Laurent Guinand of GiraMondo Wine Adventures and Howard O’Brien, proprietor of Chateau O’Brien invite you to a special winemaking class at the winery. We will discuss every major aspect of making wine while visiting the grounds of the winery:
Vineyard planting and managing
Harvesting
Pressing
Fermentation (s) in controlled temperature, barrel tasting
Principles of organic / biodynamic wine making approaches
Role of Oenological products
Racking, Stabilization, micro-oxygenation, fining, filtering,
Aging and bottling
Wine marketing and promotion
This class will be followed by a tasting of 7 wines from Chateau O’Brien with cheese and crackers. Price also includes class materials.
For more information and ticket purchase, please visit GiraMondo Wine Adventures website.
Date: 6/6/2009
Time: 2-4:30 p.m.
Location: Chateau O’Brien at Northpoint 3238 Railstop Rd Markham, VA 22643
Ticket/Pricing Information:
$90
