Join us in our new monthly series as you learn about the wines of the world from one of the area's most knowledgeable sommeliers, Philippe Newlin of Wine.com. Hosted in our on premise winery, each session is a guided journey through tastes of 6 wines plus 6 nibbles crafted to enhance the wines of the evening.


March 28: PORTUGAL: EUROPE’S BEST KEP SECRET…

Everyone knows Portugal for its Port, but there is so much more. Portugal is the sharpest price competitor from Europe right now. We will look at a cross-section ranging from Vinho Verde, the great white of the North, to the dry wines of the Douro which compete now with Bordeaux, and everything in between. And we will do the Ports (Ruby, Tawny and Vintage). If some of the wines are made from grapes that are hard to pronounce, the prices and quality make up for that in spades!

 

Menu 


April 8: SYRAH @ THE WORLD

In this session we will take one grape, possibly the fastest ascending red grape of them all, and look at its performance around the globe. By the end of the seminar you will have an excellent sense of your order of preference when it comes to Italy, Australia, the West Coast, the classic Rhône, and a few other unexpected locations. Moving up and down and around the planet never tasted so good..

May 9: BORDEAUX vs. NAPA THROWDOWN

Bordeaux, the French classic, is known for its supremely elegant and age-worthy wines made predominantly from the cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes. Napa is America’s favorite wine region, home to big, lush Cabs, Merlots and Bordeaux blends. In this session we will taste four pairs of wines, all ‘blind’ – which is to say we will not know which is the Bordeaux and which is the Napa in each set until after we’ve compared the wines. You may be surprised!