Fwd: it's up!

[Kelley Slagle]

Hi Everyone,

Carlo Devito of Hudson-Chatham Winery asked me to extend the invitation below to all of you.  This Taste Camp event sounds like it could be a good opportunity for some pre Cider Week promotion. Please read below and if you are interested in participating you can reply directly to Carlo Devito at  cdde...@aol.com . Or reply here to me and the group and I will forward it along. 

I am not involved in organizing this event just passing along the information. 

Cheers!

Kelley Slagle
voice & text  347-878-2102 
Farm to Glass Tours

Cider Week Hudson Valley November 14 - 23, 2014

Orchard Hill Cider Mill

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carlo DeVito <cdde...@aol.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: it's up!
To: kelley...@gmail.com

Kelley

 

As discussed, October 10th and 11th the combined Drink Local Wine/Taste Camp 2014 will descend on the Hudson Valley. This is a very exciting opportunity for HV producers to get their wines, ciders, and spirits in front of 20-30 wines and spirits writers from around the country. This is a great way to promote your product - especially on the eastern seaboard with writers from Washington DC and NYC in attendance. This is really a huge thing!!!!

 

his is as much so for the cider producers as it is for the wineries an distilleries. As you can see from the information below, we have a full two days, with four Grand Tastings, and more than 50 producers participating.

 

The cider tasting will be on Saturday, October 11, at Hudson-Chatham Winery. Vendors will share two to a table to promote their ciders to food writers from around the country. THIS IS NOT AN EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS ONLY OPEN TO PRODUCERS AND WRITERS.  

 

I encourage STRONGLY that producers bring their best three HIGH END products. LIMIT THREE PRODUCTS PER PRODUCER. And as much marketing material as you like - rack cards, business cards, small give aways. No banners.

 

This is a high end, discerning crowd. We want to bring wines, beers, and spirits that are ONLY THE BEST.

 

It's not a heavy pouring crowd. Bring three bottles of each, but you might only go through two.

 

Producers must be there by noon to set up their product.

 

I really hope many of your folks take advantage of this huge opportunity. We encourage as many people to participate as possible. You are encouraged to come and speak about your product, or simply to send something. We will have knowledgeable pourers standing by.

 

 Best

 

Carlo

 

http://www.drinklocalwine.com/

 

http://newyorkcorkreport.com/tastecamp/

 

 

 

TASTE CAMP / DRINK LOCAL WINE AGENDA

Friday: October 10, 2014

•Mid-Day Arrival at Millbrook. Tour, tasting, lunch 12-2 (Tasting includes Clinton Vineyards, and several Shawangunk wineries)

•Robibero for a 'grand tasting' of lower valley wines (Shawangunk) 3-5pm

(wineries would include: Whitecliff, Brotherhood, Warwick, Palaia, Bashakill, Clearview, Applewood, Brimstone Hill, Baldwin, Glorie, Stoutridge,  Robibero and Benmarl, El Paso etc.)

• Tasting and dinner at Whitecliff Vineyards

 

Saturday, October 11,2014

•Tasting of Hudson Valley Distilleries at Hillrock Estate 10-1130

(Taste Hillrock, HV Distillers, Albany Distillers, Warwick, Dutch’s Spirits, Demarest, Coppersea, Catskill, Harvest Spirits, Millbrook, etc)

12-1 lunch at HCW

Tasting of East Side of River, northern wineries, Cideries and Cassis at Hudson-Chatham (Tousey and HBBT members) 1-3pm

(Tasting of HCW, Tousey, Brookview, Furnacebrook, Altamont, Victory View and cideries: Warwick, Applewood, Aaron Burr, Kettleborough, Bad Seed, HV Cider, BSW, Nine Pin, HCW)

Dinner: Tasting and BYOB Tousey Winery

Howard Johnson in Saugerties NY.