Masterclass Utah 2023 Event Program

TUESDAY, JULY 18 • 6:00 PM | Midway Mercantile - 99 East Main Street, Midway |

Wine dinner curated by Chef John Platt, hosted by wine producer/importer Stephanie Cuadra - $175 per person (includes tax & gratuity)

INDIGENOUS VARIETAL WINES of Italy - North to South

Given the unparalleled diversity of grapes which originate in Italy alone, it’s no wonder the world’s most plugged-in wine drinkers never tire of the astounding array of wines exported today from across Italy, north to south. Experience wines from Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Emilia Romagna to the southern reaches of Campania and Puglia alongside the bespoke culinary creations of Chef John Platt, owner of Midway Mercantile. Participants will enjoy the opportunity to learn about the small family-run estates behind each wine while getting acquainted with some of Italy’s lesser-known indigenous grape varieties including Timorasso, Verdeca, Schioppettino and Cannonau.

Featured wines:

• Silos 2021 (Verdeca; Bianco d’Alessano; Minutolo; Maresco.) | Lasorte Cuadra | Valle d’Itria | Puglia

• I Sognatori 2020 (100% Fiano) | Tenuta Madre | Avellino | Campania 

•Morasso 2016 (100% Timorasso) | Cascina Montagnola | Colli Tortonesi (Derthona) | Piedmont

•Giogu 2020 (100% Cannonau) | Famiglia Demelas | Mandrolisai | Sardinia

•Le Lucciole 2019 (100% Sangiovese) | Chiara Condello | Predappio | Emilia Romagna

•Lenuzza Schioppettino 2017 (100% Schioppettino) | Vigna Lenuzza | Friuli Colli Orientali | Friuli Venezia Giulia

•Sornione late-harvest Sauvignon N/V (100% Sauvignon Blanc) | Cascina Montagnola | Colli Tortonesi | Piedmont

SUNDAY, JULY 30 •6:00 PM | Pago on Main - 341 South Main Street, Salt Lake City |

Wine dinner featuring the latest additions from Italy to the Terrestoria portfolio, co-hosted by wine producer/importer Stephanie Cuadra & restaurateur/sommelier Scott Evans.

New Wines From Italy

It’s time to leave aside all biases about wine connoisseurship in Utah. Because this tasting would be impossible to replicate anywhere else in the country. With the exception of Chiara Condello—whose meteoric rise in recent years to indie wine stardom is nothing short of awe inspiring—US distribution for every other emerging producer in this lineup of special order wines is exclusive to Utah!

Featured wines:

• Silos 2021 (Verdeca; Bianco d’Alessano; Minutolo; Maresco.) | Lasorte Cuadra | Valle d’Itria | Puglia

• I Sognatori 2020 (100% Fiano) | Tenuta Madre | Avellino | Campania 

•Giogu 2020 (100% Cannonau) | Famiglia Demelas | Mandrolisai | Sardinia

•Le Lucciole 2019 (100% Sangiovese) | Chiara Condello | Predappio | Emilia Romagna

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 •6:00 PM | Carmine’s Italian Restaurant - 2477 Fort Union Blvd, Salt Lake City |

Wasatch Academy of Wine Premium Wine Club Dinner hosted by Sheral Schowe and Stephanie Cuadra - $75 per person

Vigna Lenuzza Focus

Vigna Lenuzza is a rare find in many regards. For starters, they make so few bottles of their individual varietal wines that one must simply hedge their bets by snatching as many labels as possible across the entire artisanal range. To call this module a unique opportunity is indeed an understatement. Those who already love the wines of Friuli will not have to think twice, while anyone who has yet to experience wines from Italy’s northeastern frontier (bordering with Slovenia) should consider this module an essential milestone.

Featured wines:

•Lenuzza Sauvignon 2018 (100% Sauvignon Blanc) | Vigna Lenuzza | Friuli Colli Orientali | Friuli Venezia Giulia

•Indigenously Ribolla 2019 (100% Ribolla Gialla) | Vigna Lenuzza | Friuli Colli Orientali | Friuli Venezia Giulia

•Indigenously Malvasia 2019 (100% Malvasia Istriana) | Vigna Lenuzza| Friuli Colli Orientali | Friuli Venezia Giulia

•Indigenously Friulano 2019 (100% Friulano) | Vigna Lenuzza | Friuli Colli Orientali | Friuli Venezia Giulia

•Lenuzza Schioppettino di Prepotto 2017 (100% Schioppettino) | Vigna Lenuzza | Friuli Colli Orientali | Friuli Venezia Giulia

SATURDAY, AUGUST 05 •6:00 PM | Inn Lawn at Solitude Mountain Resort - 12000 Big Cottonwood Cyn, Solitude 84121 |

Five-course meal created and executed by Chef Tara Gerome; wines presented by Stephanie Cuadra - $150 per person (wines & other alcoholic drinks billed separately)

HARVEST DINNER AT SOLITUDE

An outdoor harvest feast featuring seasonally inspired dishes and curated wine selections by Terrestoria from Spain and Italy.

Seating is limited. Click on the registration button below to connect with the Solitude Central Reservations operator.

Featured wines:

•Zurlie pét nat rose (Corvino, Corvinone & Rondinella) | Massimago| Valpolicella| Veneto

• Silos 2021 (Verdeca; Bianco d’Alessano; Minutolo; Maresco.) | Lasorte Cuadra | Valle d’Itria | Puglia

•Noelia Bebelia 2021 (100% Albariño) | Adega San Salvador de Soutomaior| Rías Baixas| Galicia

•Giogu 2020 (100% Cannonau) | Famiglia Demelas | Mandrolisai | Sardinia

•Sornione late-harvest Sauvignon N/V (100% Sauvignon Blanc) | Cascina Montagnola | Colli Tortonesi | Piedmont

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 •6:00 PM | Tracy Aviary - 589 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City |

A ‘Wine Takes Flight’ guided tasting with James Santangelo (The Wine Academy of Utah) and Stephanie Cuadra in collaboration with Eat Drink SLC. - $50 per person

Utah Wine Store Gems

This masterclass will be a revelation for local wine enthusiasts. Four benchmark bottlings— two Spanish whites and two Italian reds—bring together a variety of winemaking styles, regions and native grapes. A top-tier lineup of artisan wines right off the shelves of Utah wine stores!

Featured wines:

•Noelia Bebelia 2021 (100% Albariño) | Adega San Salvador de Soutomaior| Rías Baixas| Galicia

•Tantaka Blanco 2021 (100% Hondarrabi Zuri) | Juanjo Tellatexe | Txakoli de Álava | País Vasco

•Agapanto 2020 (Cabernet Franc; Cabernet Sauvignon; Ciliegiolo.) | Podere Conca |Bolgheri | Tuscany

•Quarta Generazione 2018 (100% Aglianico) | Quarta Generazione| Mt. Vulture| Basilicata

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 • 6:30 PM | Table X - 1457 East 3350 South, Salt Lake City |

Five course tasting menu with each wine presented by Stephanie Cuadra - $225 per person

Heritage Hipsters

Get ready to venture into unfamiliar territory with Stephanie Cuadra as your trusted guide. This delightful rainbow of wines in shades of orange, pink and red reveals an overarching story of love, determination and the sheer obstinacy required to make unconventional wines in homogenized times. They also narrate personal journeys and cultural legacies handed down by bygone generations. As much outliers as trendsetters, wines like these don’t necessarily want to be taken too seriously. Instead, it’s as if these delightful misfits simply wish to be left as they have always been.

Featured wines:

•Zurlie pét nat rose (Corvino, Corvinone & Rondinella) | Massimago| Valpolicella| Veneto

•Tantaka Tinto 2021 (100% Hondarrabi Beltza) | Juanjo Tellaetxe| Txakoli de Álava | País Vasco

•Abrisa’t 2021 (100% Garnacha Blanca) | Bàrbara Forés | Terra Alta | Catalonia

•Privo L’Eretico 2017 (100% Pallagrello Bianco) | Alepa | Terre del Volturno | Campania

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 •6:00 PM | Antica Sicilia - 3300 South 2020 East, Millcreek |

Wasatch Academy of Wine Premium Wine Club Dinner hosted by Sheral Schowe and Stephanie Cuadra - $75 per person

Southern Mosaic in Red

Southern Italy is a heterogenous grouping of incredibly diverse lands, histories and ethnographic realties, which is why referring to what Italians call the Meridione (‘the south’) in monolithic terms can be misleading. To help put things into perspective, this flight of five red wines takes a deep dive into four distinct viticultural zones: from Basilicata and Puglia on the mainland to the islands of Sardinia and Sicily. A true enological mosaic.

Featured wines:

•Giogu 2020 (100% Cannonau) | Famiglia Demelas | Mandrolisai | Sardinia

•Tumà 2019 (100% Primitivo) | Masseria Cuturi | Manduria | Puglia

•Zacinto 2018 (100% Negroamaro) | Masseria Cuturi| Manduria | Puglia

•Quarta Generazione 2018 (100% Aglianico) | Quarta Generazione| Mt. Vulture| Basilicata

•Calmarossa 2018 (Nerello Mascalese; Nerello Cappuccio.) | Santa Maria La Nave| Etna| Sicily

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 • 6:00 PM | Emigration Café - 1709 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City |

Masterclass wine dinner with Stephanie Cuadra and restaurateur/sommelier Scott Evans of the Pago Restaurant Group.

All in White: Spain & Italy

From northern Spain to southern Italy, this eclectic flight of white wines from indigenous varieties highlights the important ambassadorial roles that legacy grapes can play beyond the borders of their respective places of origin.

Featured wines:

•Noelia Bebelia 2021 (100% Albariño) | Adega San Salvador de Soutomaior| Rías Baixas| Galicia

•El Quintà 2018 (100% Garnacha Blanca) | Bàrbara Forés | Terra Alta | Catalonia

• Silos 2021 (Verdeca; Bianco d’Alessano; Minutolo; Maresco.) | Lasorte Cuadra | Valle d’Itria | Puglia

• I Sognatori 2020 (100% Fiano) | Tenuta Madre | Avellino | Campania 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 •6:00 PM | Café Madrid - 5244 Highland Drive, Holladay

A Wasatch Academy of Wine (University of Utah, Lifelong Learning) Masterclass wine dinner hosted by Sheral Schowe and Stephanie Cuadra - $79 per person (dinner billed separately)

Indigenous Whites of Spain

What do you get when you bring together Albariño, Hondarrabi Zuri, Viura and Garnacha Blanca all together under one roof? Besides a roaring good time, here‘s a chance to catch a glimpse into the pure dynamism and great lengths to which a new generation of artisan winemakers across Spain go to secure the standing of Iberian white varietals on the world map of fine wine. From Galicia to Catalonia and the Basque Country in between, this journey across the northern swathe of the Spanish peninsula is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience single-parcel bottlings which rarely reach international consumers.

Featured wines:

•Noelia Bebelia 2021 (100% Albariño) | Adega San Salvador de Soutomaior| Rías Baixas | Galicia

•Tantaka Blanco 2021 (100% Hondarrabi Zuri) | Juanjo Tellatexe | Txakoli de Álava | País Vasco

•Laventura Viura 2020 (100% Viura) | MacRobert & Canals| D.O. Rioja| La Rioja

•El Quintà 2018 (100% Garnacha Blanca) | Bàrbara Forés | Terra Alta | Catalonia

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