The Second Glass Crash Course: Straddling the Border July 8, 2009

Get Your Learn On!!

Crash Course Wine Seminars are back after Wine Riot! and they're better than ever. It's starting to warm up in Boston and we have a whole new slew of courses coming up designed to turn you and your friends into wine badasses.

As usual, the goal of The Second Glass is to empower you, the drinker, with more knowledge about wine by way of expert education and tasty sips. We are working with the top names in wine that Boston has to offer to bring and fun, informative and most importantly, completely unpretentious wine class.

Jeff Golden, Wine Buyer and all around rockstar at Downtown Wine & Spirits, along with experienced Second Glass Staffers, will bust knowledge and pour glasses of great vino.

Crash Course: Straddling the Border

Located on the Eastern border of France, the Alsace region is Germany's French mistress. Between the 19th and 20th centuries, it changed hands between the two countries 75 times- phew! We're pretty sure it's through its identity crisis, but the wines of Alsace show a clear loyalty to both countries. With the crisp feel of classic French whites, and the sweetness of German rieslings, these wines represent great aspects of both countries Alsace has called home. Hop across the border and back, in tasting gems from this region and the countries it sleeps between!

Official Website: http://www.thesecondglass.com/events/crash-course-straddling-the-border/