A Wine Tasting Tour of Italy
6-weeks | Registration closed 9/10/2025
This class will cover wines from six regions in Italy. We will hold 6 sessions, but they will be spread out over the 8 weeks of the semester.
SPECIAL DATES: October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and November 14.
Each class will consist of a presentation with opportunities for attendees to ask questions and share experiences, followed by a 1.5 ounce tasting of each of two to three prominent wines from the region. Based on local availability and affordability, fine wines will be selected for each class. Each attendee will be required to pay the instructor $30 for the course to cover the cost of the wines. Each attendee will also need to bring two matching wine glasses to each class.
Arnold Serotsky
Arnie Serotsky has been collecting, evaluating, presenting and traveling for wine for fifty years. In Rochester, N.Y. he was active in Les Amis Du Vin. Since moving to Poughkeepsie nineteen years ago, he has been a wine tasting presenter and organizer for It Was a Good Year, Inc., the Marist CLS, the Mid-Hudson Food and Wine Society, and the Pennsylvania Wine Society. Arnie has also organized and presented wine tasting fundraisers for non-profits such as the American Association of University Women, the Dutchess County Historical Society, the Hangar Theatre of Ithaca, and the Beatrix Farrand Garden.