Pair with Bevinars by Mark Oldman: Secrets of Piedmont Class

You could pay a fortune to see one of Mark Oldman’s famous, “five-star” (Food & Wine) “wildly popular” (Aspen magazine) live seminars at the nation’s top food festivals or you can take this Bevinars virtual series for a fraction of the cost and from the comfort of your own living room. In his trademark style that Bon Appétit calls “winespeak without the geek,” award-winning author and renowned speaker Mark Oldman transports you to four of the world’s iconic wine regions: Napa, Sonoma, Bordeaux, and Burgundy. For each, you will learn and discuss the classic grapes and flavor profiles, how to decipher a label, food pairings, ageability, and more. But Mark’s presentations always have more: he fills each session with his trademark “nuggets” of useful insider information that you won’t find anywhere else.

SECRETS OF PIEDMONT:
Italy’s most esteemed and gastronomic wine region, Piedmont is famous for its divine meat-focused dishes, hazelnuts, white truffles, and Barbaresco and Barolo, the last of which is commonly called “the king of wines and the wine of kings”. “Secrets of Piedmont” takes a discerning look at the wines of this picturesque and historically rich region in the northwest of Italy.

We will be focusing on Arneis, Barbera, and Barolo, as well as some of the most compelling lesser-known wine types flourishing in this area. We will delve into why experts consider Piedmont, which is just over the Alps from France, the “Burgundy of Italy”. And we will cover tasting techniques, decoding the label, agebility, food pairings (including truffles, bagna cauda, and other local favorites), and more.

Please visit bevinars.com to view upcoming class dates and to register. Registration is $55 per household/Zoom link or $176 (20% off) for the full four-week course.

Three featured wines, one bottle each representing this style:

• Arneis
• Barbera
• Barolo

The specific selection of wine, and vintage, can vary state to state but will always be fitting of the style required to best enjoy the class. All wines have been personally approved by Mark.

About Mark Oldman
Known for his singular ability to unravel wine’s complexities with a potent blend of knowledge, entertainment, and imagination, Mark Oldman is one of the country’s top wine personalities and founder and CEO of Bevinars. He is author of several award-winning wine books that are considered the best of their kind, including the IACP-Award-winning How to Drink Like a Billionaire and Oldman’s Guide to Outsmarting Wine. Mark’s long-standing invitations to the country’s top food festivals and consistently sold-out appearances there attest to his position as one of food world’s most popular speakers. And when Amazon or Estee Lauder or dozens of other blue-chip companies need a wine expert to enthrall audiences, they turn to Mark. You might say that Mark has perfected the ability to distill complex subjects into enlightening, easily digested insights. Before turning to wine full-time, Mark cofounded and ran the career portal Vault.com based on exactly this approach of discerning demystification. And as a former trustee and three-time graduate of Stanford University, Mark has long been dedicated to education at its highest level.