Berrys' One Day Course, Cheese & Fine Wine, Thursday 18 October 2012

Which is the best wine to go with cheese: red, white or sweet? The emphasis for this day is on the taste of cheese and the taste of wine and how they work together. Another aspect will be to learn your goats’ from your cows’ from your ewes’ in terms of flavours of cheese. The day will include a flight of Italian cheese and Italian wine which will be mirrored with a section from Spain; we will also look at soft cheese, hard cheese and of course some blue. There will be a light refreshing picnic in the middle of the day, so that your tastebuds are fully refreshed for the arduous tasks that await in the afternoon. Today is a chance to compare 29 different cheeses and 21 different wines. How many times have you had the opportunity to try out so many different combinations? If you are curious, join us, as we certainly are!

Wines to be tasted:

2011 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand
2009 Chablis, Vieilles Vignes, Jean-Claude Bessin, Burgundy, France
2009 Pouilly Fuissé, 'Terroir de Fuissé', Olivier Merlin, Burgundy, France
Berrys' United Kingdom Cuvée, Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru, Le Mesnil, Champagne, France
2010 Beaujolais Villages, Le Tracot, Domaine Dubost, Beaujolais, France
2008 Barbaresco, Cru ‘Tre Stelle’, Cascina delle Rose, Barbaresco, Piedmont, France
2009 Meursault, Jean-Philippe Fichet, Burgundy, France
2002 Ch. Grand-Puy-Lacoste, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
2008 Berrys' Sauternes, Ch. Doisy-Védrines, Sauternes, France
Berrys' Boreas, 5-Year-Old, Medium Rich Madeira, Portugal
Berrys' Crusted Port Bottled 2004, Douro, Portugal
2009 Godello, Louro, Valdeorras, Bodegas Rafael Palacios, Galicia, Spain
2010 Verdejo, Bodegas Monteabellón, Rueda, Spain
2008 Placet, Herencia Remondo, Rioja, Spain
2007 Santa Cruz de Artazu, Artadi, Navarra, Spain
2005 Rioja Tinto, Finca Allende, Spain
2010 Vermentino, Bolgheri, Guado al Tasso, Italy
2008 Mirum, Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva, La Monacesca, Marche, Italy
2007 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 'Corte Vaona', Novaia, Marano, Veneto, Italy
2007 Primitivo 'Allegoria', Gioia del Colle, Pietraventosa, Puglia, Italy
2006 Barolo, Serralunga d'Alba, Giovanni Rosso, Italy
2002 Ch. Suduiraut, 1er Cru Classé, Sauternes, France
Berrys' Meredith, 5-Year-Old, Full Rich Madeira, Portugal
Berrys' William Pickering, 20-Year-Old Tawny Port, Douro, Portugal
East India Solera, Jerez, Spain

Cheese to be tasted:

Flight 1: Selection of Goats’, Cows’ & Ewes’ Milk Cheese
Flight 2: Brillat Savarin, Tunworth, Brie de Meaux
Flight 3: Comté, Beaufort, Emmental, Gruyère, Cheddar, Aged Gouda
Flight 4: Tetilla, Mahon, Garrotxa
Flight 5: Pecorino, Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano
Flight 6: Roquefort, Cabrales, Gorgonzola, Stilton, Bleu d’Auvergne