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What's Happening: Wine Country

What's Happening: Wine Country
Things To Do: Dark and Delicious, it’s about Petite Sirah
by Chris Wright | 02.18.10 | Comment
Things To Do: Dark and Delicious, it’s about Petite Sirah

Do you love Petite Sirah? Rock Wall Wine Company is hosting Dark and Delicious (and not, it’s not about chocolate) in Alameda tomorrow starting at 6pm. It’s your chance to get up and close and personal with the ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
8th Annual Passion for Pinot Noir Summit
by Chris Wright | 02.11.10 | Comment
8th Annual Passion for Pinot Noir Summit

The 8th annual Pinot Noir Summit takes place on Saturday, February 27th. The public is invited to taste 40 of the top Pinot Noirs from over 280 submitted. The attendees will taste over $2,000 worth of wine and ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Fetzer Winery Receives Waste Management Award for Thirteenth Time
by Chris Wright | 01.15.10 | Comment
Fetzer Winery Receives Waste Management Award for Thirteenth Time

Fetzer Winery continues to gain recognition for its dedication to the environment as it was recently recognized by the Waste Reduction Award Program (WRAP) of the California Integrated Waste Management Board for its outstanding achievements in reducing, reusing, ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Seventeenth Annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival A Sensational Season of Food, Wine and Art Events
by Chris Wright | 01.11.10 | Comment
Seventeenth Annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival A Sensational Season of Food, Wine and  Art Events

The 17th annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival will burst into bloom in January of 2010. The Festival’s line up of stellar events, January 30 through March 27, takes place when wild mustard blooms in the vineyards, offering visitors ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Winemaker Joel Aiken Launches Wine Consulting Company
by Chris Wright | 01.08.10 | Comment
Winemaker Joel Aiken Launches Wine Consulting Company

Internationally known winemaker, Joel Aiken, has left the position of Vice President of Winemaking at the world-renowned Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) in Napa Valley to begin working as a consulting winemaker. Aiken is well known for producing award winning ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Public Grand Tasting – Top 100 Cabs of the Napa Valley
by Chris Wright | 01.07.10 | Comment
Public Grand Tasting – Top 100 Cabs of the Napa Valley

Join us as we taste the judges choices for the “Best of the Best” Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley at Napa’s top restaurant, Bayleaf Restaurant on Saturday, February 13, 2010, from 3 to 6pm.

Meet winery owners and winemakers ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
2nd annual green wine summit concludes with call for sustained wine industry leadership in green innovation, water management
by Chris Wright | 12.04.09 | Comment

Sessions Provide Roadmap for Successful Green Leadership and Profitability in the Next Decade

The second annual Green Wine Summit (GWS) ended on a high note yesterday, with more than 300 wine industry leaders converging to learn about new resources ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Napa B&B Tour & Taste Event, December 5
by Chris Wright | 11.21.09 | Comment
Napa B&B Tour & Taste Event, December 5

December 5, 2009 from 2pm-6pm

Join us in historic downtown Napa. Visit our Bed and Breakfast Inns, festively decorated for this special holiday season. Each inn will host a wine reception featuring a premier Napa Valley winery, paired with ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
“The First Sip – Celebrating Lodi’s New Vintage” on November 14 & 15
by Chris Wright | 11.13.09 | Comment
“The First Sip – Celebrating Lodi’s New Vintage” on November 14 & 15

Lodi Wine Country vintners are inviting wine enthusiasts to enjoy the fruits of their labor at “The First Sip – Celebrating Lodi’s New Vintage” on Saturday and Sunday, November 14 & 15, 2009.

Attendees will enjoy mingling with the ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Napa Valley Cycling & Wine Harvest Extravaganza, November 7, to Benefit the American Brain Tumor Association
by Chris Wright | 11.02.09 | Comment
Napa Valley Cycling & Wine Harvest Extravaganza, November 7, to Benefit the American Brain Tumor Association

On November 7th the Kovarus Cycling Team will be holding a Wine Harvest Extravaganza thru Napa Valley. This event will begin at the Alpha Omega Winery and continue through the Pope Valley in Napa and ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards Wins Diablo Food Award
by Chris Wright | 10.26.09 | Comment
The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards Wins Diablo Food Award

Bay Area food lovers and Diablo Magazine judges have once again honored The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards with a Diablo Food Award, in recognition of its local, sustainable wine country fare. The award distinguishes the Livermore Valley restaurant ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Pinot on the River: October 25, 2009
by Chris Wright | 10.19.09 | Comment
Pinot on the River: October 25, 2009

Pinot On The River is a full-immersion weekend of Pinot Noir, featuring a full program of in-depth tastings and seminars, vineyard tours and sumptuous food. Sit with the winemakers and other Pinot-loving consumers as we focus on highly-allocated, ...

What's Happening: Wine Country
Washington Winemakers ROCK Palace Ballroom
by Chris Wright | 10.12.09 | Comment
Washington Winemakers ROCK Palace Ballroom

Featuring Chris Ballew (Of the Presidents of the

United States of America and Casper Babypants)

SEATTLE – Oct. ...