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Table Talk with Food, Wine & Spirits Professionals
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To kick off 2012, we led a special Partida tasting in the office to get everyone excited about the brand in the New Year. Although the whole agency does not work on the account, everyone sat in to learn about the ultra-premium Tequila and how to properly taste spirits. Our colleague also wrote a great piece on her blog about the tasting. http://avvinare.com/2012/01/07/spirited-saturday-partida-tequila-neat/ Happy 2012!  Related posts:
Tags: Drink, Tequila The holidays sure have brought an onslaught of distracting delights, both office-based, in the form of daily cookies and cakes, and Web-based, in the form of the gift guides we pitch and assiduously scour for our own gift ideas. Added to those is the profusion of deal sites showcasing gifts tasty and trendy, outlandish and last-minute. Gilt Groupe deals take on a new luster when I sense they might satisfy one of my trickier gift recipients. Our own client, Kusmi Tea’s, website – I have to admit – has fulfilled much of my own last-minute gift list-checking. Kusmi gets my vote for the pretty presents award, at least under my Christmas tree. My favorite in the ‘outlandish’ category is probably A Small World’s ‘Favourite Experiential Gifts’ guide, which highlights such generous goodies as a Zero Gravity Flight on the Boeing 727-400 G Force One starting at $3,675 and the Momentum Adventure: trekking through mountain passes in Mongolia, crossing the deserts of Jordan, or canoeing through the Yukon… these are for the faint neither of heart nor of wallet. And so it’s a period of plenty… of receipts, daily distractions, calories and inspiration. From everyone at Colangelo & Partners, we wish for you all that it is also a period of plenty of warm moments with family and friends and of good food and drink, and the beginning of a joyful, prosperous New Year.  No related posts. Tags: gifts, holidays Yesterday, December 5th, was a celebration of alcohol around the US as the date marked the 78th anniversary of Repeal Day and the end of Prohibition. Bars around the country celebrated with specials, era-style clothing and music and more. We liked this article that gives a bit more of a historical perspective on this important date, Cheers to America’s Alcohol System.  Related posts: Tags: Prohibition, Repeal Day, Repeal of Prohibition Slow Food Editore, the publishing arm of Slow Food, will publish its first-ever Slow Wine guide in the English language in January 2012. In lieu of the numerical ratings system common to many contemporary wine guides, the Slow Wine guide employs a comprehensive approach of visiting each and every winery at length, spending time with the owners and winemakers, and appraising the winery in is entirety, with a holistic view toward wine quality and value, sustainability, and the values of the Slow Food movement. To celebrate the arrival of this dynamic and distinctive new guide to US shores, Colangelo & Partners will host a series of events in late January and early February in NYC and Chicago for trade, press and consumers. Registration for an industry event in NYC is now open. An afternoon press briefing and walk-around tasting for press and trade will take place Monday, January 30 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. Registration is available at http://slowwinenyctrade.eventbrite.com/ For information about the industry event in Chicago and events for consumers in NYC and Chicago, watch this space. About Slow Food International Related posts:
Tags: Food, Slow Food, sustainability, Wine The functional food and beverages market in the US ( food and drink fortified with health benefits and supplements to you and me) is set to grow to $8.618 billion by 2015. Forget about finding necessary vitamins and minerals in your regular diet – that’s so two minutes ago! In the last few months, we have seen quite a trend emerging in the Colangelo office. Our once happy and sybaritic existence of indulging in artisan cheeses and meats from Italy washed down with premium tequilas and royal wines has been replaced by 6 day antioxidant regimes and gluten free, guilt free indulging. Are we bucking a trend that seems to be taking over the food industry and turning CPR into an altogether holistic agency? Just last week, pizza was classified as a vegetable and will take it’s place in school cafeterias alongside the much maligned spinach. Enter one of our newest clients, BOLD Organics gluten free, frozen pizza. Feeling a little sluggish after the holidays? I’ve got just the thing for you, take the Six-Pack Challenge courtesy of our free radical fighting client, Reboot. And while we are treating our bodies as temples we are definitely not forgetting about the physical temples we reside in. Bio-Green Crystals, our non-toxic, all natural eco-friendly household cleaners has us cleaning house and feeling nearly 1oo% puritanical. All we need now is a client to cleanse and purify our minds and make us completely wholesome. I wonder if Deepak Chopra needs some PR?
 No related posts. Posted in: Uncategorized | Comments Off Last night I had the thoroughly gratifying experience of seeing the short comedy show, “Pig: A Restaurant,” at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Chelsea. The show is a one-woman spoof of modern restaurant culture that mocks to delectable excess such current trends as nose-to-tail dining, locavorism, celebrity chefs, food blogs, Twitter, pig-infused everything and Brooklyn. Actress Lauren Adams morphs from one hilarious foodie stereotype to the next without missing a beat. I think I lost count after her sixth or seventh (spot on) impersonation. For anyone who follows the NY food scene, this show is the best $5 you could spend on entertainment this month. You’ll think it was written with you in mind. “Pig: A Restaurant” will show again on November 17th at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on West 26th St near 8th Ave. http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/2850 The “invitation”… No related posts. Tags: Food, restaurants, theater. locavore As craft cocktails and the art of bartending has continued to grow and gain in popularity throughout 2011, the team at Colangelo & Partners has enjoyed trying new and delicious drinks (especially when coming up with ideas for our spirits clients!). While there are literally hundreds of great bars throughout the five boroughs that we frequent, The Tasting Table has helped remove some of the guess work with their official “The Best Cocktails of 2011″ list. We agree that these are some of our favorites within the city, did any of yours make the cut? Tasting Table New York City: The Best Cocktails of 2011 and Where To Drink Them  Related posts:
Tags: Bartender, Cocktail, Drink ‘Vinitaly In The World’ completed its 2011 United States tour with a full day of events at New York City’s Metropolitan pavilion on October 19. Over 500 members of the US wine trade and press attended the day’s events. The 2011 US tour also included a day of seminars and tastings on Monday, October 17 at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC. This is the 14th international tour of Vinitaly. The 2011 tour includes Russia, the United States, China and Korea with representatives making a stop in Japan as well. Vinitaly in the World is dedicated to opening up the exciting world of new Italian wines, new vintages and other developments to US wine press and trade including importers, distributors, retailers, restaurateurs and sommeliers and conversely to educating Italian wine producers about the US market. This year’s tour featured more specialized seminars, including one entitled “How has social media added to the conversation about wines? Is there a place for standardization and what makes someone an authority?” Another seminar spoke to the difference that communications technologies have made in the wine business and how online sales are affecting the wine trade. Additionally, for the first time ever, the Worldwide Sommelier Association offered a master class was for sommeliers, featuring Italian indigenous varieties. Related posts:
Tags: Italian wine, Vinitaly, Wine Last week I had the pleasure of tasting a gorgeous array of wines from throughout the Rhone Valley at an early evening event at Capitale on the Lower East Side. Many of the wines I tasted were fairly young, nearly all quite pleasant, and one really stood out: a 2005 Gambert de Loche Hermitage Cave de Tain. Apart from the wine, what stands out in my memory is the sheer cleverness of the event set-up itself. “Flights and Flights” was the theme, which meant the entire event played upon the experiences of flight. The registration desk was fitted out with a airport-style check-in desk and even a fake illuminated board of flight departures. The entrance was a long, red carpet promenade lined with vintage suitcases. The welcome speech was given airline-style with clever admonitions, such as “do not fasten your seatbelts.” Entertainment integrated “flight,” as well, with aerialists and juggling balls, wine bottles, baguettes… I’ve seen this level of creativity at industry events before but rarely for the sort of wine region or trade organization from which I’d expect a standard early afternoon, walk-around tasting. I think the latter is an excellent vehicle for straightforward evaluation of wines to assist purchasing decisions or writing reviews. But I would love to see more “serious” wine trade presentations take a creative spin like this from Rhone Valley Wines. Erol Senel describes the event in more poetic detail (and with photos!) on his blog, Senel Wine at http://senelwine.com/2011/09/28/the-sensuality-of-the-rhone/ No related posts. Tags: red wine, Rhone wine, wine tasting Wine Enthusiast has announced it’s nominations for their annual Star Awards, and we at Colangelo & Partners are so proud to announce that Tequila Partida has been nominated for Distiller of the Year! This is the second year that Partida has been singled out for its excellence, and Partida is honored to be in the running alongside other great brands. Check out the Wine Enthusiast article for more information and the full list of all the winners.  Related posts:
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