Wine Seminars

Crystal of America’s Riedel Expert, Mari Beth Baumberger, leads you through this sensory workshop with a unique and fascinating wine glass tasting demonstrating the relationship between the shape of a glass and our perception and enjoyment of wine. The four-glass Riedel Crystal Performance Tasting set includes a glass designed for Cabernet/Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. You will taste and discover how well Ramey Wine Cellars Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Cabernet perform in these Riedel glasses and take home the Tasting Set as a souvenir (a retail value of $138).

The Santa Fe Community Convention Center

Wed, September 22, 2021 | 2:15 pm to 3:15 (75 ppl) | $125

This year’s panel of Guest Sommeliers will show two flights of Chardonnay from around the world. The first four Chardonnays are tasted open by both the Sommeliers and Guests, with the Somms teaching you how to identify the regional characteristics of Chardonnay from Burgundy, Sonoma, Oregon and Australia. The second flight of Chardonnay is tasted blind and features a different Chardonnay from each of the same four regions. Using your new-found deductive tasting abilities, guests are invited to guess at the region of each wine.

Santa Fe Community Convention Center​

​Wed, September 22, 2021 | 4:30pm- 5:30pm (75 ppl) | $95

We are excited to celebrate this year’s Honorary Winery of the Year, Rombauer Vineyards, with third generation family member, Reagan Rombauer Blackwood. Rombauer has been a leader in quality in the Napa Valley since its founding in 1980. Reagan will introduce her family’s winery and pour eight Rombauer wines that celebrate the joy of winemaking in Napa Valley.

​The Santa Fe Community Convention Center

​Thur, September 23, 2021 | 10:30am-11:30am (75 ppl) | $95

When it comes to tasting cheese, many people wonder, “Do I eat the rind?” The answer? It depends. What isn’t in question is that the rind is the window into the soul of a cheese including the deliciousness factor. Join Laura Werlin aka
Cheezelady and James Beard award-winning author as she and one of our guest somms brings you Aged To Perfection - an interactive tasting of six cheeses and wines. Just like the SFWC itself, these will be cheeses that have been perfectly aged and as a result, are perfectly swoon worthy. The wines? Also like SFWC, they will be nothing short of perfection thanks to the winegrowing, winemaking, cellaring, and all the other factors that come together to make memorable wine. Together? Let’s just say this seminar will be perfection itself.

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

Thur, September 23, 2021 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | $95

Skurnik Imports has specialized in supporting “Grower” Champagne for quite some time. While most famous Champagne houses blend from multiple vineyards, purchasing fruit from dozens of farmers, these “grower” Champagnes are representations of Champagne grapes grown from a single vineyard. True Grower Champagne comes from a Vigneron, someone who owns the land, farms the land, harvests the grapes and makes the wine. Taste six unique Champagnes with Lauren Reches from Skurnik including Geoffroy, Vilmart & Cie, Glavier, Pierre Gimonnet & Fils, L. Aubry Fils, Mouzon-Leroux and Gaston Chiquet.

The Santa Fe Community Convention Center

Fri, September 24, 2021 | 10:30am-11:30am (75 ppl) | $95

Since Renato Ratti purchased his first vineyard in Barolo, and continuing since 1988 when his son Pietro took over the family winery, Ratti has been one of Barolo’s reference producers in the modern era. Ratti produces three unique site-specific crus – Barolo Marcenasco, Barolo Conca and Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata. Ratti wine educator, Brett Davis MS, will pour and discuss the entire Ratti range showing both current and older vintages.

​The Santa Fe Community Convention Center

​Fri, September 24, 2021 | 1:00pm- 2:00pm (75 ppl) | $95

If you could put time in a bottle, what would the first year of Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta, 1991, taste like? The extraordinary 1991 vintage in California Cabernet was one of the best of our lifetimes. We asked some of our favorite supporters over the years to dig deep into their libraries to help celebrate the 1991 vintage and the year of our first annual event. Join us for a rare opportunity to taste 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon side by side with the current 2018 vintage from Ridge, Freemark Abbey and Pahlmeyer.

​The Santa Fe Community Convention Center

​Fri, September 24, 2021 | 3:30pm-4:30pm (75 ppl) | $125

Rosé wines have caught the wine world by storm, but rarely do we discuss the ageability of the style. This will be a unique dive into a library selection from one of the most exciting producers in the Southern Rhône, known for their approach to the ‘Super-Rhône’ category. William Davis, Director of Education for Wilson Daniels, and Kim Wood, Regional Manager for Wilson Daniels, will walk you through the wines with the owner of Chêne Bleu, Nicole Rolet. This promises to be a seminar that will raise questions you never thought possible!

Santa Fe Community Convention Center​

​Saturday Sep 25th | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Santa Fe Community Convention Center | $95

Join us as we taste through the estates of an icon. Founded in 1870, the Torres winery, located in the Penedes region, is responsible for the first Spanish still wines brought into the United States, and is one of the founding members of the Primum Familae Vini, a collection of 12 of the most prestigious families in the wine world. Rob Steagall, National Sales Manager for the Torres family, will guide you through the history and wines of Northern
Spain, including Priorat, Penedes, and Rioja.

​Santa Fe Community Convention Center

​Sat, September 25, 2021 | 3:30pm-4:30pm (75ppl) | $95