A seated, guided wine and cheese tasting in Charleston focused on pairing techniques, terroir, origin stories, and traditions.
Wisconsin Cheese Presents: Curds and Corks: A Toast to Terroir and Tradition is a seated, guided educational wine and cheese tasting. The program approaches pairings through place: how wine and cheese reflect terroir, origin stories, and traditions, and how those details inform pairing techniques.
The seminar is identified as Session #109 and categorized as a Beverage Seminar. Its subject is not a general festival sampling; it is a focused look at wine and cheese pairings through their places of origin and the traditions behind them.
Anthony Giglio is listed as a presenter and contributing wine editor. Shannon Bonilla is listed as a presenter and cheese specialist with Wisconsin Cheese. Those named roles align with the seminar’s two-part focus: wine, cheese, and the ways each is discussed through origin and tradition.
Wisconsin Cheese is part of the event title, and Bonilla’s listed affiliation connects that organization directly to the program. Giglio’s listed wine-editor role identifies the wine side of the guided discussion without adding a separate producer, winery, or cheese lineup beyond what is named for the seminar.
The seminar takes place at The Charleston Place, a hotel in Charleston, with the address listed as 205 Meeting Street. It is scheduled as a one-hour Friday session during the 2026 Food & Wine Classic in Charleston.
Admission is included with a Classic Pass, and seminar selection requires pre-registration. No standalone single-session ticket is listed for this seminar, so registration and availability should be handled through the organizer’s festival process rather than assumed from the session page alone.
Anthony Giglio
Presenter
Shannon Bonilla
Presenter
The seminar covers wine and cheese pairing techniques, terroir, origin stories, and traditions, with the pairings explored through their places of origin.
Yes. It is described as a seated, guided educational wine and cheese tasting.
Shannon Bonilla and Anthony Giglio are the listed presenters. Bonilla is identified as a cheese specialist with Wisconsin Cheese, and Giglio is identified as a contributing wine editor.
It is held at The Charleston Place, a hotel in Charleston, at 205 Meeting Street.
No. Admission is included with the festival Classic Pass, and seminar pre-registration is required.
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