Villa d'Este Wine
Symposium 2019

Seminar 1 : “The current status and future of the wine situation in Portugal »
with Claudio MARTINS

Seminar 2 : « Port wine and the Douro Valley »
by Luis Sequeira
Moderator : Claudio MARTINS

Seminar 3 : “Brain and wine»
Brain activity greatly influences
responses during wine tasting. This presentation will explore how the sensory information entering the brain during tasting affects the taste and impressions of wine in an unconscious way.
By Philip Ente (MD - UCLA)

Seminar 4 : « The future of the grape vine : recent research »
by Pierre-Marie Guillaume

Seminar 5 : « What consumers expect and what producers actually offer »
by Axel Marchal

Seminar 6 : « OIV & the future »
by Pau Roca Blasco

Allen Meadows will conduct a comparative tasting of 4 Burgundy GC or PC within a 10 years period.

Vertical Tasting of Château Haut-Brion Blanc
by Prince Robert de Luxembourg & Jean- Philippe Delmas

Vertical tasting of Château Ausone
by Alain & Pauline Vauthier

• Open informal tasting of wines from all present producers in the Impero room
• Cooking lessons with Chef Michele Zambanini
• Classical and Jazzy Music moments with Dimitris Saroglou, Maurizio Baglini, Silvia Chiesa, Nicolas Dautricourt
• The great classical cuisine of Chef Michele Zambanini
• The traditional Paulée of the Thursday evening