“WINE PAIRINGS AT HOME” MASTER CLASS – IWFS TORONTO’S EDUCATIONAL EVENT ON WEDNESDAY
, APRIL 2, 2025:
Please join us at the Hunt Club, for a special evening, with Wine educator and sommelier, Marcel Bregstein. This educational event will focus on how you can create your own wine pairings at home. Marcel will demonstrate how grape varietals from various regions –and their adjunct complexities– affect the flavours of food. The format for the evening will be classroom style with Marcel presenting a Power Point and leading the tastings.Thank you for your email. Please see the change of dessert below.
We will experience the different varietals and how food reacts to them.
This why there so many wines. The pours are small.
Chevalier Marcel Bregstein CCM/Sommelier
Marcel Bregstein was the Cellar Master and Director with the International Wine and Food Society (Toronto) for over 10 years. He studied Business at the University of Costa Rica and University of Toronto. At George Brown College F&B Management, Catering Management, Wines One and Wines Two and Club Operations. With RCI, he achieved the Service Excellence and the American Sommelier Certifications; he also completed the International Sommelier Guild Program at Humber College. Marcel is currently accepted in the Master of Wine program. Marcel achieved the Certified Club Manager designation in 2017.
Marcel has taught the Hotel Management Wine Program at George Brown College and is currently the Chair of the F&B Advisory Committee of George Brown College. He also sits on the Centennial College Cabinet and the Event Planning Advisory Committee of the College. He is presently Assistant General Manager at the Toronto Hunt Club, where he has worked for 27 years.
DATE: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025.
LOCATION: The Toronto Hunt Club,1355 Kingston Road, Toronto, ON. M1N 1R1
START TIME: 5:45 PM – A welcome Prosecco (Villa Sandi Il Fresco, Italy) shall be served.
6:00 PM – Master class.
MENU:
Crab and Avocado Crostini
Lump Crab, Tomato, Avocado, Citrus Bell Pepper, Fresh Herbs
Butter Shrimp
White Wine Sauce, Fresh Herbs, Rice Croutons, Toasted Hazelnuts
N.Y Steak Diane
Cognac Mushroom Sauce, Stuffed Creamer Potato, Snap Peas and Roasted Peppers
Cornetto
Served with Whipped Cream and Dark Chocolate Shavings
WINE PAIRINGS:
Whites:
2022 Le Bonheur Chardonnay, South Africa
2023 Fantini Pinot Grigio, Italy
2021 Redstone Dry Riesling, Canada
2023 Torrent Bay Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand
2022 Sancerre Les Pierblancs Cantin, Loire
2023 Jean Luc Colombo Viognier la Violette, Côtes du Rhône
Reds:
2020 Rocca Delle Macie Sant’ Alfonso Chianti Classico, Italy
2022 Cave de Lugny Pinot Noir, Burgundy
2021 Wakefield Promised Land Shiraz, Australia
2022 Altrejo Roble Ribera Del Duero, Spain
2023 Norton Malbec, Argentina
2021 Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile
2017 Chateau Haut-Lagrange, Bordeaux
Skoog
2015 Coteaux du Layon, Loire
Cold Creek Ice Wine Apple Cider, Prince Edward County
2015 Skolf Tockenbeerenauslese, Austria
COST:
Members: $187.00pp
Guests: $237.00pp
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