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DATE House Wine Host Topic 21 Jan Desai Vogel 18 Feb Grillon Horrocks 18 Mar Sien Sien 15 Apr Carr Carr 20 May Batavik Slick 17 Jun Riley Valas 15 Jul Grillon PICNIC 19 Aug Hampton Hampton 15&16 Sep 35th Maryland Wine Festival 16 Sep Breeding Stewart/Haslauer 21 Oct Horrocks Guest Speaker: Alphonso Ventrice

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2017

Promoting appreciation of wine through education © 2018

Guest Speaker:Bernie Vogelof JeannieBird Baking Co.,Westminster, MD

Exploring Trends in Wines with the Rise of Millennials

Young, Fun Wines For Spring!

Annual BusinessMeeting starts at 1:00 PM! (Tasting at 2)

A Sommelier Challenge

Each person/couple will bring a bottle of wine $20+ retail that reflects a grape variety and region. All wines will be placed in brown paper bags and numbered. After tasting each wine, your task will be to try identifying the grape or blend type, the region, and (drum roll) the vintage. Each participant will taste at least two wines from each category, white or red.

Bello Blanco: Whites and Rosés of Spain

The National Wine Tasting Project:Wines of Portugal

Wines of Australia

NorthernRhône: Touchstoneof Syrah

The Emerging Wines of Sicily and Southern Italy

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Bernie Vogel is a resident of Carroll County, has worked in the wine industry for a national distributor for over 25 years. He has traveled extensively to various wine regions in the world, is a wine educator and teaches courses on wine appreciation at the Carroll Community College. He retired from the wine business and is now the owner of the popular Jeannie Bird Cafe on Main Street in Westminster, which was started by his late wife, Jeannie. (Click for his facebook page)