Wine & Spirits Magazine Brings LA's Brightest Young Wine Pros to 'HOT PICKS' Event May 22

LOS ANGELES, CA, Apr 17 (MARKET WIRE) --
Wine & Spirits Magazine is bringing together ten of Los Angeles' most
successful
restaurants and wine retailers with the youngest industry talent to their LA HOT
PICKS event on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 7-10 p.m. The participating
restaurants
and their respective sommeliers and wine professionals are: Bottle Rock, Rob
Pierce;Comme Ca, Mark Mendoza; Grace, Eduardo Carriero; Katana, Eiji Mori;
Michael's,
Andrew Turner; Osteria Mozza, Jared Heber; Palate Food and Wine, Steve Goldun;
Silver Lake Wine, Randy Clement; The Cheese Shop of Beverly Hills, Erik Kelley;
and Woodland Hills Wine Company, Tim Snyder. Promoter for emerging LA artists
Project Ethos will produce a global, ambient lounge audio vibe; it all happens
at MODAA Gallery, a mixed use architectural studio, art museum, and artist loft
space
located at 8609 Washington Boulevard in the culturally burgeoning Culver City.
HOT
PICKS is a two city event tour; the second event will take place in Seattle
June 24 at the Paramount Theater.

In keeping with Wine & Spirits Magazine's mission to raise awareness of
water conservation issues, proceeds of LA HOT PICKS will benefit the
Surfrider Foundation. The Seattle HOT PICKS event will support the Puget
Soundkeeper Alliance. Tickets are $75 and available at
http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/hotpicks.

HOT PICKS showcases Wine & Spirits Magazine critics' favorite wines of the
world, and features bites from each restaurant. The event celebrates the
annual Critics' Picks issue, on sale at newsstands nationally on May 20, 2008.

Wine & Spirits Senior Editor Wolfgang Weber comments, "We want Hot Picks
tobring together young wine lovers and their peers who work at the city's
coolest
restaurants and wine shops. It's one big tasting featuring the best affordable
wines from all over the world. And there's a taco truck!"

About Wine & Spirits Magazine: Founded in 1982, Wine & Spirits is
publishedseven times a year and read by over 200,000 members of America's wine
community. Consumers and wine professionals read the magazine for information
on wine and spirits, including articles on established and up-and-coming
regions and producers, the art and science of viticulture, restaurant and
industry
happenings and food and wine pairing. Wine & Spirits is the only American
wine publication to win the James Beard award four times for excellence in wine
writing.

About The Surfrider Foundation: The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit
environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of
theworld's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation,
activism,
research and education. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in
Malibu, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 80
chapters worldwide. The West Los Angeles/Malibu Chapter represents approximately
31 miles of coastal environment from the Los Angeles and Ventura County line
to Ballona Creek, including all inland cities.You can visit our website at:
www.surfrider.org/malibu.

About Project ETHOS: ETHOS means "the distinctive spirit of a culture or
anera." Project ETHOS is a bi-annual, red carpet event in Los Angeles that
showcases all emerging Millennial Generation forms of creativity in one
house, on one night. By merging fashion, music, art and other forms of
creativity into one giant display of genius, Project ETHOS creates a new form
of exposure for artists in general, as well as a fresh outing for any person
looking for something fun and new. The mission of Project ETHOS is to become
the next generation of exposing artists to the media and the public.

Press contacts:
Alyson Dutch
Catherine Cunningham
BROWN + DUTCH PUBLIC RELATIONS, INC.
310.456.7151
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