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Cost: $175 per person, per class
KEVIN ZRALY’S ADVANCED WINE SCHOOL
Fall 2018 Schedule
Where: Sherry-Lehmann, 505 Park Avenue at 59 Street, New York
When: Mondays, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (See dates below)
Class size: Limited to 40 students
Cost: $175.00 per person, per class
See descriptions of classes below.
Email (kevin@kevinzraly.com) or call (845-255-1456)
to reserve a seat in any or all of the classes.
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White Wines of France
Advanced Wine Class
Monday, September 24, 2018
$175.00
- limited to 40 students -
The Gallery at Sherry-Lehmann Wines & Spirits, corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Learn which grape varieties have which characteristics as we begin with a Grand Cru Riesling from Alsace. Sip a Pouilly-Fume from the Loire Valley, then on to an oak aged Graves from Bordeaux. Next, we travel to the greatest white wine region in the world… Burgundy! We start with a Pouilly-Fuisse and move to a Chablis Premier Cru, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, and Corton-Charlemagne. Should you only serve Sauternes with dessert? We will be tasting 10 wines.
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Red Wines of Bordeaux
Advanced Wine Class
Monday, October 1, 2018
$175.00
- limited to 40 students -
The Gallery at Sherry-Lehmann Wines & Spirits, corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Unlike the small parcels of land in Burgundy, Bordeaux is the largest fine red wine region in France, making the most sought after wines internationally, from retail stores, restaurants, and at wine auctions.
Bordeaux wine production is 85% red and 15% white.
The most wines in my personal cellar are from Bordeaux, many of them over 50 years old!
In this class we will discuss the five major red grapes and why they are used in the blend; geographic factors like the three rivers in Bordeaux, the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, and the soil of each region; how vinification has changed over the last 50 years; what is the future of the Bordeaux market; and the classifications of each region and what impact they have on the price of each wine.
We will taste 10 red wines from Pauillac, St. Julien, Margaux, St. Estephe, Saint Emilion, and Pomerol.
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Red Wines of Italy
Advanced Wine Class
Monday, October 15, 2018
$175.00
- limited to 40 students -
The Gallery at Sherry-Lehmann Wines & Spirits, corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
I spent a month in Italy last summer and realized that I will never totally understand all that there is to know… with 20 wine regions, 96 Provinces and more than 2,000 different grape varieties! The quality of Italian red wines is the best ever at all price points.
We will taste 10 red wines from Tuscany (Chianti Classico Riserva, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and Brunello di Montalcino), Piedmont (Barolo and Barbaresco), Veneto (Amarone), Sicily (Mt. Etna) and Campania (Aglianico).
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Red Wines of the Rhône Valley
Advanced Wine Class
Monday, October 22, 2018
$175.00
- limited to 40 students -
The Gallery at Sherry-Lehmann Wines & Spirits, corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
My second favorite red grape is Grenache, the backbone for the best Chateauneuf-du-Pape wines. But there is much more to the Rhône Valley with the wines made from the Syrah grape… Cote-Rotie, Crozes Hermitage, and St. Joseph. We will taste 10 wines, all of these plus Gigondas, Cornas, and Vacqueyras.
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Red Wines of California
Advanced Wine Class
Monday, October 29, 2018
$175.00
- limited to 40 students -
The Gallery at Sherry-Lehmann Wines & Spirits, corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
California produces more red wine than white – 308,733 acres of red vs. 183,698 acres for white. I believe that the best red wine is coming from the North Coast, specifically Napa and Sonoma.
In this class, we will taste 10 North Coast Wines from the best producers, including the Napa Valley Wine Pioneers.
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Red Wines of Burgundy
Advanced Wine Class
Monday, November 5, 2018
$175.00
- limited to 40 students -
The Gallery at Sherry-Lehmann Wines & Spirits, corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
One of the oldest winemaking regions on earth began winemaking in 51 BC!
This is the home of the elegant and sophisticated Pinot Noir grape… the benchmark for all Pinot Noirs made in the world.
We will concentrate on the red wines of the Côte d’Or… the Côte de Beaune, and the Côte de Nuit, tasting 10 wines from the villages and premier cru vineyards of Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe-Corton, Chambolle-Musigny, Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-St. Georges and Vosne-Romanée.
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