Category: Activities & Events
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
2013 Anderson Valley Alsace Festival: February 9-10, Boonville
With all the fanfare surrounding Cabernet and Pinot Noir coupled with the obsession this country seems to have with Chardonnay,
Pinot Days 2013: January 26, New York
Hey New York! What you really need to keep warm in this frigid winter is a little Pinot Noir in
2013 ZAP Zinfandel Festival, January 31 – February 2, San Francisco
It’s that time of year again. I know of no other event that seems to bring out the inner wine
Highlights from the Wine & Spirits Top 100 Event
I attend a lot of public tasting events for the same reason I tell my readers to attend them. They
Garagiste Winemakers Tasting: November 10, Paso Robles
One of my favorite pastimes involves tasting wines made by small winemakers who either are just beginning their journeys to
2012 Pinot on the River Festival: Oct 21, Healdsburg, CA
Now is a wonderful, if slightly manic time to be wandering around wine country. Harvest is, for some, complete, and
2012 Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting: October 17, San Francisco
I beat the drum a lot about public wine tastings. They are the best way for wine lovers to educate
The Next Generation in (Napa) Wine Tasting: October 7, Oakville, CA
Time marches on, and history unrolls like the rails of a train behind us. Napa has a wonderful history of
Wine Bloggers on the Bosphorus
Nine years ago, if you had told me that there would one day be conferences for wine bloggers, I would
2012 Sake Day Celebration and Tasting: October 6, San Francisco
Japan has given many things to the world that I cherish, but few of them have an unofficial holiday that
