Tag: Public Tasting

SORBET Biodynamic Wine Tasting: August 17, San Francisco
Who doesn’t love a good acronym? S.O.R.B.E.T stands for Sonoma Organic Regenerative Biodynamic Educational Tasting, and it’s put on by

Rhône Rangers Summer Wine Fête: June 29, Sonoma, CA
White wines that aren’t Chardonnay. Fabulous rosés. Chillable red wines. Lighter, versatile reds with lower tannins. All these categories of

2025 Big West Wine Fest: June 14-15, Guerneville, CA
Hanging out with friends under the redwood trees is a delightful way to spend an afternoon. Now imagine you could

WINeFARE Women in Natural Wine Tasting: June 7, San Francisco
Every year, the country’s premier graduate Viticulture and Enology program at UC Davis graduates a class that is, on average,

Annual Napa Wine Library Tasting: Sunday May 18th, Napa
Got any plans for this coming weekend? Feel like tasting a bunch of great Napa wines? The Napa Valley Wine

2025 Anderson Valley Pinot Festival: May 16-17, Philo, CA
I’ve always said that Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley is the best California wine region that most wine lovers have never

Hella Chenin Festival: May 3, Berkeley, CA
Here in California wine country, it seems like we’re treated to wine tasting events for nearly every grape variety and

International White Wine Festival: February 15, Boonville
There are public wine tastings dedicated to individual grape varieties. Others are dedicated to the wines from a particular region

2024 Calistoga Food & Wine Festival, November 16, Calistoga
Not many opportunities exist for consumers to taste a whole bunch of Napa wines in a single sitting. Walk-around tastings

Festa Italia Wine Tasting: August 18th, Healdsburg
It has been said that 93% of California winegrape acreage is planted to only eight varieties. Those numbers may have

Annual MAVA Cosecha Tasting: August 17, Napa
Now that we’ve entered the new normal following the COVID-19 pandemic, public wine-tasting events have resumed, giving wine lovers a

2024 Wind to Wine Festival: Petaluma, Saturday 8/10
Petaluma is hot right now. And I’m not talking about this heat dome we’re under. The once-sleepy town best known

Oregon Biodynamics Centennial Tasting: June 8, 2024, McMinnville, OR
I’m guessing many of my readers need no introduction to biodynamic farming, but for those who might be hazy on

Big West Wine Fest: June 1-2, Guerneville, CA
Few things are more idyllic on a hot summer’s day than standing in the shade of giant redwood trees, slurping

2024 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival: May 17-19, Philo, CA
Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley is the best California wine region that most wine lovers have never been to. Sonoma, Napa,

Historic Vineyard Society Tasting: May 4, San Francisco
Some of you know I’ve got a thing for old vines. They’re living sculptures, artifacts of culture and history, repositories

60th Anniversary Wine Library Grand Tasting, April 28th, Napa
If you had to ask me to describe my ideal walk-around wine tasting experience, I would say it would take

Calistoga Wine & Culinary Experience: April 13, Calistoga
As popular as Napa wines are, the chances to taste a bunch of them in a single setting are rare.

The SLO Coast Wine Classic: April 6-7, Pismo Beach
Spring is in the air. The cherries have blossomed. The hills are green. And that means it’s time to go