Wine Tasting Class: Wines of New York – More than Just Riesling

About the Presentation:

New York state is well known for it's Riesling. However, the Finger Lakes region also produces a wide range of other wines, including reds, whites, and rosés. In this presentation, Bruce Smoller (Certified Educator, Wine and Spirits Educational Trust, WSET 3), will describe and explore several of these other regional wines that are also very worthy of our attention. Some of the varieties will be familiar to most of you, but made in uncommon styles, and others will be varieties that you may not have ever encountered. The chosen wines have an enormous range of styles and flavors and hopefully there will be something new to expand everyone’s horizons and knowledge about our (relatively) local wines!

The presentation is $15, Wine tasting pours are included in your ticket

Blaufrankish - Weis Vineyards
Cabernet franc - Buttonwood Grove
Gruner Vetliner - Dr. Frank
Unbaked chardonnay - Fox Run
Dry Rose - Glenora

About the Presenter

Dr. Smoller has had a passion for wine since his days living near Napa Valley. He has been
seriously studying wine for the last 11 years and is currently working on the Wine and Spirits
Educational Trust (WSET) level 4 (Diploma level). Along the way he has also completed the
Italian Wine Scholar and French Wine Scholar programs (Wine Scholar Guild), the Spanish Wine
Expert course, along with master level courses in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace, Loire Valley,
Rhone Valley, Champagne, and Rioja, all with honors. His wine studies are not limited to
Europe, however, and he has also successfully completed courses about wines from California
and Oregon, Argentina, Chile, China, Georgia, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. He has
been formally certified as an instructor for the WSET program, as well as for the Wine Scholar
Guild. He teaches several wine courses at Daemen University and Finger Lakes Community
College. He is the owner of Know Wine, LLC (www.knowwine.net). In his spare time, he is a
Professor at Univ. Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

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