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All classes
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.
* Day and nighttime phone number.
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, 6:30 p.m. ($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 range 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: Barolo, Barbaresco, and Brunello
Wednesday, October 4, 6:30 p.m. ($95)
No, it's not an Alfred Hitchcock 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, including single-vineyard and blended wines from some
of Toscana's and Piemonte's most famous producers. This seminar is a must for
both connoisseurs and neophyte collectors of Italian wine.
Charles and I Trulli have been nominated for outstanding wine service and
wine list for five years running by the James Beard Awards. Charles
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, The
Italian Trade Commission and The Smithsonian Institute. Recently, Charles
worked as a consultant for Waterford Crystal on their new line of stemware.
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 a 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, 1:30 p.m. ($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, 6:30 p.m. ($85)
Many believe that the word Nebbiolo 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, 6:30 p.m. ($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, 1:30 p.m. ($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, 6:30 p.m. ($75)
Back by popular request, the Grappa and Italian Brandy seminar includes a
tasting of 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, 6:30 p.m. ($95)
This class is a must for collectors of Italian wine. The wines of Verona and the Valpolicella are often Italy's most
misunderstood 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 that 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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