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American Wine Society News AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY® NEWS Promoting Appreciation of Wine Through Education Volume 31, No. 4 www.americanwinesociety.org August-September 2017 What’s Inside Boost Your Wine Smarts Aaron Mandel 2017 National Conference 16 50th Anniversary Activities 6 Wine Judge Training Year one of the Wine Judge Certification Program, to Amazon Smile 3 be held at the conference, is already sold out. This is not really a surprise because the program is usually Awards Nominations 11 full by the end of May these days, and we are al- ready receiving inquiries about the 2018 program. AWSEF Scholarship Awards 15 So, it is quite likely next year will sell out early as well. If you are interested in the program, please do not delay—apply right after Chapter Events 7 the November conference is over. Government Affairs 6 The sell-out of the Wine Judge Certification Program does not mean that there will be any lack of educational opportunities at the con- Learning from Wine Competition 5 ference. There are, of course, the many fine sessions for us to take Member Service News 4 advantage of, plus our new Super Tasting Series—Level I program. This is a full-day class that takes place on Nov. 2. It offers a begin- National Tasting Project 4 ning education about the primary wine varieties and regions in the world, along with an opportunity to taste wines from many of those Reflections on Silver 5 regions. We offered this program for the first time last year, and the reviews were overwhelmingly positive. Those who pass the Treasurer’s Report 12 exam are awarded a certificate. It is great fun. Vote in This Summer’s Election 2 Get More From the Wine Evaluation Scoresheet Of course, not everyone can attend the conference. But there is still plenty you can do to boost your wine education. I have created a video explaining how to complete the AWS wine evaluation form. This video is available on our website and on the “American Wine Society Now” YouTube page. Corkboard—an AWS Blog The video was created to help people learn how to fill out the forms for the National Tasting Pro- David Falchek ject, but it is useful beyond that. How do you taste wine? What do you look for in the aromat- We have a new addition to the AWS web- ics and taste? What the heck is an aroma wheel? site—Corkboard, an AWS blog. The blog The video helps answer these questions and can is part of a larger digital strategy. By offer- help you on the path to becoming a better taster. While there is ing new and changing content on the web- nothing wrong with only knowing what you like and what you don’t site, we can leverage our social media like, wine tasting beyond “ooh that is good” is easy. Contrary to presence on Twitter and Facebook to drive belief, it does not take a special palate, only a little patience and traffic to the website. education. So, watch the video and enjoy. More Wine Education on the Way We already had a leg up on the blog content. AWS mem- bers Neil Hulkower of Oregon and Rick Davis of Florida, We are currently preparing a new video on Bordeaux. This video both excellent writers and educators, have generously will come with a PowerPoint presentation. The video will be useful shared their work with the AWS in the past. The Cork- for chapter events or to watch while sitting at home (or quietly at board will offer a better platform for their work. We’re the office when you are bored). This will be the first in a series of also featuring some AWS Journal past articles, great educational videos for the AWS membership. The PowerPoint work that is rarely seen outside of our membership. We presentation is nearly finished, so we hope to have the Bordeaux expect to feature guest wine bloggers and AWS members video out within a month. with something to say. If you have something you’d like to write about to feature on the blog, let us know. Aaron The goal is to raise awareness of the organization, intro- [email protected] ducing it to people who may want to join or start a chap- ter. In addition to being our billboard to the world, the website should be more of a home-base for members. To If you are on Facebook or Twitter, make sure you follow the Amer- that end, earlier this year, we added group pages, share ican Wine Society and like and share our organization’s posts. zones for chapter chairs, RVPs and winemakers. All AWS members may participate. To check out The Corkboard, go to americanwinesociety.org and go to the drop menu under “News.” If you haven’t logged on to your AWS profile in a while, please do so and make sure your information is current David and complete, especially your email address. [email protected] Vote in This Summer’s Election Kristin Kraft The American Wine Society, founded in 1967, is the oldest and largest consumer-based wine edu- Just a few short months ago I appointed cation organization in North Jay Bileti as Director of Membership, and America. he’s already up for re-election to the Board of Directors, since the term he filled We are a non-profit, educational expires at the end of 2017. Also up for re- corporation. Membership is open election is Treasurer Tom Wallman. Both to the general public and is bene- Board members are unopposed. ficial for those who have a keen interest in wine, winemaking and/ Jay Bileti eagerly took over the spot vacated when or wine culture. David Falchek moved on to Executive Director. Jay has laid Our mission: Promoting Apprecia- down a process to recruit and appoint new RVPs, having tion of Wine Through Education. filled three or four posts already. He regularly communicates with RVPs, giving them more information, understanding and www.americanwinesociety.org a voice with the national organization. He’s also working on bettering how we go about getting and keeping new mem- bers. Jay has been a member of AWS for 20 years, and previously served as Arizona RVP and Chapter Chair. His prior life in sales training and management is serving him well. AWS National Office Tom Wallman joined me as a new member of the P. O. 889 board in 2015. He has been a tremendous watchdog and Scranton, PA 18501 reliable source of input on our finances, making my recent transition to President and David’s to Executive Director very Phone (888) AWS-9070 smooth. He also spearheaded the effort to change AWS to a (888) 297-9070 calendar fiscal year, so income earned through the confer- Fax (570) 344-4825 ence and competitions appears in the same year as the ex- penses for those programs. David Falchek Executive Director [email protected] Tom lives in Ohio, where he has been an AWS member for 21 years. His continued work in accounting and taxes is Katie Kearney Member Services Manager keeping us on firm financial footing. His next project is to [email protected] garner more charitable donations and endowments to AWS. Website www.americanwinesociety.org While neither candidate is opposed, our bylaws require a vote. Watch for an email link to cast your vote. Please take a 2016 AWS National Officers few minutes to fulfill this vital role of membership. Each ac- tive member is entitled to vote. President Kristin Kraft Vice President Joe Broski Outstanding RVP and Chapter Chair Nominations Secretary LeAnne Wheeler Each year at the conference, we honor the hard work of one regional vice president and one chapter chair. Last year’s Treasurer Tom Wallman honorees were Outstanding Chapter Chair Dave Caruso of Directors at Large Southport, NC and Outstanding RVP Jay Bileti from Arizona. Competitions Joe Dautlick If you’ve seen an RVP or Chapter Chair going above and Education Aaron Mandel beyond and would like to nominate that person for a 2017 Membership Jay Bileti award, please obtain the selection criteria from Jay Bileti, [email protected]. Nominations AWS News Staff may also be sent to Jay. Pam Davey Editor—[email protected] We will consider past nominees who were not previously honored, so you do not have to resubmit your nomination. David Falchek Publisher I’m looking forward to another great slate of nominees. [email protected] Renee Jones [email protected] Cheers! Tom Cobett [email protected] Kristin Sharyn Kervyn [email protected] [email protected] Kevin Kourofsky [email protected] Bonnie Lance [email protected] Diane Meyer [email protected] AWS in Social Media The AWS News is the official newsletter of the American Help spread the word by "liking us" on Facebook Wine Society. It is published bi-monthly in February, http://www.facebook.com/americanwinesociety April, June, August, October and December. It is also posted on our website www.americanwinesociety.org. Join our LinkedIn Group http://www.linkedin.com Search "Groups" for American Wine Society We welcome your comments, letters and articles. Please send your contributions to the editor [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @AmericanWineSoc ISSN 1543-205X AWS News August-September 2017 Page 2 On June 10, the American Wine Society participated in the first annual TACOMA WINED UP, a fundraiser for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. General admission was $50 and included ten tast- ing tokens and a souvenir glass, while VIP’s paid $75 and received other bene- fits that included free parking and early access.
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