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The European Union and Wines of Germany Present the 6th Annual Riesling Week
NEW YORK, NY (July 14, 2010) - The European Union and Wines of Germany present the sixth annual Riesling Week, July 26 - August 1, 2010. During the week, restaurants and wine retailers across the nation will celebrate Riesling from Germany, as well as from Austria and Alsace, as the perfect complement to any warm-weather meal. Restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas and Miami will offer European Riesling specials, including by-the-glass selections, dedicated Riesling flights, and food-pairing menus. Wine retailers will also host European Riesling tastings in participating cities. More information can be found at www.destinationriesling.com/week.
Over 100 top restaurants and retailers in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas and Miami have signed on to promote European Riesling during this national promotion. To celebrate, here are Wines of Germany’s totally biased and non-scientific top ten reasons for enjoying European Riesling:
- Because temperatures are over 90 degrees Fahrenheit in most of the U.S. and Riesling is the perfect white wine to cool you down.
- Because it complements summer food favorites ranging from light salads and fruit to grilled fish and hot dogs.
- Because you should raise a glass to Germany for making it so far in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. (And skimp on the Rioja, while you’re at it!)
- Because you’ll learn to appreciate what “minerality” means in relation to drinking wine.
- Because it comes in a variety of styles – from super dry to unctuously sweet.
- Because it’s the beverage equivalent of diving into a cool, mountain creek on a hot summer’s day.
- Because it matches with all the white linen and seersucker you’re wearing this summer.
- Because you’ll get a little taste of Europe without having to suffer 7 hours in coach.
- Because your palate will revel in the amazing balance of sweetness and acidity in every sip.
- Because it’s another excuse to grab a drink with good friends and loved ones.
The Riesling Week promotion is part of the "Destination Riesling" campaign, underwritten by Wines of Germany and the European Union.
Participants include:
RESTAURANTS
| New York L'Ecole The Restaurant of the French Culinary Institute The Tangled Vine Wine Bar & Kitchen 15 East Tocqueville Matsuri Verace True Italian Tellers Chophouse, Islip H2O Seafood Grill, Smithtown Prime an American Kitchen, Huntington Vyne North Square Restaurant Café Boulud Bar Veloce Hearth Terroir | Tribecca Terroir EVil Oak Wine Bar Savoy Cavatappo Wine Bar Cavatappo Grill Cavatappo Wine Bar, Gramercy Stone Park Cafe Thalassa | The Jakewalk Chicago | San Francisco EPIC Roasthouse Farallon Zazu Restaurant + FARM William Cross Wine Merchants Martini House Fifth Floor Restaurant & Lounge Chez TJ Restaurant Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant Oxbow Wine Merchant Ana Mandara Le Colonial Coco 500 ORSON Restaurant, Bar + Lounge Nopa Gary Danko Georges Jardinière Soif Wine Bar The Village Pub EOS Restaurant & Wine Bar Café Divine Salthouse Anchor & Hope Blanc et Rouge | Miami Las Vegas |
RETAILERS
| New York Best Cellars Frankly Wines Union Square Wines Red, White, and Bubbly 67 Wine & Spirits Gnarly Vines Astor Wines & Spirits Best Cellars - UWS Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit K&D Wines | Chicago Provenance Food & Wine-Lincoln Square Provenance Food & Wine-Logan Square Cabernet & Company Find Wine Shop | San Francisco Gentile's Wine Shop Lush Wine & Spirits- University Village Lush Wine & Spirits-Roscoe Village Potash Brothers Market Printer's Row Wine Store Provenance Food & Wine-Lincoln Square Provenance Food & Wine-Logan Square Sandberg Wine Cellar The Bottle Shop DOC Wine Bar Wine Knows | Miami Sunset Corners Fine Wine & Spirits W Wine Boutique Wolfe's Wine Shoppe Red Door Wine Market Full Bodied Wine and Spa |
About Destination Riesling
Destination Riesling is a holistic communications campaign designed to increase interest and awareness for European Riesling among consumers in the U.S. The three-year program contains both consumer marketing and trade elements such as a dedicated Web site, restaurant promotions, tastings, seminars, press and sommelier trips. The campaign is underwritten by the German Wine Institute and the European Union. More information can be found at www.destinationriesling.com.