Travel the World (of Wine) with The Wine Archive

January 11, 2009

A flight of wines is ready to \

This month, our friends Mimi Martin and Adam Rhynard at Portland’s Wine and Spirits Archive launched a new International Wine Passport Series, a series of monthly wine classes exploring different wine regions of interest.  You’ll find more details here. 

They asked 12 of their favorite Portland wine professionals to select a wine region they are passionate about and to put together a class to appeal to everyone from WSET Alums to the everyday wine lover, and here are the results.

THE PROGRAM

January – Greece

February – Piedmont, Italy

March – SW France

April – Austria

May – Willamette Valley, USA

June – Marlborough and Martinborough, New Zealand

July – Stellenbosch, South Africa

August – Mosel, Germany

September – Rioja, Spain

October – Central Valley, Chile

November – Sonoma Valley, USA

December – Champagne, France 

You can sign up for individual classes, but the dynamic duo also offers up a “Frequent Flyer” Program with discounts for multiple registrations. 

THE MEMBERSHIPS

Frequent Flyer – Platinum Member: $480 for all 12 sessions (20% discount)

Frequent Flyer – Gold Member: $255 for 6 sessions (15% discount)

Frequent Flyer – Silver Member: $135 for 3 sessions (10% discount)

Daytripper: $50 per session

So fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a special whirlwind of round-the-world wine tripping! 

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