Category: Activities & Events
Menu For Hope VI: Win Some Wine (and Other Great Stuff)
How would you like to spend a week in Tuscany at a private villa, drinking aged Brunello di Montalcino, all
Menu For Hope is Coming. Will You Donate a Wine Prize and Become Famous?
Think of this as the early warning system. Our annual Menu For Hope campaign is right around the corner. In
PinotFest 2009 Tasting: November 21, San Francisco
One of the longest running wine tasting events in San Francisco is also one of its best. While the city
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Fesival: November 18-22, San Diego
Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’re spoiled by a proliferation of wine tasting events that afford the opportunity
Pinot Days 2009 Tasting: November 13-14, Chicago
While those of us on the West Coast are still lingering in the illusion of Autumn, the chill has descended
The Best Wines of the Year: Tasting the Wine & Spirits Top 100
The difference between a good public wine tasting and a bad one can be quite dramatic. The bad ones are
Pinot on the River Festival 2009: October 23-25, Healdsburg, CA
Now is a wonderful, if slightly manic time to be wandering around wine country. Harvest is, for some, complete, and
Lodi Wine Festival on Treasure Island: October 11, San Francisco
I have been quite happy to see an increase in the frequency and number of public wine tastings held by
Monterey Wine Festival 2009: October 1-2, Monterey, CA
Wine tastings come and go, and while most are a good opportunity to taste a wide range of wines of
Masters of Wine Champagne Tasting: September 28, San Francisco
I need to come clean about something. It wasn’t too many years ago that I really didn’t care for Champagne.
Top Wines of Sonoma: Tasting Notes from Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
Two weeks ago, under idyllic clear skies, I joined about 700 other wine lovers to wander around a winery lawn
Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting, 2009: October 14, San Francisco
I beat the drum a lot about public wine tastings. They are the best way for wine lovers to educate
California’s Best Boutique Wines: Tasting Family Winemakers 2009
For those unfamiliar, Family Winemakers is a marketing association that represents family owned wineries throughout California. By virtue of its
Joy of Sake Tasting 2009: September 10 – SFO, September 24 – NYC
I absolutely love the fact that we’ve reached a point in this country where I don’t need to explain why
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend: September 4-6, 2009
Most people, when they come visit me in San Francisco and ask to be taken to wine country, assume that
Family Winemakers Tasting 2009: August 23, San Francisco
in San Francisco has as one of its many claims to fame that it is the single largest tasting of
The Last Drops: Miscellaneous Tasting Notes from IPNC 2009
I like to tell people that when it comes to reviewing wines, my tasting notes are the least important part
Napa Wine Library Tasting: August 16, Napa
Serious wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.
