The Rosé Revolution Series: Part 2

Part 2: Native Grapes Gone Pink - Beyond Provence: The Future of Terroir-Driven Rosé

This forward-looking class explores how indigenous grape varieties from six distinct wine regions create rosés that transcend the poolside pink stereotype.

Join Dr. Sharon Chirban as she moves beyond Provence's aesthetic dominance, to discover how native grapes express terroir through rosé, creating food wines with authentic regional identity. From volcanic Sicilian slopes to Basque coastal vineyards, from Greek mountains to Alpine valleys, students will taste how climate, soil, and tradition shape pink wine.

This is rosé for the post-Instagram era: complex, gastronomic, and proudly regional.

Dr. Sharon Chirban has practiced as a clinical psychologist in private practice for 30 years. She works with high performers in all walks of life – sports, corporate culture, medicine, law -to name a few. She has had a lifetime interest in gastronomy, wine and food influenced largely by her Greek heritage that values a family first, food first culture. You will find her scavenging for her next wine/food party theme or planning a wine adventure. She holds the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines certification and the Champagne Specialist Certificate.

Location: Commonwealth Wine School, Cambridge, MA

Instructor: Sharon Chirban, PhD