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Show C-5 fhe Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 7-10, 2007 Italy's sparkling jewels RlCOR FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. Backpacking sommelier shares his • vinyard notes from abroad Sneak an advanced peek at the new Harry Potter By 2EV ROVIIME TriCor Financial Services is a fullservice, strategic partner that works with each individual client to develop and implement effective, sound, disciplined investment programs to pursue each client's needs, including the following available through INVEST Financial Corporation: he soon became loose and excited at the presence of his American guests. It is amazing what a few glasses of vino can do to a person. And today we came upon the most amazing experience yet. We entered a winery in the region of Abruzzi where the Montepulciano D'Abruzzo reins king and were greeted by a young girl who couldn't have been more than 28 years old. We expected her to lead us to the proprietor - but she was it. She toured us through the vineyards in a small SUV explaining in exact detail the orientation, soil composition, and difficulty of every inch of the property, which was quite large. Her depth of knowledge and understanding of the wines was unbelievable as she is the vine grower and wine maker. A fifth generation wine grower in the area, she is bringing the Pietratonj wines to a new level and creates a Montepulciano D'Abruzzo to the likes I have never seen. I guess what has stunned me most thus far is not the undeniable beauty of the land or the tremendous quality of the product that is born from it, but the dedication and talent of the people that produce it. Young or old, the people have an innate attachment to tradition that perpetuates a level of Record contributing writer As I mentioned in last week's column, I am presently in Italy traveling the wine areas of this "Harry Potter and the Order of the classic and unbelievable wine Phoenix," the latest iteration of the country. Being the total wine geek J.K. Rowling's book on the silver that I am, I can't help but to feel screen, can be seen one day before like I am in the presence of a it opens to the public. A benefit famous person when entering a movie screening for the children of new area. For example, when travthe Park City School District July 10 eling into Parma, the home of will be held at Holliday Village some of the world's finest cheese Cinemark Theaters at 1776 Park and cured pork products, I feel a Ave. at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets little nervous, as though I am are $40 for adults and $20 for chilunworthy of being graced with Zev Rovine dren. Purchase tickets at such stature and history. The genwww.pcef4kids.org. quality that is truly amazing. I have eral reaction of the people to an also had my fair share of mediocre American with, awful Italian lanexperiences but the great ones guage skills, at best, is however heavily outweigh them. It is not at remarkably welcoming. all what I expected; it is so much • My first day in Italy was spent in Box office more personal. one of the most classic wine Zev Rovine is the sommelier regions of the world. Barbaresco, changes location and resident cheese monger at the known for its feminine expression Spotted Frog Bookstore Cafe and Due to construction at The of the Nebbiolo grape, is a stunWine Bar where he teaches weekly ning landscape. The hills are steep Eccles Center, the Park City wine classes. His wine education and the soil looks as though it is Performing Arts Foundation has relocomes from the American pure chalk, though it is mostly calcated its box office for'the summer Sommelier Association in N.Y.C. careous marl. We visited the house season. Until Labor Day, tickets to all and he tries his very best not to of Luigi Volghera where the wines PCPAF events will be available at spill the Pinot on the bestseller secwere sublime. His winery is gorthe Phoenix Gallery (located at 508 tion. If you have any wine queries geous. It is a mixture of a museum Main Street, next to the post office) or comments he is easily contacted and a fully functioning winery and between 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday via e-mail at zev@spottedfrogas we sat down to sample the through Friday. The box office phone books.com. wines. He prepared a tasting of number will remain the same at Piedmont's revered cheeses and (435)655-3114. meats full with salami made perTickets for Big Stars, Bright sonally by his wife. As we sat Nights concerts are currently availthrough the tasting, we heard the able online at thunder of a dozen Ducati www.parkcitytickets.com, through Motorcycles arriving for their the PCPAF box office (relocating to break where a table was laid out at the Phoenix Gallery) and at Deer the winery for an unbelievable Valley Signature Etc. stores (located tasting. The hospitality in this clasat Deer Valley Resort and 625 Main sic house was second to none. Street). We then traveled east and south SUPPORT A LOCAL through Emilia-Romagna and tastINDEPENDENTI ed the local wines in Parma. There the Lambrusco wine, a semi sweet OPEN DAILY red sparkling wine, is the jewel of Adopt-A-Native the area. The proprietor was 7:30amto2pm dressed in a fine Italian suit and Elder Program to gave us a tour through one of the NOW LOCATED IN most organized and detail oriented hold meeting COLE SPORT AT THE CORNER OF wineries that I have ever seen. Here they not only produce pheThe next planning meeting for the PARK AVENUE & DEER VALLEY DRIVE nomenal Lambrusco but also some 18th Annual Navajo Rug Show & of the best Parmigiano Reggiano in Sale is Thursday, July 12, at 6 p.m. PROUDLY SERVING the region. We of course had them at the home of Jan Stephenson, at ORGANIC & FAIR TRADE COFFEE, together on a terrace overlooking 7180 Canyon Dr. in Pinebrook. 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