Wine Media Guild of New York

The Wine Media Guild will hold its Annual Dinner on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Del Posto Restaurant. It promises to be another gala event, with members and guests bringing impressive bottles of wine from their cellars to share with others. This year, we are taking the elegant downstairs wine room at Del Posto. Another positive is that we will have room for twice as many attendees as last year.

We will begin with a Champagne reception with passed Hors d’oeuvres. This will be followed by a four-course dinner, coffee/tea, and more of the fine Cognacs we had last year to finish.

At the Dinner, the 2009 Inductees to the Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame will be honored. They are: Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Matt Kramer, Clive Coates, James Halliday. The posthumous Inductee is Alexis Bespaloff. Recipient of special Recognition for Distinguished Service to the Wine Industry is Peter Sichel.

To purchase tickets, go to Brown Paper Tickets (Visa, Mastercard, Discover).

There is a small handling fee for using the service, which is added to the price of each ticket. No physical tickets will be issued; names are placed on a list and sent to WMG at the end of each day. For email confirmation or additional information, purchasers should send a separate email to psavoie@nyc.rr.com.

Two historic chateaus. Ten vintages. Many, many Guild members.

Member Mark Golodetz brokered the peace and the managing directors of both Pichon-Baron and Pichon-Baron attended the last lunch. For a recap, check out these postings or articles by members or their guests:

Robert Simonson (Off the Presses): Pichon-Baron Pichon-Lalande Showdown
Tyler Colman (Dr. Vino): A tale of two Pichons – peace in Pauillac

As other accounts come in, send them in and we will post!

Wine Media Guild May Newsletter
Ron Kapon, Editor

MEMBERS’ MEMOS

The outpouring of good wishes for Paul Zimmerman (Dr. Z) from our members has been heartwarming. Jonathan Levine has collected wines for the silent auction from the members of his wine tasting group.  Many WMG members have donated wines or cash, and, at the time of writing of this newsletter, we have 6 members going to the event but need two more to fill the WMG table. The event, featuring Giants coach Tom Coughlin and Jets coach Rex Ryan, is May 18 at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, N.J. Open bar beginning at 6:15, followed by dinner and a round-table with Peter King of Sports Illustrated, coaches Coughlin and Ryan reviewing the draft and previewing the season, followed by questions for the coaches from the audience. Then, there will be a football insiders’ roundtable after which the winners of the auction items will be announced. Tickets are $225 apiece, or $1,500 for a table of eight, and are available by sending a check, payable to “Dr.Z/Nothing is Impossible Foundation” to: Dr. Z/Nothing is Impossible Foundation 21 Pine Street- Suite 202-Rockaway, NJ 07866. All tickets are tax-deductible. In addition, donations may be sent to that address. For further information, please email Barbara Neibart, at bneibart@yahoo.com .

We have learned that Perry Luntz passed away from Legionnaire’s Disease, which he contracted while at a skilled nursing rehabilitation facility where he was recovering from lung cancer and a broken hip…You may be interested to learn that Wiley will soon publish German and Spanish language versions of his Whiskey and Spirits for Dummies.

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