Wine Between the Lines: A Deep Dive on Aromatic Intensity in Wine

This tasting class explores some of the most aromatically intense varieties on the planet: grapes like muscat and gewürztraminer.

Join Liz's Book Bar for an evening of wine and education. This tasting class explores some of the most aromatically intense varieties on the planet: grapes like muscat, gewürztraminer, muscadine, and sauvignon blanc.

These are grapes celebrated (and sometimes reviled) for their perfume and their pungency. Their intensity, their feeling of being just too much, is part of who they are. The enduring association of perfumed aromatics with sweetness has also left them vulnerable to shifts in taste, as sweetness in wine has gone from revered and coveted to the one thing most guests in a wine bar say they don't want. ("I like a dry wine"). From Phoenician trading ships with amphorae in their hold to grocery store moscato to the orange wines of the natural wine movement, we'll explore the history of taste, shifting attitudes towards what constitutes "good" wine, and gain fluency in our own senses.

Our class is hosted by sommelier James Sligh, founder of the Children's Atlas of Wine, an art and education project that maps the people and places growing wine's futures and puts them in context. Tickets include five tastes of mineral-y wines and an hour and a half class with an interactive component.

Tickets cannot be refunded less than 7 days before the event, and we are unable to exchange your ticket for a different event if you can't make this class. Thank you for understanding.