Thursday, June 28, 2012

COOLVINES features Brooklyn Oenology wine tasting w/ Alie Shaper.

HOWDY NEIGHBOR! There is no disputing the benefits of and satisfaction from the practice of obtaining ones goods and services from local sources. Sometimes, one only needs to get over the river and through the woods to find treasures of the palate. In this case, Alie Shaper and Brooklyn Oenology made the hop, skip and jump into Westfield's (NJ) COOLVINES location for the second of three "in-store" meet-the-artists-and-wine-tasting events on June 15th.

Featuring wines with names like Social Club White, Shindig and Motley Cru, Brooklyn Oenology Winery (pron. ‘EN-ology’, or simply ‘BOE’), is a locally focused winery based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn founded in 2006 by winemaker Alie Shaper.  BOE works to bridge the creative culinary, agricultural and art worlds by crafting award-winning regional wines from NY State grapes, and by displaying the work of New York City artists on the bottle labels.

There was a modest but steady flow of people who dropped in to sample some of Brooklyn's finest wines, and featured artists Lyman Dally and Tara O'Leary were in attendance to represent and support the artwork in the accompanying exhibit "The Intersection Of Art And Wine".

Once again, many thanks must be given to Hank Zona (TV host of "The Grapes Unwrapped") for his ceaseless collaborative energy and vision, and to Cheryl Rush, Lauren Ramos and Damon O'Gara at CoolVines for their unwavering hospitality and warmth in hosting "The Intersection Of Art And Wine" exhibit and related in-store events.

One last in-store event is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday June 29th, from 6-9pm, featuring artist and winemaker André H. Mack and his MOUTON NOIR WINES.

COOLVINES is located at 127 Central Avenue, Westfield, NJ 07090 / ph. 908.232.5050 / coolvines.com



Brooklyn Oenology President and Winemaker Alie Shaper.






Winemaker Alie Shaper of Brooklyn Oenology pours BOE samples for TV host Hank Zona, artist Lyman Dally and designer Brenda Schwartz.

(l-r) Artist Lyman Dally, TV host Hank Zona, BOE President Alie Shaper and artist Tara O'Leary.

(l-r) TV host Hank Zona, BOE President Alie Shaper and COOLVINES staff Cheryl Rush, Lauren Ramos and Damon O'Gara.

No comments:

Post a Comment