Tuesday, August 5th
6:00pm Reception & Meet the Challenger
6:30pm Dinner Begins
Tickets: $350 per person*
Menu: 5 Courses, 10 Wines.
This event proudly supports the Joey Zapata Memorial Scholarship Fund. $50 from every ticket sold will be donated directly to the fund, supporting two Advanced Sommelier candidates each year as they prepare for the Court of Master Sommeliers -Americas exam.
Erin owns and runs the historic Market Street Wine in central Virginia, a wine hub dedicated to sustainability, wine education, and community building. She’s also a freelance wine journalist, and has written articles for Wine & Country Living, Wine & Spirits, Knife & Fork magazine, and The C-Ville Weekly. Erin has two hilarious children proficient in jiu jitsu, so you can understand her difficulty in keeping Zaltos around the high-action house. In the wonderful swirling whirl of wine classes, tastings, dinners, pairings, martial arts, research, archives, vineyards, PetNat projects, and writing about Virginia’s local wine scene, ironically, it’s often copious amounts of coffee that keep it all going! In past vintages, Erin worked in New York City at several Michelin star restaurants, notably JoJo, PUBLIC, and The Musket Room, where her wine lists won many awards and accolades. For half a decade she also ran the wine program at storied Fleurie Restaurant, where she built her ultimate dream wine list, including a map of Beaujolais painted in wine. Named one of Wine Enthusiast’s 40 Under 40 wine professionals to watch, her award winning wine lists have helped shine lights on interesting regions and unique topics, like sustainability, climate change, soil influence, and emerging wine regions. Erin received a James Beard Rhône Rangers Travel Study Grant to study Rhône varieties in California. She competed in the Sommelier Scavenger Hunt to find delicious Pinot Noirs in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA. Her work in wine has been noted in The Washington Post, Wine Spectator, Garden & Gun, The New York Times, Food & Wine, Wine Enthusiast, and she’s been a judge, speaker, and sommelier at various wine events around the world.
Kindly note that substitutions cannot be accommodated for this private event, as the menu has been specially curated in advance. We appreciate your understanding!.