Ultimate Blast 2010

COCKTAILS, SPIRITS, WINES, SEMINARS & CELEBRITY BOOK SIGNINGS

On Friday, October 15, 2010 Ultimate Beverage Challenge hosted more than 1,500 avid cocktail, spirit and wine-loving consumers at the first ever ULTIMATE COCKTAILS, SPIRITS & WINE BLAST at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City. The hotel’s grand ballroom was completely transformed into the city’s largest nightclub featuring spirits, wines and cocktails prepared by some of the best bartenders in town. Guests entered an elegant, dramatically lit space to the sounds of a live jazz band and were free to roam the more than 55 tables and five cocktail lounges that featured tastings of more than 250 spirits, 95 cocktails and 60 wines.

Guests could choose from artisanal single malts, well-aged cognacs, single estate vintage wines or indulge in a Mai Tai or perfectly chilled Manhattan made by some of the city’s hottest mixologists (Jim Meehan/PDT and Ryan McGrale/Flatiron Lounge, Charlotte Voisey just to name a few). And if you wanted to sit back with friends and share in some communal toasting, you didn’t have to go further than one of five ultra-swank lounges hosted by Chatham Imports, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Rémy Cointreau or US-SINO Liquor Group, who presented a portfolio of Chinese spirits many of which have never been tasted in the United States.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR NEXT YEAR'S ULTIMATE BLAST: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis, New York City.

Cocktails | Spirits | Wine | Seminars | Celebrity Book Signings

COCKTAILS
Cocktail Name	Featured Products
Anejo Sidecar	RIPE Agave Sour Mix
Aperol Spritz	Aperol Aperitif
Aviation	Tanqueray No. TEN Gin
Avión Autumn Apple	Avión Silver Tequila
Blood & Sanguinello	Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur
Bloody Mary	Absolut Vodka
Broker's Promise	Broker's Gin
Cognac Cherry Smash	Pierre Ferrand Ambre Grande Champagne Cognac
Cosmopolitan	Cointreau Liqueur
Cracked Peppercorn Tom Collins	RIPE Agave Sour Mix
Crop Artisinal Vodka Martini	Crop Organic Artisinal Vodka
Cucumber Dill-icious	Crop Organic Cucumber Vodka
Daiquiri	Banks 5 Island Rum
Daiquiri	Ron Diplomático Blanco Rum
Dark ‘n Stormy	Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
DonQ Classic Mojito	DonQ Cristal Rum
DonQ Empire Punch	DonQ Anejo Rum
DonQ Gran Anejo on the Rocks	DonQ Gran Anejo Rum
East India Negroni	Banks 5 Island Rum
Extra Dry Martini	Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Eye of the Dragon	Bulldog Gin
Five Points	New Amsterdam Gin
French 75	Piper Sonoma Brut
French Love 2010	Château de Laubade VSOP Bas Armagnac
Gin & Tonic	Broker's Gin
Gin & Tonic	Bulldog Gin
Gin & Tonic	Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Gin & Tonic	Tanqueray Rangpur Gin
Ginger Bison	Żu Vodka
GIVEN Mojito	GIVEN Liqueur
Greenbeast	Pernod Absinthe
Herbal Advice	VeeV Açaí Spirit
Little Italy	New Amsterdam Gin
London Cider	Bulldog Gin
Mai Tai	Plantation Rum Grande Reserve 5 Year Old
Margarita	Cointreau Liqueur
Martinez	Hendrick's Gin
Martini	Broker's Gin
Michter’s Coast to Coast	Michter’s US #1 Bourbon
Michter’s Manhattan	Michter’s US #1 Straight Rye
Michter’s Pomegranate Whiskey Sour	Michter’s US #1 American Whiskey
Mill Smash	Mill Six Liqueur
Mojito	Mount Gay Rum Eclipse Silver
Negroni	Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Paloma	Tres Agaves Reposado Tequila
Partida Margarita	Partida Reposado Tequila
Pom-Açaí Punch	VeeV Açaí Spirit
Pusser's & Coke	Pusser's Rum
Pusser's Painkiller	Pusser's Rum
Red Snapper	Crop Organic Tomato Vodka
Rob Roy	Macallan Fine Oak 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Rose Rita	Four Roses Yellow Label Bourbon
Rum Punch	Mount Gay Rum Eclipse
Sidecar	Rémy Martin VSOP Fine Champagne Cognac
Southside	Beefeater London Dry Gin
Spiced Passionfruit Margarita	RIPE Agave Margarita Mix
Szarlotka	Żu Vodka
Tan & Lovely	Ron Barceló Anejo Rum
Tequila Sunrise	Tres Agaves Blanco Tequila
The Cooper Union	St-Germain Liqueur
The Gotham	New Amsterdam Gin
The St-Germain Cocktail	St-Germain Liqueur
Tincho	New Age White Wine
Tiramisu Martini	Rumchata & Van Gogh Expresso Vodka
Tom Collins	Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Whiskey Sour	Hudson 4Grain Whiskey
Whiskey Sour	Hudson Baby Bourbon
Whiskey Sour	Hudson Corn Whiskey
Whiskey Sour	Hudson Rye Whiskey
Whiskey Sour	Hudson Single Malt Whiskey
Windsor Tavern	Vermont White Vodka

SPIRITS
Categories	Featured Products
Absinthe	La Muse Verte Absinthe
Absinthe	Pernod Absinthe

Açaí Spirit	VeeV Açaí Spirit

Armagnac	Artez VSOP Bas Armagnac
Armagnac	Brandy Library Spirit School Series XO Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade Blanche d’Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade Extra Bas Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade Vintage 1958 Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade Vintage 1968 Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade Vintage 1980 Bas Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade Vintage 1990 Bas Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade VSOP Bas Armagnac
Armagnac	Château de Laubade XO Bas Armagnac
Armagnac	Château du Busca-Maniban 1978 Tenereze Armagnac
Armagnac	Château du Busca-Maniban 1985 Tenereze Armagnac
Armagnac	Château du Busca-Maniban Hors d'Age Tenereze Armagnac
Armagnac	Château du Busca-Maniban XO No. 1 Tenereze Armagnac
Armagnac	Delord XO Bas Armagnac
Armagnac	Marie Duffau Hors d’Age Bas Armagnac

Brandy	Cardenal Mendoza Brandy de Jerez

Calvados	Boulard Grand Solage Pays d’Auge Calvados
Calvados	Roger Groult Calvados Pays d’Auge

Cognac	A. de Fussigny Selection Cognac
Cognac	A. de Fussigny Superieur Cognac
Cognac	A. de Fussigny XO Cognac
Cognac	Brandy Library Spirit School Series XO Cognac
Cognac	Distillerie du Peyrat VSOP Cognac
Cognac	Frapin Chateau Fontpinot XO Grande Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Frapin Extra Grande Champagne Extra
Cognac	Frapin VSOP Grande Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Hardy VSOP Cognac
Cognac	Hardy XO Cognac
Cognac	Landy VSOP Cognac
Cognac	Pierre Ferrand Ambre Grande Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Pierre Ferrand Ancestrale Cognac
Cognac	Pierre Ferrand Reserve Grande Champagne Reserve
Cognac	Pierre Ferrand Selection des Anges Grande Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal Fine Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Rémy Martin 1989 Grande Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Rémy Martin VSOP Fine Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Rémy Martin XO Excellence Fine Champagne Cognac
Cognac	Seguinot Napoleon Grande Champagne Cognac

Gin	Beefeater London Dry Gin
Gin	Broker's Gin
Gin	Bulldog Gin
Gin	Citadelle Gin
Gin	Citadelle Gin Reserve Vintage 2010
Gin	Farmer’s Organic Gin
Gin	Fifty Pounds London Dry Gin
Gin	Hendrick's Gin
Gin	New Amsterdam Gin
Gin	Oxley Gin
Gin	Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Gin	Tanqueray No. TEN Gin
Gin	Tanqueray Rangpur Gin

Liqueur	Bauchant Orange Napoleon Liqueur
Liqueur	Belle de Brillet Liqueur
Liqueur	Benedictine Liqueur
Liqueur	Cointreau Liqueur
Liqueur	Esprit Classique Liqueur
Liqueur	GIVEN Liqueur
Liqueur	Gozio Amaretta Liqueur
Liqueur	Lemonel Liqueur
Liqueur	Mathilde Cassis Liqueur
Liqueur	Mathilde Framboise Liqueur
Liqueur	Mathilde Orange XO Liqueur
Liqueur	Mathilde Peche Liqueur
Liqueur	Mathilde Poire Liqueur
Liqueur	Mill Six Liqueur
Liqueur	Pallini Limoncello
Liqueur	Rumchata Cream Liqueur
Liqueur	Skinos Liqueur
Liqueur	Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur
Liqueur	St-Germain Liqueur
Liqueur	Villa Massa Limoncello

Mezcal	Del Maguey Chichicapa Mezcal
Mezcal	Del Maguey Crema Mezcal
Mezcal	Del Maguey Minero Mezcal
Mezcal	Del Maguey Pechuga Mezcal
Mezcal	Del Maguey Santa Domingo Albarradas Mezcal
Mezcal	Del Maguey Tobala Mezcal
Mezcal	Del Maguey Vida Mezcal
Mezcal	Los Amantes Mezcal
Mezcal	Sombra Mezcal

Pisco	Pisco Capel

Rum	Bacardi Reserva Limitada Rum
Rum	Banks 5 Island Rum
Rum	Caldas Gran Reserve Rum
Rum	DonQ Anejo Rum
Rum	DonQ Cristal Rum
Rum	DonQ Gran Anejo Rum
Rum	Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
Rum	Gosling’s Family Reserve Old Rum
Rum	Mount Gay Extra Old Rum
Rum	Mount Gay Rum 1703 Cask Selection
Rum	Mount Gay Rum Eclipse
Rum	Mount Gay Rum Eclipse Silver
Rum	Plantation Barbados Rum 2000
Rum	Plantation Jamaica Rum 2000
Rum	Plantation Rum 20th Anniversary
Rum	Plantation Rum Grande Reserve 5 Year Old
Rum	Plantation Trinidad Rum 2000
Rum	Pusser’s 15 Year Old Rum
Rum	Pusser's 84 Proof Rum
Rum	Ron Abuelo 12 Year Old Rum
Rum	Ron Abuelo 7 Year Old Rum
Rum	Ron Abuelo Anejo Rum
Rum	Ron Barceló Anejo Rum
Rum	Ron Barceló Gran Anejo Rum
Rum	Ron Barceló Imperial Rum
Rum	Ron Diplomático Blanco Rum
Rum	Ron Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva Rum
Rum	Ron Diplomático Reserva Rum
Rum	Zacapa Rum

Tequila	Avión Silver Tequila
Tequila	Campo Azul Anejo Tequila
Tequila	Campo Azul Blanco Tequila
Tequila	Campo Azul Extra Anejo Tequila
Tequila	Campo Azul Reposado Tequila
Tequila	Corzo Anejo Tequila
Tequila	Corzo Reposado Tequila
Tequila	Corzo Silver Tequila
Tequila	Partida Anejo Tequila
Tequila	Partida Blanco Tequila
Tequila	Partida Elegante Extra Anejo Tequila
Tequila	Partida Reposado Tequila
Tequila	Tres Agaves Anejo Tequila
Tequila	Tres Agaves Blanco Tequila
Tequila	Tres Agaves Reposado Tequila

Vodka	Absolut Vodka
Vodka	Crop Organic Artisinal Vodka
Vodka	Crop Organic Cucumber Vodka
Vodka	Crop Organic Tomato Vodka
Vodka	Ketel One Vodka,
Vodka	Ketel One Citroen
Vodka	Ketel One Oranje
Vodka	Luksusowa Vodka
Vodka	Medea Vodka
Vodka	Qino One Vodka
Vodka	Vermont Gold Vodka
Vodka	Vermont White Vodka
Vodka	VS Limited Release 2008 Vodka
Vodka	Żu Vodka
Vodka	ZYR Vodka

Whisk(e)y	Arran 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Arran 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Black Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Brandy Library Spirit School Series 10 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Brandy Library Spirit School Series 8 Year Old Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Clontarf Irish Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Dalmore 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Dalmore 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Dalmore 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Dalmore Gran Reserva Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Dalmore King Alexander III Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Dewar's 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Douglas XO Blended Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Four Roses Yellow Label Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Highland Park 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Hudson 4Grain Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Hudson Baby Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Hudson Corn Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Hudson Rye Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Hudson Single Malt Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Isle of Jura 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Isle of Jura 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Isle of Jura Prophecy Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Isle of Jura Superstition Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Jameson 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Jefferson’s Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Jefferson’s Presidential Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Jefferson’s Reserve Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Macallan 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Macallan Fine Oak 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Whisk(e)y	Michter’s 25 Year Old Straight Rye
Whisk(e)y	Michter’s US #1 American Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Michter’s US #1 Bourbon
Whisk(e)y	Michter’s US #1 Straight Rye
Whisk(e)y	Midleton Very Rare Irish Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	Redbreast 15 Year Old Irish Whiskey
Whisk(e)y	The Glenlivet Nadurra Single Malt Scotch Whisky

WINE
Categories	Featured Products
Aperitif	Aperol Aperitif
Aperitif	Lillet Blanc
Aperitif	Lillet Rouge
Aperitif	Martini & Rossi Bianco Aperitif
Aperitif	Martini & Rossi Extra Dry Aperitif
Aperitif	Martini & Rossi Rosato Aperitif
Aperitif	Martini & Rossi Rosso Aperitif

Champagne/Sparkling	Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain
Champagne/Sparkling	Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve
Champagne/Sparkling	Perrier-Jouët Fleur Champagne
Champagne/Sparkling	Piper Sonoma Brut

Sherry	Gonzalez Byass Apostoles Very Old Rare Fortified Wine Palo Cortado
Sherry	Gonzalez Byass Nectar Superior Selection Sweet Pedro Ximenez
Sherry	Gonzalez Byass Solera 1847 Superior Selection Sweet Oloroso
Sherry	Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Palomino Fino Extra Dry

Wine	Bodegas Luis Cañas 2006 Crianza
Wine	Bodegas Val de Vid Condesa Eylo 2008
Wine	CC 2009 Chardonnay
Wine	CC 2007 Cabernet
Wine	Château Julien 2006 Black Nova II
Wine	Château Julien 2006 Private Reserve Merlot
Wine	Château Julien 2006 La Conviviance
Wine	Clos du Val 2005 Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	Clos du Val 2006 Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	Clos du Val 2008 Pinot Noir
Wine	Finca El Origen 2008 Reserva Malbec
Wine	Finca El Puntal 2009 Tempranillo
Wine	J. Lohr 2007 Arroyo Vista Chardonnay
Wine	J. Lohr 2006 Cuvée PAU
Wine	J. Lohr 2006 Cuvée St. E
Wine	J. Lohr 2007 Hilltop Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	J. Lohr 2009 Carol's Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2004 Private Reserve Nebbiolo
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2005 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2008 Private Reserve Chardonnay
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2008 Zinfandel
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2009 Chardonnay
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2009 Chenin Blanc
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2009 Sauvignon Blanc
Wine	L.A. Cetto 2007 Petite Syrah
Wine	New Age White
Wine	Pasion De Tango 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	Pasion De Tango 2007 Chardonnay
Wine	Pasion De Tango 2007 Malbec
Wine	Pasion De Tango 2007 Merlot
Wine	Peter Lehmann 8 Songs 2004 Shiraz
Wine	Peter Lehmann Layers 2009 White Blend
Wine	Principe Corsini Tenuta Marsiliana Birillo 2007
Wine	Santa Carolina 2009 Sauvignon Blanc Reserva
Wine	Sequana Dutton Ranch 2008 Pinot Noir
Wine	Sequana Santa Lucia Highlands 2008 Pinot Noir
Wine	Tenuta di Ghizzano Il Ghizzano 2008
Wine	Valentin Bianchi Enzo 2005 Red Blend
Wine	Valentin Bianchi Famiglia Bianchi 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	Valentin Bianchi Famiglia Bianchi 2009 Sauvignon Blanc
Wine	Valentin Bianchi Particular 2007 Malbec
Wine	Wallaby Creek 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine	Wallaby Creek 2008 Chardonnay
Wine	Wallaby Creek 2008 Merlot
Wine	Wallaby Creek 2008 Shiraz
Wine	William Fèvre Chablis Champs Royaux 2008

Session A: 7:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Seminar 1: Partida Tequila; Cocktails by Jacques Bezuidenhout. San Francisco superstar mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout hosts this dynamic 50-minute seminar in which he shows which cocktails best suit classic 100% agave blanco, reposado and anejo tequilas. Not to be missed by tequila lovers!

Seminar 2: Château de Laubade Bas Armagnac with Denis Lesgourgues. Find out why Armagnac is one of the fastest growing spirits categories in this fabulous seminar hosted by Denis Lesgourgues, a charming member of Armagnac’s most innovative family producer! A feast for the senses.

Seminar 3: The Dalmore Single Malt Scotch with master blender Richard Paterson, one of Scotland’s most renowned master blenders, conducts this entertaining and educational seminar that examines the finest expressions of The Dalmore, a legendary whisky distillery in Scotland’s Northern Highlands. A whisky lover’s dream seminar!

Seminar 4: Tanqueray No. Ten Gin with Steve Olson and Angus Winchester. Steve Olson and famed London bartender, Angus Winchester, walk attendees through the unique splendor of Tanqueray No. Ten Gin through tasting and cocktails. A “must attend” seminar for anyone who relishes gin and martinis.

Session B: 8:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Seminar 5: Crop Vodka: Master Mixologist Gaz Regan on the merits of Organic Spirits. Gaz Regan, author of The Bartender’s Gin Compendium and other books, demonstrates why organic spirits like delicious Crop Vodka, are the way of the future for spirits. Do they taste better? Find out at this timely seminar.

Seminar 6: Pernod-Ricard: Home for the Holidays: Cocktail Occasions Entertaining at home can be stressful, especially when you are trying to impress your guests by serving creative new cocktails…but it doesn’t have to be. Join spirits industry expert Chris Patino, along with Leo Robitscheck of 11 Madison Park Restaurant, as they show you how to create and serve seasonal drinks worthy of showing off to your friends and family. Learn to craft cocktails using a few basic flavor pairing techniques that can make even the simplest cocktails come life.

Seminar 7: Up Close and Tasteful with Rémy Martin: The Heart of Cognac. Discover how the House of Rémy Martin, since 1724, has consistently revolutionized the world of Cognac. Join company expert Remi Brabant for a vertical tasting of four Rémy Martin Cognac icons, including the single grape vintage Rémy Martin 1989 and the celebrated Rémy Martin XO Excellence. Additionally, be among the first consumers worldwide to taste the latest innovation from the House of Rémy Martin - Rémy V - the first and only clear spirit made from Fine Champagne grapes hailing from the heart of Cognac.Through this exclusive opportunity, seminar guests will enjoy the revolutionary new spirit served neat, and also blended masterfully into the original cocktail creations developed by Rémy Mixologist Charles Hardwick.

Seminar 8: The Spirits and Wines of China presented by famed bartender, Steam. A unique session highlighting examples from the vast array of wines and spirits from China.

Dale DeGroff: Craft of the Cocktail; Essential Cocktails
Jill DeGroff: Lush Life
F. Paul Pacult, American Still Life; A Double Scotch; Kindred Spirits2
Richard Paterson: Goodness Nose
Gary Regan: The Bartender’s Gin Compendium
David Wondrich: Imbibe

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