Wines & Cheese Course

As most of you know, I am working with a restaurant to put together a wine and cheese tasting event for us. Rich and I thought it might be really great to go take a "class" before we had that event so that we were more informed wine and cheese enthusiasts :) After doing a little research, we found a great place to go and thought we would see if some of you would like to join us! After speaking with the Director there, if we get 10 or more people- he will reduce the cost to $40/person to participate. If we get more than 20 rsvp's for this event, they will host a private course for us. We need to prepay for this event, so I am going to open up the paypal for $40/person and hope we meet the minimum of 10 people. If we have less then 10 people, the rate will be 50, but we can make up the difference until the day of the event.

I have included the class information below. Please note that you can only RSVP for this event until July 15th. If we receive more than 20 responses, the event will likely be pushed out a few days-but that is a create reason to reschedule! :)

Wine and Cheese Course Description:
You might be surprised to know that cheese was historically used to "improve" a bad wine. And as the quality of wine made centuries ago would be unrecognizable today, cheese was helpful by smoothing out the coarseness one would expect. As time marched on, and local cuisines were consumed with local wines, certain wine and cheese "classic pairings" evolved. Montrachet with White Burgundy; Chavignol with Sancerre; Manchego with Rioja; Chianti with Parmigiano, and so on.

Today, in our global marketplace, we can obtain almost any cheese or wine from any region. Working them together is the magic as "Wine & Cheese" is said to be one of the most difficult pairings, with much learned frankly from trial and error.

Class will include:
8 wines & 8 cheeses to sample together
Background on the marriage of Wine & Cheese
Taste & Learn the various milks used in cheese
Taste & Learn which wines pair better with cheeses
Instruction on choosing the best cheeses
Appropriate serving arrangements, temperatures
High quality, artisanal wines and cheeses will be chosen