A first report of photo compilations of the gala dinners posted on Youtube
The Hong Kong part of the Wine event of the Year with Island Shangri-La
And the Japanese gala dinner with the Tokyo Shangri-La
From 16 to 21 November 2009, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, will host a series of exclusive events together with Primum Familiae Vini.
Gala dinners will take place
- at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (16 November 2009)
- at Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo (18 November 2009)
- and at Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai (20 November 2009).
Trade and press events (by invitation only) will also be taking place at all above venues.
At
gala dinners, a member of each family will present the family estate
and one of its flagship wines that are hard to acquire in the
marketplace, paired with specially designed menus.
In each city, the gala dinners will be moderated by longtime PFV friend Serena Sutcliffe M.W. head of Sotheby's Wine Department.
Guests will have the opportunity
to celebrate their passion for fine food and wine through intimate and
personal conversation with 11 families who are the historic owners of
some of the world's very greatest vineyards.
The PFV
members in attendance will be Alessia Antinori (Marchesi Antinori),
Baroness Philippine de Rothschild (Château Mouton Rothschild), Laurent
Drouhin (Maison Joseph Drouhin), Egon Müller (Egon Müller Scharzhof),
Etienne Hugel (Hugel et Fils), Hubert de Billy (Champagne Pol Roger),
Marc Perrin and Pierre Perrin (Perrin et Fils), Paul Symington
(Graham's, Warre's and Dow's Port), Juan-Maria Torres (Torres),
Sebastiano Rosa (Tenuta San Guido) and Pablo Alvarez (Vega Sicilia).
A Primum Familiae Vini collection case,
containing one bottle of each member's flagship wine, will be auctioned
under the hammer of Serena Sutcliffe M.W. at the gala dinners for the
benefit of a local charity.
Reservations have been accepted since 1 September 2009. Dinner are sold out, perhaps a few last seats left for Tokyo...
- Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo (18 November 2009) slty@shangri-la.com or by telephone at (81 3) 6739 7888
See the Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong e-flyer here
See the Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo e-flyer here
See the Pudong Shangri-La e-flyer here
Media access to Press kits here
P.F.V. Media Library access (bottom left of the menu)
username: PFV
password: SL
For media or trade enquiries, please contact info@pfv.org
Primum Familiae Vini recently held a series of events in Asia, hosted by Raffles in Singapore (Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 ) and hosted by the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower in Mumbai (Dec 3 & 4).
In Singapore, a black tie dinner was held in the ballroom of Raffles for 180 clients of Crédit Suisse. The next day, a press lunch was followed by a trade and consumer tasting.
This picture in high definition. The photo gallery of the Singapore events.
Primum Familiae Vini members attending those events and flagship wines that were served:
In Mumbai, a black tie dinner was held at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower. The next day, a trade tasting was jointly organised by the various PFV importers in India which was very well attended by key members of the Indian wine trade to everyone's satisfaction.
The photo gallery of those events.
More "PFV trip to Raffles in Singapore and Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai" »
PFV has just conducted its annual meeting and has the pleasure of announcing the nomination of a new President: Egon Muller for a year.
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