Arezzo Wine Sideways 2009 • Part 3
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In the morning of Tuesday, March 2, the trade show is over and Lepori and I are picked up by business associates and driven to Bologna for a meeting and business lunch with representatives of SISA supermarkets and Enoteca Servizi srl, an entity of Enoteca Regionale Emilia-Emilia.
Grande Cena Degustazione (Great Dinner Tasting) featuring five Loire Valley wines, organized by the Modena chapter of the Italian Association of Sommeliers (AIS)
Photograph by William Comellini - Arcadia
In the evening I am the lucky guest of honor of Luigi Carnevali, a long time friend of mine who is the current head of the Modena chapter of the Associazione Italiana Sommeliers (AIS, or Italian association of Sommeliers), at an educational tasting of five great French wine from the Loire Valley, paired with five courses featuring French high cuisine recipes made with local Emilian ingredients.
The head of the AIS Modena chapter, Cav. Luigi Carnevali (right, standing) addresses the audience
Loris Scagliarini (left) chats with Fabio Grazia, Vice Chair of the AIS Modena chapter
Cav. Luigi Carnevali (left) shares a laugh with Loris Scagliarini
Loris Scagliarini addresses the guests of the Grande Cena Degustazione (Great Dinner Tasting)
Photograph by William Comellini - Arcadia
The Grande Cena Degustazione (Great Dinner Tasting) takes place in Spilamberto, and features five wines selected by sommeliers of the AIS Modena chapter, and there are around 100 paying participants to the event, including AIS trainees, as well as educated and curious wine lovers. The chef/sommelier Paolo Reggiani of the Ristorante Laghi, who led the volunteer kitchen ladies who usually deal with typical popular Modenese fare, such as gnocco fritto, tigelle, and pasta with sausage sauce, in the preparation of these special dishes, defines the entrees "piatti di una cucina inesistente" ("dishes from a nonexistant cuisine"), since though they feature regional French recipes, the ingredients used are typical of the Emilia Romagna region of Italy.
| The Menu and the Wines | |
 Checking out the menu and wine pairing |
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| ENTREE | WINE |
| Croutons au Beurre Blanc à la Nantaise Nantes-Style Croutons with White Butter |
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur Lie "Selection Hermine d'Or" 2006 - Domaine de la Louvetrie |
 Visual analyses of the first wine poured, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur Lie "Selection Hermine d'Or" 2006 - Domaine de la Louvetrie |
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| Soupe Cressonière Orléannese Orléans-Style Soupe with Watercress |
Sancerre "Les Monts Damnés" 2007 Domanine Pascal Cotat |
| Matelote d'Anguille Eel's Matelote |
Anjou "Vielles Vignes des Blandéries" 2002 Domaine de la Sansonnière |
 Enjoying the nose of the Chinon "Côteau de Noir" 2002 |
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| Rillettes de Tours Tours-Style Rillettes (French pâté) |
Chinon "Côteau de Noir" 2002 Domaine Philippe Alliet |
 Chef/sommelier Paolo Reggiani, who created the entrees of the five course dinner addresses the audience. |
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| Bourdaines de Pommes aux Prunes et Madeleines Apple and Plum Shell-Shaped Cookie Dumpling |
Côteau de Layon "Saint Lambert" 2001 Domaine Jo Pithon |
| Photograph by William Comellini - Arcadia | |
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