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For Immediate Release

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Kobrand announces the third annual Kobrand Tour d’Italia

 

 

Purchase, New York, August 13, 2014 – Kobrand Corporation, importer of fine wine and spirits, hosts the annual ‘Kobrand Tour d’Italia.’ An eight-city tour where their iconic Italian winemakers showcase their upcoming releases in the United States, starting in Connecticut on September 8th and ends on September 18th in San Francisco with a seminar exploring the “Icons of Italian Wine”, moderated by one of the most entertaining wine and spirits authorities, Anthony Giglio. Other destinations include Boston, Nashville, Miami, Milwaukee, Houston and Phoenix. Press and trade tastings will be held in each city along with consumer dinners.

 

Press, trade members and consumers will have the opportunity to meet producers from Agricola Punica, Fernando Pighin & Figli, Feudo Maccari, Masi Agricola, Michele Chiarlo, Santa Martina, Spalletti, Tenuta Campo al Mare, Tenuta di Nozzole, Tenuta di Salviano, Tenuta La Fuga, Tenuta San Guido, Tenuta Sette Ponti, Tenuta TorCalvano, Tenute del Cabreo & Tenute Silvio Nardi. “We are extremely proud to take these amazing brands from the most prestigious regions of Italy to market every day and are especially pleased over the coming weeks to bring this amazing cast of winemakers and principals representing centuries of commitment to wine excellence from their wineries to the great cities of the ‘Tour d’Italia.’” Kobrand President and CEO Robert T. DeRoose remarked.

 

Wines will be offered from Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Piedmont in the North as well as wines from more central regions such as Tuscany and Umbria, to wines from the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Each wine will express unique site specific terroir and showcase the breadth and diversity of Italian wines.

 

For more information, visit Kobrand’s event page, http://www.kobrandwineandspirits.com/events and the tour’s Icons of Italian Wine Facebook page.

 

 

SPACE IS LIMITED

 

Please click to RSVP for one of the following cities:

 

 

Monday Sept 8th, Fairfield, CT 2:00 - 4:00pm

55 Wine Bar 55 Miller Street, Fairfield, CT 06824

 

Tuesday, Sept. 9th, Boston, MA  2:00 – 4:00pm

Legal Sea Foods – Park Square 26 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116

 

Wednesday, Sept. 10thNashville, TN 2:00 – 4:00pm

Rosewall 1120 McGavock Street, Nashville, TN 37203

 

Thursday, Sept. 11th, Miami, FL 2:00 – 4:00pm

Cipriani Downtown Miami 465 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131

 

Monday, Sept. 15th, Milwaukee, WI 2:00 – 4:00pm

Grain Exchange 225 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

Tuesday, Sept.16th, Houston, TX 2:00 – 4:00pm

The Wynden 1025 South Post Oak Lane, Houston, TX 77056

 

Wednesday, Sept. 17th, Phoenix, AZ 2:00-4:00pm

The Arizona Biltmore 2400 East Missouri Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85016

 

Thursday, Sept. 18th, San Francisco, CA SEMINAR 12:00 – 1:30pm

University Club 800 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108

 

Thursday, Sept. 18th, San Francisco, CA 2:00 – 4:00pm

University Club 800 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108

 

 

 

About Kobrand Corporation

Kobrand imports and markets a distinguished portfolio of hand selected brands representing virtually every major wine region of the world and its most iconic specialty spirits. Family owned since its founding in 1944, Kobrand attributes its success to a single guiding principle that describes the people, products and relationships behind it: quality.