Wine Media Guild of New York

Our annual business meeting is June 23. Please let Geoff Kalish know if you plan to attend. And please do consider attending since we will set the calendar for the next year’s worth of lunches among other topics. And there will be sandwiches and wine!

John Foy alerted us of the following limitations on wine in packed luggage: United Airlines requires wine to be packed in Styrofoam, even if it’s in a checked bag. It doesn’t matter how well you have packed the wine (or any other bottled liquid); if it is not packed in Styrofoam United won’t accept it. This is stated on their website. Might be a good idea to check on other airlines’ policies for future travel.

There will be no Newsletters during the summer months of July and August. They will resume in September.

JUNE TRADE TASTINGS (more…)

APRIL TASTINGS

Wed 2: 11:30am-2:00pm. Wine Media Guild Petite Sirah Luncheon. A few places left. psavoie@nyc.rr.com (more…)

MEMBERS’ MEMOS

Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing Mulligan are writing the ninth in the Dummies wine series (10th book overall) titled California Wine For Dummies (John Wiley), due out in September.

We forgot to mention last month that David Rosengarten was a speaker on four panels at the Professional Wine Writers Symposium held at Meadowood (Napa Valley) February 19-22…At the Symposium, attended by 50 wine writers (including 5 from the WMG), David and Pat Savoie announced they are co-authoring a book on how to navigate restaurant wine lists and recognize and work with a variety of sommelier types. Expected publication in 2009.

Tidbits (more…)

MEMBER MEMOS

* CONGRATULATIONS to Tyler Colman, who has been contracted by Simon & Schuster to write “a practical and fun wine book.” S&S has put the book on a very fast track: it will be released this fall! So, if Tyler is absent from a couple of tastings, it’s because he is writing the book and editing galleys! This is Tyler’s second book due out this year.

* Four WMG members will attend the fourth annual Professional Wine Writers Symposium in Napa Valley at Meadowood Resort. The Symposium is for wine writers only and involves four days of meetings, speakers, panels, lunches/dinners, wine tastings, and a day at the CIA. The four are Marisa D’Vari, Tyler Colman (his third and a writing Fellowship winner), Pat Savoie (her third and a writing Fellowship winner) and Mort Hochstein (a Judge for the Fellowship writing competition; judging was done blind by the way). The Symposium takes place Feb 19-22. For information: www.winewriterssymposium.org

* DATE CHANGE ALERT FOR JUNE BORDEAUX TASTING (more…)

SOLD OUT Wednesday Jan 9: Wine Media Guild Luncheon 11:30am-2:00pm. Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Felidia Restaurant. If you have reserved and are not able to attend, please notify Pat Savoie asap as there is a wait list. psavoie@nyc.rr.com

Trade events:
Monday Jan 14: - Vias Portfolio Tasting. (more…)