Faculty Wine Tasting Club
Last updated on 5/14/09The Faculty Wine Tasting Club was founded in Fall 2004. Open to all members of the faculty and staff, the club meets two or three times per semester to enjoy a variety of wines and to foster genial social interaction across the boundaries of school. These are usually informal, but in the last couple of years we have moved to include at least a couple of tastings in which we are guided by a professional.
At the beginning of the academic year a mailing to the entire Baruch faculty invites those who are interested to forward their names for inclusion in the list that will be notified of upcoming gatherings. Everyone who attends pays a fee (usually $20-30) that covers the cost of the wines for that evening and some snacks.
The club is run by an informal "executive committee." Currently the committee comprises Ali Nematollahy, Gayana Jurkevich, Karl Lang, Dennis Slavin, and Ana Valenzuela.
Anyone who would like to add his/her name to our mailing list should communicate this by email to Dennis.Slavin@baruch.cuny.edu.
Wine Club Events
Fall 2004
October 6: at i Trulli Oenoteca
November 22: Beaujolais tasting
December 13: Tenuta di Arceno (Super-Tuscan)
December 20: BYOB ($20 or less)
Spring 2005
February 16: Wines from Campania
March 18: Ports
April 4: Sakes (led by Kazu Yamazaki)
May 9: West Coast pinot noirs
Late May:
Belgian beers (at La Petite Abeille)
June 22: Wines of New Zealand
July 21: Rosé tasting
Fall 2005
October 25: Riesling tasting (led by Esther Lok)
November 21: Beaujolais encore
December 20: BYOB
Spring 2006
February 22: Wines of the Loire Valley
Fall 2006
September 13: Wines of Greece
November: Beaujolais
December 18: BYOB
Spring 2007
February 22: Whiskey tasting
March 28: Wines of Austria
May 10: Wines of Alsace
August 9: Rosé Redux
Fall 2007
October 1: Wines of Spain
Spring 2008
March 17: Tasting at Moore Bros.
April 9: Kosher wines (led by Aaron Ritter)
May 15: Old World/New World wines (led by Jamal Rayyis)
Fall 2008
November 13: Wines of Spain (led by Jamal Rayyis)
Spring 2009
February 19: Southern Italian wines (led by Tasos Sengos)
May 13: Wines from Argentina and Chile (led by Jamal Rayyis) These are the seven wines we tasted.
