Join Leslie Howard, Winemaker at Pindar Vineyards, for
Wines and Food of the Mediterranean
May 25 – June 6, 2010
12 Days from Venice to Barcelona aboard the six-star Crystal Serenity
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This delicious & educational wine experience sets sail May 25, 2010 for a 12-day Mediterranean sojourn beginning in Venice, Italy and visits the fascinating wine regions of Croatia, Sicily, Italy, France & Spain! We have selected this very special Mediterranean itinerary, aboard this truly magnificent ship, to come together and celebrate our passion for the art of wine, the tastes of culinary mastery, and the joys of traveling to new places. We hope you will join us... |
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addition to the Crystal Cruises experience & all of the
magic this region of the world has
to offer, our private events include:
* WELCOME RECEPTION
* "WINES OF THE REGION" TASTINGS & LECTURES
* PINDAR WINES SEMINAR
* SPECIAL WINE PAIRING / WINEMAKERS DINNER
* PRIVATE TOUR AND LUNCH IN A LOCAL WINERY
* PRIVATE GALLEY AND WINE CELLAR TOURS
* AND MUCH MORE!
In addition to
our private activities, you will be treated to Crystal’s “Wine and Food
Festival” events, including activities hosted by Andre Soltner, former owner
of the legendary Lutece restaurant, Doug Frost, one of only three people in
the world to achieve the distinction of both Master Sommelier and Master of
Wine, and Tony Abou-Ganim, who is currently featured on the Iron Chef
America competition with Mario Batali
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About Your Host, Leslie Howard Les Howard is the winemaker at Long Island's largest and most popular winery, Pindar Vineyards. He "brings an open, youthful, experimental style to his winemaking," according to noted wine critic Michael Braverman. New York Times wine critic Howard Goldberg described his sauvignon blanc as "a tropical young star" and "wonderfully aromatic." He is the winner of the prestigious Best Red Wine award for his cabernet franc at the New York Wine and Food Classic, 2006, and many double-gold and gold medal awards. Also, Dan's Papers voted Les Howard "Best Winemaker" in its 2007 Best of the Best Awards. He is accomplished in a broad range of wine styles, creating lighter, food-friendly wines as well as full-bodied wines that grow more elegant and complex with age. This talented young man set his sights on becoming a winemaker with his first appointment as a cellar master more than fifteen years ago, and he learned the craft alongside the region's top winemakers. Working in agriculture also brings him back to his roots – his family has owned land and farmed on the East End since the mid-1600s. Les Howard's unique and authentic wines have been instrumental in helping to define the Long Island style, but his passion doesn't stop there; it extends to wines from all regions of the world, especially France, Italy and Spain. An avid traveler, he loves to visit wine regions like Bordeaux, where, as an industry insider, he receives invitations to taste wine and trade stories with fellow winemakers at world-famous chateaux as well as at small, down-to-earth wineries that only the locals know. |
EXCLUSIVE PINDAR WINERY GROUP RATES START AT JUST $5,640 PER PERSON INCLUDING
FREE, ROUND-TRIP AIR AND UP TO $2000 PER STATEROOM SHIPBOARD CREDIT TO SPEND "AS YOU WISH"
For reservations and further information:
Food & Wine Travels
500 Old Country Road, Suite 110, Garden City, NY 11530
(800) 828-4813, ext. 1021
www.hartfordholidays.com/Pindar.htm email: pindarwinecruise@foodandwinetravels.com