Red Bordeaux Varieties planted in American soil? You bet! Enjoy this fun tasting and discussion with me and Csaba Szakal, the Hungarian-born winemaker/proprietor of En Garde Winery in Kenwood! Come taste his wines and 30+ others from the Sonoma County Vintners being shared at the annual Pour+Explore Bordeaux Tasting event on Thursday evening, February 12th, at Rodney Strong. Get your TICKETS!
Talking about RED Bordeaux varietals grown in Sonoma County with proprietor Peter Merriam of Merriam Vineyards before the upcoming Pour+Explore Tasting!
This amazing event, brought to you by Sonoma County Vintners and I, will be hosted at Rodney Strong Vineyards in Healdsburg, next Thursday night, February 12th (just 2 days before Valentine’s Day #hinthint😉).
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Join us for our first Pour+Explore tasting of the new year! An exclusive event to celebrate Valentine’s Day, featuring a special selection of red Bordeaux Varietals from over 20 wineries across Sonoma County on Thursday February 12th, 5:30-7:30pm at Rodney Strong Vineyards. This festive tasting includes a walk-around selection of curated wines from each vintner, and light bites with a selection of cheese and charcuterie.
Come dressed in Valentine’s Day attire to snap a selfie at the photo wall, and enjoy romantic lounge beats by DJ J-KIND.
Get your TICKETS to enjoy the wines of these Sonoma County Vintners! ACTA Wines, Aldina Vineyards, Aperture Cellars, Banshee, Benovia, Brandon Gregory Estate, Bricoleur Vineyards, Dry Creek Vineyard, EHRET Winery, En Garde, Fisher Vineyards, G & C Lurton, Hamel Family Winery, Lambert Bridge, Lasseter Family Winery, Ledson, Longbaord Vineyards, Meadowcroft Wines, Medlock-Ames, Merriam Vineyards, Pride Mountain, Ramey Wine Cellars, Robert Young, Rodney Strong Vineyards, Roth Estate, ROWEN Wine Co., Silver Oak, Thumbprint Cellars & more!
Another GLORIOUS holiday event at Gloria Ferrer this week. Winemaker Kyle Altomare and I discuss Pour+Explore Sparkling Extravaganza on Thursday December 11th, a tasting of 25 different Sonoma County Vintners producers!
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Enjoying beautiful bubbles and talking about the exciting early holiday Pour & Explore Sparkling Wine tasting extravaganza happening on Thursday, Dec 11th at Gloria Ferrer Vineyards with my dear friend Sharon Cohn of Breathless Wines, who will be pouring their amazing gems alongside 24 other Sonoma County Vintners at this amazing event!
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Hey gang, do you want to learn about the wines and wineries of northern Sonoma County’s winegrowing regions? Join me!
I will be teaching Wine 111.1 Sonoma AVA-North County, an 8-week course at SRJC, beginning in January, and there is still room to join to my class. We will talk about Alexander Valley, Dry Creek, Russian River, Rockpile and more AVA’s along with sensory evaluations (yes, tastings!) and special winery guests.
Hope to see you there! Cheers, Chris
Celebrate a year of Pour+Explore, with our first replay, Sparkling Wine tasting at Gloria Ferrer. The perfect way to embrace holiday festivities, featuring sparkling wines from 20+ wineries, by participating Sonoma County Vintners. Including a walk-around tasting of a curated selection of wines from each vintner: Savor appetizers from the Gloria Ferrer culinary team, with a beautifully arranged cheese and charcuterie station featuring a variety of artisanal cheeses, cured meats, and flavorful Spanish tapas.
TICKETS are $75.00 per person, plus tax and service fee. All attendees must be at least 21 years of age. We hope to see you there – Cheers! Chris
Featured POUR + EXPLORE Wineries
Annadel Estate Winery, Balletto Vineyards, Banshee, Breathless, Bricoleur, Chateau St. Jean, Freeman Vineyard & Winery, Furthermore, Gloria Ferrer, Iron Horse, Laurel Glen Vineyard, Longboard Vineyards, Merriam, Naidu Wines, Patz & Hall, Pellegrini-Olivet Lane, Schug Estate Winery, Sosie Wines & more!
An EPIC conversation with California Chardonnay icon David Ramey of Ramey Wine Cellars about the joys of working with this legendary white grape and it’s noble red grape counterpart Pinot Noir grown at his family’s estate property on Westside Road in Russian River Valley and the exciting new Pour+Explore Chardonnay & Pinot Noir wine tasting event, happening at Bacchus Landing, in Healdsburg next Thursday, Nov 13th!
GET YOUR TICKETS for an endless array of world-class offerings, poured by the over 40 wineries at this festive pre-holiday event, that I am co-hosting with the Sonoma County Vintners!
All sorts of celebrations going on this month, which we share with my friends Chris O’Gorman & Katie LaLonde on THE VARIETAL SHOW! Talking about Rodney Strong and Davis Bynum, and the greatness of their Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs being poured at the epic upcoming event with 35-plus Sonoma County Vintners that specialize in making world-class wines at the next exciting Pour+Explore event happening Thursday, November 13 at Bacchus Landing in Healdsburg!!!
Enjoying the finest Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes with the twins from Bacigalupi Vineyards and talking about the exciting Pour+Explore tasting that we’ll be doing with the Sonoma County Vintners at Bacchus Landing on November 13th, and a preview of the equally cool events we’ll be doing together on 2026 to celebrate the contributions that this family and others made to help Chateau Montelena win the famous Paris Tasting in 1976!
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