MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival 2015 MAWFF Program Guide | Page 18
WINEMAKERS
AND WINERIES
WINEMAKERS
AND WINERIES
Meet our international and national winemakers, descending upon the MidAtlantic from Argentina,
Australia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, California and Oregon.
Meet our international and national winemakers, descending upon the MidAtlantic from Argentina,
Australia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, California and Oregon.
eric miller, Winemaker/Author, [Ee’Z]
Catrina North, Winemaker, Crow Vineyard & Winery
This winemaker, grape grower and winery owner will introduce the first vintage of his latest
venture, 2013 [Ee’Z] Zinfandel from Howell Mountain, at the Festival. He cofounded Benmarl
Vineyards and Chaddsford Winery. Winner of the American Wine Society’s prestigious
“Award of Merit.”
A native of the Finger Lakes region, North began her wine career at Fox Run Vineyards
while a student. She studied winemaking at Charles Stuart University (Australia) and later
enology and viticulture at Washington State University, eventually joining Wente Vineyards
in California. Catrina was recruited as the winemaker for Galer Estate in Pennsylvania.
She joined Crow Vineyard and Winery in 2014.
TASTING NOTES
[Ee’Z], Napa, CA | sluttyzin.com
2013 [Ee’Z] Zinfandel: Grown on Howell Mountain, Napa, California, this rich and
powerful red somehow combines exuberant dark fruit and a sophisticated poise both
in the nose and mouth. It is dry with fine grainy tannins but smooth and long in the
finish with a lingering thread of smoke among both red and black berries.
California is known as a great wine region, and among the
greats are the greatest.
Eric Miller and Xavier Teixido have combined forces to invite
a handful of the best winemakers from small-production
California vineyards for a high-end wine tasting Xtravaganza.
Enjoy 10 wines, and a 5-course dinner.
Hear from the winemakers and chefs, who will explain
the science behind pairing food and wine, explain and
demonstrate some intriguing food preparations, and talk
about meal elements, such as sauces, and how they
work with wine.
Menu highlights: Soup trip featuring foraged vegetables
and herbs, roasted lamb sirloin with blackberry and currant
mostardo, parsnip and minted carrot, seared duck breast
with chorizo-spiced radishes, cherrywood smoked Berkshire
pork cheeks with lardo, Tellicherry pepper, hazelnut and
beet terrine, baked apple butter cake
Executive Chef: Dave Banks
Chefs: Pat D’Amico, Ranney Moran
Winemakers: Eric Miller, Eric Stauffer, Kieran Robinson,
Daisy Damskey, Bill Wolf, Lori De Loach
Wines: Eagle Eye Winery, Ee’Z, Kieran Robinson Wines,
Palmeri Wines, Hook & Ladder, Galvan Wine
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TASTING NOTES
Crow Vineyard & Winery, Kennedyville, MD | crowfarmmd.com
2013 Crow Vineyard Vidal Blanc is packed with vibrant aromas suggesting Asian pears,
spicy clove, cantaloupe and white lilac. On the palate, you will find crisp and mineral driven
acidity and flavors suggesting juicy peaches, tropical pineapple, and white cranberries.
This 5-course winemakers dinner with 10 wines is set at
Buena Vista, a historic home dating back to 1847 that has
been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.
This two-story, five bay, brick dwelling was designed in the
Greek Revival style by R. Brognard Okie. Its Doric order columns
once welcomed US Senator and Secretary of State John M. Clayton
(1796-1856) and US Senator and Delaware Governor C. Douglass
Buck (1890-1965), who donated it to the State of Delaware.
Menu highlights: Blackened sea bass, pineapple salsa and
pumpkin salad, chargrilled peppers, rack of lamb wi