Category: Activities & Events
Wine Bloggers Get Charitable
Ok all you wine bloggers out there, listen up. Later this week, the 5th Annual Menu For Hope campaign will

The Best South African Wines, Part II: Cape Wine 2008 Scores
I went to South Africa to learn about South African wine, and the primary way for me to do that
The Joy of Sake 2008 Tasting: October 23, San Francisco
I absolutely love the fact that we’ve reached a point in this country where I don’t need to explain why
Chicago Pinot Days Tasting: November 15, Chicago
Hey Chicago, listen up! If you live in the Windy City and you love wine — you know who you
Pinot on the River Festival, October 24-26, Russian River Valley
Now is a wonderful time to be wandering around wine country. The harvest is mostly complete, so there’s less chance

Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting: October 14, San Francisco
I’ve beat the drum a lot about public wine tastings, but there’s just no getting around the fact that they

San Francisco’s FallFest 2008: October 11, San Francisco
It seems like every major city has dozens of food and wine festivals every year. San Francisco, compared to many

Sake Day Tasting: October 1, San Francisco
Japan has given many things to the world that I cherish, but few of them have an unofficial holiday that
Still Seats Left for the Sake Dinner at Manresa
Some of the best meals of my life have been from the kitchen of chef David Kinch at Manresa Restaurant

Slow Food Nation Wine and Food Event: Aug 29 – Sept 1, San Francisco
It’s a pretty good time to be alive. I don’t find myself often wishing that I had lived in earlier

Tasting the Wines of San Francisco’s East Bay Wineries
Wine country is now 15 minutes from downtown San Francisco, thanks to the surge in wine producers that are popping

Sonoma Wine Country Weekend: Aug 29-31, 2008
Most people, when they come visit me in San Francisco and ask to be taken to wine country, assume that
Napa Valley Wine Library Tasting: August 24th, St. Helena
Serious wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.

The Best Pinot Noir in California?: Tasting at Pinot Days 2008
The Pinot Days event, which took place on the last weekend in June this year, brings together one of the

Family Winemakers Tasting: August 24th, San Francisco
Size isn’t everything, they say, but sometimes it’s mighty impressive. The yearly Family Winemakers tasting in San Francisco has as