A Wine Appreciation Class with Eleonora Rabino of Barone Ricasoli, Italy

In this special class hosted by Eleonora Rabino, Export Manager of Ricasoli.

The winery:

Ricasoli is the most representative wine producer in the Chianti Classico wine area. With its gentle hills, velvety valleys and thick woodlands of oaks and chestnuts, the 1,200 hectares of property include almost 240 hectares of vineyards and 26 of olive groves.This creates a continuous succession of colors and hues around the Brolio Castle, which is located within the town limits of Gaiole in Chianti. Since 1993, Baron Francesco Ricasoli has been guiding this central Tuscan company in innovative challenges. This has been done with the deepest respect for his renowned ancestors who have made this territory great, Bettino Ricasoli first and foremost.Francesco Ricasoli, current owner and President of the company, has generated new ideas and concepts to render the vineyards sustainable. The ongoing study of soil types and the clonal selection of the Brolio Sangiovese are among his greatest passions, and he has totally renovated the vineyards and completely mapped them.The new wines are therefore the expression of research carried out with the same scientific rigor of his illustrious ancestor but with a contemporary spirit, like a runner receiving the baton and carrying it forward with renewed energy.

Event Time:

Masterclass - 7pm to 8pm
Meet and Greet - 8pm to 830pm (optional)

Venue:

Wine Room @ The Providore OUE Downtown Gallery

About the Host:

Eleonora Rabino grew up between Sicily and Friuli Venezia Giulia. Always surrounded by vineyards, thanks to her father’s profession – winemaker – she has always known that wine would have been her future. However, she took a different path.

Following her love for languages and different cultures, she moved to the US when she was 17 and lived with an American family for an entire year. After returning to Italy and graduating from High School, she decided to study Japanese language and economics at Ca’Foscari University of Venice. During those years, she had a chance to live and study in Japan twice.

In 2019 she started working with Ethica Wines, first in Italy and then in Miami, supporting the CFO in administrative and accounting activities. In 2020, she decided to move back home and in 2021 she left Ethica Wines. Aiming to become an export manager, she attended a Master in Wine Export Management at Sant’Anna University in Pisa. This experience led her to Ricasoli (September 2021) where she started working as Sales&Marketing assistant. Through the years Eleonora has been suppporting the two Export Directors all over the world and a chance to visit several different markets. Today Eleonora is the Export Manager for Ricasoli and, together with Filippo Vanni, she manages South America, Caribbean Island and Asia.

Class includes:

• Introduction to the winery and history.

• Tastings of 6 Wines.

1. Barone Ricasoli Torricella Bianco 2020
2. Barone Ricasoli Antico Feudo Della Trappola IGT 2021
3. Barone Ricasoli Bettino Chianti Classico DOCG 2020
4. Barone Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2019
5. Barone Ricasoli Casalferro Merlot 2018
6. Barone Ricasoli Castello di Brolio Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 2020

• Lights bites from The Providore

Terms & Conditions

• The class duration is 1 hour. Participants are encouraged to report 15 minutes earlier.
• A minimum of 6 pax is needed for the class to proceed.
• In any event of cancellation, a notification will be sent out via email 4 days prior. A full refund will be processed.
• No refunds for any no show.
• Cancellations to be done 4 days prior. Otherwise, no cancellations will be allowed.
• Ticket sales end on 16 November 2024 Friday.

Host or Publisher The Providore