Wine Tasting Back to Basics
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Traci Dutton
Traci Dutton is a beverage, food and hospitality expert based in the Napa Valley. With over 20 years of tenure as a sommelier, consumer and professional educator, and beverage specialist at the Culinary Institute of America’s California Campus, she has continued to build relationships in all areas of the industry, create and track trends & shifting tastes, and hone the service & hospitality skills that are the foundation of her work ethic. Today Traci continues her work with the CIA while consulting, writing and running her own vintage cookery & libations store, Heirloom Variety, located in Calistoga.
When you listen to an expert talk about wine do you ever think, "Are they making this up? What are they talking about? Am I just bad at this?" Well, we believe that almost anyone can be a good wine taster with a little guidance and lots of practice. In this tasting class we will learn to identify the basic building blocks of wine and describe their level of intensity, discuss ways to harness your experiences to build a vocabulary for aromas and flavors, and most important, give you a clear way to describe the wines you like and a kind way to describe the wines that you don't like. You will find your voice when talking about wine and never again say, "I don't know anything about wine." Pre-registration required.
Demonstration Tasting - Cost: $65 - #77841 - (Register Online)
REGISTRATION
Convenient registration options include online, by mail or over the phone at 707-967-2901. Register online now..
