The Wines + Foods of Sardegna.

WE ARE GETTING A FLIGHT ON DELTA TO SARDEGNA.

JFK- SARDEGNA MAY OF 2026.... LET’S PLAN WHAT TO DRINK!

Vermentino + Cannanou are the most well known grapes but we also see Monica, Carignano, Barbera and Moscato.

Sardegna has different growing conditions and elevations that allow for numerous styles of wine to come from a very small area.

Let’s learn the grapes, geography, geology for the wines and taste the foods!

Enjoy island food culture with Sardegnian hors d’oeuvres.

$85/person++

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Advanced Tasting

You can do this!

Learn adjectives to describe what you taste in a wine with the goal of honing your palate.

We will smell and taste the real life examples of the flavor and aroma notes such as flint, gooseberry, cedar, baking spices, mushrooms, currants, and my favorite... apple Jolly Rancher.

Practice using the CMS grid to taste.

$100/person++

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Burgundy 201

We will start with a geography lesson to get a lay of the land, then dive into a bit of geology while tasting wines that offer typicity and age variation.

You will learn the adjectives that describe what you taste as well as those that describe the most well-known appellations.

Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

$150... because Burgundy is a little pricey.

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WINE + CHEESE

They are the classic pairing... when done properly.

We will enjoy 5 courses of wine + cheese that epitomize classic matches.

This will be delicious, fun and also help you learn what not to pair together!

$85/person++

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How to Taste Wine!

There is a method to tasting, a science to tasting and a mindset to tasting. Whether you are tasting for personal knowledge, deductive identification or just for pleasure this class will teach you how to get the most out of your tasting experience

We will taste using the CMS grid.

$100/person++

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Think you know Chardonnay and Pinot Noir?

The classic grapes of Burgundy ventured down under and are telling a wholly new story, expressing the terrior of Australia. Join us as we explore the many faces of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the microclimates across Australia with local Legends Jon Ross and or Jane Lopes of Legend Imports.

Hors d’oeuvres served.

$85/person++

Aussie Chardonnay + Pinto Noir Class Tickets

A well-made sauce can make a dish memorable. Learn the 5 mother sauces as a foundation for preparing incredible meals.

How to make and not break a Hollandaise.

How to use a velouté to make the simplest meat craveable.

What is a béchamel? How can it make the best mac-n-cheese you have ever had?

This is a class for all skill levels. and is observational in nature. The tricks and tips you will learn will be with you forever!

Enjoy dinner with wine or an NA beverage.

$150/person++

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WINE 101

We will taste a few of our favorite selections to learn about grapes + their places of origin. What are the other regions where these grapes grow around the world?

Learn some lingo that can help you to navigate a wine list.

Taste some classic food + wine pairings.

Next, we will learn how to read the more complicated wine labels from Italy, France and Germany.

Hors d’oeuvres served!

$75/person++

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Taste to learn.

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres with this super educational a fun class. LeeAnne + Seema will teach, pour, share their tips and entertain you.

Have you ever opened a bottle of wine and thought, what is wrong with this?  There are more wine faults than a bottle being CORKED.  We’re here to teach you all about the world of wine faults, what to look, smell, and taste for to ensure you’re getting a great bottle of wine on your table.   

What to do when a you identify a flawed bottle; at home + in a restaurant. 

Faults we will cover: 

Brettanomyces, Volatile Acidity, Oxidation, Heat Damage, Mouse, Cork Taint.

$75/person ++

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Ready to learn the tricks of the trade? Whether you’re an experienced home cook or just starting out, this class will teach you the essential skills, time saving shortcuts, and tools professional chefs use to create delicious meals with confidence. With over 20 years of professional experience, Miel Executive Chef Jason Laiacona, will take you through an informative, easy, and fun cooking class designed to help you cook like a pro at home and bring a hint of fine dining to the dinner table.

What You’ll Learn with Chef Jason:

By the end of this class, you will have the knowledge to:

• Apply simple, fundamental cooking techniques to set you up for great meals.

• Troubleshoot complicated or time-intensive recipes on your own. No more Googling!

• Overcome common mistakes that hold cooks back from advancing their skills.

• Learn tips from the pros to elevate flavor, presentation, and efficiency in the kitchen.

• Cook with the most accessible and affordable tools appropriate for all skill levels.

• Build the confidence to use recipe steps as inspiration, not rules.
  
  

What You’ll Eat:

Enjoy fresh, seasonal ingredients across multiple courses, paired with your choice of wine, beer, or a craft non-alcoholic beverage.

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Class Atmosphere:

Come ready to learn, laugh, and eat! This class is designed to be relaxed, interactive, and above all, fun! Bring any and all questions—Chef Jason will share his experience, troubleshoot your recipe riddles, and guide you through lifelong cooking methods that make every meal at home both rewarding and enjoyable for you, your family, and friends.

Closing out Sommer Camp with everyone’s favorite FIELD DAY!  We’ll be tasting and learning about the classic regions known for making blends of white, red, and even sparkling wines! Bring your friends, this one’s going to be FUN! 

Snacks served.

$100/person ++

Wednesday, August 6th.

6-7:30 In the Barn at Miel.

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What makes islands fabulous vineyard territory and sets them apart from other regions? 

We will dig into typical island geology and many other uniquely island characteristics that effect a wine’s flavor and texture.

Taste wine from well known islands; Sicily, Corsica, Canary Islands, Santorini and….. Tasmania!

$100/person ++

Snacks served.

Wednesday, July 30th

6-7:30 In the Barn at Miel.

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Seema just went to Australia with Jon + Jane. The education was immense and the experience next level. Now you can have time with Jane, Master Sommelier, Author and all around super cool lady. 

We will enjoy Australia’s Cool + Warm climate Wines.  

Which Australian wine regions are considered cool climate? · Victoria – The Grampians, Yarra Valley, Macedon Ranges, Alpine Valley, King Valley and Beechworth.  

Quaffable, collectible, and delicious.   

Learn about Australia from your local experts. 

Australia with Jane Lopes, MS, Author and Now a Nashvillian! 

Jane + Jon

Snacks served.

Wednesday, July 23rd

6-7:30 in the Barn at Miel.

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Pastis Cocktails.

Wines from the French Riviera + the foods they best accompany. Learn how you can serve these so easily at home and how well they work for entertaining.

Cameo… Domaine Tempier Blanc - DELICIOUS!

Take a virtual vacation with us to the splashy world of Provence and Southern France.

Snacks served.

Wednesday, July 16th

6-7:30 In the Barn at Miel.

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Beer and BBQ. It’s been done, a lot.

Elevate your summer events with chilled reds that will match any style of BBQ.

Chillable Reds + BBQ Dishes

Some great examples-(not set in stone quite yet!)

Brisket + Syrah

Pork Ribs + Pinot Noir

Alabama White Sauce + Vermentino (okay... one white wine!)

North Carolina Sweet Monastrell

South Carolina Mustard + Montepulciano

Oh yes.. BBQ served :)

Wednesday, June 25th

6-7:30 in the BARN at Miel.

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Think beyond the spritz!

Bask in the long summer afternoons with a cocktail in hand and the snacks that come together quickly when you can’t be bothered to turn on the stove or grill. What post dinner service beverage Seema drinks 3 days a week. Learn the classic beverages from sweet to savory, tart and refreshing. The variety of flavors that are best to enjoy at the end of the day with snacks.

Bonus... they can be low in alcohol!

Snacks served.

Wednesday, June 18th

6-7:30 in the BARN at Miel.

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Class Outline

What is the definition of sustainable seafood? 

We will learn about sourcing options and how to purchase sustainable seafood in Nashville.

Mollusks +  Shrimp vs. Fin Fish 

Demonstration

Cleaning + Cooking Mussels

Shrimp preparation +  how to cook them 

Fin Fish, selection, storage, prep, execution

Ways to get ahead for the home cook

Chilled vs. Hot applications of seafood

Bonus- Learn how to cook Miel’s Octopus!

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Taste a wide array of fresh, lighter bodied white wines to buy by the case and a few special bottles to enjoy with special meals. Be the tastemaker of your friend group.

Snacks Served.

Wednesday, June 11th

6-7:30 in the BARN at Miel.

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The History of Portugal + its winemaking over the years.  How did the Dutch + British influence what was made? 

We will enjoy still wines and a fun port cocktail (perfect for summer!). Discover a favorite new country and region! 

Snacks served.

Wednesday, June 4th.

6-7:30 in the BARN at Miel.

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Be the host with the most! 

Simple batch cocktails for entertaining a crowd that over deliver for the effort and will have everyone asking you for the recipe.    

Learn how to use bitters, create texture and which garnishes add that special finish.

Snacks served.

Wednesday, May 28th.

6-7:30 in the BARN at Miel.

$100++

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Kicking off SOMMer CAMP with a seasonal favorite.  Learn how rosé is made, stylistic differences, (Mineral driven vs. Berries & Cream) and the world class regions championing the style.   

What are gastronomic rosés that you can age?  Enjoy the full array and learn what you enjoy. 

Snacks served.

Wednesday, May 21st

6-7:30 in the BARN at Miel.

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You will learn how to make the most of your trips to the grocer and farmer’s market.

This class will help you to start cooking a fabulous meal right when you get home!

Putting together a series of par-prepped meals and learning how to season them is the key to making quick and delicious meals. Cross utilization of ingredients helps to reduce waste.

By following this outline you will be ahead on those days when you want something quick or don’t really have the energy.

• How to process and prepare vegetables for quick and easy use in many different dishes.

• Proper “Mise en Place”. Only useful items “all killer no filler”.

• Making stocks- vegetable, chicken

• Compound butters+ use of unsalted butter

• The importance of fresh herbs and how to store them

• Five tastes + how to balance them.

Salt, acid (VINEGAR< CITRUS, WINE, etc.), sweet, bitter, umami

Included: class, dinner + wine or non alcoholic beverage.

Hungary- Enjoy a beautiful view into the opulent food & wine culture in Budapest and learn the history of Hungary’s winemaking. Taste the dry & sweet wines from Royal Tokaji’s most popular wines and 1er Cru Sites with dinner.

Confit Goose legs, foie gras, paprikash, goulash & honey cake!

$165/person++

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Learn how to make well balanced cocktails at home.

This class is the perfect opportunity to learn tricks for entertaining, when to shake, stir, strain & what to use for a garnish.

Taught by Jeremiah Blake, a Nashville institution. He will share his skill developed over the past 20 years of bartending.

Enjoy the array of fun hors d'oeuvres along with tastes of the variety of cocktails.
Arrive thirsty!

$100/person++

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Get the Education Miel Servers Receive.
For decades Seema has taught servers, wine shop
Serious wine school!
Learn wine from the ground up. Grapes, regions, flavor profiles, adjectives to describe wines, comparing & contrasting and food pairing.

$75/person++

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All the cool kid grapes you should know.
Set aside Sauvy B, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon.
Taste lesser-known varietals from lesser known wine regions that are consistently delicious, great values and super food friendly.

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, wine and a find a new favorite!

$100/person++

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Get the Education Miel Servers Receive.
For decades Seema has taught servers, wine shop
Serious wine school!
Learn wine from the ground up. Grapes, regions, flavor profiles, adjectives to describe wines, comparing & contrasting and food pairing.

$75/person++

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Taste blended wines from well-known wine regions; The Penedes, Rhone, Bordeaux, Rioja, Ribera del Duero. Enjoy these classic examples with snacks paired with the wines.
Then, try your hand at blending your own!
Hors d’oeuvres & wine.

$100/person++

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Featuring mushrooms from local cultivator, Henosis.
Miel Chef, Jason LaIacona, will teach a fun and informal (read- ask any questions you have about food & cooking as well!) class about how to select mushrooms, how to prepare them and he will show you how they can play such a key role in your kitchen.

Learn to make mushroom canapes, house-made pasta with mushroom ragu, mushroom “crabcake”, mushroom consommé.

Dinner includes wine, beer and or mocktails.

$150/person++

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Get the Education Miel Servers Receive.
For decades Seema has taught servers, wine shop
Serious wine school!

Learn wine from the ground up. Grapes, regions, flavor profiles, adjectives to describe wines, comparing & contrasting and food pairing.
101- grapes, regions, maps, tasting

We will taste, enjoy snacks and learn.

$75/person++

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE