An "Assemblage" of Bordeaux Winemakers to Make Trip to East Coast.17 Bordeaux Winemakers and CIVB CIVB Conseil Interprofessionel des Vins de Bordeaux (French: Bordeaux Wine Board) CIVB Combustion Induced Vortex Breakdown CIVB Configuration Interaction Valence Bond President to Take Part in Trade Tastings: Washington DC, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Boston NAPA, Calif. -- Seventeen Bordeaux winemakers and Alain Vironneau, the president of the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), will show off their wines to the trade during the Today's Bordeaux: 100 Classic, Contemporary, and Affordable Wines three-city tour this May that will visit Washington DC, New York City and Boston. The featured 100 wines, priced $8-$25, were selected by an independent jury in a blind tasting from almost 300 nominations. The tastings are presented by the CIVB and the U.S. Bordeaux Wine Bureau. View a list of wines and RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. at www.bordeauxwinebureau.org.
This year, visiting winemakers include:
Anne Bernard, Chateau De Seguin
Henri Cadillac, Taffard de Blaignan
Jerome Caille, Chateau Robin
Louis de Cazenove, Chateau de Cazenove
Regis Chaigne, Chateau Ballan Larquette
Damien Chombart, Lamothe de Haux
Jean Darriet, Chateau La Maroutine
Sandrine Froleun-Darriet, Chateau Dauphine Rondillon
Arnaud Delaire, Chateau Branda
Vincent Duret, Leon Nony
Andree Ebersole, Andre Lurton
Dominique Haverlan, Chateau Gaubert
Patrick Junet, Clos Junet
Gilles Laurencin, Chateau De la Meuliere
Denis Lescourgues, Chateau Le Bonnat
Frederic Leydet, Leydet Valentin
Marie-Francoise Thiery, Chateau Machorre
The winemakers are coming not only to pour and present their own wines, but also to serve as ambassadors for the entire range of affordably priced Bordeaux. "Bordeaux's fame rests, in large part, on the great classed growths," says Alain Vironneau, president of the CIVB, the professional association of Bordeaux's growers, winemakers and wine merchants. "Magnificent as those wines are, they represent a very small percentage of our production. The world is familiar with coming to Bordeaux to taste the latest vintages. Today, we are traveling to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to remind people of all the excellent wine we produce at very affordable prices." The Today's Bordeaux Trade Tastings will take place as follows. * Thursday, May 10, 2007: Westin Grand Hotel, Washington DC--Trade & Press Tasting from 2-5 p.m. * Monday, May 14, 2007: Altman Building, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY--Press Only Tasting from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Trade Tasting from 2-5 p.m. * Tuesday, May 15, 2007: Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston, MA--Trade & Press Tasting from 2-5 p.m. A note: In Bordeaux, where the art was perfected, blending wine is called assemblage assemblage: see collage. assemblage Three-dimensional construction made from household materials such as rope and newspapers or from any found materials. . About the Bordeaux Wine Bureau The Bordeaux Wine Bureau is the public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most representative for the CIVB in the United States. Created in 2005, the Bureau is managed by Benson Marketing Group, an agency devoted to the wine industry, with offices in New York and Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine . The CIVB was founded in 1947 and represents more than 9,000 Bordeaux producers and more than 300 negociants. About Today's Bordeaux The $8-$25 price range represents approximately 80% of all Bordeaux and offers the quality and value that appeal to American consumers. However, the mystique mys·tique n. An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it: the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism. and high prices of classed growths (only 5% of total production) has led to a perception that Bordeaux is expensive and difficult to appreciate. The Today's Bordeaux program is designed to communicate the message that Bordeaux is affordable, easy to appreciate and appropriate for all occasions and budgets. Similar programs have been held in Canada, the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, Korea, Japan, China, and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. sponsored by the CIVB. |
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