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Bal Harbour, FL – St. Regis® Resort & Residences, Bal Harbour recently hosted a private tasting of Penfolds wine in conjunction with Wine Spectator at the new sales gallery. Penfolds Florida wine ambassador Chad Robinson presented the different varietals to the intimate group of 40 attendees, which consisted of VIP brokers and prospective buyers.
In signature St. Regis® style butlers served hors d’oeuvres suited for each of the wines: Penfolds Thomas Hyland Adelaide Riesling 2007; Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz South Australia 2004; and Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz South Australia 2005.
“Working with Wine Spectator seemed like the natural thing for us to do, since both brands cater to luxury aficionados, those with refined tastes,” said Alicia Cervera Lamadrid, president of exclusive sales agent Related Cervera Realty Services. “We are always looking for new ways to reinforce our interest in creating unique experiences that convey the most privileged lifestyle.”
|  | Yami Cervera, St. Regis® Resort and Residences, Bal Harbour sales assistant; Brenda Bichili, St. Regis® Resort and Residences, Bal Harbour sales director; Chris Suarez, St. Regis® Resort and Residences, Bal Harbour assistant project manager; Gingi Beltran, St. Regis® Resort and Residences, Bal Harbour sales associate | Sharon Rauvola, St. Regis® Resort and Residences, Bal Harbour creative consultant and Ken Smuts, vice president of the Related Group and managing project director for St. Regis® Resort and Residences, Bal Harbour |
Penfolds has been producing remarkable wines for over 160 years and indisputably led the development of Australian fine wine in the modern era. The introduction of Penfolds Grange Hermitage in 1951 forever changed the landscape of Australian fine wine, since then a series of standout wines - both red and white - have been released under the Penfolds masthead.
Published 16 times per year, Wine Spectator offers an exciting, insider’s view of the good life, including fine dining, wine, travel and entertainment. With more than 2 million readers, Wine Spectator reaches business leaders, trendsetters and connoisseurs.
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| Frank Messina and Consuelo Vilar | Chad Robinson, wine connoisseur |
WineSpectator.com, launched in October 1996, is the most influential source of wine information on the Internet. The Web site features wine ratings, tasting reports, news and other original content you won’t find anywhere else. Our ratings database handles more than 1 million searches every month. Since the Web site launched there have been more than 80 million visits and 450 million page views. For more information, please visit us at www.winespectator.com <outbind://62/www.winespectator.com> .
St. Regis® Resort & Residences, Bal Harbour is owned and developed by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.® with The Related Group. St. Regis Bal Harbour recently hosted the grand opening of its new sales gallery. This milestone is compounded by the recent implosion of the Sheraton Bal Harbour to make way for the new oceanfront development. Construction on the five-star resort and residential condominium has commenced. When complete, the three all-glass towers will comprise 268 ultra-luxury Residences, 36 condo-hotel suites, 183 hotel rooms and 24 St. Regis Residence Club®
Residences.
| Leeor Bar-Haim, St. Regis® Resort and Residences, Bal Harbour sales associate, Mary Ann Dunbar and David Dunbar |
Located at 1170 Kane Concourse down the street from the project site, the sales gallery is an elegant space by the renowned architects Yabu Pushelberg. Operating hours for the sales gallery are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 305.993.6000 or visit stregisbalharbour.com.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.® (NYSE:HOT) is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 850 hotels and resorts in over 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. With internationally renowned brands, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.® is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts including: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton®, Westin®, Four Points® by Sheraton, W®, Le Méridien® and the recently announced aloftSM and ElementSM Hotels. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.® also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc.®, one of the premier developers and operators of high-quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit starwoodhotels.com <http://www.starwoodhotels.com/> .
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