Sipping for the Symphony: Rome Fine Wine Festival offers guests a taste of the world with domestic and international wines
by Charlotte Atkins, Editor, Rome News - Times
Wine lovers will get to taste the world in their glasses once again as the trees just outside the Forrest Building in downtown Rome are bathed in autumn hues.
The Fifth Annual Rome Fine Wine Festival uncorks on Nov. 1 in what has become a delicious fall ritual for fans of the grape and of the Rome Symphony Orchestra.
The sipping soiree is a benefit for the local symphony, the South’s oldest, now celebrating its 88th year. From 3 to 6 p.m. at the Forrest Building, 436 Broad St. in downtown Rome, tables banking both the upper and lower ballrooms will feature wines from around the globe and food from local restaurants and caterers.
Festivalgoers will get to sample wines from some of the notable wine regions of the world, including Italy, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Chile and California, says David Dohrmann, who is doing an encore as wine festival chairman. In addition, a couple of boutique vintners will be on hand to share the wines of perhaps two lesser-known wine-producing areas – the Hamptons in New York and Uruguay.
New York’s Wolffer Vineyard will be coming to share some of its wines as will TanTerra Wines, which produces handcrafted estate grown and bottled wines with the red tannat grape, the most prevalent grape in Uruguay.
"They have a Tannat-Cabernet Sauvignon and a Tannat-Syrah," said Dohrmann. "[that should be interesting]."