Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Feb 28, 2005

A Sign of the Wine Times

Premier Napa Valley, a Trade-only auction organized by the Napa Valley vintners, delivered another bit of good news for the wine industry on Saturday. A record $1,459,000 was raised, besting last year’s take by 48%. The real interesting number however is the price per lot that was attained at this year’s auction. Retailers, restaurateurs, wholesalers and others spent an average of $8,842 on 165 lots, an increase of 42% over last year. I don’t think there is any way to…

Feb 24, 2005

Napa Valley’s “OTHER” Auction

Saturday Napa Valley holds its "other" Auction. "Premier Napa Valley" is an auction held mainly for the trade. Restaurateurs, retailers and distributors gather at CIA Greystone and bid on barrels of one-of-kind wines. Wineries duel for the highest price paid for their wines. What kind of wines? 2003 Astrale e Terra Single Vineyard Atlas Peak Cabernet Cakebread 2003 Merlot/Cabernet Franc Blend Domain Chandon 2003 Block 173 Pinot Noir Fife 2003 Spring Mountain Syrah, Petite Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2003…

Feb 23, 2005

America’s Greatest Wine Event

I got my invitation to what might be the best wine event in America. It is, at least, the best wine event I’ve been too in the last 15 years. The International Pinot Noir Celebration (July 29-31) takes place at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. The small, rural town sits in the middle of Oregon Pinot Noir country. It’s quaint. But the gathering that takes place there every summer attracts the most high profile Pinot Noir producers in the world…

Feb 17, 2005

Women In Wine on the Boardwalk

"Women In Wine" ….A benefit to raise funds to combat Breast Cancer April 9th The Borgata, Atlantic City Sponsored by Food & Wine Magazine & The Borgata Viv has all the details. Good Cause. Good Wine. And they spread a lot of different poker games at the Borgata too.

Feb 7, 2005

Wine, War, History and Travel

I don’t think it is any coincidence that those who have great interest in wine also tend to have a bit of the intellectual in them. To embrace the intricacies of wine so fully that you would be willing to ponder the meaning of terroir or the implications of what "greatness" means or even the virtue of hedonistic new world wines versus traditional terroir-driven wines, as wine lovers are want to do, you really do have to be a more…