Worldwide wine pageant coming to Poughkeepsie

Two Poughkeepsie-based companies have partnered to provide town’s first wine pageant.

The nightclub and occasion venue Revel 32 and 1915 Wine Cellar will current the primary annual Queen Metropolis Worldwide Wine Competition from Feb. 17-18 at former’s location at 32 Cannon St. in an 1845 constructing that was initially a Methodist church and later turned a Masonic temple. The wine pageant will provide greater than 100 distributors with choices from Hudson Valley producers plus wines from throughout the U.S. and around the globe.

“It had at all times been a dream of ours to open a wine bar,” mentioned Russell Beck, who co-owns 1915 Wine Cellar, in an interview with Chronogram.com. “We had been informed that we wouldn’t achieve success in Poughkeepsie, however we knew that wine lovers converse a common language and we now have defied the chances. Now we’re able to current this incredible worldwide wine occasion and anticipate an enormous response from wine lovers who need to beat the winter blues and don’t need to wait a 12 months for a fall pageant.”

Attendance on the Queen Metropolis Worldwide Wine Competition can be for patrons ages 21 and older. Ticket costs for the occasion begin at $75 and are actually on sale through Revel 32.