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Master Series: Tuscany With Master Sommelier Peter Neptune

Wed, November 7, 2018 (8:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Cost: $149 plus tax

Italian viticulture and winemaking is a truly grand art. While the actual number of Italian produced wines is too large to be counted, Italy is home to millions of vineyards and more than a thousand documented grape varieties.

The Italian Master Series is the first step in wrapping your arms around this vast and intriguing country which produces some of the world's best and longest aging wines!

You will learn about and taste wines from Italy's two most famous wine producing areas, Piedmont and Tuscany. As part of our extensive tasting exercises, you will become acquainted with a diverse range of Italian grape varieties – from major varieties to regional specialties. You will also:
Explore Italy's wine history, from its humble beginnings to its modern-era rise to worldwide recognition.

• Learn the famous Italian wines from Piedmont and Tuscany including Barolos, Barbarescos, Brunellos, Bolgheri / Super Tuscans, etc.
• Become intimate with the characteristics that define wines from those appellations/districts and communes
• Examine the highly variable geography and climate of Italy.
• Understand the key enological and viticultural techniques used throughout Italy’s long winemaking history and how that translates to the taste profile of its wines
• Understand Italian wine law and the DOC, DOCG, and IGT designations.
• Master the underlying principles of pairing Italian wines with food.

About Master Sommelier Peter Neptune:

Peter Neptune is one of only 147 individuals in North America to hold the wine industry's most prestigious title: Master Sommelier. He is a 31-year veteran of the wine business, beginning as a sommelier in New York City, where he trained and worked for 10 years. Upon returning to his native California, Peter entered into Wine Education full time and has established a nationwide reputation as one of the premier wine educators in the USA.

In addition to his MS Diploma, Peter holds the title of Certified Wine Educator with the Society of Wine Educators (for which he was recognized with the Banfi Award for Excellence in 2003), holds a Diploma in Wine and Spirits from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust in London, and is an Associate of the Institute of Wines and Spirits. He also holds the credential French Wine Scholar, with Highest Honors.

Peter is one of the teaching Masters at the Court of Master Sommelier Intro and Advanced Courses and is an examiner at the Certified, Advanced, and Master Sommelier Examinations.

When:

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm 

Where:

Elk's Club

4249 El Camino

Palo Alto, CA 94306

(650)493-4249 

Price:

$149 per person (plus tax and gratuity)

Includes a $75 credit towards the purchase of wines from the tasting.

*Ticket price is fully refundable if cancelled 72-hours prior to the event.

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