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January 22, 2020 Annual Wine Dinner

January 22, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

When: January 22, 2020
Speaker: Arnie Millan
Topic: Annual Wine Dinner

About the Speaker:

Arnie is a Sommelier certified by the Guild of Sommeliers. He has been a wine aficionado for nearly thirty years. During his first visit to France in 1973, Arnie toured several French vineyards and began to learn about wine from wine merchants and collectors. Arnie has been consulting to restaurants about wine since 1987. In 1997, he opened his own restaurant, Avenue One. Avenue One was highly regarded for its extensive and carefully chosen wine program, winning four Wine Spectator Magazine Awards of Excellence and accolades from Wine Press Northwest, Seattle Magazine and other publications. He recently appeared in the video, “Wineworks: The Complete Video Guide to Wine,” available in selected wine shops and book stores.

Arnie has been a guest sommelier at Taste Washington and he has been in charge of acquiring the wines for the 2002 – 2006 Beaujolais Nouveau Festival at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, sponsored by the French-American Chamber of Commerce. Since 2003, Arnie has been a Guest Sommelier for the Auction of Northwest Wines at Chateau Ste. Michelle, He has been a member of the Seattle chapter of the Chaine des Rotisseurs and other food and wine organizations. Arnie also has been privileged to judge the Boeing Wine Fest for four years, Seattle Magazine’s Washington Wine Awards as well as the Seattle Wine Awards in 2007 and 2008. In 2004, Arnie was elected to the Board of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food.

Arnie speaks fluent French and German. Last year he conducted his first wine tasting entirely in French (a 3 hour event!) for Seattle’s Alliance Française.

 

Details

Date:
January 22, 2020
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Category:

Venue

St. James Cathedral Pastoral Outreach Center
907 Columbia St
Seattle, WA 98104 United States

DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
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All in-person meetings take place on Wednesday evenings at St.Clement’s Episcopal Church on 1501 32nd Avenue South, Seattle 98144 (unless otherwise specified). Doors open at 6:00pm with presentations at 7:30.

RSVPs are requested for English meetings where dinner is served ($8/person). Italian meetings are preceded by potluck antipasti.

Winter programs (January & February) are held virtually on Zoom. Zoom-room opens at 7:00pm with presentations taking place at 7:30pm. All programs subject to change.

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