Description

Why does Napa Valley produce legendary Cabernet Sauvignon while its Pinot Noir plays second fiddle to that from Sonoma and Santa Barbara, hundreds of miles to the south? How is it that Zinfandel found a home in places as diverse as Sonoma, Paso Robles and the Sierra foothills? And how does a massive underwater canyon factor into California wine making excellence? In this class, you’ll get to know California’s six major wine grape-growing regions and the wines they produce. No matter your level of wine knowledge, a deeper understanding of wines awaits to help you get the most out of future wine adventures, whether at home, in a restaurant, at the store or on your next travel excursion.

Matilda Parente, MD, Certified Specialist of Wine

Matilda has taught wine for more than a decade, as wine director and wine educator at a cooking school, at corporate events and as a featured speaker at national meetings of wine experts. She has been a speaker-in-residence at destination spas and engages audiences from coast to coast with presentations and tastings focused on wine appreciation and pairings, wine regions and wine and health topics. Besides writing on wine, the Certified Specialist of Wine is a wine judge and member of the Society of Wine Educators, the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research and the Renaud Society, an international society of medical and wine professionals. She is a graduate of Duke University and the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.