Join Enrique Toso and Houston Smith at the greatest food and wine festival in Vail, Colorado!

In its 20th year, the Taste of Vail is the nation’s premier spring food and wine festival, held at several venues throughout North America’s #1 ski resort. During the annual three-day event, upwards of 5,000 people are able to “taste the Vail Valley lifestyle” which showcases Vail’s world-famous resort village set against dramatic mountain vistas.

Participants at the Taste of Vail experience the Vail Valley’s world-class restaurants, fine wine poured by winemakers and winery owners from top wineries around the globe, along with interactive seminars, auction and dance, the Colorado Lamb Cook Off, apres ski tasting and the popular mountaintop picnic sensory extravaganza at the top of Vail Mountain.

Proceeds from the Taste of Vail go to various charities in the Vail Valley.

When:
Thursday April 8, 2010 – Saturday April 10, 2010

For Tickets and more information:

TasteofVail.com

MAX’S MARCH MALBEC MADNESS
Max Amore and Broadway Wine & Spirits Present:
“An Evening with Food & Wine”

Five wine and food pairings featuring Malbecs including a few surprises
Guest Speaker: Marissa Ocasio, TGIC Importers
Wednesday March 31, 2010 6:30 P.M.
$69.95 per person + tax & gratuity

Max Amore
140 Glastonbury Boulevard
Somerset Square
Glastonbury, CT
06033

~The Menu ~

Course 1
Duck “carpaccio” with pomegranate reduction
Kaiken Malbec 2008

Course 2
Beef braciola with creamy corn polenta
Montes Classic Malbec 2008

Course 3
Seafood risotto, saffron rice, grilled chorizo, PEI mussels, gulf shrimp
Pascual Toso Malbec 2008

Course 4
Talaggio stuffed procuitto wrapped chicken, over baby spinach, spiced walnuts, golden raisins, ricotta gnocchi
Norton Privada Reserve 2006
(Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet)

Course 5
Salt crusted sirloin, potato Anna, spring morels, sweet onions
Achaval Ferrer Malbec 2008

Cincinnati Wine Festival is starts from Thursday, March 11th through Saturday, March 15th.

TGIC Importers will be in Booth 70
We will be pouring the following:
2007 Montes Cabernet/ Carmenere
2008 Montes Sauvignon Blanc
2006 Bodega Norton Reserve Malbec
2007 Pascal Toso Reserve Malbec
2007 Santa Ema Reserve Merlot
2006 Achaval Ferrer Quimera
2006 Montes Alpha Syrah
2008 Pascal Toso Torrontes

2010 Grand Tasting
Duke Energy Center (Convention Center)
Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor
525 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Friday Evening 6:30 – 9:00 PM
$70.00 prior to event, $75.00 at the door
$105 for Grand Tasting ticket and Special Tasting ticket, $110 at the door

Saturday Afternoon 2:30 – 4:30 PM
$60.00 prior to event, $65.00 at the door
$95.00 for Grand Tasting ticket and Special Tasting ticket, $100.00 at the door

Saturday Evening 6:30 – 9:00 PM
$70.00 prior to event, $75.00 at the door
$105 for Grand Tasting Ticket and Special Tasting ticket, $110 at the door

The Charleston Food & Wine Festival is in its 5th year of introducing the public to delicious food and wine! The festival will last from Thursday, March 4 through Sunday, March 7. Carlos Serrano from Montes and Enrique Toso from Pascual Toso will be pouring. TGIC’s Christophe Courteaud will be there.

Across the Andes Wine Tasting
Time: Friday, 1:00-2:30PM
Location: Circa 1886 (Upstairs), 149 Wentworth Street
Tickets: $50 per person
Carlos Serrano from Montes will be leading this Tasting.

For more information and tickets: http://www.charlestonwineandfood.com/

The Wine Enthusiast reviews two of TGIC’s Argentine Malbecs: Achaval Ferrer Finca Bella Vista 2007 and Pascual Toso Alta Reserva 2007. The article, which appears online, features the Achaval Ferrer bottle in a photograph under the banner “Malbec in the Spotlight.” Both wines received 93 Point accolades through the magazine.

The Finca Bella Vista is described as:

Electric purple in color, with a concentrated nose of mineral, black plum and toast. The palate is lush and giant, which is reflective of Perdriel in Mendoza’s traditional midsection, but balanced by natural acidity and fine tannins. Huge berry and plum flavors are dense, and vanilla, coffee and herb flavors grace the finish. Drink now through 2016.

A tasting note for the Alta Reserva reads:

All early signs say this one is here for the long haul; it is aggressive but serious, with fine acids and tannins hoisting deep black plum and berry flavors. Chocolate, mocha and pepper work the long finish. Best now through 2013.

To read more of this article, please refer to the Wine Enthusiast.

Fogo de Chao’s “Icons of the Andes” Wine Dinner
Featuring:
Enrique Toso, Pascual Toso Wines
Julia Cahiza, Bodega Norton
Angela Calad, Montes

6:30 PM Reception; 7:00 PM Dinner
At Fogo De Chao
645 Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis MN 55403
Reservations: 612-338-1344.

It’s the most delicious weekend of the year – the 16th annual Minnesota Monthly Food & Wine Experience!
February 18-21, 2010

Saturday Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Featuring:
Enrique Toso, Pascual Toso Wines
Julia Cahiza, Bodega Norton
Angela Calad, Montes

For more detail and to buy tickets, please visit: http://www.foodwineshow.com

Kaiken Cabernet Sauvignon, Montes Malbec, Norton Merlot, Cabernet, Torrontes, and Malbec, Pascual Toso Chardonnay, Pascual Toso Malbec, Pascual Toso Sauvignon Blanc, Santa Ema Selected Terroir Chardonnay and Santa Ema Selected Terroir Sauvignon Blanc were among the top 150 chosen in a blind tasting of wines under $15 in the latest edition of the bestselling guide to inexpensive wine, The Wine Trials 2010. Moreover, Bodega Norton was named 2010 Winery of the Year!

“Might rattle a few wine snobs, but the average oenophile can rejoice” — Newsweek

“An excellent book” -Steven Levitt, New York Times

To purchase a copy of this book, see The Wine Trials 2010.