I also visited a couple of vintners there who source much of their fruit from other areas although they do buy some local grapes as well – Egan Cellars and Forlorn Hope Wines. I had time for a day-trip after the 2013 crush season was over, and took the opportunity to explore the wines of Solano County Green Valley and Suisun Valley. Along with its neighbor, Suisun Valley – also recognized in 1982 – these two growing regions in Solano County are little-known, yet they both actually border the Napa Valley AVA and share much in common with that famed region. Established one year earlier in 1982, Solano County Green Valley was the original Green Valley AVA in California. There’s the well-known Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA, but that’s not the oldest Green Valley appellation in the state. Most people familiar with California wine know about the wines of Green Valley…or do they? What many don’t realize is that there are not one but two Green Valley wine regions in California. Vezér Family Vineyard / Wasted Grape / Stuessy Cellars Since 2001, and is the assistant winemakerįor both Eno Wines in Berkeley and Harrington Wine in San Francisco. Ken's interest in wine is more than passive, and he'sīeen working at several urban East Bay wineries ![]() Has been touring and tasting wines for nearly 20 years, and has come to love not only the wines, but also the A daughter.A few wine courses through UC Extension in the early '90s, Bay Area architect Ken Zinns developed a serious interest wine. Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers ~ Joseph Mills.A Companion to California Wine ~ Charles Sullivan.Wineries that will be pouring their Dark Petite Sirahs are the following (To Date): Wineriesįoods sponsors will be cooking up a Delicious storm (To Date): Foodies And no parking hassles: There’s a huge lot well staffed by young men who how to direct the traffic. It’s $63.00 a person, which is cheap considering you can eat a bellyful of really good food and drink to your heart’s content. There’s tons of great food provided by local restaurants, and scores of wineries pour their Petite Sirahs (plus there’s usually some additional stuff “under the table”). Wine writer Steve Heimoff has said of this event: Dark & Delicious is one of the more fun events of its kind. Tickets: $63.00 per person ~ Free Parking This gives PS I Love You the ability to donate a portion of the auction proceeds to a deserving charity in the East Bay area.įriday, Febru~ Rock Wall Wine Company in AlamedaĢ301 Monarch St., Suite 30D, Alameda, CA 94501 ![]() The National Pork Board supplies the pork to the foodies, so that our chefs will “Be inspired.” The proof has been in the pudding, as the saying goes, with people leaving at the end of the night very enlightened.įor the Seventh Annual D&D event, PSILY is very pleased to announce that Encore Glass is a Gold Sponsor. It’s the meshing of food and wine, in one very perfect way. …supporting this Seventh Annual Petite Sirah extravaganza.Įach year, the National Pork Board is a major sponsor/contributor to this event, for very a good reason.
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