Free Wine & Cheese Tasting @ Pastoral, 6/24

Free Wine & Cheese Tasting @ Pastoral, 6/24

This press release arrived today and I thought some here might be interested:

PASTORAL ARTISAN CHEESE, BREAD & WINE HOSTS FREE CRAVERO CHEESE AND ITALIAN WINE TASTING, PLUS MEET-THE-CHEESEMAKER

Pastoral welcomes famed Italian cheesemaker Giorgio Cravero and cheese advocate Daphne Zepos for a demo and free tasting of Cravero’s famed Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, plus Italian wine sampling

WHAT
Pastoral will host a free wine & cheese tasting with famed Italian cheesemaker Giorgio Cravero and cheese advocate Daphne Zepos on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., at Pastoral’s Loop location, 53 East Lake St., in Chicago.

Meet the cheesemaker, watch the team crack into a Cravero wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano using the traditional cheese-cutting tools and methods, then sample the celebrated cheese paired with small batch, artisan Italian wines. A distinctive opportunity to learn more about the art of cheesemaking, wine pairing and (of course) tasting.

See below for additional information on Cravero-Cheese, Giorgio Cravero and Daphne Zepos


WHEN
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.


WHERE
Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine – LOOP LOCATION
53 East Lake St., Chicago, IL 60601
312-658-1250
http://www.pastoralartisan.com


About Cravero-Cheese, Giorgio Cravero and Daphne Zepos
The Cravero family has been selecting and maturing only the best Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano wheels for five generations. The quality of these products comes from rigorous selection and absolute respect for traditional methods of maturing. All this knowledge has been handed down from fathers to sons and the company name is now well known both at home and abroad. The family prides itself for its dedication to this craft. Slow patient gestures bring out the complete quality of the cheese.

Giorgio Cravero, with the support and the valuable experience of his father Giacomo, chooses the cheese wheels directly from the producers, picking out the best ones and then devotes attention to the maturing stage.
The cheese matures naturally in a constant-temperature environment. Attentive monitoring produces a finished product which is a work of art of Italian tradition.

Giorgio Cravero’s passion and skill in selecting the finest wheels from the tens of thousands produced has been learned from his father, his grandfather, and the two generations before him. With the cheeses they select, the family name is literally on the line. Only after repeated deliberation, inspection, tasting and evaluation are these cheeses offered for sale. For more information on Cravero-Cheese and cheesemaker Giorgio Cravero, visit http://www.cravero-cheese.it/welcome_eng.lasso

Daphne Zepos ranks among the most outspoken and dynamic cheese advocates in the United States. A consultant and teacher at the Artisanal Premium Cheese Center, Zepos is also a former board member for the American Cheese Society (ACS), was Chairperson of the ACS Annual Cheese Competition from 1999 to 2002, and served as a consultant and spokesperson for the California Milk Advisory Board. Zepos is founder of the Essex Street Cheese Company and a co-founder of the Cheese of Choice Coalition, an advocacy group dedicated to the preservation of raw milk and small production cheeses. She also trained as a chef at the Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School (now the Institute of Culinary Education) and began her career at San Francisco’s renowned Campton Place restaurant where she developed its critically-acclaimed cheese service. Visit her online at http://food.theatlantic.com/author/daphne-zepos/


PASTORAL INFORMATION

Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine – Loop

53 East Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312-658-1250

Hours:
Monday – Friday
10:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wonder how one becomes a "cheese advocate . . ." Those underprivileged, disenfranchised cheeses need advocates, I guess.

aschie30 wrote:Wonder how one becomes a "cheese advocate . . ." Those underprivileged, disenfranchised cheeses need advocates, I guess.

As do wines, represented by Robert Parker, Esq.

I got this notice as well and I think I'm going. Anyone else going and, if so, would you like to meet up before/after? Maybe go out afterwards for dinner somewhere?