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La Sirena Wine & Food Pairing with David Schulze, Hospitality Director.The Classic Wineseller has planned another exclusive wine tasting opportunity on Saturday, November 15 at 6:30pm. Please join us!
Call 828.452.6000 to reserve, $79.99 per person. Payment at time of reservation. No refunds or exchanges. There will be savory pairings of seafood, pork, and beef. Complete menu to be announced.
Wines featured:
La Sirena 2023 Aviatrix Albariño
La Sirena 2020 Aviatrix Grenache
La Sirena 2022 TreasuRed Blend
La Sirena 2020 Aviatrix Cabernet Sauvignon
David's Bio:
Originally from Wisconsin, David Schulze has been in the wine industry in Napa since 2007. He worked for Joseph Phelps Vineyards in hospitality and sales for over 10 years, and has also worked with Wheeler Farms, Elizabeth Spencer Wines and BRAND Napa Valley. In his free time, he enjoys hiking and cycling, as well as SCUBA diving and snorkeling. David is no stranger to the cold, but prefers the California “winter” to that of his home state. He graduated with a degree in Geography from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and enjoys the similar connection that wine offers tying people and places together. He joined La Sirena in the fall of 2020.
La Sirena Winemaker/Founder is Heidi Peterson Barrett, one of the world’s most renowned and respected winemakers. Since the 1980s, Heidi has created some of the Napa Valley’s most famous wines, including Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle, Grace Family, Paradigm, and many others.
She started her own brand, La Sirena, in 1994, and began her collaboration brand, Barrett & Barrett, with her husband, Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena, in 2008.
Heidi got her start at a young age. Her father, Dick Peterson, is a scientist-winemaker, and her mother, Diane, an artist. She gravitated toward both fields, and found that the world of wine was an ideal place for her to explore and combine these passions. Growing up, she worked in numerous vineyards and wineries alongside her dad, and decided to pursue it as a career, attending UC Davis for fermentation science and going on to several internships and positions in the industry.
Her career took off in the late 80s when she began working for Dalla Valle as an “independent winemaker”.
She began to develop a tiny project called Screaming Eagle shortly afterwards, and from there, things escalated quickly. With 5 perfect 100-point scores for her wines in the span of just a few years, Heidi skyrocketed to international fame, setting a world record for the highest price ever paid for a single bottle of wine ($500,000 for a 6L of 1992 Screaming Eagle at the Napa Valley Wine Auction in 2000).
Today, Heidi maintains a stable of ultra-premium client wineries, including Amuse Bouche, Au Sommet, Vin Perdu, and Mars Estate, as well as her own brands La Sirena, Barrett & Barrett, and Aviatrix. She and Bo live among their vineyards in Calistoga. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, scuba diving, flying her helicopter, making art, gardening, and spending time with her grandchildren.
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