What is skin contact? Skin contact is what gives wine color and texture. Think about the differences between white wine, rose, red wines, and the most recent conversation, orange wine. All of these wines have one common factor, how long were they on the skins, or were they? In this class, our Wine Director, William Jones, will walk us through this conversation while we taste four different wines that show this spectrum with paired bites by our Chef Emily Ackerman!

Event Menu

Wine 1

Cave de Bissey “Brut Rose” Cote Chalonnaise, France

Fried Chicken with Apple Butter

Wine 2

Vale dos Pombos Rose Vinho Verde, Portugal

Strawberry Shallot Jam

Wine 3

Grape Abduction “Orange” Stajerska, Slovenia

Brown Sugar Glazed Nueske’s Bacon

Wine 4

Jean Foillard Gamay Beaujolais-Village, France

Whipped Goat Cheese Cheesecake