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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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A Visit With Mohr-Fry Ranches on THE VARIETAL SHOW

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Stuck in Lodi again? HELL yeah!Join THE VARIETAL SHOW for this special visit with Mohr-Fry Ranches, recently awarded 2025 Vineyard of the Year by California State Fair for  “Marian’s Vineyard”. We discuss gnarly old Zinfandel vines, the amazing Fry family who care for this famous vineyard planted in 1901, and a collection of seven other wonderful old Zinfandel plantings.

Joining us are my great friends Lodi Mayor Emeritus Mark Chandler, Stuart Spencer of St. Amant Winery (whose family has worked with the precious fruit from this historic vineyard for over three decades), and Fry family father Jerry, son Bruce and granddaughter Morgan (holding my camera).

Event, Sommelier, Sonoma County Vintners, Tasting, Travels, Varietal, Video, Virtual, Vlog, Wine

Happy New Year from SawyerSomm!

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Hey everyone, just want to say THANKS for joining in on my adventures and CHEERS to more fun in 2025!

To start, more Sonoma County Vintners Pour & Explore tastings coming throughout the year! First up will be Cabernet Sauvignon on February 13 at Rodney Strong, ticketing information coming soon so STAY TUNED.

And did you reserve a spot on the Breathless River Cruise this coming July? Just a few spots left, here is the LINK to check it out.

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TVS Greets A DANDY WARHOL at Bimbo’s in SF

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Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy this special treat of music, wine and old school fun with Courtney Taylor-Taylor, founding member and frontman of The Dandy Warhols, which is celebrating 30 years, and contributor to the podcast “Wine Acoustics”. We met up in the famous back wine cellar of Bimbo’s 356 Club, before the show in San Francisco, to share some tastes.

THE WINES: Domaine Daniel Bouland, Maison Louis Jadot, Radio-Coteau & Jordon!

THE PODCAST: Wine Acoustics

THE BAND: The Dandy Warhols

THE GIG: Bimbo’s 365 Club

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Covenant Wines On THE VARIETAL SHOW

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After our stint with Winesong in Mendocino, Jeff Morgan joins THE VARIETAL SHOW at Little River Inn, to discuss Covenant Wines. Now based in Berkeley, he has a long and “varietal” history in wine country. We taste these treasures together: 2022 Covenant Solomon Blanc, Sonoma County; 2023 Red C Rose, Lodi; 2023 Landsman Pinot Noir, Carneros.

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Italian Wines With Orsi Family Vineyards On THE VARIETAL SHOW

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In Healdsburg, THE VARIETAL SHOW Talks about brilliant Italian-style wines made in America with Mark Orsi of Orsi Family Vineyards! This is where the Festa Italia took place last month with 30 wineries and over 60 grape varieties. We taste and discuss some of those together: Biancolella d’Ischia, Montepulciano & Schioppettino.

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Having lots of fun at FESTA ITALIA in Healdsburg, on August 30, 2024.
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In P-Town With Lombardi Cellars On THE VARIETAL SHOW

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Abso-freaking-lutely! Tony Lombari is in the Sawyer cellar, of Petaluma fame, where we talk about our shared love and appreciation for the town we call home. THE VARIETAL SHOW tastes his Lombardi Cellars wines; Chardonnay, Martaella Vineyard, 2021 & Pinot Noir, Gap’s Crown Vineyard, 2021. All while discussing the upcoming Sonoma County Wine Celebration (on Sept 19-21) and why #RelationshipsMatter in the wine industry.

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Cormorant Cellars Shares Organic Wines On THE VARIETAL SHOW

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THE VARIETAL SHOW talks about the benefits of natural grapes with Winemaker Charlie Gilmore at Cormorant Cellars. Located in Windsor, it is all about Purity Of Fruit! Taste his wnes along with us: Vermentino, Grenache Blanc, Gamay Noir.

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Going To Goosecross On THE VARIETAL SHOW

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Having a grand ol’ time with Goosecross Proprietor Christi Coors Ficeli & Winemaker Bill Nancarrow at the Yountville winery in Napa Valley! THE VARIETAL SHOW talks about harvest, fowls and the balance of terroir and weather. Taste along with us: 2020 Goosecross State Lane Merlot; 2020 Goosecross State Lane Cabernet Franc; 2019 Goosecross Holly’s Block Cabernet Sauvignon.

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