Thursday, June 19 - PJ Wine Sponsors Spanish Wine Festival 2008 To Benefit City Harvest

Join us for this opportunity to celebrate and sample over 150 of the best Spanish wine selections available on the US market, paired with scrumptious Spanish cuisine. Every major wine region will be represented, including such classics as Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Priorat and Sherry, and hot emerging regions like Toro, Bierzo, Jumilla and more. To make this year's event even more exclusive and enjoyable than ever we will be limiting the number of attendees. Don't miss out on this festive food and wine celebration.
PJ Wine is uniquely qualified to host this annual Spanish wine extravaganza. PJs has built a nationally recognized reputation for its extensive Spanish wine selection. Named one of the best retailers in the country for Spanish wines by The Rosengarten Report, the PJ Wine team tastes thousands of Spanish wines every year. Our accumulated years of experience tasting and traveling to Spain allow us to uncover and bring back the very best of Spain.
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The wines at the Spanish Wine Festival will be complemented by Spanish cheese, as well as FERMIN Ibérico Jamón, mouthwatering tapas and other cuisine celebrating Spains rich culinary tradition. Crisp and refreshing Tio Pepe Fino Sherry will be served by a Spanish venenciador (as pictured above) flown in specially for this event. Spanish music will round out this authentic and festive taste of Spain.
Tasting highlights will include many of the most highly acclaimed wines of the year such as Wine Advocate 100 point sensation Benjamín Romeo Rioja “Contador;” top Ribera del Dueros Vega Sicilia “Unico,” Pingus “Pingus,” Felix Callejo “Reserva de la Familia” and Alto “PS;” Priorat great “Clos Mogador;” Jumilla knockout El Nido “El Nido;” a mini-vertical of R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia back to the 1973 Gran Reserva; 1979 Jean Leon Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva as well as a selection of top-flight and rare Sherries, including Wine Advocate 98 point stunner Osborne PX VORS “Viejo.”
Where: The tasting will take place at the dramatic and richly historical setting of "Landmark on the Park," a Universalist Church built in 1897, located at 160 Central Park West across from Central Park at West 76th Street.
When: 6:30 - 9:30pm, Thursday, June 19, 2008
Cost: $99.99 per person

For further information call 212 567-5500 x610.
We look forward to seeing you there!
City Harvest PJ Wine is very proud to support City Harvest, whose efforts are a profound service to New Yorkers. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit City Harvest.
Now serving New York City for more than 25 years, City Harvest is the worlds first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the citys hungry men, women, and children. This year, City Harvest will collect 20 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to more than 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of 16 trucks and volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 260,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal.
For more information visit www.cityharvest.org.
Additional Sponsors include: Fermin USA, Americas only supplier of Spains greatest ham, FERMIN Ibérico Jamón, also known as “Pata Negra”; Wines from Spain/Trade Commission of Spain-New York, Gonzalez Byass/Tio Pepe, who are providing the Spanish Wine Festival venenciador and Thrillist, a free daily email that brings you the best of undiscovered New York.
Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be made if notice of cancellation is received by the end of business hours, June 16, 2008. There is a $15.00 fee per reservation to process refunds. Registrants who do not cancel by June 16 or do not attend are liable for the entire reservation fee. Substitute registrants will be accepted.
You must be 21 years of age to attend this event. "Spanish Wine Festival 2008 to Benefit City Harvest, Sponsored by PJ Wine" is a City Harvest event. Please note: Wines are subject to last minute substitutions.
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