SPONSORED BY BACK COVE FINANCIAL
DETAILS: Single seat tickets now available! Celebrate the official kickoff to Portland Wine Week with an incredible four-course luncheon featuring four fabulous women wine professionals representing, pouring, and discussing notable women winemakers' wines from their portfolios. What a way to celebrate the start of this year’s signature Women in Wine Track!
Leisurely lunch with Carolyn from Devenish Wines, Dyane from Wicked, Jaime from Central, and Amanda, Owner and winemaker of Maine's own Eighteen-Twenty Wines who'll be pouring and discussing on of their favorite women winemakers' wines from their portfolios. Each of the four wines will be paired with a delicious course from Executive Chef Tim Labonte. The sparkling personalities of Blake Hayes and Kelly Towle from Coast 93.1 will lead festivities as the emcees. If there was ever a reason to take a Monday off from work to enjoy a long, leisurely, and delicious wine lunch — this is it.
Due to the nature of this event, we regret that we cannot accommodate food substitutions.
PRICE: $125 per person includes food, wine, and tax.
EMCEES:
BLAKE & KELLY
FEATURING:
Dyane Lacerda
Wicked Wines
Wicked Wines is a mid-coast-based distributor of responsibly farmed wines from independent producers. Dyane has been working for Wicked as the fine wine representative for nine years. Being in the wine business has inspired her to learn about geography, geology, agriculture, history, and cuisine. She loves the experience of the perfect wine and food pairing and sharing that knowledge for others to enjoy.
AMANDA DENNISTON
Eighteen-Twenty Wines
Amanda started eighteen twenty wines in 2015 with a friend who had been home-brewing rhubarb wine. When she tried it, she had the same reaction everyone else does when they have it "this actually tastes good".
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 market made with local produce (rhubarb).
She has taken her love of wine and Maine, her marketing experience, and constant curiosity to keep eighteen twenty growing.
Carolyn Porter
Devenish Wines
A native to Maine, Carolyn has worked in the hospitality industry in the Northeast for nearly twenty years, working in Providence, Nantucket, Portland, and Midcoast Maine. Utilizing her promotions through front-of-the-house restaurant positions, she simultaneously put herself through a bachelor’s program in Psychology and Business. Carolyn is fine wine representative for Devenish Wines—a small, natural wine focused distributor in Maine.
JAIME MCMAHON
Central Distributors
Maine Native, Jaime's passion for wine stems from many years in the hospitality industry. She's worked in Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia, with most of it running events in NYC at a fine dining steakhouse. When the opportunity presented itself to move back home and work with family-owned Central Distributors out of Lewiston (where her father grew up), she decided it was the right time to welcome a new challenge. Her wine sales portfolio sees her discovering Maine businesses from Portland area , Yarmouth and up through Freeport. She loves to learn about what wines really engage you, what wines will appeal to your customers and provides honest and caring consultations to her accounts.
GET YOUR TICKETS TO ALL OPENING DAY EVENTS AT FALMOUTH COUNTRY CLUB:
11:30-2:00 pm Women Winemaker Luncheon
5:30-9:00 pm Women in Wine Dinner: Who Paired it Better?
Portland Wine Week is Presented by Wine Wise with Partner Sponsors Bangor Savings and Buoy Local.
CANCELLATIONS/RESCHEDULES/NO SHOWS
CANCELLATIONS/RESCHEDULES/NO SHOWS
Cancellations affect us significantly. No refunds will be permitted after May 1. We will have incurred all the expenses for wine, food, and rentals for your reservation by then. Before May 1, if you need to cancel we must be able to re-sell your tickets before we can refund your tickets minus a $30.00 credit card transaction fee per ticket (e.g., two tickets = $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?