Special Seminar Next Week!

Greetings from Gosford Wine . . . we have a very special event coming up next

week: Roberto Stucchi, visiting from Tuscany, will be at Gosford on Wednesday night. 

Italophiles that we are, we couldn’t be more excited.  Roberto is the winemaker of the vaunted Chianti house of Badia a Coltibuono, which is one of the oldest and most venerable wineries in Tuscany.  The estate itself was founded in the 11^th century by Benedictine monks, who began in that century to cultivate vines on their lands.  The property was still under monastic ownership when Napoleon (during his brief stint of Tuscan power) secularized the holding in 1810.  The monastery and lands were sold in auction to Guido Prinetti, Roberto’s great-great-grandfather.  Roberto’s family has owned the winery for nearly two centuries, and they have a deep and abiding faith in tradition.  Roberto himself is an oenologist by training who has, in addition to his work at home, substantial experience in the wineland of California, as well.  We’ll be exploring six red wines from his portfolio, including a 1995 Chianti Classico Riserva.  We should all be able to learn a great deal from Roberto and his wines.

Demand for this event should be considerable, so we’ll ask just this once that you RSVP.  We’re going to have two groups: one starting just after six, and another starting just after seven.  We’ve space for twenty people in each group, and we expect it to fill up rather quickly.  Please respond soon, though it will never be too late to ask.  Only in the event of a vacancy will we be able to accept walk-ins.  I fear that some may be turned away, and for this I sincerely apologize.    

Pleasepleaseplease call or email ahead and reserve a space for yourself, for it should be a night to remember.  I’m looking forward to the event, and I hope that you are as well.