MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival 2014 Invitation | Page 4

WINEMAKERS Meet our International and National winemakers, descending upon the MidAtlantic from as far EAST AS INDIA and Australia, SOUTH AS BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA and WEST as CALIFORNIA and oregon. NIKOLAUS “NIK” WEIS is Owner/General Manager of St. Urbans-Hof Winery in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer of Germany. 82 acres of Riesling produce Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese, Alte Reben, Oba Trocken, Eiswein and more. Wine Spectator awarded 19 of their wines between 90 and 95 while Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate rated 15 wines with scores between 90 and 97. PATRICIA CARRARO manages together with her family the Lidio Carraro Winery, Brazil. They combine respect for the land and modern vinification technology. Lidio Carraro was the first Brazilian winery to be internationally recognized as the top quality boutique winery producing ic