Export Program – Canada Overview
2023-08-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Join us in welcoming a.m.c.c., NYWGF’s newest market representatives based in Toronto. Founders Andrea Backstrom and Melissa Stunden will be on hand to provide a comprehensive overview of the Ontario and Quebec markets, where much of New York wines activities will focus in 2023-2024. Melissa and Andrea have broad knowledge across all provincial markets, along with diverse experience in route to market strategy, educational initiatives, event management and media relations. As with our other market overviews, we encourage you to bring your questions!
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Just a reminder that all wineries are welcome to join us for Export Market Overview Sessions, however, only current Export Program participants can participate in events after July 1st, 2023. If you have not already done so, please join the program or renew your participation today.

Export Program – Hong Kong, South Korea, Vietnam Overview
2023-08-16 11:00 - 12:00
Welcome back to our partner FLX International, led by native New Yorker Matthew McFetridge. As pandemic impacts continued to affect in-person programming over the course of last program year, many New York wines activities transitioned online with resounding success – thanks to FLX International’s effort. We invite you to join us for an overview of the Hong Kong, South Korea, and Vietnam markets. Matthew will talk about the wine landscape, what wines sell well, and discuss market-specific opportunities and challenges. We encourage you to bring your questions about these complex markets as they are full of potential for New York wines.
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Just a reminder that all wineries are welcome to join us for Export Market Overview Sessions, however, only current Export Program participants can participate in events after July 1st, 2023. If you have not already done so, please join the program or renew your participation today.

Boldly, Intricate. A look at the Finger Lakes with Elaine Chukan Brown
2023-08-16 16:00 - 17:00
New Yorkers are bold in everything they put their mind to, and grape growing and winemaking are no exceptions. In this four-part online seminar series, host Elaine Chukan Brown speaks with producers from across the state’s diverse wine regions, alongside other important industry players, to explore the deep roots and fresh ground that define New York wines today.
Featured Wines:

Silver Thread Vineyard Good Earth White 2022
Boundary Breaks Cabernet Franc 2020
Weis Vineyards Heart of the Lake 2022
Buttonwood Grove Melody 2021
Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars Gewürztraminer 2021
Living Roots Wine & Company Finger Lakes Late-Harvest Vidal 2021

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About Our Host
Elaine Chukan Brown
Global Wine Educator, Wine Writer

Elaine Chukan Brown serves as a global wine educator, and journalist specializing in global initiatives for sustainability and climate action, most especially in US wine. Brown serves as a columnist for Decanter Magazine, and previously was the Executive Editor US for JancisRobinson.com. In 2022, Brown was nominated for a James Beard Award in Journalism, and became an advisor to the Women in Wine and Spirits Awards of China. In 2021, Brown gave the keynote address, “Risk and Self-Doubt as Opportunity,” for the Femmes du Vin event sponsored by the US State Department through the Paris Embassy. The Hue Society named their annual prize the “Elaine C Brown award in Wine Education” in recognition of Brown’s contributions to wine education, and the Women in Wine and Spirits Awards (WINWSA) in China named Brown one of the world’s 50 Most Influential Women in Wine and Spirits. In 2020, Brown was awarded Wine Communicator of the Year in the world by IWSC and VinItaly, and was named a Wine Industry Leader in the North American wine industry by Wine Business Monthly. In 2019, the Wine Industry Network named Brown one of the Most Inspiring People in Wine, and they were shortlisted for the IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year award.
