June Wine Mingle & Taste-off in support of PAIRINGS
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Tasting fee: $15.00/per person
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When we first started holding our mini "consumer competitiions" in the summer of 2007, Pam Lintner, the head of the SF Office of Schlesinger Associates, a market research firm, graciously hosted our gatherings.
Back then each participant brought six glasses or bought our official glasses and compared wines much like professional judges. Gradually though members wanted to interact more while sipping, so we started our walk around format which we'll follow this evening.
After a four year stint in the Chicago office, Pam is back in town and has again graciously offered to allow a lmited number of members to use one of their focus group rooms. The office is close to the Embarcadero BART station with parking on the street after towaway or in the Embarcadero Center garages.
We will feature wines principally from Mendocino and a few other regions where the producers have agreed to participate in our PAIRINGS (click this link to learn more) fundraising program (wine.coop has proven much too challenging to create with the state requirements. I don't have the timeline.) Please do visit the PAIRINGS website.
As I write each time, our monthly mingles seek to offer occasions for people to socialize over new and different wine styles and flavors. Why nurse a glass of a single varietal or be limited to a flight of three wines at a high-markup wine bar when for the same amount of money you can enjoy and evaluate a range of wines while strolling around the room meeting new people and snacking on various nibbles?
Following our cabfest methodology, we will have 'ballot boxes' which allow you to pick your favorite(s) using five tickets which can all be placed in one box or at the other extreme, placed in five boxes. We will also auction off some wine.
I hope you can join us, though space is limited. The tasting fee is the usual $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
Launching of wine.coop at a remarkable SF urban winery
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1559 Custer Avenue, San Francisco, CA (map)
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For our inaugural wine.coop event we are featuring the extraordinary new releases, library gems, and barrel samples crafted by Bryan Harrington and presented his spring open house at his winery located in San Francisco's India Basin south of Dogpatch just off of 3rd St., three blocks from a light rail station.
Mr. Harrington's wines have been tasted and evaluated on several occasions over the past several years by members of the Wine Society and have always been especially well received.
The tasting fee is being waived for wine.coop members who will also receive a special 25% discount off with the discount potentially going even lower--"prices drop as more members shop".
The focus of this open house event will be on recently bottled 2012 white wines. Mr. Harrington will be pouring the following wines along with light appetizers.
Fiano Luna Matta Vineyard, Paso Robles, 2 wines, sulfite and no-sulfite
Fiano Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley
Chardonnay Bald Mountain Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains
Muscat Canelli Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley
Pinot Noir SVD wines from Wiley, Stori, Thompson Vineyards
Nebbiolo Luna Matta/Berardo Vineyards, Paso Robles
Negrette Calleri Vineyard, Cienega Valley, barrel sample
Trousseau Siletto Vineyard, Cienega Valley, barrel sample
Teroldego Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley, barrel sample
Charbono Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley, barrel sample
Lagrein Berardo Vineyard, Paso Robles, barrel sample
Carignane Lovers Lane Vineyard, Mendocino, barrel sample
MORE ABOUT THE NEW WHITE WINES
Two 2012 Fianos hail from the organically-farmed Luna Matta Vineyard in Paso Robles; the Terrane version – as always – is bottled without sulfites. Remarkably different wines. Come compare and contrast.
A third '12 Fiano sourced from the Fratelli Vineyard will also be offered. This is the same vineyard source as the 2011 Fiano which roused a bit of a fan base last summer. A rich wine with clear aging potential.
White Burgundy fans will appreciate the new 2012 Chardonnay from Bald Mountain Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The vineyard is situated on a rare limestone outcrop and the effect of the white stony soil is evident in the crisp, lively flavors of this no-oak Chardonnay.
Besides being a source for Fiano, the Fratelli Vineyard has also become one of Bryan's favorite vineyards for “oddities” like Teroldego and Charbono, so he went all-in on a Muscat Canelli as well. A wine with spicy, seductive aromatics, Muscat is one of the oldest and most exotic of the cultivated grapevines. With such beguiling perfume, it is easy to understand why this grape has been around so long
May Mingle at the Marin/ Sonoma Concours d'Elegance
Sunday, May 19th
11:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
We will pick our 'Best of Show' among art on wheels and in the wine glass. We will evaluate a dozen different picnic wines for our annual outing plus some munchies.
We will join the Fifth Annual Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance, as we return to a bygone era when Hollywood set the world’s stage; men were men, women were glamorous and the cars they drove were as dazzling and exciting as the lives they led.
Come see the infamous 1960 Rolls-Royce Cloud ll Drophead Coupe owned by Elizabeth Taylor and purported to have played a significant role in her blossoming affair with Richard Burton.
Picture yourself seated next to Mae West in her 1934 Duesenberg J-370sharing a laugh about how “when you’re bad, you’re better.” Imagine Jean Harlow driving her 1932 Packard 903 Sport Phaeton, wind in her hair, a winsome smile on her face or Dick Clark, listening to the latest Top 40 hit on the radio of his 1966 Cord 8/10 Sportsmen.
Featured vehicles for 2013:
- Vintage automobiles formerly owned by Hollywood Legends
- Modern bespoke automobiles from local avant-garde designer Steve Moal
- Corvette Sting Ray in celebration of the 50th Anniversary
- Lamborghini in celebration of the 50th Anniversary
- Japanese Manufacture
- Vintage Italian motorcycles
- Classic wood cars and station wagons
- Vintage campers and trailers
Second Annual Concours Couture Awards and dress etiquette:
For both ladies and gentleman, this year’s Concours attire is unequivocally about the hat. Large, small, floral, fantastic – no matter your preference the hat is a sensational accessory to mark the importance of the occasion. Encouraged dress is‘garden party attire’ – elegant blazers, vibrant ties, sweaters and slacks for the men; sundresses with weather appropriate sweaters, jackets and gloves for the women. On the day of the event, Concours Couture Awards will be presented for Best Hat, Best Ensemble, Best Dressed Coupleand Best Period Ensemble.
General Admission to Concours: $20 ~ Wine Tasting: $15 plus processing fee. Limited to 15 who prepay.
To purchase tickets to the Concours please click here. For the tasting click below (disregard shipping box, just bring receipt):
Picnic wines tasting
1/2 Off to Uncorked! Tasting at Ghiradelli Square
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...Food and wine lovers will gather at the historic Ghirardelli Square to enjoy wines from more than 50 top-tier wineries, live entertainment, and cooking demonstrations by top San Francisco chefs. Just added, Food Truck Court on Beach Street!
Uncorked! has once again partnered with local nonprofit organization,Save The Bay, and will donate a portion of proceeds raised from ticket sales to support the organization’s efforts to protect, restore, and celebrate the San Francisco Bay.
Tickets cost is normally $50.00 to participate in wine tasting. Ghiradelli Square management is extending to members of the Bay Area Wine Society/wine.coop a limited number of 1/2 off tix. RSVP at http://ghirardellisquareuncorked.eventbrite.com/ and enter the promotional code BAYAREAWINESOCIETY.
Here is a partial list of wine and food purveyors
Alexander Valley Vineyards
Berryessa Gap
Calstar Cellars
Canoe Ridge Vineyard
Capay Valley Vineyards
Concannon Vineyard
Cornerstone Cellars
D & L Carinalli Vineyards
Darms Lane
Dashe Cellars
De Novo Wines
Dogwood Cellars
Dutcher Crossing Winery
Ellipsis Wine Company
Fenestra Winery
Frey Vineyards
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghost Pines
Hannah Nicole Vineyards
Julie LePla Winery
Longboard Vineyards
Louis M. Martini
Martin Ray Winery
Matchbook Winery
McGrail Vineyards and Winery
Moreno BHLB Sparkling Wine
Mutt Lynch Winery
Navarro Vineyards
Quady Winery
Roadhouse Winery
Robert Mondavi Winery
Rockwall Wine Company
Rosa D’Oro Vineyards
Route 3 Wines
Sanel Valley Vineyards
Séka Hills Winerey
Simas Family Vineyard
Six Sigma Ranch and Winery
Skinner Vineyards
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
Spicy Vines Spiced Wine
Steven Kent Portfolio
Taproot Wines
Terra Savia Organic Wines
The Bubble Lounge San Francisco
The Winery SF
TR Elliott
Turkovich Family Wines
White Oak Vineyards
wine.coop
Donfino Cheese
Farm Fresh to You
Fins on the Hoof Gastrotruck
Ghirardelli Chocolate
Kind Snacks
Repicci's Italian Ice of the East Bay
The Melt Bus
Ultimate Kitchen Grater from Italy
Vita Coco
The Wine Xchg
3g Designs
Alex & Ani
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Tasting fee: $15.00/per person
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When we first started holding our mini "consumer competitiions" in the summer of 2007, Pam Lintner, the head of the SF Office of Schlesinger Associates, a market research firm, graciously hosted our gatherings.
Back then each participant brought six glasses or bought our official glasses and compared wines much like professional judges. Gradually though members wanted to interact more while sipping, so we started our walk around format which we'll follow this evening.After a four year stint in the Chicago office, Pam is back in town and has again graciously offered to allow a lmited number of members to use one of their focus group rooms. The office is close to the Embarcadero BART station with parking on the street after towaway or in the Embarcadero Center garages.
We will feature wines principally from Mendocino and a few other regions where the producers have agreed to participate in our PAIRINGS (click this link to learn more) fundraising program (wine.coop has proven much too challenging to create with the state requirements. I don't have the timeline.) Please do visit the PAIRINGS website.As I write each time, our monthly mingles seek to offer occasions for people to socialize over new and different wine styles and flavors. Why nurse a glass of a single varietal or be limited to a flight of three wines at a high-markup wine bar when for the same amount of money you can enjoy and evaluate a range of wines while strolling around the room meeting new people and snacking on various nibbles?
Following our cabfest methodology, we will have 'ballot boxes' which allow you to pick your favorite(s) using five tickets which can all be placed in one box or at the other extreme, placed in five boxes. We will also auction off some wine.I hope you can join us, though space is limited. The tasting fee is the usual $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
Launching of wine.coop at a remarkable SF urban winery
-
-
1559 Custer Avenue, San Francisco, CA (map)
-
For our inaugural wine.coop event we are featuring the extraordinary new releases, library gems, and barrel samples crafted by Bryan Harrington and presented his spring open house at his winery located in San Francisco's India Basin south of Dogpatch just off of 3rd St., three blocks from a light rail station.
Mr. Harrington's wines have been tasted and evaluated on several occasions over the past several years by members of the Wine Society and have always been especially well received.
The tasting fee is being waived for wine.coop members who will also receive a special 25% discount off with the discount potentially going even lower--"prices drop as more members shop".
The focus of this open house event will be on recently bottled 2012 white wines. Mr. Harrington will be pouring the following wines along with light appetizers.
Fiano Luna Matta Vineyard, Paso Robles, 2 wines, sulfite and no-sulfite
Fiano Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley
Chardonnay Bald Mountain Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains
Muscat Canelli Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley
Pinot Noir SVD wines from Wiley, Stori, Thompson Vineyards
Nebbiolo Luna Matta/Berardo Vineyards, Paso Robles
Negrette Calleri Vineyard, Cienega Valley, barrel sample
Trousseau Siletto Vineyard, Cienega Valley, barrel sample
Teroldego Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley, barrel sample
Charbono Fratelli Vineyard, Santa Clara Valley, barrel sample
Lagrein Berardo Vineyard, Paso Robles, barrel sample
Carignane Lovers Lane Vineyard, Mendocino, barrel sample
MORE ABOUT THE NEW WHITE WINES
Two 2012 Fianos hail from the organically-farmed Luna Matta Vineyard in Paso Robles; the Terrane version – as always – is bottled without sulfites. Remarkably different wines. Come compare and contrast.
A third '12 Fiano sourced from the Fratelli Vineyard will also be offered. This is the same vineyard source as the 2011 Fiano which roused a bit of a fan base last summer. A rich wine with clear aging potential.
White Burgundy fans will appreciate the new 2012 Chardonnay from Bald Mountain Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The vineyard is situated on a rare limestone outcrop and the effect of the white stony soil is evident in the crisp, lively flavors of this no-oak Chardonnay.
Besides being a source for Fiano, the Fratelli Vineyard has also become one of Bryan's favorite vineyards for “oddities” like Teroldego and Charbono, so he went all-in on a Muscat Canelli as well. A wine with spicy, seductive aromatics, Muscat is one of the oldest and most exotic of the cultivated grapevines. With such beguiling perfume, it is easy to understand why this grape has been around so long
May Mingle at the Marin/ Sonoma Concours d'Elegance
Sunday, May 19th
11:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
We will pick our 'Best of Show' among art on wheels and in the wine glass. We will evaluate a dozen different picnic wines for our annual outing plus some munchies.
We will join the Fifth Annual Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance, as we return to a bygone era when Hollywood set the world’s stage; men were men, women were glamorous and the cars they drove were as dazzling and exciting as the lives they led.
Come see the infamous 1960 Rolls-Royce Cloud ll Drophead Coupe owned by Elizabeth Taylor and purported to have played a significant role in her blossoming affair with Richard Burton.
Picture yourself seated next to Mae West in her 1934 Duesenberg J-370sharing a laugh about how “when you’re bad, you’re better.” Imagine Jean Harlow driving her 1932 Packard 903 Sport Phaeton, wind in her hair, a winsome smile on her face or Dick Clark, listening to the latest Top 40 hit on the radio of his 1966 Cord 8/10 Sportsmen.
Featured vehicles for 2013:
- Vintage automobiles formerly owned by Hollywood Legends
- Modern bespoke automobiles from local avant-garde designer Steve Moal
- Corvette Sting Ray in celebration of the 50th Anniversary
- Lamborghini in celebration of the 50th Anniversary
- Japanese Manufacture
- Vintage Italian motorcycles
- Classic wood cars and station wagons
- Vintage campers and trailers
Second Annual Concours Couture Awards and dress etiquette:
For both ladies and gentleman, this year’s Concours attire is unequivocally about the hat. Large, small, floral, fantastic – no matter your preference the hat is a sensational accessory to mark the importance of the occasion. Encouraged dress is‘garden party attire’ – elegant blazers, vibrant ties, sweaters and slacks for the men; sundresses with weather appropriate sweaters, jackets and gloves for the women. On the day of the event, Concours Couture Awards will be presented for Best Hat, Best Ensemble, Best Dressed Coupleand Best Period Ensemble.
General Admission to Concours: $20 ~ Wine Tasting: $15 plus processing fee. Limited to 15 who prepay.
To purchase tickets to the Concours please click here. For the tasting click below (disregard shipping box, just bring receipt):
Picnic wines tasting
1/2 Off to Uncorked! Tasting at Ghiradelli Square-
-
...Food and wine lovers will gather at the historic Ghirardelli Square to enjoy wines from more than 50 top-tier wineries, live entertainment, and cooking demonstrations by top San Francisco chefs. Just added, Food Truck Court on Beach Street!
Uncorked! has once again partnered with local nonprofit organization,Save The Bay, and will donate a portion of proceeds raised from ticket sales to support the organization’s efforts to protect, restore, and celebrate the San Francisco Bay.
Tickets cost is normally $50.00 to participate in wine tasting. Ghiradelli Square management is extending to members of the Bay Area Wine Society/wine.coop a limited number of 1/2 off tix. RSVP at http://ghirardellisquareuncorked.eventbrite.com/ and enter the promotional code BAYAREAWINESOCIETY.
Here is a partial list of wine and food purveyors
Alexander Valley Vineyards
Berryessa Gap
Calstar Cellars
Canoe Ridge Vineyard
Capay Valley Vineyards
Concannon Vineyard
Cornerstone Cellars
D & L Carinalli Vineyards
Darms Lane
Dashe Cellars
De Novo Wines
Dogwood Cellars
Dutcher Crossing Winery
Ellipsis Wine Company
Fenestra Winery
Frey Vineyards
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghost Pines
Hannah Nicole Vineyards
Julie LePla Winery
Longboard Vineyards
Louis M. Martini
Martin Ray Winery
Matchbook Winery
McGrail Vineyards and Winery
Moreno BHLB Sparkling Wine
Mutt Lynch Winery
Navarro Vineyards
Quady Winery
Roadhouse Winery
Robert Mondavi Winery
Rockwall Wine Company
Rosa D’Oro Vineyards
Route 3 Wines
Sanel Valley Vineyards
Séka Hills Winerey
Simas Family Vineyard
Six Sigma Ranch and Winery
Skinner Vineyards
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
Spicy Vines Spiced Wine
Steven Kent Portfolio
Taproot Wines
Terra Savia Organic Wines
The Bubble Lounge San Francisco
The Winery SF
TR Elliott
Turkovich Family Wines
White Oak Vineyards
wine.coop
Donfino Cheese
Farm Fresh to You
Fins on the Hoof Gastrotruck
Ghirardelli Chocolate
Kind Snacks
Repicci's Italian Ice of the East Bay
The Melt Bus
Ultimate Kitchen Grater from Italy
Vita Coco
The Wine Xchg
3g Designs
Alex & Ani
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