Face the wine, book a night out, do vinogeekspeak
Having a few friends on Facebook is a cooler thing than I expected it would be. For instance, while I originally joined Facebook some weeks back to ostensibly stay in touch with my burgeoning band of wine and hiking friends - bloggers and nonbloggers alike - I sometimes find myself invited to actually see them face-to-face!
Tonight is such a night. I’ve been invited by Cornelius Geary of RadCru.com to attend a Wine 2.0 mixer in San Francisco that will be showcasing the latest releases from over 40 local small-producer wineries. With a $40 pre-admission, I believe I can easily taste at least $40 worth of really good wines*, many poured by the winemakers themselves. If you know your boutique California wineries, you might agree that the wares of the following producers - and talking with them - will give me a shiny happy face tonight.
Bourassa, Cameron Hughes Wine, Canihan Wines, Clautiere Winery, Concannon, Creekview Vineyards, Dashe Cellars, Dogwood Cellars, Dono dal Cielo Vineyards, Due Vigne, Esca Wines, Fantesca Estate & Winery, Foppiano, Four Vines Winery, Girard, Gryphon Wines, Halleck, J Dusi Wines, Jeriko Estate, Joseph Family, Kenefick Ranch, Kenwood, Lake Sonoma Winery, McFadden, Medlock Ames, Modus Operandi, Otter Cove Wines, Owl Ridge, Peter Franus, Radog, Robert Stemmler, Sapid, Spencer-Roloson, Stag’s Leap, The Donum Estate, Three Families Winery, Tobacco Road Cellars, Twisted Oak, Valley of the Moon, Vie Winery, Windsor Sonoma
I hope to come back to this post when I have time to organize the above list of wineries by appellation. But I’ll be sure to report on tonight’s fun in a follow-up post.
Tonight’s New Releases Tasting event is happening at Varnish Fine Art and Wine Bar in SF; price at the door is $60 and those doors are open from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. If you plan to attend tonight, look for the guy with the Winehiker name badge.
*Thank goodness I’m getting a good walk in the City and riding CalTrain home!
