Vino California Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Italian Wines May 13-17
Largest Native Italian Wine Celebration on the West Coast Features Italian Wine Seminars, Wine Pairing Dinners at Top Italian Restaurants, Italian Spirit-Focused Happy Hours, and The Grand Tasting.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease) May 09, 2013 - Vino California, the West Coast's most anticipated Italian wine classic, returns May 13 through 17 for a five-day feast for the senses. With an impressive schedule of events happening across Los Angeles, Vino California offers a unique opportunity to celebrate and explore a memorable array of native varietals with wine professionals, connoisseurs, and consumers. Produced by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, in collaboration with Blue Lifestyle and THE TASTING PANEL magazine, tickets for Vino California's series of events are on sale now at www.vino-california.com.
The third annual lineup includes both trade-only events designed for industry professionals as well as public events open to consumers. Vino California brings together a cadre of A-list Italian winemakers, master sommeliers and critically-acclaimed culinary personalities delivering a series of epicurean experiences that appeal to the sophisticated palates of wine and food enthusiasts. More than 100 wineries from 18 regions of Italy will be featured at numerous wine events such as seminars, pairing dinners, and even a pasta-making class, among others.
Highlights of Vino California 2013 include:
Vino California Kick-Off Party featuring the exceptional wines of the Calabria region (trade only)
· Starting May 15, three consecutive nights of regional wine pairing dinners at LA's most talked-about Italian restaurants including Aventine Hollywood (Southern culinary-focus), Valentino (Northern culinary-focus), and Enoteca Drago (Central culinary-focus), respectively
· Vino California Grand Tasting at the Skirball Cultural Center
· Nightly Happy Hours at Locanda Del Lago and Bar Toscana that highlight afeatured Italian spirit and exclusive cocktails
· Gourmandise "Intro to Pasta" + wine pairing class where attendees learn to make fresh pasta from scratch while learning how to pair their dishes with authentic Italian wines
"In only its third year, Vino California has quickly become an iconic fixture on the national wine landscape," said Letizia Miccoli, Executive Director of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West. "We are thrilled to bring such an extensive taste of Italy to Los Angeles which is filled with experienced wine consumers and professionals that are eager to learn more about old world wines."
Vino California is organized by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West (IACCW), in collaboration with Blue Lifestyle. THE TASTING PANEL magazine is the official media sponsor. For more information about Vino California including a full schedule of events and purchasing tickets, please visit www.vino-california.com.
About the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, Inc.
For 25 years, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce has been an innovative force in the community, championing economic exchange and fostering trade opportunities. IACCW is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and stimulate economic and trade relations between Italy and the Western United States. The goal of the IACCW is to provide both members and the business community with a broad range of services, emphasizing commercial assistance and referrals, in support of their business activities and expansion goals. In addition, the IACCW organizes on-going events including conferences, seminars and lunch meetings, attended by high-profile individuals from the entrepreneurial, governmental, political, diplomatic and cultural sectors, designed to open new levels of cooperation and dialogue.
About Blue Lifestyle
Blue Lifestyle is the home of James Beard Foundation Award-winner Anthony Dias Blue, one of the most influential wine, food and lifestyle personalities in the United States. His work in various media is circulated to more than 30,000,000 global consumers each month. He can be found in print periodicals, on television and radio, in bookstores and on the web. Mr. Blue's consumers-oriented food and wine critiques, The Lifestyle Minute, are broadcast several times daily on KABC in Los Angeles and on WCBS radio in New York. In 2011, Mr. Blue launched a two hour nationally-syndicated talk show called Blue Lifestyle that currently airs in more than forty markets across the country, and on XM Radio. Blue Lifestyle is also one of the nation's most successful producers of wine and food events, creating large trade tastings, wine seminars, lunches and dinners for wineries and wine associations around the world.
About THE TASTING PANEL
THE TASTING PANEL magazine is the most widely circulated trade publication in the beverage industry, reaching an audience of thousands of key decision-makers every month and growing on an international scale. The magazine is led by Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dias Blue, a longtime wine & spirits publisher and executive editor Meridith May. With their expertise, experience and industry eminence, they are intimately acquainted with every aspect of the beverage industry, making their publication an extremely reliable source for information about beverages, the beverage trade and the people who influence the direction of the industry.
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