18th Varietal Seminar
"White Winemaking Techniques and Trends"

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CIA-Greystone, St. Helena
Saturday, August 23

Seminar Wines:

Chardonnay

Stony Hill 2005 Napa Valley

Fumé Blanc

Robert Mondavi Winery
2006 Oakville Reserve
To Kalon Vineyard

Pinot Grigio

Swanson Vineyards 2009 Napa Valley

Sauvignon Blanc

Charles Krug 2009 Napa Valley

Viognier

Spencer Roloson 2006 Knights Valley
Noble Vineyard

The EcoLab Theatre in the Culinary Institute of America-Greystone (formerly Christian Brothers Winery) was a venue new to the Wine Library. W. B. Bourn built Greystone as a vintners’ cooperative winery at the turn of the 19th century. Now dedicated to food and wine education, CIA-Greystone provided excellent support for the Varietal Seminar ably moderated by Bob Pecota.

Bob observed that over the last decades in Napa Valley varieties of white wines have changed. There is more interest, and there has been an increase in the number of great wines reasonably priced.