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RIEDEL WINE-TASTING
March 13, 2008
On March 13th, a select group of guests was treated to a unique and thoroughly enjoyable wine-tasting experience at the beautifully appointed Riedel glass showroom on New York City’s Madison Avenue. Tenth-generation glassmaker Georg Riedel conducted an interactive glass appreciation seminar, during which guests tasted wine in glasses designed for specific types of wine. They also sipped from ordinary plastic cups to better understand and appreciate fine glassware. The lessons were well-received.
At the end of the evening, each guest received the set of four beautiful and unique glasses from which they were drinking, courtesy of Northeast Board Chairman Ricardo Salmon and his wife, Leslie Dezer, and Northeast Board member Samantha Shanken.
Attendees also were treated to a discussion on advances in diabetes research by Dr. Norma S. Kenyon of the Diabetes Research Institute. Dr. Kenyon subsequently took questions from members of the group.
Our thanks go out to Georg Riedel and Alan Greenberg of Riedel Glass, and especially to Samantha Shanken, who arranged this wonderful evening. We hope to hold another such event at the showroom in the near future.
 
Former DRIF National Board Chairman Northeast Director Sandra F. Cahn,
Marc Goodman, current Chairman NE Board member Diane Cohen,
Thomas D.Stern, Samantha Shanken, guest Elizabeth Beskin and
President and CEO Robert A. Dr. Kenyon
Pearlman and Dr. Norma Kenyon
 
Guests gather for the beginning of A magnificent display of glassware
the program
 
Host Georg Riedel decants the wine... ... and discusses the glassware
 
The audience is enraptured A bird's-eye view of the showroom
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