Master-Class And Tasting To Help The Chilean Wine Industry

The coming 23rd of April will see a charitable wine tasting organised by The Wine Academy of Spain (TWA), the proceeds of which will go to wine growers affected by the earthquake which took place on the 27th February this year.

The event will be held from 6pm onwards at the Wellington Hotel in Madrid, hosting one hundred tasters for the a Master-class and tasting of 12 wines. Pancho Campo, MW and president of TWA will be the one to lead the tasting. He will be accompanied by other celebrities of the wine sector such as Carlos Falcó (Marqués de Griñón), Javier Zacagnini (Aalto and Ossian), Mariano García (Mauro and Aalto), Christopher Cannan (Clos Figueras and Espectacle) and Miguel Gil (Bodegas Juan Gil and El Nido).

This charity event for the people of Chile reflects TWA’s social responsibility, as well as that of all of the groups and companies who are collaborating in this event. These companies recognise the importance of working together with those people who had made a living out of wine before suffering from some type of unfortunate event, leaving them without their main form of subsistence. As well as TWA, the Charity Tasting is being supported by the Chilean Embassy in Spain, The Wellington Hotel, Wakaya Comunicación, Verema, Vila Viniteca, Lavinia and Wines of Chile, the institution in charge of distributing the proceeds of this charitable event through the initiative known as “Levantando Chile”.

The Grand Tasting will be made up of a selection of wines including:

Welcoming with Champagne Salon 1997
1. Sol de Sol 2008
2. Clos Figueras 2005
3. Aalto PS 2005
4. AAA 2004 de Dominio de Valdepusa
5. Terreus Pago de la Cueva Baja 2005
6. Finca Garbet 2006
7. Torres Mas La Plana 2004
8. Vega Sicilia Unico 1999
9. El Nido 2007
10. Finca El Bosque 2006
11. Chateau Figeac 2001
12. The tasting will end with Clos Apalta 2005 from Chile (Best wine of the year 2008 in Wine Spectator) as an hommage to Chilean wines.

Following on from the tasting will be a cocktail and a walk-around tasting of 12 tables representing the collaborating companies. The bodegas participating in this separate arena are: Clos Figueras, Aalto y Ossian, Bodegas Miguel Torres, Marqués de Riscal, Dinastía Vivanco, Campo de Borja, Codorniu, Pagos de Familia, Viña Magaña, Perelada, Vila Viniteca, Juve & Camps and Brupo Berceo-Luis Gurpegui Muga.

The Wine Academy of Spain

The Wine Academy of Spain is a private organisation founded in 2003 by Pancho Campo MW, the only Spaniard to hold the title of Master of Wine. It focuses its activities on the education of wine professionals and aficionados; the international promotion of Spanish wine, through its Spanish Wine Education Programme; the promotion of Spain as a destination for wine tourism; the analysis of the impact of climate change on the industry; and study trips to wine producing regions, with the collaboration of the University of California Davis (USA). It is also an approved programme provider for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), which it imparts throughout Spain, and organised the global conference Climate Change and Wine, and Winefuture – Rioja ’09. The Wine Academy is the organising force behind Vinoble, which will take place in Jerez de la Frontera from the 30th May until the 2nd of June 2010.

CHARITY TASTING, FOR CHILE
Wine tasting to be led by Pancho Campo, Master of Wine
DAY: Friday, 23rd April
TIME: 18:00
VENUE: Hotel Wellington, Calle de Velázquez, 8. MADRID.

CHARITY TASTING PROGRAMME

18.00 – 18.30 Welcome with a glass of Champagne Salon 1997
18.30 – 20.00 Grand Tasting.
20.00 – 21.30 Cocktail and Tasting Table (Exhibition Zone)

Foe more information:
Marta Olea / Alberto García
Prensa
The Wine Academy of Spain
Tel. +34 636 466 179
Email: media@thewineacademy.es