Meeting Speaker for August 4, 2015
Posted by Fred Teichert
on Jul 30, 2015
Darrell Corti
In the mid ‘80s, I thought it would help my social profile to lay in some good wine, so I bought a copy of the Wine Spectator’s annual “Best of” edition. I made a list of highly rated but not expensive wines and took it to Corti Brothers, then on Freeport Blvd. The wine merchant, Darrell Corti, was gracious as I started down my list of requests, unfortunately most of which were not in stock. “Is that the silly Wine Spectator list?” I was busted.
When seeking enlightenment, consider the guru. His or her job is not necessarily to make you feel good, it is to, well, enlighten you. In the ensuing years, Darrell Corti has become the guru of wine and food not only for the Sacramento region, but internationally. The prominent food magazine publisher Coleman Andrews described Mr. Corti, owner and manager of Corti Brothers Market on Folsom and 59th St., as follows: “(Darrell) Corti is a grocer like Itzhak Perlman plays some fiddle. Corti is simply one of the most deeply knowledgeable food and drink experts in America, able to expound with equal authority on Chinese tea, Spanish vinegar, Central Asian wine, Italian pasta, and about 30,000 other gastronomic topics…. Corti…knows everybody worth knowing in his chosen field….”
As the Sacramento region grows into its identity as a Farm to Fork region, Darrell Corti helps us sort out what is innovation from what is fad, what will be lasting, what is excellent. Be sure to come to this Tuesday’s meeting to hear our region’s foremost expert on wine – and whatever else he believes will keep us entertained!