Event - 2012 - Avenue B Dinner

Pittsburgh Chapter Dinner

Sunday, January 29 at 2:00 PM

5501 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232-1221
Price $50/person

Includes appetizers, served main course and dessert, wine, tax and gratuity.

Passed Appetizers Roasted pear & Gorgonzola flatbread Petite crab cakes w/arugula aioli Fried chevre w/grilled onion marmalade

First Course Local greens, sherry vinaigrette

Main Course each person chooses 1 Kobe meatloaf, goat cheese & chive whipped potatoes, blistered tomato jam, crispy onions Pappardelle, cured olives, rapini, smoked marinara, feta Roasted organic chicken breast, giblet risotto, baby carrots, herbed pan jus

Dessert Chocolate hazelnut tart & sweet cream ice cream

We need a minimum of 30 reservations. Your check will be refunded, if we do not have the minimum number of participants.

Tasting Notes - 2012 - January

JANUARY TASTING

Vintage Port
Presented by John Eld

Late Bottled Vintage Port (LBV) Ready to drink when released, LBV ports are the product of a single year's harvest.
	Smith Woodhouse   1999 Winery: Symington Family Estates PLCB# # 17064       $31.99
	Vintage Port Vintage port is made entirely from the grapes of a declared vintage year. Not every year is declared a vintage in the Douro. The decision on whether to declare a vintage is made in the spring of the second year following the harvest. The decision to declare a vintage is made by each individual port house. Recent declared vintages 2007 2003 2000 1997 1994 1992 1991.
	Niepoort  2007 Winery:     Niepoort PLCB #22810       $72.99	Fonseca Quinta do Panascal    2008 Winery:    Fladgate Partnership PLCB #15038    $49.99
	Churchill's         2003 Winery:    Churchill Graham LDA PLCB #10301       $55.99	Graham's         1994 Winery:    Symington Family Estates PLCB #23554  $97.99
Food served with Wines
5 Year Black Diamond - Cashews - Walnuts - Macadamia - Plain Havarti - Raisin Bread - Dove’s Dark Chocolate
Thanks  to  our  January  Hosts: Metha Hillard, Jan Frissora, and Kathleen Simpson

Newsletter - 2012 - January

American Wine Society, Pittsburgh Chapter Newsletter
Promoting the appreciation of wine through education

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 AT 7:00 PM 

VINTAGE PORT - PRESENTED BY JOHN ELD.  A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF THE MOST FAMOUS STYLE OF PORT. WE WILL TASTE, COMPARE  AND CONTRAST PORTS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT HOUSES

RSVP DEADLINE:  MONDAY,  JANUARY  9. Cost is $30.00 per member; $35.00 per guest; Walk-in $40.00.  Checks payable to: “ AWS”

Notes From the Chair

Greetings fellow wine lovers.

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and that you are anxiously awaiting Santa’s visit.  I missed last month’s meeting because I was attending the national conference in Rochester, New York.  I’m happy to report that the society is financially solvent and growing with several new chapters formed across the nation.

I am looking forward to a new tasting year with some great programs.  We will open this season with a premium Port tasting led by our own bon vivant and raconteur, John Eld.  This tasting will have limited attendance, so make your reservations early to insure we can accommodate all.

Also, please mark your calendars for our post-holiday dinner scheduled for January 29  at Avenue B in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh.  Jan Frissora and Metha Hillard have worked with the chef and have come up with a great menu and wines to complement the choices. Be sure to read the details on the last page and submit your reservation soon so we can have the minimum of 30 attendees.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Matt