I have a really wonderful opportunity to share three of France's
best known cheese regions' products with a small number of friends in a tasting/seminar
format.
I will conduct the tasting, and may be joined by Sheri Sauter,
my wine guru (keep your fingers crossed, she'll know in a matter of weeks, possibly
days whether she achieved her Master of Wine status!!!).
The schedule will be as follows:
Tuesday, September 30 at 8:00 pm
VAL DE LOIRE Seminar
Valençay, Couronne Lochoise, Ste Maure de Touraine and Crottin de Chavignol
Accompanied by Vouvray Clos du Bourg demi-sec 2001 and Reuilly Claude Lafond
La Raie 2002
Tuesday, October 21 at 8:00 pm
PROVENCE Seminar
Rouleau de Provence, Mascaré, Banon, Truffe de Valensole, Roves des Garrigues
Accompanied by Bandol Château Pibarnon 1998 and Coteau du Languedoc Château
Aurel 2002
Tuesday, November 18 at 8:00 pm
BOURGOGNE Seminar
Epoisses de Bourgogne, Montrachet, Abbaye de Citeaux, Chambertin, Maconnais
Accompanied by St Romain Nicolas Potel 2001 and St Aubin 1er cru Marc Colin
Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 8:00 pm
To be determined.
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at 8:00 pm
To be determined.
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 18 at 8:00 pm
To be determined.
- The cheeses and wines are being organized by Fromages.com,
my favorite source for French cheeses (you may have heard me talk
about them before).
- The seminars will be conducted in Port Washington,
NY. Directions available upon request.
- The price of the series is $90 for all three sessions. This will include
the cheeses, wines, breads, handouts, and lecture and guided tasting.
- The events will last approximately 2 hours (though we won't mind if
people linger!)
- Registration is only available for the entire series, though if you
wish to split a series with a friend you are welcome to do so (eg, find a substitute
for yourself if you can't make one of the sessions)
- The series will be held if we have a maximum 10 participants. That
means that as word gets out in the next couple of days the spaces may fill very
quickly.
- Please reply by email (epicurean@sturman.com) or by telephone (516
883 7892).
- Payment accepted by cash or check only, please! Checks may be made
payable to epicurean.
These are bound to be great events, and you will be tasting wines and cheeses
you will not be able to access otherwise here in the US. All the cheeses have
been selected to be presented at their peak of seasonality and ripeness (it
makes the same difference in cheese that it does in tomatoes!).
Please note: the optimum condition for a tasting is to have an empty stomach
and a clean palate. However, we recognize that 8 pm is not the best time to
have either one. We therefore strongly recommend that you have as early and
as light a supper as you can manage, please rinse your mouth, and keep the flavors
fairly bland. This way you will be able to best appreciate the flavors and the
combinations we will be serving. Don't bother with dessert, we'll surely have
fruit and something sweet as well!
I look forward to hearing from you very shortly, don't forget,
there is a DEADLINE for registration!
Best regards,
Sue Sturman
