Tag: tasting

Join Vinography at The Aspen Food & Wine Classic ’09
Now that you’re wrapping up your Winter holidays, it’s the perfect time to plan your Summer ones. In my opinion

Boston Wine Expo: January 24-25, Boston, MA
Wine lovers in Beantown, listen up. It won’t be long now before some of you may be asking yourselves what
Notes and Selections from the Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting
There are good public wine tastings and there are bad public wine tastings. The difference between the good ones and
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

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

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

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.
Bay Area Urban Wine Experience Tasting: August 9th, Oakland
Wine country means a lot of things in California, a state with winegrowing regions stretching most of its 800 mile

Italian Wine Tasting Notes From The Golden Glass 2008
These days, with a newborn, I don’t get out to many large tasting events, but one I decided I shouldn’t

Taste3 Conference: July 17-19, Napa
I know how you think. You’re sitting there, scratching your head, wondering, “now what on earth am I going to
Pinot Days Festival and Tasting: June 26-29, San Francisco
It’s hard to believe there was once a time that San Francisco had no major public wine tasting focused on
What Happens to All Those Wine Samples?
When I first started writing Vinography, I’ll admit, I had fantasies that one day, just maybe, someone would send me
Marin County Pinot Noir Tasting: June 14th, Larkspur
Most of the major appellations of California tend to have their own large tastings, where members of the public have

Wine & Spirits Hot Picks Tasting: May 22, Los Angeles
The American wine industry is pretty excited these days. Sales are up, and the demographics are looking good: the youngest

Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival: May 16-18, Philo, CA
California Pinot Noir lovers take note. Wine lovers with a free weekend, listen up. It’s Spring, and the wine events