Wednesday the 28th we had lectures over how to make dessert wine and sparkling wines, then later tasted four of them in lab. We had a sparkling wine made from 100% Chardonnay grapes, a rose made from both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, a super sweet wine made from a blend of grechetto, trebbiano, procanico, and …
Monday the 26th was the start of our third (and final!!) full week in Cortona, which was crazy to think about! We learned about food and wine pairing in our morning lecture, sangiovese wines in our afternoon lecture, then tasted Tuscan red wines in lab. Tuesday we had a field trip to Antinori-La Braccesca vineyard …
We had class and lab tasting for oak aged wines on Thursday the 22nd, which was one of my favorite days. We tasted 2 Chianti Classico wines, a Rosso di Montalcino, and a Brunello di Montalcino, which was one of my top 5 favorites for the whole month. Marco had a free wine tasting at …
Class the Monday after our Pisa and Florence trip was relatively uneventful, but we got our tests back and I got a 99, so I’m clearly well on my way to wine connoisseur status. We tasted white wines of Southern Italy in our lab, went to dinner at a local restaurant, then decided to venture …
