Category: Activities & Events
Pinot Days Southern California 2013: December 7, Los Angeles
Wine festivals in Southern California, and especially in Los Angeles, aren’t particularly plentiful, for reasons I don’t entirely understand. There
15th Annual Pinot Fest: November 23, San Francisco
, a low-key event held every year at Farallon Restaurant. Despite practically non-existent marketing or announcement, PinotFest quietly pulls together
Pinot on the River 2013: October 27, Healdsburg, CA
Now is a wonderful, if slightly manic time to be wandering around wine country. Harvest is, for many, complete, and
Flavor! Napa Valley Food & Wine Experience: November 20-24, Napa
Do you dream of rubbing shoulders with celebrity chefs while eating phenomenal food and drinking unattainable wines? Then Napa is
2013 Masters of Wine Champagne Tasting: September 30, San Francisco
I never liked Champagne until I had the really good stuff. When I was early in my wine explorations, I
California Wine Month Tasting: September 21, San Francisco
just get a single day to call their own. But wine has become so vital to California, that it deserves
Wine Library Annual Tasting: August 11, Napa
Dedicated wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.
The New Masters of CA Pinot Noir: A Wine Dinner
Great wine is meant to be shared. There’s nothing like sitting down to a fabulous meal accompanied by excellent wines
2013 Family Winemakers Tasting: August 17, San Francisco
Size isn’t everything, they say, but sometimes it’s mighty impressive. The yearly Family Winemakers tasting in San Francisco has as
2013 West of West – The Sonoma Coast Wine Festival: August 2-4, Sebastopol, CA
Cool climate has become a popular catchphrase in the world of wine, thanks, in part, to global warming trends that
2013 Pinot Days Tasting: June 30, San Francisco
It’s June, and that means one thing when it comes to wine in San Francisco: Pinot Noir. For the past
2013 Tempranillo Advocates Tasting: June 23, San Francisco
Given the similarities between the climates in Northern California and some parts of Spain and Portugal, one has to wonder
The Seven Percent Solution Tasting: May 11, Healdsburg, CA
There comes a point in every intrepid wine lover’s life when the well-traveled road must be left behind. One can
2013 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival: May 17-19, Philo, CA
California Pinot Noir lovers take note. Wine lovers with a free weekend, listen up. It’s Spring, and the wine events
2013 Mount Veeder Wineries Tasting: April 10, San Francisco
For all the traffic up and down Highway 29 in Napa all summer (California’s second biggest draw aside from Disneyland)
2013 Rhone Rangers Tasting: March 23, San Francisco
An occasional cloudy day like today aside, it certainly feels like Spring is in the air. The plum and some
11th Annual Pinot Noir Summit: March 16th, San Francisco
Every January, unbeknownst to most wine consumers, a group of wine writers, sommeliers, and other wine industry professionals spend many
2013 New York Wine Expo: March 1-2, New York City
OK New Yorkers, listen up. Most of the time, America looks your way with envy. You’ve got the best restaurants,
2013 VinOlivo Celebration: February 15-16, Sonoma
Most people, when they come visit me in San Francisco and ask to be taken to wine country, assume that
