Without enough members paying in advance for our original date on the 17th, we have moved the program back two weeks.  Please prepay; refunds are offered up to the day before, so there is little risk.
 We seek to offer an occasion for people to get together 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 wine bar when for the same amount of  money you can enjoy a range of wines among walls of art?

Members and guests discounted Early Bird price: $15 + Eventbrite fees  [refunds given up to 5/30];   $20 after 5/24; non members: $25.

Our unique approach is based on the premise that certain special wines have an appeal to a broad range of different palates which rarely please the refined tastes of the wine pros.  We want to offer attendees--who represent a cross section of regular wine drinkers who buy wine to have with their dinner--the opportunity to decide on their preferences.

For those who wish, we hold a taste-off among a selection of wines, using a ballot to rate and rank the samples and picking the "Best of Show".

We have invited several domestic wineries and importers to showcase their own versions of Italian style wines and discuss how they craft such vino.

The wines will be paired with some tasty nibbles, including gourmet rustica pizza with a variety of toppings

We will also auction or raffle off bottles of past featured wines to assist our non profit project PAIRINGS--pairing wine with philanthropy--which among other causes has helped raise funds to help encourage young black girls to get excited about technology, support global cooa farmers, protect Bay quality, and aid the Japanese tsunami victims.

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The change of date requires that we schedule the Golden Gate Bridge exhibit at the California Historical Society, planned for the 17th, for another date, since the CHS is only open late one night a month.