Did I exaggerate when I said in here: A white tasting for 50 on July 26th? The participants are saying that I was short.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Listen to them !!!!! Here is what happened! (In Spanish)

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It will not turn out well!!! I was shouted by the soothsayers’. “It will not turn out well!!! I was also shouted by the optimists.

“How can you dare to stage an event for 50 people at the end of July?” it was said by the realistic ones. 50 people? But there will not be 50 people   throughout the Cava Baja at the end of July on a working day!!

Be sure the wineries will not respond you at all. And if they do, it will take too long to get an answer. For sure everyone must be on vacation. For sure you will not be able to get quality wines. For sure the tasting room will not fit the needs. For sure it will feel strange to have the event in a place that hasn’t had previous tastings performances. For sure people will not respond your call.

One of the few things I didn’t have any doubts about was the quality of work of Antonio Casado. And then an accident occurred and Antonio broke one of his twin muscles just 5 days before the event. Should we bring him on a stretcher? Could he conduct the tasting?

Every think showed that I was going to get a whack.

“Get mistaken early!!!” It is a Google’s motto. And my interpretation to this is, if you make a mistake, you get to learn from it and if you are right… Oh boy!!! then you get  a crown of laurel…

Well, after we had the event, I have to say that we were right, everything went easy and fine. Wineries responded phenomenally and quick. There were no more no less than 50 people at the tasting, Antonio worked the best he could, before and during the event, he managed to do it with his twin muscle broken. The tasting room was beautiful. It looked like a room exceptionally original and totally specialized in wine tasting. Utópicus gave me the needed support to make the event a success. And there were things to be planed and many other things to be solved on course. Thanks to Juan, Rafa and Yago. Thanks to the several coworkers that  to  a greater or lesser extent have contributed to the event, doing their bit or greater contribution, so that everything went very professional  and also to some other helpers, who saw the opportunity  to participate as assistants in the White Wine Sensory Workshop. The Utopicus management and coworkers general attitude is to join forces to any new proposal. Furthermore, the events organized by them are usually very good and very original …

Antonio is a knowledgeable man!!!  Does he get to taste 3000 wines a year? How many lectures like yesterdays has he done? You can tell he has a great experience. Would you say the wine tastes differently after knowing so many details about the process and features of wine?, Would that knowledge makes this wine completely different from other wines in the world? Would you say after the tasting experience that it seems like listening a symphony of classical music, but instead of delighting the ear, you get the delight of the aroma and taste?

Well, this problem can be easily solved. Let’s do another event as soon as possible.

I’ll be waiting for all and each of you to come to the next event.  If it seems that this event has gone well, I hope the next will be even better.

 Hugs to all you.

The wines we tasted were:

Marina Alta de Bodegas Bocopa
Solear de Barbadillo
Torelló by Custo Barcelona Gran Reserva
Javier Sanz Viticultor Villa Narcisa 2010
Itsasmendi nº7 2010
Viña Cantosán fermentado en barrica 2008
Chesa Gewürztraminer 2010
Pazo Baión 2009
Ochoa Moscatel 2010

Related posts: White Wine Sensory Workshop

This post in Spanish:

Vendervino.com and Utopic_us will set up a “White Wine Sensory Workshop” on Tuesday July 26th at 20:00 hr., It will be conducted by Antonio Casado, expert taster with more than 10 years of experience. Antonio tastings are about 3000 wines a year and has been a juror in several national and international competitions.

For those who have attended high quality tastings before, can get an idea of what they are going to see. For those that haven’t, I recommend to attend this event because the sight that they might have about wine, changes after living a unique experience at this price.

This event will be a very special encounter because Antonio will presenting  8 national  high quality white wines and will  take this opportunity   to introduce to the interested participants (but not initiated) in the world of wine tasting. The tasting will be held at the Utopic _us outstanding event hall, which will certainly bring a unique atmosphere to be experienced.

The price to attend the tasting is 10 euro per person if purchased at the Utopic_us box office on event day. The anticipated ticket sale is 5 euro and can be purchased through Ticketea. There will be a maximum of 50 participants in the event. To purchase your ticket at 50% discount through Ticketea, click here.

If you find that the event is of your interest, please get registered, we will be very happy to have you and please, help us to make it known to others.

Nos encantaría que si el evento te parece interesante que te apuntes al mismo y que nos ayudes a darlo a conocer.

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This post in Spanish: Taller Sensorial del Vino Blanco