Here are the events that we recommend for this weekend and beyond.  Click on the title of an event to visit that event’s web site.

California

San Francisco

Uncorked! Wine Festival: May 17, 1 - 6 p.m. at Ghirardelli Square; see list of participating wineries by clicking here; tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the festival.  Two free […]

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We were in the mood for something different when we purchased the Olaia Dehesa de Rubiales 2004, and different is certainly what we ended up with.  This wine bears very little resemblance to any of the others we’ve reviewed previously.
The Olaia is composed mostly of Prieto Picudo (50%) – a darkly colored, nearly extinct grape that is grown almost exclusively in Spain and […]

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We celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary last year at the Raccoon Cottage (for more information, see our posting entitled “Travel Itinerary: Russian River Valley” from a couple of months ago), in Sebastopol, California, with our two-month old son.   After enjoying a romantic dinner in nearby Graton, as our baby boy slept peacefully on our laps, we spent a sleepless night […]

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What we liked so much about the Domaine Séguinot-Bordet Chablis Reserve Sainte Victoire 2006 was that it really was vastly different from any of the other Chardonnays that we’ve reviewed throughout the last few months.  The nose consisted of pears and green apples and had the unmistakable, minerally scent of stone — i.e., like the smell of a wet chalkboard slate – and […]

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Thanks to reader input, here’s another event to add to last night’s posting: 

Oregon

Portland

Portland Indie Wine Festival Grand Tasting: May 3 & 4, 3 - 6 p.m. at Urban Wineworks and Chown Garage; see list of participating wineries by clicking here; tickets for Grand Tasting are $60 per person for either Saturday or Sunday, or $100 for both days (click here […]

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