Over 50 Luxury Pinot Noir Producers If you have a fetish for American pinot noir and are near San Francisco this Saturday, November 19, don’t miss the Pinotfest 2011 tasting event. Over 50...
I went to Pinot On The River in Healdsburg to review pinot noir, seriously! But fun and funny was all around. Click below to browse through the album of cute pics of dogs, noteworthy commercial art...
Set at the backside of the leafy Healdsburg plaza, there was a nice selection of over 60 boutique Sonoma wineries serving pinot noir in the $40 range. Pinot On the River 2011 was favored with...
Pinot on the River 2011 will be October 23 at noon. This year this pinot noir tasting event is being held in Healdsburg’s plaza instead of at a hosting winery. About 80 wineries mainly from...
IPNC is the International Pinot Noir Celebration held in McMinnville, Oregon (distant suburb of Portland) near the end of July. We just attended the 25th one, but only the Sunday (July 31)...
A wine event with Paso Robles wines plus snacks for carnivores was too weird to pass up. The American Lamb Association hosted this “Fans of Lamb” event at the scenic Golden Gate Club in the Presidio...
Despite an estimated 1,000 attendees and 220 pinot noir wineries at the June 18 event, the space at Ft. Mason center was large enough that we didn’t feel cramped or rushed during our tasting. ...
San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA wine exhibit) is showing “How Wine Became Modern: Design + Wine 1976 to Now” through April 17. It happens we are members of this museum...
Over the past few years we’ve attended quite a few wine events. On some occasions these have included hors d’oeuvres or even dinner. It looks to us like the trend is to pour as much...
To get ready for Pinot on the River 2011 we reviewed our notes and photos from Pinot on the River 2009. That year, Pinot Report chief Greg Walter put together a three-day symposium before POTR. We...
… or why you should join wine clubs. On August 29 we were blessed to be able to attend a club member appreciation dinner at Lynmar Estate Winery (just outside Santa Rosa). Our hosts, winery...
The Santa Cruz Mountain Winegrowers Association (SCMWA) invites member wineries to pour their pinot noirs the last Sunday of March at the lovely venue of Villa Ragusa in quirky downtown Campbell . ...