Who It's For: drinkers who thought they knew Grenache and anyone ready to see how much a place can shape a single variety.
Grenache is one of the most widely planted red grapes on the planet, and it does something no other variety quite manages: it takes on the personality of wherever it lands. Southern France produces one version. Northeastern Spain another. Sardinia yet another. Add in a handful of newer expressions from the American West and Australia, and you end up with a grape that seems to be several grapes at once.
The class puts them side by side. Grenache from the southern Rhône, dense and warm-climate. Garnacha from Spain, ranging from the mineral intensity of Priorat to the lighter, aromatic wines coming out of Gredos. Cannonau from Sardinia, with its salty, herbal edge. Plus a couple of New World examples that show what happens when the grape gets a fresh start or hangs on an old vine. Tasted together, the differences stop being subtle and start being obvious.