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Virginia Wine Class: October 18

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October 18, 2017 at 7:00PM

$20 per person. Call to Reserve (540) 400-7771

– with Christine Iezzi-

Christine Iezzi grew up on a Virginia vineyard and was immersed in the planting of the vines, their care, and the making, blending, and bottling of wine.  Continuing working with wine was a natural progression from to her first job conducting tours at a local winery and being a wine steward at the Williamsburg Inn while attending the College of William and Mary.  Christine’s  father, Tom Iezzi, was a past American Wine Society President and she helped him  plan the national conference in Richmond Virginia. Christine has been in the wholesale business for the past 25 years.  She works with The Country Vintner and besides regional management for fine wine sales , handles wine education for Virginia for the parent company, The Winebow Group. Christine lives in Charlottesville Virginia with her husband and three children and near her parents Tom and Beverly Iezzi.

Ports, Sherries & Fortified Wines: November 15

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November 15, 2017 at 7:00PM

$20 per person. Call to Reserve (540) 400-7771

We will be exploring the often overlooked the world of ports, sherry’s and others. Fortified wines are often simply referred to as “dessert wines” because of their high level of sweetness and their tendency to be consumed after meals.  Fortifying wines was originally used as a preservation method. A fortified wine is typically a delicious, viscous wine-based sipping treat, that is made from adding additional alcohol during the fermentation process. This will be a fun class to sip through some dense, delicious wines that are sure to warm you up!

Portuguese Wine Class: June 21

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June 21, 2017 at 7:00PM

$20 per person. Call to Reserve (540) 400-7771

– with Christine Iezzi-

Christine Iezzi with Country Vintner is coming back to teach you all about the wines of Portugal. Christine oversees the education department for Country Vintner, educating the sales force about the different regions, grape varietals, styles, etc. that they distribute. She is very knowledgable and it’s sure to be another spectacular evening!

French Part 2 Wine Class: July 19

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July 19, 2017 at 7:00PM

$20 per person. Call to Reserve (540) 400-7771

– with Mr. Bill-

Bill Philips will be teaching the follow up to French Wines Part 1 where we explored the regions of Bordeaux, Loire, and Rhone.
Part 2 will feature wines from the Languedoc, Burgundy, and Alsace. France is so vast as far as the regions and varietals are concerned, we had to split up the learning!