The 14th April is #TannatDay – a day in which we are all given an excuse to raise a glass of Uruguayan Tannat and celebrate Uruguay’s champion variety in all its purple glory. But why stop there? Instead, we are celebrating Uruguayan wine all week with #UruguayWineWeek and an opportunity to explore the many different wines, wine regions and wine producers of Uruguay.
In collaboration with Uruguay.Wine, a gathering of Uruguayan winemakers and wine families, and an esteemed crowd of wine writers and communicators, we’ll be hosting a week of Uruguayan wine events online and would love you to be part of it! Here’s what’s coming up and how you can join in:
Celebrate #TannatDay: 14th April
Throughout the day on 14th April, we’ll be having live discussions about Tannat and the best wine pairings for the variety over Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Clubhouse. Post your favourite wine pairings and Tannat wines and tag in @southamericawineguide and @uruguay.wine with the hashtag #TannatDay so we can reshare and respond!
Throughout the day on Instagram @SouthAmericaWineGuide we’ll be hosting live interviews with wine writers around the world exploring their favourite Tannat wine pairings. In particular, you can catch up with Lisa Denning aka. @nycrestaurants at 3pm UK (10am EST); Holly Shaw aka. @winenotwhinemom at 4pm UK (11am EST); and with Kelly Mitchell aka. @kellymitchell #thewinesiren at 6pm UK (10am PST).
Clubhouse: 8pm UK (12 PST), All about Tannat & Uruguayan wine
At 8pm GMT we’ll also be hosting a Clubhouse conversation on Tannat in the REAL WINE & SIPS club room with winemakers from Uruguay and other wine writers and wine lovers.
Twitter Hour: 10pm UK (2pm PST), Top Tannat pairings & wines
Follow the #TannatDay hashtag to join in on our Twitter hour discussion about top Tannat wine and food pairings as well as your favourite Tannat wines and Uruguayan wines. We will be tweeting from @amanda_tweeter and participating in the chat, we have
Instagram Live: Meet Uruguay’s Women in Wine
7pm UK (11 PST), 12th April
We’ll be hosting a series of Live interviews with Uruguay’s leading women in wine over Instagram Live @SouthAmericaWineGuide Join in and share your questions and thoughts with us as we meet some of the female pioneers of the industry and most promising winemakers today.
7pm: Kicking off from Seattle, is Uruguayan winemaker Mele Sosa, brand ambassador for Garzón in Maldonado, who will be talking about bringing Uruguayan wine to adventurous wine drinkers in the US
8pm: Meet Fabiana Bracco of Bracco Bosca winery in Atlantida, Canelones, who will be talking about making modern wine from traditional grape varieties in Uruguay
9pm: Meet winemaker Analía Lazaneo of Artesana winery in Las Brujas, Canelones, who is going to share her secrets for making Zinfandel and Tannat, among other varieties, in Uruguay
9.30pm: We’ll meet Pia Carrau of Bodega Cerro Chapeu in northern Uruguay who is going to share her experience of being the tenth-generation of vignerons in the family and explore the terroir of Rivera
Instagram Live: Beyond Tannat
6pm UK (10am PST), 15th April
Meet several winemakers in Uruguay as Amanda Barnes interviews them over Instagram Live with a quickfire series hosted @southamericawineguide from 5.30pm UK (starting at 9.30am PST; 12.30pm EST). We’ll also be inviting some wine writers and influencers to join the stream and share their own favourite wines, so please join in too with your own questions and comments!
5.30pm: Winemaker Juan Andrés Marichal explores the potential of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Canelones streaming from his winery, Marichal
6.30pm: Meet winemaker Gustavo Pisano from Pisano winery in Canelones, and learn about the potential of Uruguayan Sauvignon Blanc
7pm: Meet winemaker Santiago Deicas of Familia Deicas which makes wines all over Uruguay, and discover some of the less common varieties made here (including Uruguayan orange wine!)
8pm: Meet winemaker Marcelo Breganti of Viña Edén in Maldonado as we talk about the potential of Uruguayan sparkling wine
Instagram Live: Vineyard Tour!
7pm UK (10am PST), 16th April
Take a vineyard tour around the vines, terroir and climate of Uruguay! We’ll be joined by winemakers and agronomists as they tread through the vine rows (internet signal permitting!) on Friday.
6pm: Valeria Chiola, winemaker at Narbona in Carmelo, will tour us around the vineyards of their estate in western Uruguay on the river banks of the River Plate.
7.30pm: Garzón winery in Maldonado is one of the most impressive modern investments in the New World and we are getting an exclusive tour around the vines and wines of the estate!
Read all about Tannat Day and the history of tannat!
Want to join in with music for #UruguayWineWeek too?
Uruguay.Wine has created and curated a couple Spotify playlists to keep you grooving while you enjoy your Uruguayan wine this week!
Explore candombe, tango and Uruguayan folk with this playlist:
Get funky with this playlist of candombe beats and some Brazilian influence too, this is the wine party playlist!
Check out the Above the Horizon playlist for enjoying wine during a sunset on the beach:
