Register Now!Advance tickets: $20; At the door: $25
Please note: a PayPal account is NOT required to purchase tickets. Vinoteca complimentary tasting passes, or other offers, are not valid for this event.
SO.... WHAT'S TO EAT?
We want to tempt your palate with food, not just wine!
ROASTED CHICKPEAS – 3 WAYS
Black Salt & White Pepper
Curried Sea Salt
Rosemary & Sage
CHEESE, PLEASE!
A cheese and antipasti platter with the usual suspects for accompaniments
FANCY SAMMIES – 3 WAYS
Swiss Cheese & Caramelized Onion Crostini
Baked Feta with Kale Pesto Baguette
BBQ Sliders, Carolinas Style (Eastern)
JUST MOO’IN FOR THE CARNIVORES: MEATBALLS – 3 WAYS
Greek Meatballs with Roasted Red Pepper & Mint
Teriyaki Meatballs with Basil & Lime
Traditional Tomato Sauce Meatballs – the kind your mamma makes!
JUST VEGGIN’ FOR THE GREENIES
Traditional Crudité Platter
Quinoa Salad with Sundried Tomatoes, Lemon Marinated Artichokes & Rosemary Olives
Brie & Arugula Bites with Sliced Apples and Sweet Balsamic Chutney
SOMETHING SWEET – YES, PLEASE!
Homemade Cookies (Say No to Store Bought!): Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodle & Peanut Butter
Godiva Dark Chocolate Brownies – with and without Walnuts; with a Dream Puff Center
Cinnamon Spice Cheesecake
We invite you to join us at Vinify, the state-of-the-art winemaking facility we are proud to call home.
On June 22, 12PM - 4PM, we will open our doors for this rare opportunity to taste and purchase very limited production wines. Joining your Vinoteca favorites are 10 additional very small production vintners that hand-make their wines here.
TASTE FROM 15 SMALL PRODUCTION WINERIES!
Advance tickets are $20 ($25 at the door).
Your ticket price includes:
Special tastings from 15 limited-production wineries,
meeting the winemakers,
a commemorative wine glass (improved from last year!)
and delicious nibbles (and then some!)
SCHEDULED TO POUR:
Argot Wines • Baker Lane Vineyards • Bjornstad Cellars • Calluna Vineyards Couloir Wines & Straight Line Wine • Cowan Cellars • Desmond Wines
Frostwatch Vineyard & Winery • Lattanzio Wines • Olson Ogden Wines
Pfendler Vineyards • Sojourn Cellars • Super Sonoman Wine
Townley Wines • Westerhold Family Vineyards
PRESS/TRADE: If you are Press/Trade, ticket fees will be waived. For this event, trade tickets are limited to sommeliers, retail and restaurant wine buyers, and wine critics/writers. Please contact info@vinotecataste.com to register - we'd love to have you!
Must be 21 or older. Proof of age will be required upon check-in.
Advance tickets: $20; At the door: $25
Please note: a PayPal account is NOT required to purchase tickets. Vinoteca complimentary tasting passes, or other offers, are not valid for this event.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!
SO.... WHAT WINES ARE WE GOING TO TASTE?
When the wineries let us know what they plan to pour, we'll add them to this list. Check back!
ARGOT WINES
2012 Slang Rosé
2012 "Anonymous" White Wine
2009 "Distance" Red Wine
BAKER LANE VINEYARDS
2012 Rosé, Sonoma Coast
2009 Pinot Noir, Ramondo Vineyard Reserve, Sonoma Coast
2010 Sonoma Coast Cuvée Syrah
2009 Syrah, Estate Vineyard, Sonoma Coast
BJORNSTAD CELLARS
2009 Chardonnay, Sonoma County
2008 Chardonnay, Barbed Oak Vineyard, Bennett Valley
2009 Pinot Noir, Hellenthal Vineyard, Sonoma Coast
2009 Pinot Noir, van der Kamp Vineyard, Sonoma Mountain
CALLUNA VINEYARDS
2010 Calluna Vineyard Cuvée, Chalk Hill
2010 Merlot "Aux Raynauds", Chalk Hill
2009 Calluna Estate, Chalk Hill
COULOIR WINES
2010 Pinot Noir, Roma's Vineyard, Anderson Valley -- 10% OFF LAST-OF-VINTAGE SALE
2011 Pinot Noir, Londer Vineyard, Anderson Valley
2011 Pinot Noir, Monument Tree, Anderson Valley -- rated 93 points by Wine & Spirits Magazine
COWAN CELLARS – all less than 250 case productions
2012 Sauvignon Blanc, Lake County
2012 Rosé, North Coast
2010 Isa (skin-fermented white wine)
2010 Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
DESMOND WINES
Desmond will be tasting a vertical of their Estate Grown Pinot Noirs!
2009 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
2010 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
2011 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
FROSTWATCH VINEYARD & WINERY
All new releases!
2012 Kismet (Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon), Bennett Valley
2011 Chardonnay, Bennett Valley
2011 Pinot Noir, Bennett Valley
LATTANZIO WINES
2012 Rosé, Sonoma County
2011 Laura's Cuvée (Rousanne/Marsanne), Russian River Valley
2011 Pinot Noir, Celia's Cuvée, Russian River Valley
2011 Pinot Noir, Umino Vineyard, Sonoma Coast
OLSON OGDEN WINES
2008 Syrah, Unti Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley -- rated 90 points!
2009 Pinot Noir, Manchester Ridge Vineyard, Mendocino -- rated 92 points!
2009 Syrah, Alder Springs Vineyard, Mendocino -- rated 92+ points!
2009 Milla's Blend, North Coast -- rated 92 points!
PFENDLER VINEYARDS
2011 Pfendler Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast -- rated 91 points!
2011 Pfendler Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast -- rated 94 points!
STRAIGHT LINE WINE
2011 Sauvignon Blanc
2011 Tempranillo -- rated 90 points by Wine & Spirits Magazine!
2011 Syrah
TOWNLEY WINES
2010 Chardonnay, Alder Springs Vineyard, Mendocino
2010 Pinot Noir, La Encantada Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills
2008 Cabernet Sauvignon, The Shizzle, Napa Valley -- rated 90 points!
WESTERHOLD FAMILY VINEYARDS
2009 Syrah, Bennett Valley
These wines are the current plan; subject to change