{"id":1908,"date":"2017-03-10T16:50:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T16:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/165.227.70.253\/blog\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2017-03-11T16:02:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T16:02:54","slug":"usa-trade-tasting-returns-to-new-york-may-1617-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/10\/usa-trade-tasting-returns-to-new-york-may-1617-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Trade Tasting Returns to New York, May 16\/17 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark your calendars to register and attend the USA Trade Tasting<\/a> which returns to the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC Tues\/Wed. May 16 and 17th.<\/p>\n

Some 160 producers of wine, spirits and beer from around the world will be sharing the main floor to show their wares. In addition, there will be an educational portion of the show upstairs with a broad range of presentations to address the needs and interests of attendees and exhibitors alike.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Masterclasses will be put on by China, Beaujolais and Wines of Tejo (Portugal) respectively providing in-depth insights into those regions.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m honored to have been asked to emcee the seminar portion of the show which will feature the following speakers<\/a> and subjects<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u2022 John Beaudette, President of MHW, Ltd. on \u201cThe New Brand\/Craft Phenomenon\u201d
\n\u2022 Brandy Rand, VP at IWSR on current market trends
\n\u2022 Chris Mehringer, President of Park Street Imports on \u201cKey Considerations on Route to U.S. Market Strategies\u201d
\n\u2022 Donna Hartman of Olender Feldman legal firm returns to share insights on \u201cHow to Draft a Solid Distribution Agreement for both Franchise and non-Franchise States.\u201d
\n\u2022 Stephen Fahy, Senior Buyer at the Wine Library on ramping up retail marketing to grow revenues and customers for the long term.
\n\u2022 Jonathan Newman, CEO Newman Wine on \u201c10 Proven Promotional Programs That Will Get Your Brand Picked Up by National Chains and Large Retailers.\u201d
\n\u2022 Perennial favorite speaker Josh Wand is back to talk about \u201cHow Importers and Distributors Can Build a Strong Sales Force.\u201d
\n\u2022 Thomas Barfoed, MD of JF Hillebrand on optimizing logistics
\n\u2022 Bill \u201cTish\u201d of BevMedia with tips on best ways to work with the press to get coverage of your brands
\n\u2022 Richard Halstead, CEO of Wine Intelligence on How to Win Retailers and Influence Them With Effective Merchandising and Programming.
\n\u2022 On Day 2, I will be moderating an \u201cOffice Hours\u201d panel discussion on tips and tools brands can use to get the attention of importers and distributors. The panel will include:
\no Martin Sinkoff, VP and Dir. of Marketing at Frederick Wildman
\no Mick Yurch, Bluest Sky Group and former Sherry-Lehmann head honcho
\no Mike Votto, CEO of Votto Vines Importers
\no Rob Bradshaw, Pres. and CEO of Cape Classics Imports<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fabulous line up of conference speakers that will complement the floor exhibits of suppliers from around the world. The goal for attendees and exhibitors is to foster connections to develop and grow business for all.<\/p>\n

Register now<\/a> for the USATT and the conference…tickets for the conference portion are going fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USA Trade Tasting returns to New York May 16\/17. Register at http:\/\/usatradetasting.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[302,294,299,65,298,300,296,166,301,297,295],"class_list":["post-1908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cape-classics","tag-donna-hartman","tag-frederic-wildman","tag-import-wine","tag-richard-halstead","tag-sinkoff","tag-tish","tag-usa-trade-tasting","tag-votto-vines","tag-wine-intelligence","tag-wine-librarybeverage-media","et_post_format-et-post-format-link","et-has-post-format-content"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BW-of-Steve-with-microphone.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7k1BV-uM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1908"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1914,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions\/1914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}