Ultimate Cocktails, Spirits & Wine Blast
On October 15, 2010, the founders of the Ultimate Beverage Challenge, F. Paul Pacult, Sue Woodley and David Talbot,hosted more than 1,600 of their closest friends and fans at their first ever ULTIMATE COCKTAILS, SPIRITS & WINE BLAST at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.
founders David Talbot, Sue Woodley, F. Paul Pacult
with Assistant Judging Chairman Sean Ludford of BevX
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, find this Event Bartenders with the best expertise in party serving and jamming cocktails.
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 offive 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.
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Photos by: Michael Gold/TheCorporateImage
