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Vino con Vida
For decades, Latinos
have been the driving force for the exponential growth and high quality in American
wine and cuisine. Vino con
Vida celebrates
lo nuestro, Latino flavors and
people in the culinary
and winemaking world. Vino con
Vida is a wine education company focused on Latino consumers and
culture enthusiasts.
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Sandra
Gonzalez, Founder
For nearly ten years, Sandra
Gonzalez was affiliated with Wine Institute,
the San Francisco-based trade association for California wineries. As
Member Relations Manager, she traveled to California’s winegrowing
regions, planned industry conferences and social events and communicated
directly with winery owners and top corporate wine executives. She also
worked with respected chefs, specialty food producers and noted culinary
historians.
Ms. Gonzalez is Founder of Vino con
Vida, a wine education company focused on Latino consumers and
culture. She
publishes vinoconvida.com, a web site
featuring news about Latin food, chefs, wine, and culture. And she writes
wine, food and travel articles in both English and Spanish for various
trade and consumer publications. Her articles are published in industry
magazines Wines & Vines, Wine Business Monthly,
El Restaurante Mexicano. And contributes to Hispanic
Business, Fuego Magazine, Latino
Weekly Review, Sacramento Hispanic Magazine,
Tinta Latina and La Voz newspapers. Ms. Gonzalez hosts a weekly
English language radio show on San Francisco
North Bay's KVON-AM 1440 in which she discusses wine, food,
the arts and travel as related to Latino culture.
And a Spanish language show, Vino con Vida, focused on wine, food, chefs, and specialty
food and beverage purveyors. She has
contributed to and produced wine education seminars and events with
partners such as, Time, Inc., Univision, KRON-TV (San Jose,
CA), Hispanic Business Magazine, Hispanic Lifestyle Magazine, Hispanic
Chambers of Commerce, and Latina Business Women Association, among others.
Ms. Gonzalez is
the first Latina to speak at the Unified Wine &
Grape Symposium, the largest wine industry tradeshow and conference
in America. And she is the first wine advocate to partner with the largest
U.S. Hispanic food and beverage tradeshow and conference, Expo
Comida Latina, to produce wine seminars and tastings connecting
wine to Latino culture, food and flavors. She is the Founder and
Chairperson of Sabor de Napa, the wine gala
which celebrates the Latino winemaking, culinary and artistic influences
from the Napa Valley and beyond. It is the only event of its kind in the
United States. Sabor de Napa is an annual fundraiser for the Napa
Solano Health Project. This year's event will be held May 19, 2007 at Napa
Valley's prestigious COPIA, Center for Wine, Food and the Arts.
Send
wine, food, travel and art press releases to:
Sandra Gonzalez,
Founder
Vino con Vida
P: 916.213.0804
2712 - 14th Street
F: 916.405.3594
Sacramento, CA 95818 E: info@vinoconvida.com
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Wine
Country con Sabor!
with Sandra Gonzalez
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Listen every Thursday
9am-10am PST
KVON-AM 1440
show
blog
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Vino con
Vida featured in
Saveur
Magazine : October 2006
Tu Vida
Magazine : Summer 2006
Fast
Company : November 2005
Marketing y
Medios : November 2005
New York
Times : November 2005
Beverage
Media : September 2005
Fuego
Magazine : Fall 2005
San
Francisco Chronicle : Feb 2005
San Jose
Mercury News : May 2005
Sacramento
Bee : May 2005
The
California Report : August 2005
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