How would you like to spend eleven days touring the French wine regions of Champagne, the Loire Valley, Cognac and Bordeaux? On May 2nd, join Vintage Wine Merchants and BrandIt Event Travel on this exclusive tour, as you explore and learn about winemaking in the heart of French Wine Country. Pascal Mineau, certified Sommelier, will…
Instead of clebrating St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow and my birthday on Sunday, here’s something that’s a great alternative: • Kick-Off BBQ With the Winemakers & a Live Auction: Sat., 3/17, S.F. Film Centre (The Presidio) • Syrah Seminar, Trade & Media Tasting, Public Wine Tasting: Sun., 3/18, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Tickets available at www.rhonerangers.org…
Announcing Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Toast of the Town for 2007. The tour starts in San Francisco, March 29 and then heads to NYC, April 23, and finishes in Chicago, May 3,2007. (Hmmmm, I wonder if there’s a discount if you get tickets for all three?) Here are the details on the first event in S.F.:…
If you just visited a city with nearby wineries and you just didn’t have time to get to one, here’s a smart solution: Airport Wine Tasting at Washington Dulles, Sea-Tac and Sacramento, offered by Vino Volo. I think it’s a great escape from the fast food and glass walled bars with runway vews in most…
Here’s your chance to taste the award winners from the world’s largest competition of American wines. But the SF Chronicle Wine Competition Tasting on Saturday, February 24, 1-5 pm, is much more than that. It’s a wine and food experience, with specially made creations of some of the world’s premier artisan food purveyors, breads, savory…
If you haven’t heard of the Santa Cruz Mountains Passport Program or found out about the last one too late, here’s another chance to plan your itinerary. This coming Saturday– January 20– many wineries that are normally closed to the public will be open. But only if you have a passport. In addition to the…
While they don’t literally send barrels of wine down the Russian River to the Pacific wine fleet, they do produce a lot of wine these days in northwest Sonoma County. The Russian River Wine Road is a collective of wineries and lodgings that aim to draw more people out to see the great wine and…
The 29th Annual Winterfest “Wine Tasting In The Meadow” is slated, snow or shine, for Saturday, November 25th at Bear Valley, California. Conditions permitting, you can cross country ski or snowshoe out to a scenic meadow location –– trail pass is required. There, you can sample various local wines from Calaveras Wine Association, along with…
A new Portuguese tapas and wine bar in the heart of Times Square is a great place to taste hard-to-find wines from Portugal. Tíntol, which is the Portuguese slang word for red wine, has a wine list of more than 150 reasonably priced Portuguese and Spanish wines, as well as 30 wines by the glass…
Art Walk nights on St. Croix, USVI are quite an event. Enjoy warm Caribbean breezes, friendly people, free wine, cheese, and lovely displays of local artists’ work as you wander from gallery to gallery in downtown Christiansted. St. Croix is an off-beat tourist destination. Don’t be surprised if you find more locals than tourists on…
Get ready to sip, swish and spit to your palate’s content. Because on Saturday, February 25, Fort Mason’s Festival Pavillion, with killer views of SF Bay, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, will host the 2006 SF Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting from 1-5 pm. Here, you can taste award-winning entries from the world’s largest…
Wines from Spain has published a new 120-page guide to Spanish wines called the “Far From Ordinary Wine Guide” that is available free while supplies last on their website at www.winesfromspainusa.com. The guide was written by noted wine authority Doug Frost, who is one of only three wine professionals in the world to have both…