Reservations are now closed for the July 20 joint IWAGY-MHFWS food-wine event at Tomas.
The response from both groups was unprecedented.  We are sorry to have to disappoint some of you, but we simply cannot fit any more people into the space available.  If you like, you can e-mail Tim Free at timothybfree@gmail.com, and he will put you on a wait-list (in order received) in case there are cancellations
Please include your telephone number in your request.

“Trend-O-Licious Wines” with Foods at Tomas Tapas Bar
Presented by
William Tisherman
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 6:30 pm

It Was A Good Year, Inc.            Mid Hudson Food and Wine Society
Joint Event to Celebrate the "End of the Pandemic"!
We are pleased to invite you to a special food-wine event on July 20th, 2021.  This will be IWAGY's first indoor face-to-face event since February 2020, and for MHFWS the first since March of 2020! 
Although this can be viewed as a food-wine event, it is also a true wine tasting, with 8 wines offered and a guest speaker.
The wine theme is a survey of some current trends in wine, so each wine served will be totally different from all the others.  The wines will be complemented by a really awesome lineup of lighter foods prepared by Tomas Restaurant (see listing below).  We'll taste wines as diverse as an organic red from Sicily and a sustainably grown Portuguese white, and be guided through this interesting assemblage of diverse wines by William Tisherman, aka "Tish". (Don't hesitate to address him in this way!) 
Although Tish is probably embarrassed to admit it, he's been speaking at IWAGY wine tastings since 1999.  Tish has worked at the Wine Enthusiast and the industry/trade groups, Beverage Media and Seven Fifty.  Currently, he leads corporate and private events for the Institute of Culinary Education through his own business "Wine For All".
In light of the current pandemic situation, we are limiting participants to those vaccinated against Covid-19 and trust that members will respect that (“Honor System”). Since we will be tasting 8 wines, we will pour smaller amounts.
The event will begin at 6:30PM and last until approximately 9PM. 

Trend-O-Licious (survey) Wine categories:
          -Prosecco Rosé (and you thought the Glera grape was white-skinned?)
          -New packaging trends - wine in a can       
          -New fermentation trends (maybe 8,000 years old):
               "Quevri"-fermented white wine from Republic of Georgia (fermented
                 with skin contact)
          -Organic red wine from Sicily
          -Uco Valley Malbec Reserva
          -Portuguese sustainably-grown white
          -And 2 others
Foods:

          Plate 1: House Charcuterie Assortment, Cheeses, Olives, and Foccacia
          Plate 2: Smoked fish mousse, Garbanzo/Chorizo/Manchego gratin,

             Smoked Brisket, Slovakian potato salad,
             Grandpa's cucumber salad, BBQ beans
We may juggle the items on the 2 plates to fit with the serving order of the wines


Date/Time: Tuesday, July 20, 2021,  6:30PM
Place:Tomas Tapas Bar & Restaurant, 900 Route 376, Suite D in Wappingers Falls. 
Deadline for reservations: Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Price: Members (IWAGY/MHFWS): $60 per person
          Guests/non-members: $65 per person


 Directions:  The restaurant is at the intersection of Rte. 376 and Robinson Lane,
                     closer to the Village of Hopewell than to Wappingers."
Parking:    There is plenty of free parking both in front of the plaza (Rt 376
                  entrance) and behind it (Robinson Lane entrance).  You can enter
                  the restaurant through the breezeway that connects the front and rear
                  parking lots.
                 The restaurant is fully accessible.