Events
August Sunday School: Italian Farmer Fizzy Lifting Drinks
Sunday August 4th, 4:00-6:00 pm
For this month’s Sunday School, we are taking you on a deep dive into the many traditions, practices and styles of Italian sparkling wine. We will look at different production methods including PetNat, Methode Ancestral, Champenois and Charmat; tour some of the most famous (and unexpected) regions and grape varieties for Italian bubbles and break down the vocabulary and technical terms (en tirage, dosage, autolysis to name just a few) to help make sense of this frothy world.
Sparkling wine accounts for some of the freshest, funky , and most natural wine in the world (C02 is a natural preservative, after all!) as well as the most complex, nuanced and layered. Together, we will examine the many interesting flavours (brioche, reductive, cheesy, ‘primary,’ mineral) that come from sparkling wine production and investigate what causes them. We will also bravely ask the controversial question, ‘Does sparkling wine have terroir?’
If you love sparkling wine, this Sunday School is for you. If you think you don’t like sparkling wine, this class is definitely for you!
$30 Wine Club Members | $50 General Public (Wine Club Members use your account email to book and discount will automatically be applied)
Idlewild Spring Dinner in the Vineyard
Saturday May 11th 6:30pm – 10:00pm at Las Cimas Vineyard
Join us for this very special evening
We will meet at the Idlewild Tasting Room in downtown Healdsburg and luxury transportation will take us up to Las Cimas Vineyard, at the some of the highest elevations of the Russian River Valley where owner David Drummond has planted ~50 different Italian grape varietals.
Aperitivo hour will be in the vineyard adjacent to the Idlewild Cortese and Grignolino vines. Sip on your favorite joyous Idlewild wines while you enjoy bites from Chef Meagan Mesner (Four Seasons, Napa Valley), and walk vineyard rows with Sam & David, learning about this beautiful site farmed with regenerative organic practices.
Dinner will take place at the comfortably appointed Recreation Hall at the ranch, and all of your Idlewild favorites will be open to pair with Italian American classics. Don’t worry, Thomas’s almost famous lasagna & meatballs will make a reappearance. 🙂
Transportation will continually run back to the Idlewild tasting room throughout the evening to use at your convenience.
menu
Aperitivo Hour in the Vineyard
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Caesar Salad with Ligurian Focaccia and Cantabrian Anchovies
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Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna, Seven Hour Sunday Tomato Gravy
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Lombardy Meatballs – Veal, Pork Sausage, Turkey and Mortadella
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Cannoli
Idlewild Wine Club Members $120 | $150 General Admission (Wine Club Members use discount code SPRING to receive member pricing at checkout)
