Seminars in Boston Wine Expo
Boston Wine Expo
Seaport World Trade Center
200 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009
2:00 pm "Navarra: Spain's terroir through indigenous and international varieties."
What makes a wine special? The grape variety? The terroir? The wine-maker? Discover Navarra, discover indigenous and international varieties and their personality through our different climate and soils. Taste Garnacha and Tempranillo, but also Graciano or Mazuelo. Learn why "French" varieties do so well in Navarra and be astonished by the influence of the terroir on the grapes you thought you knew well! Welcome to the Kingdom of Navarra, land of diversity. The seminar will be coordinated by Pilar García- Granero, (Enologist, President of Wines from Navarra) and Ana Laguna (Navarra Wine Expert).
The wines to be tasted are:
Señorío de Sarria Viñedo nº8 Mazuelo 2005
Laderas de Inurrieta red 2005
Ars Negro, red2007
Chivite Colección Reserva red 2004
Preemy Navarra red 2007
Septentrión crianza red 2005
Pago de Larrainzar red 2006
Ars Nova red 2005
Alzania Selección Privada red 2004
Earth Reserva 2004, rec eco
Sadar, sloe berry liquor from Navarra
Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009
1:30 pm "Navarra: "avant-garde" of the young Spanish wines"
Is Spain really a Mediterranean country? Sunny Spain might not quite be what you expected. Learn why Navarra offers such surprising wines:"Tear wines", the best of our indigenous "garnacha" turned into fresh, pink and joyfull rosées, white wine from cool and warm climate, young red offering indigenous and international varieties, expressing the best of our terroir diversity. Welcome to the Kingdom of Navarra, land of diversity. Welcome to Spain's hot spot. The seminar will be coordinated by Pilar García- Granero, (Enologist, President of Wines from Navarra) and Ana Laguna (Navarra Wine Expert).
And the wines to be tasted are:
Señorío de Sarría rosé 2008
Inurrieta Orchidea, white 2008
Artajona, young red 2007
Enanzo Chardonnay 2008
Castillo de Monjardín, Chardonnay 2007
Gran Feudo rosé sur lies 2007
El Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, red 2007
Ochoa red garnacha & tempranillo 2007
Piedemonte Gamma red 2007
Ochoa sweet Muscat 2007
Baines sloe berry liquor from Navarra
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