Church Street Wine Cellars presents: An Evening with Winegrower Joe Davis of Arcadian Winery, Thursday, June 23rd, 6:30 pm, $65pp ++, call 540-3040 for reservations
Join the Church Street Wine Cellars team for another in a series of educational wine dinners in downtown Burlington, Vermont! Just down the road from our stone & brick underground wine cellar on Church Street, we are hosting a very special winemaker event! Save the date on Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 for an evening with winegrower Joe Davis Arcadian Winery.
Our friend Joe, headliner for the Stowe Wine & Food Classic, June 24 - 26, 2011 at Trapp family Lodge has graciously agreed to come to Vermont a day early to host this exceptional dinner. Not one of the wines Joe is pouring has scored less than 90+ points from Steven Tanzer's International Wine Cellar or earned extreme accolades from Allen Meadows Burghound.
Church & Main Restaurant is hosting this event, beginning promptly at 6:30 pm, and the tariff is $65 per person plus tax and gratuity (the wine we are pouring alone will cover that!). Reservations must be made only at Church & Main either in person or call 540-3040, a credit card number will be taken and processed to reserve your space. Seats are limited to a comfortable forty people for this intimate dinner. For more information, click here.
For a sneak peak at the line up for Sunday, June 26th's Grand Tasting line up at Trapp Family Lodge, click here. All wines will be available at a special rate from Church Street Wine Cellars.
THE Southern Italian Wine Dinner! Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 6 PM 
Church Street Wine Cellars & Three Tomatoes trattoria in Burlington, Vermont present superstar Wine Guy Michael Burke from Vias Imports fresh back from VinItaly to share with us some of his newest and most exciting wines.
Join us to celebrate the wines and cuisine of the south and the islands, the Mezzogiorno.
Chef Shane will be cooking up five courses of killer dishes matched with flights of 10 brilliant southern Italian wines. ONLY $59 per person includes tax and tip!
If you aren't familiar with the wines of Southern Italy, you really, really should be. What a great way to start! Don't miss this one. Seriously.
Call 802-660-9533 or e-mail 3tburlington@gmail.com for reservations
Additional background info
A country only three-quarters the size of California, and one with such unique viticultural & climatic diversity and dozens of indigenous varietals, no other country on earth has more land under vine than Italy except Spain. According to the Italian Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture, there are currently three-hundred and thirty one actively cultivated grape varieties being farmed today, with a rich history of well over one thousand! A far cry from our mono-varietal culture of chardonnay, cabernet and merlot, you aren't in Kansas anymore Dorothy!!
Only twenty-five years ago, Italy was not known for much more than Bardolino, Valpolicella, Soave, acidic Chiantis and In those days Riunite was the #1 imported wine in the United States. Forward to 2011: Italy is brimming with expertly crafted, world-class wines and is a top exporter to the United States. Nowhere else too will you find such a dynamic, innovative generation of new winemakers who seek above all terroir-rich, quality wines that effortlessly blend tradition and modern technique.
Come see the energy and dynamism in Italian winemaking in every glass. Nowhere else in the world will you experience such a rich selection of native varietals than in Italy and the most dramatic change in the wine world has been the renaissance and tremendous improvements in the quality of wine coming out of all regions of Italy. The Italian model can at first glance be daunting, so let Michael and the CSWC team be your guides to the vinuous and culinary pleasures of the Italian peninsula.
Join us for an unpretentious evening of fun, some great wines and camaraderie. Ciao!
To download a short video on Vias Imports, one of the most accoladed and dynamic of fine Italian estate wine importers, click here
Join our friend, Winemaker/Owner David O'Reilly of Owen Roe, O'Reilly's & Corvidae wines for a free, in-store, educational tasting this Tuesday, November 9th,2010 from 4 - 6 pm, followed by a special Winemaker Dinner with David at Burlington's hottest new eaterie and wine destination, Church & Main Restaurant at 156 Church Street. Dinner is $65 per person plus tax & gratuity; call 802-540-3040 for reservations, see below!
Interview with Morgan Peterson, owner/winemaker and sole employee of Bedrock Wine Co, watch it here on YouTube.
Church Street Wine Cellars presents: An Evening with Winegrower Joe Davis of Arcadian Winery at Church & Main Restaurant, Burlington, Vermont! Thursday, June 23rd at 6:30 pm! $65 pp ++