Atlanta Wine-Hanna Wines

INSTRUCTOR(S) - Christine Hanna * President

DESCRIPTION - The daughter of a Syrian immigrant, Christine Hanna learned to cook authentic, traditional Syrian food from her grandmother and mother during her childhood. By her 30s, she began to experiment with those traditional recipes, updating them to reflect her interest in the fresh, organic produce and artisan food items available to her in Sonoma County, California, where she lives and heads up her family's winery. Her goal was to update the recipes to celebrate the sublime quality of the ingredients while imbuing them with the flavor profile of her family's traditions. She wanted to streamline the recipes for the modern-day home cook so they could be made in hours, not days. She has introduced those updated recipes at Hanna Winery events, and published them in the winery newsletter and on the website. Her recipes have appeared in Food & Wine, Saveur magazine, and on the syndicated television show In Wine Country, and she has demonstrated them to consumers at cooking classes around the country.

MENU - Red Pepper and Walnut Dip paired with the 2007 Hanna Sauvignon Blanc; Grilled Eggplant Salad paired with 2006 Hanna Chardonnay; Grilled Lamb Shawarma paired with 2004 Hanna AV Cabernet; Syrian Walnut-Semolina Cake with Figs and Chocolate paired with the 2004 Hanna Zinfandel Bismark Mountain Vineyard.