The 10th Annual
Westchester Wine Experience
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Presented by
Rotary Club of Pleasantville 
Benefiting the Food Bank and Local
Charities
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
(1:00pm to 4:00pm)
at
Pace
University (Pleasantville Campus)
The
Kessell Student Center
Tickets:
In Advance: $45.00
At the Door $50.00
Tickets are available in advance at these fine locations
Mahopac National Bank
57 Wheeler Avenue
Pleasantville, New York 10570
914-741-2508
Guion Insurance Agency
23 Tompkins Avenue
Pleasantville, New York 10570
914-769-0501
Prospero Winery
134 Marble Avenue
Pleasantville, New York 10570
914-769-6870
For
more ticket information call 914 310-0739
or
Pay online using your credit card through PayPal
This
year's event promises to be another sparkling success,
Special thanks go out to Aries Wine & Spirits for coordinating our wineries!
Thanks
to this year's sponsors:
103.9 WFAS
AM 1230 WFAS
Mahopac National Bank
Prospero Winery
Westchester Magazine
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.
and this year’s participating
RESTAURANTS/CATERERS/VENDORS
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WINERIES
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Antonino Scarpati Chef La Casa Grande Tobacco Company |
Wine & Beer Vendors |
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(Original publication: March 25, 2007)
PLEASANTVILLE - Hundreds of people found a good incentive
to sip wine in the early afternoon yesterday - charity.
Friends and couples milled
around the Kessel Campus Center at Pace University, sampling some 200 wines
and an array of foods from local restaurants at the fundraising Westchester
Wine Experience. The Pleasantville Rotary Club, which sponsored the event,
will use the proceeds to provide relief to poor families in other parts of
the world.
For Michele Camardella of
West Harrison, that made the wine tastings even more enjoyable.
"It's a good cause.
You don't mind spending the money," said Camardella, 39, who was sipping
a glass of pinot noir and sampling a serving of clams casino.
Camardella and friend
Tricia Murphy of Yonkers were pleased to discover new restaurants in the
area, especially ones that featured live music, and to learn about wines from
Germany, Chile and other countries.
"The selection of
wines is fantastic," said Murphy, a 38-year-old sales analyst, who was
sipping a chardonnay from Italy.
Vendors at the event
educated ticketholders about grapes, grape blends and food pairings. Art
Prudhomme, a sales representative from the distributor Southern Wine &
Spirits of New York Inc., said he benefits from the interaction with wine
drinkers.
"They're asking
questions and giving me feedback on the way," he said. "It teaches
me what the consumer is looking for."
The wine distributors,
wineries and local restaurants all donate their time and their products to
the event. Pace University donated the space for the Wine Experience.
Revenue came from the
audience, estimated at 600 people, who paid $45 or $50 to get into the
Westchester Wine Experience.
In past years, the
Pleasantville Rotary Club has raised money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation and
for local ambulance corps and has paid to provide lunch at high schools in
South Africa.
The Rotary Club "hit
the jackpot" when it launched the wine festival seven years ago, said
Janet Di Benedetto, a club member and former Rotary district governor who
helped organize the event. The public seems to have grown more interested in
drinking and learning about wine in recent years, she said.
"We have pancake
breakfasts. We sell oranges and grapefruits in autumn. But this is our big
one," said Di Benedetto.
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