The nation's largest trade and consumer wine event took place this weekend at the nineteenth annual Boston Wine Expo. Over 450 international and domestic wineries participated in this year's Grand Tasting. With more than 1,800 wines to sample, I may have missed one or two. I was rather surprised to see no representation from the Champagne region on this occasion. Indeed, France seemed to be underrepresented overall.
Featured speakers included Kevin Zraly (keynote) of Windows on the World Wine School; Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibraryTV.com; Gloria Maroti Frazee from Wine Spectator; and Leslie Sbrocco, award-winning author of "Adventures of a Thirsty Girl."
Boston Wine Expo
Seaport World Trade Center
200 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2031 (map)
http://www.WineExpoBoston.com/
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Upcoming Wine Events:
Washington, D.C. International Wine & Food Festival
February 13-14, 2010
http://www.DCWineFestival.com/
New York Wine Expo
February 26-28, 2010
http://www.NewYorkWineExpo.com/
Greetings, Robert-Gilles! Unfortunately, too much favorable publicity for underrated wines (such as those from the Côte Chalonnaise) usually leads to higher prices. (Should that happen, of course, we'll know whom to blame!) Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to your series.
Posted by: Comestiblog | 31 January 2010 at 08:00 PM
Dear Friend!
Greetings!
That is the marked advantage of living in a big city!
Your lucky one!
Incidentally, I'm planning to run a series of articles on Cote Chalonnaise/Bourgogne wines, probably the most underrated wines in Home country!
Best regards,
Robert-Gilles
Posted by: Robert-Gilles Martineau | 31 January 2010 at 06:36 PM
Thanks for the links, Greg. I embedded the videos into the post.
Posted by: Comestiblog | 25 January 2010 at 09:00 AM
Hey - saw these two clips from the wine expo.
http://vimeo.com/8956583 - Kevin Zraly Interview
http://vimeo.com/8955023 - Gary Vaynerchuk Interview
Posted by: Greg | 25 January 2010 at 01:49 AM