Judgement of Chicago Park

22 August- Here at Montoliva Vineyard & Winery I have a fairly intense focus on Italian varietals, particularly central and southern Italian varietals. The varietals I work with are all Italian, my approach to winemaking approximates the central Italian winemaking style. That being said no Italian winemaker would ever mistake my wines for wines gown and produced in Italy. While the geology and climate here are similar, they are not exactly the same, and this is reflected in my wine. So, how exactly do my wines stack up against their Italian counterparts? Most of you are familiar with the so-called Judgment of Paris that occurred in 1976 and was immortalized in the highly fictionalized movie “Bottle Shock”. Well, meet The Judgement of Chicago Park. Periodically I sit down with one of my wines, and one or more of their Italian Counterparts. There is no pretense of impartiality. I make wines that I like, so there is an inherent bias. It is fun, nonetheless. Beginning in 2020 I started doing these contrast and comparison tastings with our guest in the winery. Come Join us and enjoy some interesting wines. 22 August 1pm we contrast and compare our recently released 2022 Estate Montepulciano with a 2022 Tiberio Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Tiberio is known for producing high quality, approachable(which typically translates as “produced in the New World Style”) 100% Montepulciano wines.