My apologies. Am a little dinged up from a night out at RN74. I will have a much more entertaining intro to next week’s wine events post.
Now for some more coffee.
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Tues., Jan. 17: Italian Wine Tasting @ Biondivino (Russian Hill)
Biondivino
1415 Green Street
San Francisco, CA
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – $10
I can’t wait till Biondivino’s Ceri Smith opens up her new enoteca. Until then, I am more than happy to settle for her always entertaining wine tastings. Tonight, 4 wineries, 3 regions, 3 winemakers from the North Berkeley Wine Import portfolio. Here’s the skinny:
Ca Vittoria (Winemaker; Cristina Bruniera) – Prosecco, Veneto
NV Ca Vittoria Brut Rose – $19.
NV Ca Vittoria Prosecco Brut – Conegliano Valdobbiadene $19.
Alberice – Friuli Venezia Giulia
2010 Alberice Malvasia Friuli – $18.
2010 Alberice Friulano Friuli – $18.
2008 Alberice Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Friuli $18.
Fattoria Nicodemi (Winemaker: Elena Nicodemi) – Abruzzo
2010 Nicodemi Terrana Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – $14.
2009 Nicodemi Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – $17.
2008 Nicodemi Notari Rosso Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – $28.
2006 Nicodemi Neromoro Riserva – $49.
Dama del Rovere (Massimo Pra) – Soave, Veneto
2009 Dama del Rovere Spinaje Bianco Veneto IGT – $27.
2010 Dama del Rovere Brenton Lessini Durello Brut – $19.
2010 Dama del Rovere Tremenalto Soave Classico – $15.
ALSO – Ceri could use some additional support for her new establishment prior to her February 2 SF Planning Commission hearing. Please consider sending an email to Kevin.Guy@SFGOV.org and include the following information in the subject line: Re 2255 Polk Street – Case No: 2011.1233C.
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Tues., Jan. 17: French Wine Producer Dinner @ RN74 (SoMa)
RN74
301 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm – Three Courses w/ Wine for $195 (not incl. tax & service)
North Berkeley Wine is bringing three producers from wineries intheir portfolio, Frederic Magnien (Burguny), Bruno Gaspard of Le Clos du Caillou (Chateauneuf du Pape) an Pierre Gaillard (No. Rhone). Nine wines, three courses.
RSVP to jpark@minagroup.net
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Thurs., Jan. 19: Terry Theise Tasting @ Arlequin (Hayes Valley)
Arlequin Wine Merchants
384 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA
6:00pm – 8:00pm – $20
One of the wine industry’s most engaging personalities and most spirited writers, Terry Theis, will be pouring German and Austrian wine. As you may know, Theise is one of the major proponents of grower champagnes, and he’ll be pouring some bubbly wine, too. I’ll update this post with a list of wines being poured when that information becomes available. UPDATE: Ze list of wines being poured:
NV Jean Milan ‘Special’ Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne
NV Pierre Peters Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne
NV Rene Geoffroy Brut Rose Champagne
2010 Donhoff ‘Estate’ Riesling QbA
2010 Donhoff Oberhauser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett
2009 Hirsch ‘Zobing’ Riesling
2010 Leitz ‘Dragonstone’ Riesling
2009 Weingut Brundlmayer ‘Alte Reben’ Gruner Veltliner
2006 Nigl Privat Gruner Veltliner (from magnum)
2010 Weingut Brundlmayer Rose Zweigelt
For an entertaining and informative read, download a copy of Terry’s catalogs.
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Sat., Jan. 21: Burgundy Tasting at SF Wine Trading Co. (Bernal)
San Francisco Wine Trading Co.
250 Taraval
San Francisco, CA
2:00pm – 5:30pm – $10
There’s a good number of Burgundy tastings and events coming up over the next few weeks, all leading up to the big Burg-hound gathering of the year, La Paulée de San Francisco. (More on that in an upcoming post). On Saturday, SF Wine Trading Company will be opening bottles from wine-critic endorsed 2009 vintage (note: there’s a bit of a debate whether or not these wines are worth all the hype. If you stop by the tasting, let me know what you think — too ripe, or just right?).
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LOOKING AHEAD
Sat., Feb. 4: Wine and Wishes @ CityView Metreon (SoMa)
CityView Metreon
101 4th Street
San Francisco, CA
5:00pm – 7:30pm – Gourmet Tasting – $150
7:30pm – 11:00pm – Winemaker Dinner – $350
Tickets available here.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Francisco’s annual fundraiser brings together some of California’s most noted wineries and Bay Area Restaurants for a fun-filled evening. You’ll recognize many of the names who will be serving at the Grand Tasting: Merry Edwards Winery, Williams Selyem, Barbacco, Epic Roasthouse, and The Slanted Door, to name a few. Full list here. I was lucky enough to attend the tasting last year and had a lot of fun. And if you stick around for dinner, there are plenty of top notch somms who will be pouring, including Paul Einbund of Frances, Shelley Lindgren of A16, and Christie Dufault of RN74.
NOTE – Tablehopper has a 10% discount code for tickets to the Gourmet Tasting.
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