{"product_id":"an-alternative-history-of-american-wine","title":"AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF AMERICAN WINE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHURS  SEPT 24 @7PM \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF AMERICAN WINE , WITH LEWIS KOPMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e$250 PER PERSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 COURSE DINNER + 9 WINES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWe will be highlighting 3 producers, all of whom sort of represent a kind of 'what if ?' or 'road not taken' in American wine. In other words, they are all pretty radically different from people's pre-conception of their regions but are never-the-less deeply historically rooted. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eLimnad Blanc de Noirs Pinot Noir 2020\u003cbr\u003eLimnad Sparkling Riesling 2020 \u003cbr\u003eGolden Cluster Semillon 2022\u003cbr\u003eDionystic \"Miller\" Pinot Meunier 2024\u003cbr\u003eVinous Obscura Baroque 2022\u003cbr\u003eRenaissance Cabernet Sauvignon 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eRenaissance 2002 Claret Prestige \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eRenaissance Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2001\u003cbr\u003eRenaissance Granite Crown 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGolden Cluster :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSources fruit from the Charles Coury Vineyard in the Northern Willamette near Forest Grove, which was the historic heart of the wine industry before prohibition, and is planted to dozens of different grape varieties (including, but absolutely not limited to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay). It's a sort of time capsule from before Oregon's identity settled into being a Pinot Noir monoculture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimnad :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNancy Irelan's dedicated sparkling project based off Seneca Lake. Before prohibition, the Finger Lakes was the U.S. Premier sparkling wine region, and was starting to be recognized for it on an international level. Nancy is, on a technical level, one of the US' most precise producers of sparkling wine, and the project is an amazing investigation\/rediscovery of what is potentially our greatest terroir for sparkling wines. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenaissance :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThese wines are a time capsule of more european, classically profiled California Cabernet from a time period when virtually every producer in the state was abandoning that aesthetic in favor of what would become \"Napa Cab\" AKA, big, rich, intensely alcoholic and extracted wines. They've aged beautifully, and are virtually the only wines of that style\/age range that one can find from California. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NY Vintners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48618432200949,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0480\/4476\/9429\/files\/unnamed_4f08ef5f-f5a8-49a6-b0ee-a8a2c8077b2e.jpg?v=1786993672","url":"https:\/\/shop.newyorkvintners.com\/products\/an-alternative-history-of-american-wine","provider":"NY Vintners","version":"1.0","type":"link"}