, are presenting ten wines from their Grupo Matarromera estate with the protected denomination of origin ranging from Ribera del Duero to Cigales, Toro and Rueda.

tasted through their lineup at the recent tasting of their New York distributor, David Bowler. If Bordeaux pre-sales irk you, then consider Rioja, where some of the producers age the wine for you! Why pay en primeur prices for young Bordeaux that won’t arrive for two years? Lopez de Heredia. Spanish wine wine picks

Tapena, the Spanish wine from Friexenet with the friendly price, is now available in New York! Today, the Ferrers operate over 11 wineries in Spain with sales all over the globe. The celebration started with a party at the very cool Tia Pol located at 205 10th Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Chelsea. Why Tapena? Why Now?

That was the scene today at the Hilton New York, where presidents of the above named four Consorzios met with journalists in a private room to talk about their regions and vintages. spoke with Silvia Fiorentini who gave the positive news that sales were up 30% over last year. Imagine. What's up in Chianti Classico? Vin Santo.

The movie had an “unbelievable&# impact on sales, says owner Hubert de Bouard. After recent successes in Hong Kong , auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s graced New York with sales this past weekend. SIPPED: sizzle. Chateau Angelus will be James Bond’s choice of claret, reports decanter.com.

“Is there any Portuguese wine on the menu,&# I often ask when dining in New York City restaurants. With me tonight are two gentlemen, Tiago Macena from the commercial sales department, and Pedro Lufinha, General Manager. will see Carlos again Monday in New York at the Wines of Portugal tasting. About Lisbon.

Other rarities in the sale of 2,000 bottles spanning 139 years set record levels. But one aspect of the sale that struck me was the premium paid over retail prices. Similarly, Hong Kong hammer prices frequently fetch higher prices than the same wines in New York of London. “Sheer unbridled enthusiasm,&# he said.

On October 25th at The New York Public Library The Instituto Grandi Marchi presented their “Premium Brands”. Hosting the panel was Charles Curtis MW, Head of North American Wine Sales Christie's, New York, and representing the new media was Gregory Dal Piaz from Snooth. complex and sexy.

Yet let's get to that in a moment -- right now, we are here in the very elegant and very select Convivo restaurant in New York City, with gregarious and savvy winemaker who are entertaining several of our nation's top journalists and preaching the good words about Puglia wines. or something like that?"

You will experience the same foams and modernistic presentation, save that the portions for multi-course meals are much larger than you'd find in cities like New York or Paris. The train itself is fast, modern, and clean, and the glitzy new Zaragoza train station a gorgeous and expensive expression of the city’s pride.??

It’s sunny with a high of 86 today in New York. The other wine that I bought after the tasting was the Commanderie de Peyrassol, a Provencal rosé that is consistently fun and delicious (and a good value, on sale for $14.39 Tags: New York City wine picks wine shops that day– search for these wines ).

it's always fun to sit next to a winemaker / winery owner during a wine dinner at a top restaurant like Park Avenue Spring in New York City. Now you know that I had to ask Dennis about the Cakebread name, predicting that the delicious sounding, fun, and memorable name probably helped push sales early on. cakebread cake.

Michael Yarmark, born in New York, moved to San Francisco where he did a Masters in English literature at SF State. Moving back to New York, Michael got a job as a sales manager for a book publisher while Emilia continued working in restaurants, including at Franny’s in Park Slope. John label in the East Bay.

Key players in Albany are seeking to break the impasse over wine retailing reform in New York State according to one retailer who was contacted. Daniel Posner, managing partner at Grapes the Wine Company in White Plains, NY, tweeted about the new proposal. Two calls to Albany were not returned.

“I’m going to buy a ten cases and sell the empty bottles on eBay right away,&# said Harvey Rollingstock outside the 13th Street location in New York City. “I’ll put it a third of it for sale with a $30 reserve to triple my money overnight,&# he said. and a $9.99 price tag. The inspiration for “Th.

New York is not one of them, although there is a new proposal that would change that. If this CVS were in NYC, directly across the street from Chambers Street Wines, would Chambers' sales decline? They sell everything, from lawn chairs to perfume to wine. There have been many such proposals, and all have failed.

New York legislators are considering a shift to allow wine to be sold in supermarkets –and wine stores to sell gourmet cheese, cigars, beer and even have ATMs. New customers often say they don’t recognize any of our labels to which we say, “Awesome, that means we are doing a good job!&#. Avg price $15. Low $8.

Robin Kelly O'Connor, moderator and Director of Sales & Education at Sherry-Lehmann Wine Merchants & Immediate Past President of the Society of Wine Educators, terrified the few Master Sommelier and Master of Wine students in the audience when he said to pass these intensive diploma programs one must know the five sub-regions of Navarra.

The American wine icon Becky Wasserman is in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Le Serbet , her wine exporting company. BW : I developed a small business as brokering sales between this cooper and California wine makers. was lucky enough to spend a few hours the other day with Becky and her son Peter. Sorry.

Have you ever been in a New York wine store and thought there was something missing? Well, if you’ve ever thought that then you will like Governor Paterson’s latest proposal to allow wine sales in food stores. New York budget politics are uncertain but this proposal seems better designed for passage than last year.

On Tuesday, I pulled wine importer Terry Theise aside at the trade tasting of his New York distributor, Michael Skurnik Wines. was in a restaurant in New York last night—I won’t say the name—overwhelmingly a fish-oriented restaurant. Our sales have been pretty good. Is Riesling a hard sell? Just how good is 2009?

148 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Phone: 212-227-1434 Suggested donations of $10 (or more) will go directly to pih.org, Partners in Health, and this sounds pretty direct to me. Taste a great selection of wines (not for sale). If I can afford $10, so can you. Chambers is hosting a benefit tasting. The wines will be great.

Driven by sales of red Bordeaux, which country saw a fifteen-fold increase in imports from France during 2002 – 2008? Tags: French wine New York City tasting sized pours SIPPED: upgrading label info? Discussion ensued over at wineberserkers whether there was a loophole in the statement.) SPIT: bling champagne. The Pour ].

Gary Grunner, National Sales-Brand Manager of Cantina di Soave, invited me on a recent Sunday afternoon, to Il Poeta , one of the finest new Italian restaurants in Queens, New York. Rocca Sveva Soave Classico 2008 DOC When I was a younger man, the most famous white wine from Italy was from the Soave region, near Verona.

Speaking of the FTC, Blake Gray, former wine columnist for the SF Chronicle, has a lengthy post decrying the fact that the new FTC regulations come down harder on blogs than they do traditional media. Joe Montana’s 500 acre estate that spans the Sonoma-Napa county line, is up for sale. And they’re not about the turkey.

Since he had quit his job, he tried to find another but had difficulty: he couldn’t even get a job as a server at some BYOB restaurants in New Jersey where he had worked growing up. He bounced around a few places including Italian Wine Merchants, Babbo and Inoteca North and briefly at sales for a wine importer. 35 Greenwich Ave.

At the time Madame Leroy was a fairly new devotee to biodynamism, and as part of her regimen in this vintage, she refused to spray her vines against mildew, which was potentially a huge problem during this growing season. John Gilman, author of the newsletter The View from the Cellar , joins us again for a Q&A. think not. am not hopeful.

The FTC has promulgated new guidelines that include disclosure of “material connections&# (in cash or kind) for bloggers as of December 1. But if BusinessWeek, which lost $43 million last year, has attracted many bidders, why isn’t Conde putting Gourmet up for sale? SIPPED: disclosure. Why not? SIPPED: more nudity and wine.

mention this because a few hours prior to reading them, I took my list of winners from the New York Wine and Food Classic and went shopping for wines on that list. would love to walk down that aisle of New York wines and see some kind of tag under the display that indicates a gold or double gold winner and what event it was awarded at.

Now the New York Times jumps into the pool with the announcement yesterday that they will be starting the New York Times Wine Club. The press release states “The New York Times Wine Club is operated independently of The Times’s critics or other members of the news department.&#

Franzia over their new Australian wine, Down Under. “Bronco’s use of Casella’s iconic square brackets and its use of Australian-centric wording in connection with the sale of Australian wine are likely to confuse consumers,&# the lawsuit said. Franzia’s Bronco Wine Co. also makes “Two Buck Chuck.&#.

Democrats in New York state have re-introduced legislation that would allow wine sales in grocery stores.  It’s baaaaack… Thanks to Megan of Wine & Spirits Daily for bringing this BACK to my attention. As reported… NY DEMOCRATS RE-INTRODUCE WINE BILL.  The bill would [.].

Democrats in New York state have re-introduced legislation that would allow wine sales in grocery stores.  It’s baaaaack… Thanks to Megan of Wine & Spirits Daily for bringing this BACK to my attention. As reported… NY DEMOCRATS RE-INTRODUCE WINE BILL.  The bill would [.].

SPIT: sales. proposal to reform New York’s retail and allow wine sales in supermarket failed earlier this year. One state Senator has introduced new legislation that would allow not only wine sales in supermarkets but also food sales in wine stores and a “medallion&# system instead of licensing.

From The Wall Street Journal by Katy McLaughlin "On one menu, he crossed out prices of wine and listed new prices with the term "sale" -- a rarely seen word in fancy restaurants." And the $7 billion fine-dining industry will see a 12% to 15% drop in sales this year, according to Technomic, a Chicago restaurant industry consultant.

New York State will raise the excise tax on wine sold or made in New York from $0.18 So will there be mega sales in NY wine stores between now and then to draw down said inventory? caution against buying wine as futures… Tags: Bordeaux New York City tasting sized pours SPIT: corks in Champagne!

The budget battle in Albany looms on the calendar–and with it a decision for a possible overhaul of New York wine retail law that would expand wine sales to supermarkets. New York City wine shops, a map. Tags: wine politics New York City See backgrounders here and here.).

of location sales for small stores ($500K or less per year) and only 0.05% - 0.06% of sales for the largest stores. Tags: wine shops New York City Christy Frank of Frankly Wines –last seen in front of her cork wall –returns with some answers to a few of my questions about the possible changes NY wine retail.

In my last post about the Governor's proposal to allow grocery stores to sell wine, I didn't discuss New York wine producers. There are about 21,500 grocery stores in New York State and about 2,500 liquor stores, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Grocery stores do not use sales staff to advise customers.

Buying crudite and rosé at the same time might help New York solve its budgetary woes. To recap the budgetary logic, he proposed to more than double the excise tax on wine and increase the points of sale beyond the 2,400 wine and liquor stores in the state and allow the 19,000 grocery stores to sell wine.

New York, like most every state, is faced with a massive budget gap for fiscal year 2009/10. State spending will be cut, existing taxes will rise in some cases, and there will be new programs for raising revenue. Paterson's office also claims that this move would lead to an increase in wine sales, generating further tax revenue.

Oh, wait, that quote actually came from New Zealand’s stuff.co.nz and was referring to a “massive harvests&# in Australia and New Zealand. story in Wednesday’s LA Times suggests that New Zealand’s party time may even have arrived on the West Coast. Low prices! Party time! Love it! Is it deal or no deal ?

It makes me ill to think of a great producer such as Hanno Zilliken , crafting some of the most magical elixirs to be found on this gray earth, and he has as backlog of older vintages for sale that is simply unimaginable, while Michel Rolland marches through the world of wine like Sherman through Georgia, and everything he scars sells like hotcakes!

The economy’s downturn has left many a gap in the New York State budget. Governor Paterson has proposed some new ways to plug those gaps , such as difficult spending cuts as well as new taxes on private jets, furs and soda. Should New York grocery stores be allowed to sell wine? View Results

I’ll do what I did for Leigh: just ask you to PayPal me $25 (tyler at drvino dot com), which covers the Amazon price, New York sales tax, and then USPS priority shipping back to you. Dear Dr. Vino, My parents live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and are huge wine connoisseurs. Thanks! All the best, - Leigh. Absolutely!

These prices are all well above what you should expect to pay in a decent retail outlet in New York. By way of comparison, you can find Dom Perignon 1999 for under $150 at a number of New York merchants by checking Wine-Searcher , and for even less at auction at Wine Commune. Those same bottles now sell for $150.

But there is one place where you can still taste fine wine for free: New York wine stores. While there are many silly (separate entrances for separate licenses) and annoying (not being able to to sell cheese in a wine shop nor wine in a food shop) aspects of New York wine retail laws, the free tasting is a definite boon for consumers.

Following is an interview with Augusto Cardona , Sales Manager, Italian Wine Merchants : What was the first wine that made you realize you loved wine? We just received a number of new, interesting wines in the store that fit this bill. impact on me. However the one thing that made this one truly stand out was it's elegance.

don't usually go to tastings like this, especially if they're outside of New York City, because they're too expensive, but I made an exception for this event to get a chance to catch up a little with Eric Baugher, winemaker at Ridge, who was pouring the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Monte Bellos. traveled down to Wasihngton D.C. French wines!

The flavor profile of these wines is so new to me, and to be honest, I'm not sure if it is a flavor profile that I like as much as that of Loire or Burgundy whites. sales guy at Chambers Street told me that this is a closeout on the vintage, explaining the deep discount. like it when WBW gets "esoteric" on us like this.

This was some of the most flavorful food Ive tasted in New York this summer. wonder if the sales person in charge of training lets the staff know that sustainable means a grower can use the weed-killer Round-Up? But, I really am not into a raw food regime, which seems more like a religion. The wine had a different plot line.

If you live in or near New York City, and you like wine, here are some tastings that should not be missed: Dressner Selections Real Wine Attack 2007, March 22-24, FREE. Sotheby's Pre-Sale Tasting , May 17, $75. Saturday March 24 from 1:00 - 7:00 PM at Chambers Street Wines. Aimez-vous Pinot Noir? Yes, this should be a blast.

We especially liked the wines at Castello di Borghese , a Cutchogue winery owned by an Italian Prince and Princess (although they apparently put the winery up for sale). So now I know that Long Island makes serious wine.what about the rest of New York? All in all - New York wine = YES! 2005 Hermann J. violets?