Terroir Showdown: Napa vs Bordeaux

An educational wine experience Summary: The showdown you've been waiting for is here. Year after year, Napa Valley and Bordeaux set the standard for quality wines around the world. Taste Cabernet, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc-based wines from two of the most renowned wine regions in a comparative tasting like no other.  Do you prefer the youthful, fruit-driven exuberance of Napa or the austerity of Bordeaux? Both regions grow the same varieties, both are fiercely loyal to their region, and both create intense, complex, long-lived wines, yet they are not one in the same. Bordeaux, with its centuries of history and ornate chateaux, produces wines with restraint and finesse, as well as, power. While Napa, with its history of rags to riches, crafts wines that display hedonistic fruit, silky tannins, soft mid-palates and loads of flavor. At the same time both regions produce wines that break the mold, usurping stereotypes. During this educational tasting, you will learn what distinguishes th