Best Beverage hosted its annual fall trade tasting on October 1 at its Carpenter Street office and warehouse in Pawtucket. The intimate tasting showcased 20 supplier tables and offered a Champagne bar to pair with freshly shucked oysters. Home-cooked Portuguese food accompanied the many imported and domestic portfolio selections.
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- Jacquart Blanc de Blancs Champagne 2006 greeted guests.
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- Jack Cunha, Sales Representative, Best Beverage; Bryan Hoffman, Sales Manager, Best Beverage; Emma McLaughlin, Sales Representative, Best Beverage; Alex Rosario, Sales Representative, Best Beverage; and Fatima Pereira and John Pereira, Owners, Best Beverage.
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- Roberta Perillo, Marketing Manager, Evaton and Jack Cunha, Sales Associate, Best Beverage.
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- Frank Paredes, President, Esporão/NOW Wine Imports.
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- Magnolia Ramos, Brand Ambassador, Global Wines.
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- Lisa Strausser, New England Sales Manager, Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant.
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- Fatima Pereira, Owner, Best Beverage and Rick Pignataro, National Sales Manager, Angelini Wine.
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- Mark Raymond, Carolina Wine Brands and Derek Wagner, Owner/Chef, Nicks on Broadway.
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- Jean-Baptiste Tarel, Responsable Export, Alliance Alsace and Van Potts, President, Preston-Layne & Partners, Inc.
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- Judy Lebel, CSW, Best Year Ever Wine.
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- Vittorio Zoppi, Le Colture Winery and Frank Paredes, President, Esporão/NOW Wine Imports.
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- Elizabeth George, Vice President of Sales, New England, Broadbent Selections.
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- Michel Abood, CEO/President, Vinotas Selections.
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- Katie Spigner, National Sales Manager, Presqu’ile.
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- Natalie D’Alessandro Volpe, Wine Broker, NDV Wine Agents, LLC.
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- Kurt Reming, Northeast Regional Manager, Premium Port Wines.
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- Christoph Artner, Wine Maker, Vintners Alliance and Gregg Mutschler, Director of Wholesale, Vintners Alliance.
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- Scott Gayman, Northeast Regional Manager, Robert Craig Winery.
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- Quinto Do Vesuvio Premium Port Wines.
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- Jeff Paradise, Portfolio Manager, Communal Brands.
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- The wine that launched Communal Brands, Otto’s Constant Dream, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough New Zealand.
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- Selections imported by Angelini Wines.
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- A selection from Presqu’ile,from Santa Barbara County’s Santa Maria Valley,
Photos by Laura Widness.
