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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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!!!
Coming up the next Pour + Explore, featuring Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, exclusive wine tasting event on Thursday, November 13, 5:30-7:30pm at Bacchus Landing in Healdsburg, showcasing world-class wines from over 35 wineries from across Sonoma County.
Pair delicious wines with a selection of appetizers by Kristine Gallagher of A Savvy Kitchen; wood-fired pizza from Bacchus Landing, served fresh from their Mugnaini oven; and savory bites from Tsar Nicoulai Caviar and Pt. Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
Featured vintners include the wineries of Bacchus Landing-Aldina Vineyards, Comstock Wines, Convene by Dan Kosta, Dot Wine, Smith Story Cellars, Solo Nostro AS WELL AS Anaba Wines, Arista Winery, Bacigalupi Vineyards, Benovia Winery, Bob Cabral Wines, Bricoleur Vineyards, Brooks Note Wines, Browne Family Wines (Home of CIRQ & CHEV), Bucher Wines, Davis Bynum, Elaine Wines, Foley Family Wines, Gary Farrell Winery, Gloria Ferrer, Innumero Wines, Kanzler Vineyards, Mascarin Family Wines, Panther Ridge, Papapietro Perry Winery, Patz & Hall, Ramey Wine Cellars, Rochioli Vineyards & Winery, Rodney Strong Vineyards, Salty Goats, Small Vines, Sojourn Cellars, St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, Tamber Bey, Ten Acre, Three Sticks Wines & more!
. . . is when a winemaker and a sommelier get together, the conversation always leads back to what’s in the glass.
I join Deepak Gulrajani, founder and winemaker of Nicholson Ranch, to share insights on how the land, the vintage, and the craft all shape their wines! Plan your visit to this amazing vineyard property in Sonoma Valley.
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!!!!
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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THE VARIETAL SHOW is at Hartford Family Winery, talking about the divine history of Zinfandel vines grown in Sonoma County with rockstar winemaker Jeff Stewart, who will be pouring these fab wines with us at the exclusive Sonoma County Vintners Pour & Explore Zinfandel Tasting happening this Thursday, July 10th at St. Francis Winery & Vineyard in Kenwood from 5:30-7:30 PM. More information & TICKETS HERE!
Passionate talk with star winemaker Katie Madigan of St. Francis Winery & Vineyards about the virtues of the legendary Zinfandel grape and the upcoming Pour+Explore bySonoma County Vintners who helped put this grape on the world map!
For TICKETS and more info about this epic ZIN tasting event on Thursday July 10th, visit the SCV website: Katie, the SCV, ZAP members, WDCV and I all hope to see you there!
