Aliseo Foods attends the 35th Winter Fancy Food Show

We will be exhibiting at the annual Fancy Food Show (NASFT.com). Please stop by booth 2910 and try our Sofi Gold Winning Aliseo 100% Fresh Squeezed Blood Orange Juice an our variety of artisan cheeses and olive oils.

Find more information on the NASFT and The Fancy Foods Show at www.speciatlyfood.com

Love Exotic Event 11/14/09

Aliseo Foods is proud to be a participating host of Love Exotic which is being held  November 14th at The Clay Pit in Austin, TX.

From the Love Exotic website:

Lovexotic is an exotic celebration of world cultures. The evening will feature wines, spirits, signature hors d’oeuvres, dance and music from countries across the globe. The night will smell, taste, sound and feel like an evening in an exotic locale — a mélange of cultures that have a wealth of artistic heritage, lore, music and food traditions steeped in creativity and mystery.

Guests will be treated to a flight across the globe. Savor the distinct flavors offered in three different lounges featuring foods specifically created by Austin celebrity chefs and paired with wine and cocktails from region-specific wineries and liquor purveyors. Cocktails will be designed by Mixologists Mirjana “Mindy” Kucan, Bill Norris of Fino, and David Alan and Joe Eifler of Tipsy Texan.

Love Exotic event directly benefits Family By Choice a non-profit organization which provides adoption services for GLBT, singles, traditional, and non-traditional families throughout the State of Texas.

Please visit Love Exotic’s website for more information on the event and visit Family By Choice’s website for information on their organization.

Luna Park Events coordinated this event and Aliseo Foods would like to thank Richard Williams II for allowing us to be a participant in the festivities.

Blood Orange Margarita at Paggi House, Austin TX

If you are in the Austin area or just in town for a visit, you should stop by Paggi House at 200 Lee Barton Drive.  They now serve a margarita made with Aliseo 100% Fresh Squeezed Blood Orange Juice.

Check out this review by Mike Sutter at www.austin360.com along with a lovely picture of Paggi House’s Blood Orange Margarita.

Aliseo 100% Fresh Squeezed Blood Orange Juice wins the Gold!

Aliseo’s Blood Orange juice has won the Gold Sofi in the category of Cold Beverage.

From the NASFT website:

“Gold Winners were announced this evening for the 37th sofi Awards for the outstanding foods and beverages of the year. Presented by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) the awards honor the outstanding specialty foods and beverages of the year in 33 categories. “sofi” stands for specialty outstanding food innovation.The awards were presented at the Summer Fancy Food Show by noted chef Ming Tsai at a red-carpet event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.”

Please follow the link to a complete list of winners.  Congratulations to all the winners.

http://www.specialtyfood.com/do/focused/SofiAwards

Below is Aliseo’s hard working team after our President, Alessandro Fossati, accepted the award onstage:

Alessandro Fossati, Stefania Rigo, Fabio Francesconi, Riccardo Masti

2009 Sofi Silver Finalist Aliseo Blood Orange Juice

Austin, Texas (May 6, 2009) – Aliseo 100% Fresh Sqeezed Blood Orange Juice has been selected as a Silver Finalist in the 2009 Sofi Awards from the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc.  The Sofi Awards recognize excellence in specialty foods and beverages in 33 categories and are a coveted industry honor. “Sofi” stands for Specialty Outstanding food Innovation.

Aliseo Blood Orange Juice was selected as Silver finalist in the Cold Beverage category.  We are one of 111 Silver Finalists selected from 1,433 contenders by a national panel of specialty foods experts.  Gold Winners will be announced June 29 at the Summer Fancy Foods Show in New York.

The Sofi Awards are open to members of the NASFT,  a not-for-profit trade association established in 1952 with more than 3,000 members throughout the U.S. and abroad.  For more information on the NASFT, go to www.specialtyfood.com .

“This year’s finalist are an outstanding group. They show that our members continue to produce and market distinctive foods and beverages, even amid this challenging economy,” said Ann Daw, President of the NASFT.