David Wilson, host of Grape Encounters Radio, takes some time to virtually visit Italy with Piero Pavone, founder of Vinum Hadrianum, a winery on the eastern central coast of Italy that is breathing new life into an ancient Roman form of winemaking.
He then rejoins the U.S. with ME to discuss the pandemic effects on the wine and food industry and pontification of what the future might look like! LISTEN UP!
Grape Encounters Episode #566 – A Huge Step Forward in Sonoma and a Huge Step Back in Italy!
Anything can happen in the Sawyer Somm Cellar, and a special visit from The Nerd Stalker Adolfo Foronda was the most recent mix-it-up with tasty wines from Chappellet, Duckhorn, J. Lohr, Scott Harvey and more, on latest episode of The Varietal Show!
Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my You Tube Channel for each weekly episode on Tuesdays at 12:30pm.
Missing those Southern Oregon wines? Well join us for a lively discussion this Thursday June 4th from 6PM – 7PM Pacific, on CellarPass TV with Ross Allen, owner of 2 Hawk Vineyard & Winery!
Be sure to join CP TV each week, Thursdays 6-7pm, for interviews with special guests from the wine industry & beyond!
Save the Date and register for this upcoming online event series, the inaugural LEGENDS Masterclass, a Vineyard Seminar and Wine Tasting Series beginning June 4, 2020. This special VINOUS Live Webinar will showcase six renowned vineyard sites of the Moon Mountain District.
Guests of the Masterclass will be the first to engage with the Moon Mountain District Vineyard Map, created as part of a major partnership with Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers and VINOUS to comprehensively map the vineyards of Sonoma Valley.
LIVE Thursday, June 4 | 5:00 PM (PST) | via Zoom No purchase necessary to participate! REGISTER HERE
You will receive an email confirmation with detailed instructions and credentials to access this special educational webinar. To enhance your experience, order theMoon Mountain District Tasting Kit. See participating wineries below.
Phil Coturri | Viticulturist Antonio Galloni | VINOUS | Moderator
FEATURED VINEYARDS: B. Wise Vineyards, Kamen Estate Vineyard, Moon Mountain Vineyard, Simons Vineyard, Silver Cloud Vineyard, Trinity Ridge Vineyard
PANELISTS: B. Wise Vineyards | Brion Wise + Massimo Monticelli, B. Wise Vineyards Kamen Estate Vineyard | Robert Kamen + Mark Herold, Kamen Estate Wines Moon Mountain Vineyard | Jim Momtazee + Erich Bradley, Repris Simons Vineyard | Phil Coturri, Winery Sixteen 600 Silver Cloud Vineyard | Mac McQuown + Jeff Baker, Stone Edge Farm Estate Vineyards & Winery Trinity Ridge Vineyard | John Lasseter + Tony Biagi, Lasseter Family Winery
After long anticipation, given the recent easing of SIP restrictions, it is time to announce that Gravenstein Grill is reopening their Patio as well as beginning Take-Out for dining beginning Wednesday, June 3rd!
While the menu and hours will be slightly limited, they are making sure to bring back everyone’s favorite dishes ASAP! Chef Bob Simontacchi has been hard at work in the kitchen, working on fantastic seasonal dishes featuring ingredients from their amazing local farm partners. Be sure to select a little something from my sip-tacular wine list, and get a little preview here of the OPENING MENU!
New hours will be Wednesday-Sunday, 11:30am-8:30pm (with an hour break between 3pm-4pm), in hopes that if Sonoma County stays safe and continues to show positive signs of recovery, that hours and menu can be expanded as soon as it is safe to do so.
Gravenstein Grill is fortunate in that they have a large open patio where people can dine in the fresh air of West Sonoma County, at 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. They are also debuting online ordering beginning June 3rd, at www.gravensteingrill.com. You will be able to pre-pay, and pick up the food with minimal interaction.
And another winery guest on my weekly The Varietal Show, with a special physically, but not socially, distanced visitor at Gravenstein Grill –Jeff Cohn!
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From up in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California, my good friend and winemaker Scott Harvey was featured on CellarPass TV earlier this month! Enjoy this episode and subscribe on the CP TV You Tube channel for more coming in the month of June and beyond! Cheers, Christopher
Last month CellarPass TV had a virtual visit with ME, J Vineyards & Winery‘s own winemaker, Nicole Hitchcock, Chef Frank Miller and designer Raffi Minasian. Get a glass of J and enjoy!
Next up a talk with John Bambury on SawyerSomm’s The Varietal Show! He talks about the charming chardonnays of Bonneau & Egret Wines. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my You Tube Channel for each weekly episode on Tuesdays at 12:30pm.
This week on CellarPass TV we mix it up with something a little different, just a Monday broadcast, from 6PM – 7PM Pacific, but back the following week for Monday & Thursday. Each features interviews with special guests from the wine industry & beyond: I am a featured guest alongside the following notables. . .
