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ZinFest Wine
Festival
ZinFest Wine School
1:00-1:45 Wine Blending – Blend your own
Glass of Zinfandel!
Lodi Wine & Visitor Center Manager Michael
Perry
2:00-2:30 A Selection of the “Top 12 Zins
of Lodi”
Traci Dutton and Vintners
2:45-3:15 The Perfect Pair- Fiscalini Cheese and
Lodi Wines
John Fiscalini
3:30-4:00 Certified Green- Lodi Rules
Wines
Mark Chandler and Vintners
4:15-4:45 More of the “Top 12 Zins of
Lodi”
Traci Dutton and Vintners
 Traci Dutton serves as the Sommelier in the Wine Spectator
Greystone Restaurant at the CIA, where she developed the image of the beverage
program to reflect the “must-do” experience of the restaurant. With
the goal of creating The Ultimate California Wine Cellar to be housed in the
former Christian Brothers winery, the wine list has won awards and gathered
national recognition for the extensive representation of wines from throughout
the state with a special emphasis on Greystone’s Napa
neighbors.
Having worked in New York City for 14 years, she came to
California with vast experience in fine dining beverage service and
international wine buying. She specialized in Italian wines with her first
Sommelier position at Andiamo! Then immersed herself in French wines (though
unfortunately, not literally,) by joining the top notch service team at the 3
star Montrachet, under the direction of Daniel Johnnes. Traci worked as a
consultant for several other restaurants in New York at various times
specializing in mixology, beer, organic wines and the wines of the northeastern
United States. In addition to her work at the CIA, Traci has judged the Dallas
Morning New Wine Competition and the LA County Fair “Wines of the
World” Competition, two of the largest in the country. She has spoken on
marketing at UC Davis, Sonoma State University and the Wine Industry Financial
Symposium. Her special interest is in passing on the belief that most wine
should be for everyday drinking and to continue to find places which produce
“labors of love” that speak to a need for day to day civilized
living.
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