Pair with Bevinars by Mark Oldman: Secrets of Paso Robles 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: the Rhone Valley, Paso Robles, Australia, and New Zealand. 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 PASO ROBLES:
Equidistant between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Paso Robles – a sunny land of rolling hills, steep mountainsides, and rugged coastline – is one of America’s most exciting wine regions. Less commercial than Napa Valley and blessed with an incredible diversity of growing climates, it is a must-know destination for high-quality, fairly-priced American wine.

We will explore Paso in depth, looking at how temperature swings and the coast influences the regions microclimates, how both Bordeaux and Rhone styles prosper here, the effect of “new wave” Californian vintners on Paso’s growing scene, and more. We will consider a wide range of Paso pleasures, focusing first on its Rhone-inspired white wines. Then we will shift gears to two of Paso’s longtime sweet spots, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel.

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:

• Rhone-style White
• Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles
• Zinfandel from Paso Robles

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.