Every now and again someone or something comes along and changes the course of history. This seminar is a wine retrospective, focusing on a few specific people and events that helped shape the industry.
Ten extra special wines will be poured to illustrate these remarkable moments in time, paired with mouthwatering morsels from Aureole’s Executive Chef Marcus Ware.
From a producer heralded as one of the greatest and most influential winemakers in Friuli… someone who digs 5,000 years deep into the past for his winemaking methods: Gravner Ribolla Gialla Anfora 2004
A great vintage from a Château named Second Growth in Bordeaux’s Classification of 1855: Château Léoville-Poyferré 1996
From a pioneer of the California wine Industry, founded in 1857: Buena Vista Pinot Noir
Celebrating Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s role in the formation of the French regulatory system: Château de la Gardine Cuvée des Générations “Gaston Philippe”
From the winemaker who’s Chardonnay wowed the judges at the 1976 Paris Tasting that helped put California on the map: Grgich Hills Carneros Selection Chardonnay 2008
A special library vintage of a wine that, in the very same tasting, took home top honors in the red category—beating out some of Bordeaux’s best: Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon
A Super Tuscan from one of THE original Super Tuscans—a wine that helped change the landscape of the Italian wine industry, from a producer that traces its history back to the 14th century: Tignanello by Antinori
A beautiful blend from an Alsatian trailblazer: Marcel Deiss Burg 2007
Plus three more that you won’t want to miss!