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All classes
last approximately 2 hours.
To register, please send an email to register@vinosite.com.
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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