A few weeks ago I attended the First Annual French Wine Academy in DC. I will admit up front I signed up for the networking. The speakers sounded good, but you never know what the actual talk will be on. I have to say, I was very impressed. Overall, the speakers were very informative.
This conference went in great detail on the French wine business. If you have never attended a wine class before, this was not for you. But if you already know the basics of French wine, this conference was definitely for you. The best thing to compare it to would be taking the chapters on France from Tom Stevenson’s Annual Wine Report
Every time I attend some wine class or conference I get rediscover something. This time it was Beaujolais. Maybe it was because we tasted three 2000 Beaujolais crus that were outstanding, sadly the 1990 had travel shock. But I did not expect these wines to hold up as well with age as they did. I will be adding more Beaujolais to my classes in the future and personal drinking.
