Events & Programs

Do you love wine, cheese, and/ or perfume? This is the panel for you. Our panelists share the challenges and rewards of transforming their knowledge and passion into writing books and being the subject of a documentary. They will talk about their favorite wines, cheeses, and perfumes and answer questions from the audience.

Our experts

We'll drink to that: Robert Camuto is the author of Corkscrewed and Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey. He is a contributor to the Wine Spectator, Food& Wine, the Washington Post Travel and other publications. Read a review about Palmento in The New York Times.


Cheese be mine: Noella Marcellino is a Benedictine nun who earned a doctorate in microbiology from the University of Connecticut. As a Fulbright Scholar in France, she studied the positive effects of decay and putrefaction as well as the odors and flavors of cheese. She is the subject of a PBS documentary called The Cheese Nun. Learn more about the DVD.

Scents and Sensibility: Denyse Beaulieu is a Canadian writer and translator based in Paris. She is the perfume editor for Citizen K and has taught classes on perfume at The London College of Fashion. Her book The Perfume Lover (Harper Collins) is forthcoming in March. Visit her website.

Photo credit: Vincent Thibert