Listen up, New York City and Chicago wine lovers…you have the chance to win 2 free tickets to an exclusive Italian wine tasting!
(And even if you’re not the winner, tickets can still be purchased…)
Slow Wine, an English guide to Italian wines by Slow Wine Food Italy, will be celebrating its first-ever English publication with two launch trade and consumer events: the first event will take place on January 30, 2012 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City (125 West 18th Street) and the second event will be held at Spiaggia in Chicago (980 North Michigan Avenue) on February 2, 2012. The guide and its producers will be the focus of the events for the trade during the day and then for the consumers in the evening.
During the New York City events, 140 wines from 68 selected producers and 14 Italian regions will be available for the tasting. In Chicago, the events will feature over 100 wines from 44 winemakers and 12 regions.
The Slow Wine guide, published in the U.S. by Chelsea Green, adopts a new approach to wine criticism and looks at a variety of factors to evaluate wineries in their entirety, taking into consideration the wine quality, typicity and adherence to terroir, value for money, environmental sensitivity and ecologically sustainable viticultural practices. Slow Wine was conceived to give a realistic snapshot o the current Italian wine landscape. In fact, the guide features reviews of 400 different wineries, each one visited by Slow Food experts.
The innovative guide uses three symbols to evaluate each winery:
· The Snail, the Slow Food symbol, signals a cellar that has distinguished itself through its interpretation of sensorial, territorial, environmental and personal values in harmony with the Slow Food philosophy
· The Bottle, allocated to cellars that show a consistently high quality throughout their range of wines
· The Coin, an indicator of great value
“With Slow Wine we have changed the way of reviewing wine,” comments Marco Bolasco, CEO of Slow Food Editore. “Now, with this international version we want to go beyond and create new ways of discussing and exchanging contents, ideas and projects among authors, producers, food communities, readers and Slow Food members. This is the natural course for a publishing house that wants to keep listening to the world and communicating it, yet in order to do so we have to deepen our knowledge and keep our ears and eyes open.”
The New York City walk-around wine tasting consumer event will take place from 6:30pm-9:00pm on January 30, 2012. Tickets are available for purchase ($35 for members of Slow Food USA; $40 for general admission) at http://slowwineguidenyc.eventbrite.com/
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Slow Food NYC.
The Chicago walk-around wine tasting consumer event will take place from 6:00pm-8:30pm on February 2, 2012. Tickets are available for purchase ($30 for members of Slow Food USA; $35 for general admission) at http://slowwineguidechicago.eventbrite.com/
Admission for both consumer events includes a complimentary copy of the Slow Wine guide and a commemorative wine glass. Light food pairings will also be provided. For questions only, please contact Colangelo & Partners Public Relations: mailto:slowine@colangelopr.com
And yes…Slow Wine is offering 2 free tickets to consumers in New York City and Chicago exclusively through EatItalian.com!
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And for those in the trade and press…the New York City trade event on January 30, 2012 will begin with a press briefing from 1:00-1:45pm to discuss how the guide is organized and how it came into being. The walk-around tasting will take place from 2:00-6:00pm. The Chicago trade event will take place from 1:30pm-5:30pm. Trade and press can RSVP by contacting Amy Capetta at Colangelo & Partners Public Relations: mailto:acapetta@colangelopr.com
