The 10th Annual

Westchester Wine Experience

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

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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

WINERIES

Antonino Scarpati Chef Bollywood Bistro Crabtree's Kittle House Eagle Coffee Gail Patrick's Cafe Haven Iron Horse Grill Med Empanada Mediterraneo Ristorante Memphis Mae's BBQ Bistro Nuttin To It Catering Peter Pratt Restaurant Pony Express Pour Cafe & Wine Bar Riviera Restaurant Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Spoon Sunset Cove Umami La Casa Grande Tobacco Company The DeVin Collection by Camille Meola

Wine & Beer Vendors Bertin Henri Selections Cadet Wine Importers, Ltd. Captain Lawrence Brewery Click Wine Group Constellation Wines U.S.Don and Sons Empire Merchants Francis Ford Coppola Presents Geyserville Sonoma Frederick Wildman & Sons LTD - Importers of Fine Wine Italian Wine Selections Mionetto Monsieur Touton Selections, Inc. Nestor Imports Opici Wine Company of New York Pernod Ricard USA & Southern Wine & Spirits Peter Brum/Dr. Zenzen - Joanne Van Stone Prospero'sWinery Second Story Selections/Jeanette Cervino Sherbrooke Cellars Trinchero Family Estates , Menage a Trois Wines Tri-Vin Imports, Inc. W. J. Deutsch & Sons Wine Worldwide Inc.

By HANNAN ADELY of
THE JOURNAL NEWS

(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.