On October 21, the culinary cognoscenti will gather for the Gaja Winemaker Dinner at Del Posto restaurant in New York. Hosted by celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich, the epicurean extravaganza will explore the terroir of Italy’s Piedmont region with acclaimed winemaker Angelo Gaja and his daughter Gaia as guides. Paired with his prized wines will be a six-course menu of the region’s delicacies presented by Del Posto’s James Beard Award–winning chef Mark Ladner.

First at the table will be a sunchoke carpaccio wi…