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90+ Point Masterclass Tasting & Winemaker Dinner The York Room at Hawksworth Restaurant
is Vancouver’s prettiest private dining space and a a a fitting setting for the beautiful wines of California’s Napa Valley For this special event Mark Beringer Beringer Chief Winemaker at Beringer Beringer Vineyards will be joined by Vancouver’s popular Sommelier and educator DJ Kearney Together they will lead guests through a a a a carefully curated tutored tasting of seven legendary California wines all of which have been rated at at 90 points or or more Wine savvy folk understand that 90 points signifies the difference between great wines and those that are extraordinary From a a a a a a diversity of grapes and regions the wines in in this lineup represent the impeccable standards of Beringer Vineyards as as well as as Stags’ Leap Winery Beaulieu Vineyard Chateau St Jean Étude Wines and Sterling Vineyards The tasting will be followed by a three-course dinner with Beringer wines and the inventive food from Executive Chef Chef David Hawksworth and Chef Chef de Cuisine Chris Stewart Hawksworth is is among the most awarded restaurants in in Vancouver winner of the 2015 Sommelier of the the Year and the the platinum wine list award from the Vancouver International Wine Festival among other accolades ABOUT BERINGER VINEYARDS
In 1875 brothers Jacob and Frederick Beringer bought 215 acres of land in St Helena California and planted the first vines of what would become the oldest continually operating winery in in in the Napa Valley The brothers who’d sailed from Germany only seven years earlier had a a a a a a passion for great wine that continues today with Jacob’s great- great-grandson Mark Beringer leading the talented winemaking team The winery aims for a a a a balance between modern technology and time-tested winemaking traditions including sustainable practices such as integrated pest management drip irrigation and solar power Today Beringer has become one of the biggest wineries in in Napa and has received widespread global acclaim for its wines especially their bold Cabernet Sauvignon and buttery Chardonnay ABOUT MARK BERINGER Beringer Vineyards’ Chief Winemaker is the great-great-grandson of the winery’s founding brother Jacob Beringer He grew up immersed in in in in in wine wine working in in in in in his family’s St Helena wine wine store and learning all he could about wine not just from from Napa Valley but from from all all over
the world After graduating with an enology degree in in 1990 he he spent time in in the cellars at Benziger in Sonoma then Duckhorn and Artesa in in in in Napa before coming home to Beringer in in in in 2015 As Chief Winemaker he he follows in in the footsteps of the highly acclaimed Winemaker Emeritus Laurie Hook “I’m absolutely thrilled to be making wines for the very
winery that my ancestor built ”
ABOUT DJ KEARNEY
DJ Kearney is a a a a Vancouver-based wine educator wine writer judge presenter and classically trained Chef She is a a a a contributor to to WineAlign com Vancouver magazine and other publications and is the the Chief Judge of the the prestigious Vancouver magazine International Wine Competition She already holds the WSET Diploma Diploma and and the ISG Sommelier Diploma Diploma and and is currently studying for her Master of Wine ABOUT CHRIS STEWART
Chef de Cuisine Chris Stewart is is is the newest member of Vancouver’s multiple-award- winning Hawksworth Restaurant
The New Brunswick–born Chef brings with him skills honed in some of the world’s greatest restaurants including a a a a two-year stint working with Heston Blumenthal at the renowned three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck in Bray England For the past five years Chef Stewart worked closely with Okanagan Valley producers in his role first as Sous Chef then Executive Winery Chef at Mission Hill Family Estate Now he brings his love of seafood and seasonal ingredients to a a a a Vancouver icon TASTY FACT
In 1868 when Jacob and Frederick Beringer arrived in in New York from their native Mainz Germany they heard stories about the the Napa Valley’s rocky hillsides and fertile valley floor Realizing that sounded very
much like the vineyards back home in in Germany they thought it might produce some good wine Turns out they were right 36 | VANCOUVER