Blacc Study Group: Master Class with Charles Williams Cellar Master at De Toren Private Cellars
Blacc Study group is an initiative I started before Covid 19. Members of Blacc who work in the wine industry and are interested in taking an advance wine exam join the study group simply to learn more about wine. After meeting for a few weeks we finished the entire WSET Level 2 study guide. I thought it would be a creative way to learn by talking to actual professionals in the wine and spirits business so I invited winemakers, sommeliers and vineyard managers to host Master Classes. We meet each week online Tuesday and Thursday for this master class.
This week we invited Charles Williams to host our Master Class. Charles is the Cellar Master for De Toren Private Cellars. He joined the call with the CEO of De Toren, Daniel Mueller. Charles walked us through the key components in the vineyard and in the Cellar that make DeToren's award winning wines so special and their value recognized globally. DeToren specializes in Bordeaux style wines, only producing red varietals. The most famous of their 5 brands are Book 17 and Black Lion.
My key take away..... quality wine is about texture, technique and terroir.