
Slocum & Sons hosted a boutique wine tasting at Winvian Farm in Morris on May 8. Guests sampled fine domestic and imported wines from the Slocum & Sons’ portfolio, including selections from smaller vineyards and select spirits. Sales representatives and brand managers educated attendees on the portfolio offerings. Participants also had the opportunity to tour the nearby Litchfield Distillery and learn about its Connecticut-made spirits.
- Slocum & Sons hosted its spring tasting at Winvian in Morris.
- Bill Feeley, Market Manager, Moët Hennessey USA highlighting Krug Grande Cuvée Champagne.
- All from Slocum & Sons: Gia Pascarelli, Senior Brand Manager; Noah King-Smith, Key Account Manager; and Alex Meier-Tomkins, Senior Brand Manager.
- Douglas MacLeod, Regional Manager, Mionetto Prosecco.
- Cathy E. Harrison, Northeast States Area Manager, Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery.
- Bruce Cole, Regional Director, MA, RI, ME, NH, CT & VT, Dreyfus, Ashby & Co. pouring Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir.
- Ethan Hunt, Bouchard Père & Fils pouring Tenuta di Ghizzano Nambrot for a guest.
- Jeff Verderber, Regional Manager, TRU Estates.
- Ian Merriss, Regional Manager, Massanois Imports.
- Robert Colopy, New England Area Manager, González Byass.
- Alex Gray, New England Sales Manager, Sera Wine Imports with Domaine Courbis Cornas Les Eygats.
- Wines by Ferraton Père & Fils, including Hermitage Les Miaux, Cornas Les Eygats, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Le Parvis, Gigondas Les Murailles, Cotes-du-Rhone Villages Plan de Dieu, Cotes-du-Rhone Samorens; and Yannick Alleno & Michel Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage Guer-Van.
- Brand Ambassadors Doug Maloney and Dimitrios Zahariadis, Litchfield Distillery highlighting Litchfield Distillery Spiked Lemonade and The Litchfielder canned cocktails.
- Brand Ambassador Kate Cassidy, Dalla Terra Wines with Inama Vigneto du Lot Soave Classico.
- Ivah Williamson, Treasury Wine Estates highlighting Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz.
- Sherrie Glynn, Senior Brand Manager, Slocum & Sons and Peter Curry, New England Regional Manager, Wagner Family of Wine.
- Rashmikant Patel, Oxford Liquors; Anita Modi; Raj Modi, World of Beverages; Bip Modi; and Jay Modi.
- A selection of white wines on ice.
- Brand Ambassador Larry Acevedo highlighting Lion Tamer Napa Valley Red Wine.
- Rosés included Protocolo, Band of Rosés, Estandon Solstice, Cloud Chaser, Sokol Blosser Estate Rosés of Pinot Noir, KRIS Rosé and Bedrock Wine Co. Ode to Lulu.
- A selection of red wines, including Joseph Drouhin Côte de Nuit-Villages, Drouhin Oregon Roserock Pinot Noir, Domaine Drouhin Dundee Hills Pinot Noir, Roserock Zephirine Pinot Noir, Enrique Foster Malbec, La Solitude Côtes du Rhône and 1753 Campuget Syrah.
- Brad Kirby, Sales Representative, Slocum & Sons with Spottswoode Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon and Ramey Wine Cellars Claret.
- Danielle Biagiotti, New England Regional Sales Manager, Duckhorn Vineyards and Brendan Welsh, Sales Representative, Slocum & Sons.