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All classes
start at 6:30 p.m. and last approximately 2 hours.
To register, please send an email to register@vinosite.com.
Please be sure to include the following information:
* Class and Date.
* Names and Number of Persons Attending.
* Billing information including 1) name as it appears on the card; 2) card
number; 3) expiration date; and 4) billing address and phone number
associated with the card.
* Day and nighttime phone number (cell. if possible).
All reservations will be confirmed via email.
Due to limited availability, all reservations are final and no refunds or
exchanges are allowed.
Italian Wine 101
Wednesday, September 27 ($55)
Wine educator Robert Scibelli, DWS, gives a command performance with his
popular "Introduction to Italian Wine" course. Participants will
sample wines from different regions of Italy,
learn how wine is made, and explore Italy's wonderful variety of
winemaking styles and traditions.
A specialist in Italian wine, Robert Scibelli currently serves as the
National Development Coordinator of the International
Wine Center
in Manhattan
where he also lectures on a wide range of wine-related subjects.
The Killer B's
Wednesday, October 4 ($95)
No, it's not an Alfred Hitcock movie: Wine Director
of Vino and I Trulli, Charles Scicolone, guides course-participants through a
tasting of Italy's
most sought-after and collectible appellations, Brunello di Montalcino,
Barbaresco, and Barolo. Wines will include single-vineyard and blended wines
from some of Toscana's and Piemonte's most famous producers. This seminar is
a must for connoisseurs and neophyte collectors of Italian wine alike.
Charles and I Trulli have been nominated for outstanding wine service and
wine list for five years running by the James Beard Awards. He coordinated
wines for the Italian-themed Year 2000 James Beard Awards. He has lectured on
Italian wines for the Italy America Chamber of Commerce, the Agricultural
Ministry of the Region of Sicily, La Cucina Italiana Magazine, The Italian
Trade Commission and The Smithsonian Institute. Recently, Charles worked as a
consultant for Waterford Crystal on their new line of glassware. He has
appeared on national television on Emeril Live!, In
Food Today, Ciao Italia, and Cooking Live and has been a guest on The Arthur
Schwartz Show and was the weekly wine commentator on The Bea Lewis Show on
radio. Charles is a member of the Wine Media Guild.
Pizza, Any Way You Slice It
Saturday, October 14 ($85)
Charles Scicolone (see bio above) teams up with his wife, celebrated cookbook
author Michele Scicolone, to teach this ever-popular course on pizza based on
their best-selling and definitive work on the subject, Pizza, Any Way You
Slice It. With Ristorante I Trulli as the backdrop, Michele and Charles lead
this hands-on seminar where participants learn how to make true Neapolitan
pizza dough, experiment with traditional and fusion toppings, and sample
wines that pair well with pizza.
Michele Scicolone is a cookbook author and writer who specializes
in food, wine and travel. Her Mastering Pasta, Noodles and Dumplings was published by Williams Sonoma/Free Press in October,
2005. Her 1,000 Italian Recipes, was nominated for a 2004 James Beard Award
and was a main selection of The Good Cook book club. She is also the author
of The Sopranos Family Cookbook and Entertaining with the Sopranos, cookbooks
based on the popular television show. Michele's writing appears regularly in
Bon Appetit, Wine Spectator, The Los Angeles Times,
The Washington Post, The New York Times, Gourmet, Food Arts, and many others.
Noble Nebbiolo
Wednesday, October 18 ($85)
Many believe that the Nebbiolo's name comes from
the Latin nebula or "cloud": the famous fog of Piemonte helps to
keep the grapes cool as they ripen to perfection in the late summer early
fall. While the Nebbiolo grown in the Langhe hills
is used to make the most notable expressions, Barolo and Barbaresco, Nebbiolo
is also used to make Piemontese appellations Carema (in Carema) and Ghemme
(in Novara) among others, as well as Valtellina in Lombardia (where
it is used to make dried-grape Sfurzat or Sforzato) and the Valle d'Aosta.
Participants in the Noble Nebbiolo seminar will sample a variety of Nebbiolo
and Nebbiolo-based wines as they explore a wide range of winemaking styles
and techniques. Wine director Charles Scicolone leads the guided tasting and
comments on the many different Nebbiolo clones, aging potential, tasting
profile, and the similarities and differences between the Nebbiolo grown in
the Langhe and that cultivated in other parts of Italy.
Vintage Italian
Wednesday, October 25 ($95)
Old wine is a topic dear to Wine Director Charles Scicolone's
heart: there is perhaps no other subject that inspires him to wax poetic than
a tasting of vintage Italian. Especially today, wine lovers are tempted - by
producers and wine sellers - to drink open bottles young. In his Vintage
Italian seminar, Charles leads participants through a guided tasting of young
and old wines as he discusses what to look for in young wines in order to
assess their longevity and reveals how wine and tasting profiles evolve
(e.g., secondary and tertiary flavors and aromas found only in vintage
wines). He will also discuss cellaring and wine collecting. Aglianico,
Sangiovese, and Nebbiolo are just some of the grape varieties that will be
tasted (young and old).
Italian Wine and Cheese
Saturday, November 4 ($85)
What could be better than having dinner with Charles and Michele Scicolone
over a variety of Italian wines and cheeses at I Trulli, where Michele
discusses the formaggi and Charles pairs the wines?
In what has become one our most popular courses, Charles and Michele hold
court at the restaurant and discuss fresh, aged, and ripened cheeses, cow's
milk vs. goat's vs. sheeps, and in what has proved
to be the high point of the event, Michele tries to stump Charles with an
unusual and hard-to-pair cheese. This seminar fills up fast and availability
is extremely limited.
Grappa and Italian Brandy
Wednesday, November 8 ($75)
Back by popular request, the Grappa and Italian Brandy seminar includes a
tasting a wide variety of distillates, fruit- and pomace-based
(spitting is encouraged!). Following the grappa mania of the late 1980s and
early 90s, a tide of grappa flowed into this country, not all of it good.
Today, myriad labels are available to the consumer but quality varies greatly
and in some cases, you pay more for the hand-blown Murano
bottles than you do for the contents. As an extra added bonus, I Trulli and Vino's Operations Manager Jim Hutchinson will lead a
hands-on demonstration of how to prepare a flavored grappa (an excellent
holiday gift idea).
Amarone and the Wines of Verona
Wednesday, November 15 ($95)
This class is a must for collectors of Italian wine. The wines of Verona and the Valpolicella
are often Italy's
most understood and are certainly among the most unique in the panorama of
Italian winemaking. Amarone and Recioto
(both dried-grape wines) are some of the world's most collected and collectible
appellations. These are long-lived wines with great power and depth. But the province of Verona also produces Soave, an
appellation was has enjoyed a renaissance as winemakers have moved away from
commercial production, and a wide range of monovarietal
wines. Wine director Charles Scicolone leads a guided tasting that includes
dry and sweet wines, white and red classics, and some of the cutting-edge and
more unusual labels that have appeared in recent years.
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