Trade professionals and guests visited the Slocum & Sons headquarters on November 11 for a seminar hosted by Pierre Casenave, Winemaker for Veuve Clicquot. Casenave presented Veuve Clicquot’s 2004 Vintage Brut, 2004 Vintage Brut Rosé, 2004 La Grande Dame Brut and 2004 La Grande Dame Brut Rosé for an educational tasting. With each taste, Casenave spoke about the 2004 wine harvest, his winemaking process, the vineyards, and food pairings to marry with each Veuve Clicquot. Later that day, Le Fat Poodle in Old Greenwich hosted Casenave, Slocum & Sons staff and consumer guests for a ladies night-themed pairing dinner, called “La Grande Dame,” in keeping with the Veuve Clicquot offerings.
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- Pierre Casenave, Winemaker, during the Veuve Clicquot seminar.
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- Veuve Clicquot tasting mat.
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- Pierre Casenave, Winemaker, Veuve Clicquot with Renee B. Allen, Founder and Director, Wine Institute of New England.
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- Pierre Casenave with Sanjay Shah, Owner, Buy Rite Liquors in Wethersfield and Buy Rite Liquors’ Employee Inna Brown.
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- All of Slocum & Sons unless indicated: (Back Row) John Slocum, Executive Vice President and General Manager; Pierre Casenave, Winemaker, Veuve Clicquot; Daniel Maeso, Regional Marketing Manager, Veuve Clicquot; John Dechello, Wine Director; (Front Row) Christen LaRochelle, Hartford and Litchfield County Regional Manager; Marcia Passavant, Senior Brand Manager; Susan Wagner, Sales Administrator; Sherrie Aceto-Glynn, Sales Information Director.
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- Kelly Kerekes, Sales Representative, Slocum & Sons; Stephanie Bernstein, Guest; Ludovica Ghio, Account Representative, Urbani Truffles, during the “La Grande Dame” Veuve Clicquot dinner pairing.
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- Daniel Maeso, Regional Marketing Manager; Veuve Clicquot with Marcia Passavant, Senior Brand Manager, Slocum & Sons, during the “La Grande Dame” Veuve Clicquot dinner pairing.
