Registration is open! An exploration of the grapes and wines that are successful in the Midwest, now and into the future. Join us for two seminars exploring some of the grape breeding that can change viticulture and winemaking in this region and how those wines are being marketed and sold. Lunch is included as well as a tasting of area wines as well as wines of other American wine regions.

August 18 – Attendees and Judges: Dustin Chabert, Sara d’Amato, Alex Ferris, Doug Frost MS, MW, Evan Goldstein MS, Douglass Miller and Cheryl Stanley, Jienna Basaldu, Max Goldberg, Mark Guillaudeu MS (current US Sommelier Champion), Tony Gullikson and Hannah Williams, and attending press.

11am – 12:30pm – Seminar – Future Grapes of the Midwest

Moderator: Doug Frost

Panelists: Grapes of the North Midwest: Dr. Erin Norton, Dr. Aude Watrelot, Andrew Horton

Grapes of the South Midwest: Dean Volenburg, Stephen Sommer

12:30pm – Lunch with wines from Hermannhof

2pm – 3:30pm – Seminar – The Selling of New and Unusual Wines in the Market

Moderator: Evan Goldstein MS

Panelists: Patricia Wamhoff, Annette Alden, Glenn Bardgett, Nathan Held

4pm – Tasting of American wines

• Table One: Colorado
• Table Two: Iowa
• Table Three: Kansas
• Table Four: Michigan
• Table Five: Minnesota
• Table Six: Missouri
• Table Seven: Missouri
• Table Eight: Missouri

For tickets, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-first-midwest-sommelier-festival-tickets-927235314787?aff=ebdssbdestsearch