SPONSORED BY BACK COVE FINANCIAL.
DETAILS: This event is part of a series of Opening Day Events at Falmouth Country Club. On Monday (6/12) join us for an incredible kick-off to Portland Wine Week and our Women in Wine Track with a 4-course luncheon. Four incredible women wine professionals will be representing, pouring, and discussing their favorite women winemakers' wines from their portfolios. Each of the four wines will be paired with a delicious course from The Falmouth Country Club culinary team. People will be seated at a table sized according to the number of people in the reservation. See below for instructions for buying tickets when wanting to be seated with other people.Don't delay in getting your tickets! If there was ever a reason to take the day off from work to enjoy a long, leisurely, and delicious wine lunch, this is it.
COST: $95 per person includes food, wine, and tax.
Due to the nature of this event, we regret that we cannot accommodate food substitutions.
RESERVE: PURCHASE TICKETS
GET YOUR TICKETS TO ALL OPENING DAY EVENTS AT FALMOUTH COUNTRY CLUB:
9:00-11:30 am Women in Wine Panel Discussion: $20
11:30-2:00 pm Women Winemaker Luncheon: $95
5:30-9:00 pm Women in Wine Dinner: Who Paired it Better? $200
Portland Wine Week is Presented by Wine Wise with Partner Sponsor Bangor Savings.
EMCEES:
BLAKE & KELLY
Maine’s Coast 93.1
FEATURING:
Alexis Iaconis
Winemaker at Brick and Mortar
Alexis Iaconis
Alexis and Matt Iaconis founded Brick & Mortar in 2011 and co-run the winery. Our all-lowercase name serves as a metaphor for our foundational philosophy highlight the vineyard with minimal intervention, and run a winery that is down to earth, yet high performing. We firmly believe this philosophy embodies authenticity at its core.
Amanda Dennnison
Owner/Winemaker, Eighteen-Twenty Wines
Amanda Denniston
Amanda started eighteen twenty wines in 2015 with a friend who had been home-brewing rhubarb wine. Amanda has a strong background in marketing, had worked professionally in the wine industry, and wanted to take on the challenge of bringing a good wine to the market made with local produce (rhubarb). She has taken her love of wine and Maine, her marketing experience, and her constant curiosity to keep Eighteen Twenty growing.
SHEILAH MCGOVERN
Vice President of Vineyard Brands Imports
Sheilah McGovern
Sheilah McGovern is a resident of York, ME. She studied oenology and viticulture in Reims, Bordeaux and Beaune and completed an internship with Joseph Phelps in Napa Valley. She grew up at The Hermitage Inn in Wilmington, Vermont where she and her father created one of the first, Grand Award Winning Wine Lists from the Wine Spectator with over 2,000 selections and a 40,000 bottle cellar. She has worked for Vineyard Brands, importers of fine wines from family estates and innovative wineries around the world for over 37 years.
Laura Zimmerman
Crush Distributors Representative
Laura Zimmerman
Originally from Philadelphia, Laura Zimmerman has been living and working in Maine for twenty-two years. A veteran of the hospitality industry, Laura has been a sales representative with Crush Distributors since its inception in 2009, helping bring the company to the forefront of the New England distributor market. Her experiences meeting producers and their families, learning about different winemaking traditions across the globe, and all the unforgettable moments she's collected over the years remind her daily that it's about more than what's in the bottle. Today she will pour one of her favorite Women Winemaker wines for us to enjoy.
CANCELLATIONS/RESCHEDULES/NO SHOWS
Cancellations affect us significantly. No refunds will be permitted after June 1. We will have incurred all the expenses for wine, food, and rentals for your reservation by then. Before June 1, if you need to cancel … if we can re-sell your table, we can refund you minus the $20.00 credit card transaction fee per headcount (e.g., table for 2 = $40, table for 3 = $60). You are always welcome to send a friend or family member in your place or sell your own tickets. Just make sure we have the ticket holders’ names and email addresses so we may send them event notifications, including any day-of weather-related communications. There are no refunds or reschedules for no-shows or if we are not able to resell your tickets. Makes sense, right?
Transportation between Portland and falmouth country club:
On Opening Day (6/12) Transportation Sponsor Maine Limousine Service will provide complimentary transportation between the Press Hotel in Portland and Falmouth Country Club on their beautiful executive sprinter (before dinner) and shuttle bus (photos below) for after dinner. Seating is limited. Get your event tickets and reserve your Maine Limousine chauffeured transportation by emailing kim@mainelimo.com.
