Category: Wine Activities
2012 Masters of Wine Champagne Tasting: October 1, San Francisco
I never liked Champagne until I had the really good stuff. For years I went to weddings and New Year’s
California Wine Month “Road Trip” Tastings: Sept 6 & 22, Los Angeles / San Francisco
If it has been decreed by governmental proclamation, it must be true, right? September is California Wine Month, didn’t you
Tasting Notes from the 2012 International Pinot Noir Celebration
The International Pinot Noir Celebration is perhaps my favorite tasting event that I attend each year here in the U.S.
2012 Family Winemakers Tasting: September 9, San Francisco
Size isn’t everything, they say, but sometimes it’s mighty impressive. The yearly Family Winemakers tasting in San Francisco has as
2012 Monterey Winemakers Celebration: August 11, Monterey, CA
There is a reason that I post announcements of large public wine tastings here on Vinography. They can be a
50th Annual Napa Wine Library Tasting: August 19, Napa
Dedicated wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.
West of West Wine Festival: August 3-5, Occidental, CA
Cool climate has become a popular catchphrase in the world of wine, thanks, in part, to global warming trends that
Winners of Pinot Days Ticket Contest
Last week, I wrote about the upcoming Pinot Days tasting in San Francisco, and offered to give away four pairs
Italy’s Best Wines?: Highlights from the 2012 Tre Bicchieri Tasting
One of the pitfalls involved in blogging-as-therapy, as opposed to blogging-as-profession manifests as the paradox of too much content. If
Scenes from Auction Napa Valley 2012
, this weekend-long party serves to both celebrate Napa, it’s wines, and the lifestyle they represent, as well as do
2012 Pinot Days Tasting: June 14-16, San Francisco
There once was a time when the Pinot Days tasting was the new kid on the block in San Francisco.
2012 TAPAS Spanish and Portuguese Varieties Tasting: June 9, San Francisco
Sometimes I feel like California vintners don’t experiment enough. While they may be trying a wide range of rootstocks, clonal
2012 Paso Robles Wine Festival: May 18-20, Paso Robles
Anyone who hasn’t yet discovered Paso Robles wines is missing some of California’s most robust and dynamic red wines. Whether
15th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Festival: May 18-20, Philo, CA
California Pinot Noir lovers take note. Wine lovers with a free weekend, listen up. It’s Spring, and the wine events
Mountain Wines of Italy: Tasting Notes from Alto Adige
From the snow-capped peaks of the Dolomites and the Alps, water trickles off glaciers down into steep-walled fertile alpine valleys
2012 Rosé Advocates and Producers Tasting: May 8, San Francisco
Thankfully, the broader community of American wine lovers seems to have gotten over its phobia of pink wines. We can
San Francisco Vintner’s Market: April 14-15, San Francisco
Sometimes you hear an idea and wonder to yourself, exactly why it’s taken someone so long to come up with
Inaugural Austin Food and Wine Festival: April 27-29, Austin, TX
The quantity and quality of food and wine events in this country continues to improve with leaps and bounds. Once
Tasting the World at ProWein
, Germany’s largest wine exhibition, to find that German wines were in the minority. What I expected to be one
