MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival 2015 MAWFF Program Guide | Page 82

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welcome
Thank you for joining us at the 2015 MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival.
It’s said that good things happen in threes—and as we celebrate our third year
as an independent Festival, I agree. In three years, we’ve hosted 127 events and
48 winemakers and engaged 200 chefs. Most importantly, we have hosted
thousands of guests, and shown them the culinary riches that exist here in the
MidAtlantic while introducing them to a bounty from afar.
In this, our third year, we have worked very hard to create what is indeed a unique
Wine + Food Festival in the United States. To the best of my knowledge, we are the
only Festival that is this broadly regional in scope. Over these four days, we will have set 20,000 plates and
glasses for 33 events and poured more than 3,000 bottles of wine!
We are deeply grateful to the President of our Board of Directors, Vance Kershner, without whom this Festival
would not have become a reality, as well as the chefs and winemakers who have donated time, talent and in
the case of wineries, an extensive amount of product.
We are especially thankful to Chip Rossi, Delaware Market President of Bank of America, for everything
he has done including his role in getting Bank of America to become our