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Sparkling is Back! With Pour+Explore on December 11th

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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!

Event, Food, Holidays, People, Sommelier, Sonoma County Vintners, Tasting, Varietal, Video, Vlog, Wine, Winery

Extra Special Guest David Ramey On TVS!

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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!

Event, Food, Holidays, People, Sommelier, Sonoma County Vintners, Tasting, Varietal, Video, Vlog, Wine, Winery

Rodney Strong & Davis Bynum On TVS

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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!!!

GET YOUR TICKETS SOON!

Event, Food, People, Sommelier, Sonoma County Vintners, Tasting, Varietal, Vineyards, Wine, Winery

Pour + Explore Rhônes At Kunde On October 23rd!

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Join Sonoma County Vintners at our Pour + Explore exclusive wine tasting event on Thursday, October 23, 5:30-7:30pm at Kunde Family Winery, in the beautiful Magnolia Room, featuring a special selection of Rhône Varietals that showcase world-class wines from over 25 wineries from across Sonoma County.

Get your TICKETS to celebrate autumn in wine country with a walk-around tasting of a curated selection of wines from each vintner, and enjoy light bites with a selection of cheese and charcuterie.

Featured Wineries include Anaba Wines, B.R. Cohn Winery, Benovia Winery, Bricoleur Vineyards, Cline Family Cellars, Comstock Wines, Dutcher Crossing Winery, Enkidu Wines, Foley Family Wines, Idell Family Vineyards, Joseph Jewell Wines, Joseph Swan Vineyards, Kunde Family Winery, Lasseter Family Winery, Longboard Vineyards, MacLaren Wines, Martinelli Winery, Mascarin Family Wines, Meadowcroft Wines, Muscardini Cellars, Pride Mountain Vineyards, Ramey Wine Cellars, Ram’s Gate Winery, Ridge Vineyards, Solo Nostro Wines, Three Sticks Wines, Woodenhead, and more!

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SCWC This Weekend & MORE!

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At Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards talking about the exciting Sonoma County Wine Celebration Weekend happening this Friday and Saturday, September 19-20, with the great Alexandra O’Gorman, of Foley Family Wines and Foley Food & Wine Society, who is receiving the special SCV 2025 Wine Business Leadership Award at our annual charity auction happening on Saturday, as well as recognition for the wonderful contributions FFWS has made to this auction, and all year long, that help make Sonoma County one the world’s greatest wine destinations!!!
For more information about attending one of the spectacular dinners happening on Friday night or bidding on the silent auction lots online, visit the Sonoma County Vintners website!

Appellation, Charity, Event, Food, People, Sommelier, Sonoma County Vintners, Tasting, Wine, Winery

Coming Very Soon! SCWC Auction 2025

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Get ready for the annual Sonoma County Wine Celebration! Culminating in the fantastic fundraising Live Auction, taking place on September 20th; festivities get rolling on Thursday, September 18th brought to you by SCVF.

Check out the detailed SCHEDULE here to plan ahead and come be a part of Sonoma County’s largest fundraising event–including activities at Bricoleur & Cline Family wineries: It has already supported more than 430 nonprofits in our community.

Get a PREVIEW of live auction lots for in-person or by-proxy bidding!

Event, People, Sommelier, Sonoma County Vintners, Tasting, Varietal, Video, Vlog, Wine, Winery

Sipping Super Blends at Dry Creek Vineyard!

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Last preview of the sensational wine blends featured at the Pour & Explore: Super Blends Wine Tasting, the event that Sonoma County Vintners and I will be co-hosting at Trentadue Winery in Geyserville on Thursday evening, August 21, from 5:30 -7:30 PM. Enjoy this discussion I had with star winemaker Tim Bell of Dry Creek Vineyard, sharing three brilliant Super Blends they will be pouring at this amazing event, which marks the largest collection of red, white and pink high-end cuvee wines and proprietary blends crafted with high-quality fruit grown in Sonoma County.

Visit SCV for tickets and more info ASAP!!!!

Event, People, Sommelier, Sonoma County Vintners, Tasting, Varietal, Video, Wine, Winery

Tasting Trentadue on THE VARIETAL SHOW

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Enjoy this cool conversation I had with Trentadue winemaker Miro Tcholakov, on THE VARIETAL SHOW we discuss the three Super Blends he’ll be pouring at Pour+Explore and the art of blending these high-quality grapes together to make these flavorful wines each year!

Just a preview of the high-class wines that will be featured at this exclusive public event that Sonoma County Vintners and I will be co-hosting at Trentadue Winery in Geyserville on Thursday, August 21 from 5:30 -7:30 PM. TICKETS still available!

I know the link looks funky but it is there below!

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Pour + Explore: Super Blends Tasting at Trentadue Winery-August 21st!

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Get TICKETS now to the next Pour + Explore exclusive wine tasting event on Thursday, August 21st, 5:30-7:30pm, at Trentadue Winery, featuring a special selection of Super Blends, unique proprietary red and white blends that showcase an array of varietals and world-class wines from over 25 wineries from across Sonoma County.

Discover wonderful wines that epitomize the essence of each winemaker’s individual style and Sonoma County’s distinctive vineyards with a fantastic walk-around tasting of a curated selection of wines from each vintner, and enjoy light bites with a selection of cheese and charcuterie. A collaboration between Sonoma County Vintners & Sommelier Chris Sawyer

Featured vintners include: ACTA, Alexander Valley Vineyards, Anaba Wines, Aperture Cellars, Benziger Family Winery, Brandon Gregory, Bricoleur Vineyards, Cline Family Cellars, DaVero Farms & Winery, Dry Creek Vineyard, Dutcher Crossing Winery, Enkidu Wines, Foley Family Wines, GC Lurton Vineyards, Imagery Estate Winery, Inman Family Wines, Lasseter Family Winery, Laurel Glen Vineyard, Mascarin Family Wines, Merriam Vineyards, Mill Creek Vineyards, Muscardini Cellars, Portalupi Wine, Ridge Vineyards, Rodney Strong Vineyards, ROWEN Wine Company, St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, Three Sticks Wines, Trentadue Winery, and more!

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Stuck In LODI With Randy & Mark On THE VARIETAL SHOW!

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It’s been a minute since our last YouTube content of THE VARIETAL SHOW, with lots of interim shorts on Instagram, but never fear, we will always be back!

Kicking things off we celebrate the accomplishments of Lodi Wine with star wine writer & sommelier Randy Caparoso and former Lodi Mayor and Wine Commission Director Mark Chandler! Together we share wines from Birichino, Ironstone & St. Amant.

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