Masterclasses & Dinners

All roads, so the saying goes, lead to Burgundy. But, for many consumers, Burgundy's most celebrated wines are increasingly becoming prohibatively expensive. This does not mean, however, that you have to do without great Pinot. Not even from Burgundy; and certainly not in other regions of the Old and New World. The Wine Advocate's reviewer team has brought ten Pinot favorites to Zurich that have never been tasted side by side. We want to find out whether, despite different origins, climates and viticultural and winemaking styles, it is possible to achieve exceptional quality even in a very contrasting tasting. We are curious ourselves. Are you, too? Attention, limited number of seats!

The Delon family's Château Léoville-Las Cases is one of Bordeaux's greatest estates. Its optimally situated vineyards occupy deep gravel soils in a walled enclosure overlooking the Gironde. This vertical tasting looks at how Las Cases and its sibling properties Clos du Marquis and Château Potensac express themselves in differently styled vintages, contrasting 2009, 2015 and 2017. Led by Bordeaux reviewer and Deputy Editor William Kelley and Antoine Gimbert of Domaines Delon, we'll analyse these three vintages and explore the relationship of the Delon's three Médoc estates.

Beginning in 2021, The Wine Advocate's reviewers have recognized a small number of wineries around the world with their Green Emblem award for exceptional efforts in the field of sustainability. This stunning lineup of wines features European standouts like Champagne Louis Roederer’s 2014 Cristal (96 points), Chiara Boschis’s 2016 Barolo Cannubi (98 points), and Palacios’s 2019 Moncerbal (98 points), plus an array of New World stars, including Spottswoode, Cullen, Horsepower, and more.

Join Gaia Gaja and our Italian Reviewer Monica Larner for an in-depth tasting from Italy's iconic Gaja estate in Barbaresco, Piedmont. Unleashing its untapped potential for quality and meeting the demands of world markets, Angelo Gaja and his family exercise a lasting influence on Italian fine wine. A vision built on experience and innovation now guides the family into a new era with unique challenges.

This once-in-a-lifetime guided tasting will cover classic vintages and diverse wine styles, giving our guests a full understanding of the Gaja wine philosophy: past, present and future.

As a grand finale of the Matter of Taste, join us for an intimate master class with only 13 guests, hosted by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate Deputy Editor William Kelley.​

Infamous Champagne house Dom Pérignon owes its name to the famous monk and cellar master of the Abbey of Hautvillers in 1668, Pierre Pérignon (also known as Dom Pérignon). According to legend, it was Pierre Perignon who first discovered what is now called the Champenoise method. According to this anecdote, Pérignon taught this method in 1669 to the Benedictine Thierry Ruinart, allowing Maison Ruinart, to become the first Champagne House in 1729.

Dom Pérignon is a celebrated estate, whose foundation was inspired by Pierre Pérignon's quest for the ultimate perfection in Champagne. Keeper of the estate’s prestigious brand image is the LVMH luxury group, now headed by Dom Pérignon, joined by other prestigious houses such as Krug, Ruinart, Veuve Clicquot or Moët & Chandon. The values upheld by the Champagne House today are hard work and intuition, observation and understanding, knowledge and respect –the same values embodied by iconic cellar master Richard Geoffroy, that he passed on to the new cellar master Vincent Chaperon between 2005 and 2019. In addition to its rich aromatic complexity, the wines of Dom Pérignon are distinguished by their structure and texture, which give each vintage a unique, precious, and inimitable character.