The Wine School at San Francisco Wine Center

Director of Education and Lead Educator: Catherine Fallis MS, ACWP aka grape goddess

Six Week Wine Expert

Tuesdays, 6:15-7:45pm, April 20-May 25, 2010

Saturdays, 1:15-2:45pm, April 17-May 22, 2010

$325 – Series, $60 – Individual Classes

The World of Wine Specialty Classes

Wednesdays, 6:15-7:45pm, April 21-May 26, 2010

Saturdays, 3:30-5:00pm, April 17-May 22, 2010

$60 – Individual Classes

Classes to include:

The Great Taste-Off: FRANCE vs CALIFORNIA

Wine Collecting Fundamentals with Maureen Downey

Wines of Burgundy with Jesse Becker MS

Pinot Noir Around the World

Dairing Pairings with Evan Goldstein MS

Wines of Ribera del Duero, Spain with Rebecca Chapa DWS, CWE

Sicilian Wine & Food with Chiara di Geronimo

Introduction to Italian Wines

Peter Mondavi – GENERATIONS of WINE

Chocolate & Wine Pairing

Professional Training Classes

Mondays, 11am-1pm, 2-4pm, April 26-May 17,2010

$75-Individual Classes

Blind Tasting Technique

Advanced Blind Tasting Technique

Service Technique

Advanced Service Technique with Christie Dufualt ACWP

Building a Better Wine Program with Emily Wines MS

Server Wine Training Workshop

wineschool@sanfranciscowinecenter.com

The Wine School at San Francisco Wine Center

757 Bryant Street

San Francisco, California 94107

Contact Brian McGonigle at 415-272-4046

The Wine School at San Francisco Wine Center is the result of a collaboration between Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis, aka grape goddess® and San Francisco Wine Center owner Brian McGonigle. This new year-round wine education center in the city’s hip SOMA district features an instructor team of Master Sommeliers, Masters of Wine, winemakers, top chefs, and visiting wine dignitaries. Basic, specialty, and professional training classes along with special events are offered. San Francisco Wine Center also provides wine storage facilities and collector services, and the beautiful City Room and Reserve Room event spaces are available for storage member use anytime or can be rented by outside parties for food & wine events.

 Basil Magazine, March 2010

grape goddess DRINK column

Becoming a Sensualist

http://basilmagazine.com/cms2/view.htm/58/915/Drink

Catherine Fallis MS, ACWP

aka grape goddess®

www.planetgrape.com

 

ITALIAN DOCG LIST

 49 DOCG’s as of March 2010

Sicily (1)
*        Cerasuolo di Vittoria (Rosso as normale and Classico) 

Sardinia (1)
*        Vermentino di Gallura (Bianco as normale and Superiore) 

Campania (3)
*        Fiano di Avellino (Bianco)
*        Greco di Tufo (Bianco, also as spumante)
*        Taurasi (Rosso, also as riserva)

Lazio (1)
*        Cesanese del Piglio (Rosso as normale, Superiore, and Superiore Riserva)

Abruzzo (1)
*        Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colline Teramane (Rosso)

Marche (4)

*        Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi (Bianco)
*        Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva  (Bianco)
*        Conero Riserva (Rosso) 
*        Vernaccia di Serrapetrona (Rosso Spumante as Dolce and Secco) 

Umbria (2)
*        Sagrantino di Montefalco (Rosso as Secco and Passito) 
*        Torgiano Rosso Riserva (Rosso only as Riserva) 

Tuscany (8)
*        Brunello di Montalcino (Rosso as normale and Riserva)
*        Carmignano (Rosso as normale and Riserva) 
*        Chianti (Rosso as normale and Riserva) with the option to indicate one of the sub-regions:

        *        Colli Aretini as normale and Riserva produced in the province of Arezzo
        *        Colli Senesi as normale and Riserva produced in the province of Siena
        *        Colli Fiorentini as normale and Riserva produced in the province of Firenze
        *        Colline Pisane as normale and Riserva produced in the province of Pisa
        *        Montalbano as normale and Riserva produced in the provinces of Firenze, Pistoia and Prato
        *        Montespertoli as normale and Riserva produced in the province of Pisa
        *        Rufina as normale and Riserva produced in the province of Firenze
        *        Superiore produced throughout the Chianti region with the exception of the classico sub-region.

*        Chianti Classico (Rosso as normale and Riserva)
*        Morellino di Scansano (Rosso as normale and Riserva)
*        Vernaccia di San Gimignano (Bianco as normale and Riserva) 
*        Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Rosso as normal and Riserva) 
*        Elba Aleatico Passito (Passito Rosso)

Emilia Romagna (1)
*        Albana di Romagna (Bianco as secco or asciutto, amabile, dolce, passito and passito riserva) 

Lombardia (5)
*        Franciacorta (as Spumante, Spumante rosé and Spumante cremant)
*        Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico (as Rosé, Cremant, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir Rosé) 
*        Sforzato di Valtellina or Sfurzat di Valtellina (Rosso) 
*        Valtellina Superiore (Rosso as normale and Riserva) with the option to indicate one of the sub-regions Inferno, Grumello, Maroggia, Sassella and Valgella, or the sub-region Stagafassli for wine bottled in Switzerland
*        Moscato di Scanzo (Passito Rosso)

Piedmont  (12)
*        Barolo (Rosso as normale, Riserva and Chinato)
*        Barbaresco (Rosso as normale and Riserva)
*        Gattinara (Rosso as normale and Riserva) 
*        Ghemme (Rosso as normale and Riserva) 

*        Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore or Dogliani (Rosso) 
*        Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore or Ovada from the hills around Ovada, southwest Piedmont (Rosso)
*        Barbera d’Asti (Rosso)  (Feb 08)
*        Barbera del Monferrato Superiore (Rosso)
*        Gavi or Cortese di Gavi (Bianco as Frizzante, Spumante and Tranquillo)
*        Asti in the sub-appellations Asti (Bianco Spumante) and Moscato d’Asti (Bianco Frizzante) 

*        Brachetto d’Acqui or Acqui (Rosso as normale and Spumante) 
*        Roero (Bianco as Roero Arneis and Roero Arneis Spumante, Rosso as normale and Riserva) 

Veneto (8)

*        Amarone della Valpolicella (Rosso)

*        Recioto della Valpolicella  (Passito Rosso)
*        Bardolino Superiore (Rosso) 
*        Recioto di Soave (Passito Bianco as normale, Classico and Spumante) 
*        Soave Superiore (Bianco as normale, Classico and Riserva)
*        Recioto di Gambellara (Passito Bianco Classico and Passito Bianco Spumante)
*        Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene (Bianco Frizzante)

*        Prosecco Colli Asolani (Bianco Frizzante)

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (2)
*        Ramandolo (Bianco) 
*        Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit & Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit-Cialla (Passito)

Sources :

http://www.guildsomm.com/CS/wikis/italy/docg-s-of-italy.aspx  (members only)

http://www.agraria.org/vini/ 

http://www.winecountry.it/

http://www.learnitalianwines.com/