QUARTER NOTES ON 19TH PRESENTS
A Cellar
in Chapters.
Eighteen tastings. Three ways of seeing.
A shared table, and a world in every glass.
THE SERIES
Good evenings ahead.
Four wines. One question.
Seventeen evenings still to pour — read them in the order we mean to open them, or by chapter.
CHAPTER 01
Variations on a Grape
Change the place, the cellar, the years. Find what stays.
Tastings 01–08- 01Four Faces of FurmintTokaj & SomlóTBD
- 02Four Expressions of Santorini: AssyrtikoSantoriniTBD
- 03Vitovska: Stone, Skin & TimeCarso & KrasTBD
- 04Four Faces of GamayBeaujolaisTBD
- 05One Grape, Three Rocks: MuscadetSèvre et Maine
- 06Nebbiolo: Mountain, Hill & CellarValtellina, Barbaresco & BaroloTBD
- 07Sangiovese: Four Tuscan DialectsTuscanyTBD
- 08Riesling 2017: Dry to AusleseMoselTBD
CHAPTER 02
A Place in the Glass
Different grapes, shared ground. Trace a regional signature.
Tastings 09–13CHAPTER 03
Same Note, Different Rooms
Follow a familiar grape somewhere new. Question the passport.
Tastings 14–18- 14Pinot Without a Passport: Alto Adige vs BurgundyAlto Adige & Burgundy · Aroma companionTBD
- 15Alpine vs Willamette PinotAlto Adige & Willamette ValleyTBD
- 16Chardonnay Without Butter: Chablis vs OregonChablis & Oregon · Aroma companionTBD
- 17
Syrah North and West: Rhône vs WashingtonRhône & WashingtonCompleted - 18Dry Riesling Across EuropeMosel, Pfalz, Wachau & AlsaceTBD
The numbers follow the story, not the calendar. TBD means an evening is still to be scheduled.
The order we intend to pour. Where an evening carries no date it is a position in a sequence, not a booking, and roughly monthly is only a working assumption.
Already poured
Still to pour
- 01One Grape, Three Rocks: MuscadetSèvre et Maine · Chapter 01, A grape
- 02Four Faces of GamayBeaujolais · Chapter 01, A grapeTBD
- 03Four Expressions of Santorini: AssyrtikoSantorini · Chapter 01, A grapeTBD
- 04Nebbiolo: Mountain, Hill & CellarValtellina, Barbaresco & Barolo · Chapter 01, A grapeTBD
- 05Carso: White Stone, Red EarthCarso & Kras · Chapter 02, A placeTBD
- 06Alpine vs Willamette PinotAlto Adige & Willamette Valley · Chapter 03, Across bordersTBD
- 07Chardonnay Without Butter: Chablis vs OregonChablis & Oregon · Chapter 03, Across bordersTBD
- 08Sangiovese: Four Tuscan DialectsTuscany · Chapter 01, A grapeTBD
- 09Vitovska: Stone, Skin & TimeCarso & Kras · Chapter 01, A grapeTBD
- 10The Atlantic ArcSpain & Portugal · Chapter 02, A placeTBD
- 11Riesling 2017: Dry to AusleseMosel · Chapter 01, A grapeTBD
- 12A Mountain in the Sea: CorsicaFigari, Ajaccio & Patrimonio · Chapter 02, A placeTBD
- 13Friuli: Grape or Cellar?Friuli · Chapter 02, A placeTBD
- 14Dry Riesling Across EuropeMosel, Pfalz, Wachau & Alsace · Chapter 03, Across bordersTBD
- 15Topped Up or Left Alone: The JuraJura · Chapter 02, A placeTBD
- 16Four Faces of FurmintTokaj & Somló · Chapter 01, A grapeTBD
- 17Pinot Without a Passport: Alto Adige vs BurgundyAlto Adige & Burgundy · Chapter 03, Across bordersTBD
Muscadet opens because it is the one evening where a single grower, grape and vintage leave the ground as the only variable. The rest builds from there.
AROUND OUR TABLE
Same friends.
New conversations.
Eight people, four wines, and a question worth spending an evening on. A Cellar in Chapters is our way of exploring wine together: a grape held up to the light, a place traced through the glass, a border crossed to see what survives it.
Some evenings begin with Finding the Viola, an aroma exercise in noticing more. Every evening leaves room for a different answer.