Category Archives: Sommelier

Festivals, Food, Sommelier, Tasting, Travels, Wine

Santa Barbara Vintners Festival this week, April 23-26

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The Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend and Festival is nearly here and tickets are almost sold out for the Friday night Vintage Party and Saturday morning wine seminar.

FRIDAY NIGHT VINTAGE PARTY

First join me at the Vintage Party, a traditional La Paulee style dinner hosted by the Santa Barbara Vintners and Mattei’s Tavern to welcome Spring Weekend visitors to Santa Barbara Wine Country on the evening before the Festival. In the La Paulee tradition, attendees will bring their favorite Vintage 2009 or older wine from Santa Barbara County or beyond to share.

THE SANTA BARBARA WINE SEMINAR

Next I will be moderating this engaging wine seminar on Saturday morning before the Festival at the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott. This year it will feature winemakers whose wine careers were influenced by their time working at Zaca Mesa. SBvint2

Sommelier, Tasting, Wine

Sawyer Sommelier Wine Tours with Pure Luxury Transportation

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Want me to join your group for a specialized Napa or Sonoma wine tasting extravaganza?  Now you can book it with Pure Luxury Transportation, the exclusive transportation venue to enjoy an extravagant Wine Country adventure!

This adventure offers the opportunity to have me answer your questions about wine, grape varieties, winemaking techniques, and the historic winegrowing regions of Northern California’s Napa and Sonoma Wine Country. This memorable experience would features special guests along the way including winemakers and winery proprietors.

Call 1-800-626-5466 to reserve your Exclusive Sommelier Tour by Pure Luxury.

Awards, news, Sommelier

2nd Year Honor! Bohemian Best Sommelier of the North Bay

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I was very surprised last year to be honored with the title Best Sommelier of the North Bay 2014 by Bohemian Magazine.  I am even more so now, having the same honor bestowed upon me for a second time in 2015, after branching out on my own, unaware so many people are still appreciative of my contribution.

NBB2015_BestOfNorthBayLogoColorTHANK YOU to everyone that voted for me!  Your support has made the transition to private consulting so amazing and enjoyable.

Cheers!  Christopher

Event, Sommelier, Wine

ZAP Event Wrap-Up 2015: Read it in The Tasting Panel

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Catch this great article in the March edition of The Tasting Panel by my friend Randy Caparoso about The Zinfandel Experience 2015.

In it he poses the question Is Zinfandel on a new paradigm shift, more appealing to sommeliers?   See what other sommeliers, wine makers and I had to say after doing the Sommelier & Terroir Workshops at the Golden Gate Club, sponsored by The Somm Journal.

Download the PDF here to find out more:TP_1503-1300-TransparentWhite-1