Events

Winemaker Dinner at Pane e Bene Restaurant & Bar

Tue Feb 28th, 2012
06:30 pm to 09:30 pm

Join Winemaker Amanda Cramer at Pane e Bene Restaurant & Bar in Westport, Conneticut for a rustic Italian dinner paired perfectly with Niner Wine Estates current release wines. 

$100 per person, tax and gratuity additional

For more information, please call (203) 292-9584 or visit www.paneebene.com. Reservations are required.

Share This:

Winemaker Dinner at the Greenwich Tavern

Wed Feb 29th, 2012
07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

Enjoy an intimate dinner at the Greenwich Tavern with Niner Wine Estates Winemaker, Amanda Cramer, and Owners, Richard and Pam Niner on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 7 PM.  This is a rare opportunity to enjoy great food perfectly paired with Niner Wine Estates award-winning wines right in your own backyard!

Greenwich Tavern

1392 East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT

Cost is $75 per person, tax and gratuity are additional.  Guests will receive 10% off all wine sales, and on behalf of each person, $10 will be donated to SPINODYSSEY Breast Cancer Research. For reservations, please call (203) 698-9033 or visit greenwichtavern.net.

Share This:

Winemaker Dinner at Old Post Tavern

Thu Mar 1st, 2012
06:30 pm to 09:30 pm

Join Winemaker Amanda Cramer for a wonderful evening of fine food and fine wine at Old Post Tavern in Fairfield, CT. 

$75 per person (includes tax and gratuity) 

Reservations are required for this dinner, so please call 203.292.8631 to reserve your seat today or learn more about the dinner. We look forward to seeing you there!

Share This:

SLO International Film Festival Pre-Festival Movie Night Reception

Sat Mar 3rd, 2012
05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

Join Niner Wine Estates at the SLO International Film Festival Pre-Festival Movie Night Reception on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Galaxy Theatres in Atascadero.  Niner Wine Estates will be a wine sponsor and invites you to support the Film Festival and enjoy a little Niner Wine Estates wine at this fun event!

Please visit the San Luis Obispo Film Festival website for more details.

Share This:

SLO International Film Festival Opening Night Reception

Wed Mar 7th, 2012
06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

Join Niner Wine Estates and the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival for the Opening Night Reception on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Cuesta College Performing Arts Center.  Niner Wine Estates will be a wine sponsor at the Opening Night Reception, so come out and show your support and have a little glass of Niner Wine Estates wine!

Please visit the San Luis Obispo Film Festival website for more details.

Share This:

Spring Brunch 101 with Chef Andre Averseng

Sat Mar 10th, 2012
11:00 am to 02:00 pm

Our Spring Brunch 101 cooking course with Chef Andre Averseng (scheduled just in time for Easter and Mother’s Day) will teach you how to poach the perfect egg, prepare a delicious hollandaise sauce and craft the perfect fruit crepe – all with serious French flair! Chef Andre will also help you create crab cakes and accompanying lemon aioli sauce.

After you have gotten your hands dirty and mastered the techniques, you will adjourn for a lovely seated meal to relish in your freshly prepared brunch items:

• Traditional Eggs Benedict
• Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli, Market Greens and a Citrus Dressing
• Cranberry Scones
• Seasonal Fruit Crepes

And when you depart for the afternoon, you will be so confident in your new-found Brunch-preparing skills that you will immediately begin planning your next mid-morning fete!

Saturday, March 10^th

11AM to 2PM

$65 per person, CLUB 9 and CLUB 9 Onyx discounts apply

Space is limited for this special event and reservations are required, so please RSVP soon to Niner Wine Estates at info@ninerwine.com or by calling 805.239.2233 ext 11. 

Share This:

Industry Olfaction Seminar

Mon Mar 26th - 30, 2012

Join Niner Wine Estates and Alexandre Schmitt for a week-long, Level Two Olfaction Training Seminar.

In the wine business, one’s sense of smell is crucial to making, understanding and enjoying wine. But how many wine professionals have had the necessary training to truly develop this sense? How do you distinguish between various types of floral, wood, and fruit aromas?

Everyone has mental images of things – plants, spices, fruits -- but it is still a struggle to articulate exactly how they smell. Take cinnamon, for example -- cinnamon has spicy, woody, leathery, sweet, almond-like, round, hot, and resinous aspects. By describing all of the facets of each aroma, we learn to recognize them and memorize them and master them, says Schmitt, which allows us to identify them, even within the aromatic complexity of a wine.

Olfactory training can assist you in the development of your sense of smell and there is no one more qualified to conduct this training than French Perfumer and International Wine Consultant, Alexandre Schmitt.

The program is as follows:

• Review of Level 1: The Aromatic Universe
• Aromatic molecules responsible for defects in wine
• Molecules due to barrel ageing
• Molecules from specific grape varieties, positive aromas
• Identifying defects in contaminated wines

Learn more about Alexandre Schmitt by visiting www.wineandflavors.com.

Dates: Monday, March 26th through Friday, March 30th

Time: 2PM to 5PM, daily

Cost: $725 per student

Place: Niner Wine Estates Hospitality Center, Paso Robles

RSVP to Niner Wine Estates by phone: 805.226.4874 or email: info@ninerwine.com

**Seating is limited, only 25 spaces available.

What are people saying about the course?

“Participation in the Olfaction Seminar leads to a realization that most aromas are multi-faceted and often include many distinguishable qualities.  Aromas become much easier to describe in a way that allows you to effectively convey what you are experiencing to others.  The skills gained from this seminar are indispensible to anyone working with wine.” - Greg Mickey, Courtside Cellars

---

"I work in Grower Relations and regularly evaluate wine lots with the winemaking staff. This course has helped me improve my scope of aromatic descriptors and their components. It has also helped to train me in easily identifying specific wine defects. I have gained a lot of confidence in my ability to evaluate wines alongside the winemakers. Alexandre’s aromatic sensory knowledge is clearly profound! His teaching style is clear, direct and geared toward making the most of the seminar time. It is apparent that Alexandre’s goal is to ensure every attendee finishes the course with a much greater aromatic vocabulary to use in both our work and everyday lives. My only regret is that we didn’t have another week of class! " - Stasi Seay, Senior Grower Relations Manager, Diageo

Share This:

Consumer Olfaction Course

Sat Mar 31st, 2012
02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Join Niner Wine Estates and Alexandre Schmitt for a Level-One Olfaction Training Seminar. Never before offered to the general public, this one-day seminar is a wonderful educational opportunity for the true wine enthusiast.

When smelling a wine, do you wish you could better distinguish between varying types of floral, woody, or fruit aromas?  The sense of smell is crucial to understanding and enjoying wine, yet most enthusiasts and many wine professionals have never had the necessary training to truly develop this sense.

Everyone has mental images of things – plants, spices, fruits -- but it is still a struggle to articulate exactly how they smell. Take cinnamon, for example -- cinnamon has spicy, woody, leathery, sweet, almond-like, round, hot, and resinous aspects. By describing all of the facets of each aroma, we learn to recognize them and memorize them and master them, says Schmitt, which allows us to identify them, even within the aromatic complexity of a wine.

Olfactory training can assist you in the development of your sense of smell and there is no one more qualified to conduct this training than French Perfumer and International Wine Consultant, Alexandre Schmitt. Learn more about Alexandre Schmitt by visiting www.wineandflavors.com.

Date: Saturday, March 31st

Time: 2PM to 5PM

Cost: $125 per student, discounts do not apply

Place: Niner Wine Estates Hospitality Center, Paso Robles

RSVP to Niner Wine Estates by phone: 805.226.4874 or email: info@ninerwine.com

Share This:

Italian Family Cooking with Chef Marco of Cafe Roma

Sat Apr 14th, 2012
11:00 am to 02:00 pm

Italian food and wine are a natural pairing, and for many budding foodies, Italian cooking is a fantastic style of cuisine with which to explore one’s cooking skill-set. Chef Marco of Café Roma in San Luis Obispo is the ultimate candidate to help you with this journey – priding himself and his family business on great food and genuine hospitality, which always culminate in an ideal Italian dining experience.

In our Italian Family Cooking Class, Chef Marco will work with you in a hands-on environment to create simple yet delectable Northern Italian cuisine, with a slight Swiss influence.

And while an Italian Chef is always great, an Italian Mother is even better – so lucky for you, Chef Marco’s mother, Maria Rosa, will be joining her son and divulging a few handed-down family cooking secrets. A perfect course for a son to share with his mom (impeccably timed given the approaching Mother’s Day holiday) or for a family bonding experience!

Saturday, April 14^th

11AM to 2PM

$145 per person, CLUB 9 discounts apply

Space is limited for this special event and reservations are required, so please RSVP soon to Niner Wine Estates at info@ninerwine.com or by calling 805.239.2233 ext 11. Salute!

**THIS CLASS IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT, PLEASE CALL 805.226.4882 TO BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST.

Share This: