1st International Show of Premium Wines in Caracas

With a tag line that said: only the best!, this event took place this Saturday afternoon from 3pm to 10pm (and a little later) at the Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel here in Caracas. It was put together by Mancha de Vino Producciones (Wine Stain Productions!) with wine advocate and author Vladimir Viloria in charge of the whole thing.

There were over 20 Distributors of spirits and olive oil there that day, inlcuding: Sudamericana de Licores, Hormann Durr, ALNOVA, Francisco Dorta Dist., Locodeli, AltaCava, Di-Masi, Wine Tech Bacco, ASKAR Corp, Licores Mundiales, and  many others.

We had wines from Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela (of course) etc.

So what did i try?

I made a list: chilean Sena, chilean Caliterra Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva, chilean Arboleda Carbernet Sauvignon, argentinan  Kaiken Ultra,  spanish MC Marques de Caceres, portugal´s Vintage 2003 Barros, and Barros Tawny 20 years old, Hesperade do Peso Alentejo 2003, argentinan Primus Merlot, Dona Paula Malbec, spanish rioja Luis Alegre Rosado, chilean Don Melchor 2004, italian prosecco Carpene Malvolti, another prosecco i don't remember the name of, it came in a golden bottle (see the picture i took and please tell me if you know of it), Masi Costasera Amarone, Miguel Torres Sta. Digna Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Reserva, Altavista Premium Cabernet Sauvignon 2006, and its own Malbec 2006, france's Fortin Plaisance St. Emillion, one bubbly spanish Vilarnau, one Medoc wine i forgot its name, one Grand Siecle, a Pinot Grigio Santa Margherita, spanish Gaudium, one Clos de Chateau and my favorite: Pommard Clos des Epenots Pinot Noir.

We had some olive oils as well, one of notice called Hacienda La Laguna extra Virgin Olive Oil.

That's it! it was quite a bunch but i had a blast.

Here we go:

The hotel:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The live band:

The unnamed Prosecco:

Friends having lots of fun:

One of the highlights:

 

 

 

 

Another favorite:

The difference between a Vintage Port (on the left) and a 20 year Port (on the right):

 

Lovely Belkis, who was a sea of information! Thanks a lot:

 

 

Professional Sommelier and Engineer Mireya Matos and former Wines teacher of mine.

 

My Favorite of the night:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another highlight: Grand Siecle, how can a champagne be so good?

 

 

 

 

Cheers! ...indeed.