by Laura Ness - HerVineNess on September 1, 2010
The Summit Sirens Invite You to Visit This Weekend for a Special Labor Day Event:
“Suddenly Summer on the Summit!”
Enjoy special pricing on the wines of summer, plus live music and food pairings. Weather should be perfect for relaxing outdoors with a bottle of your favorite wine.
The Summit to Sea wineries are open all three days to celebrate the Labor Day holiday:
Burrell School
Loma Prieta
Poetic Cellars
Hunter Hill is open Sat/Sun, but closed on Monday.
Burrell School is offering their lush Chardonnay for $20 per bottle. Stock up for the Indian summer ahead!
Hunter Hill has 2007 Rock ‘n’ Rhone and 2006 Estate Merlot on sale for $10.00 per bottle. Chef Sid is cooking both days and will serving up tri-tip, beans and bread for $10.00, $5.00 for wine tasting.
Loma Prieta is offering the 08 Saveria Pinot (reg $50) on sale for $45, and the 07 Cab (reg $50) on sale for $45.
Poetic Cellars has summer-fresh Chardonnay and Viognier, two for $40, plus small plates of delicious pates and cured meats for pairing, $5 per plate.
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by Laura Ness - HerVineNess on August 29, 2010
What a difference a few times zones makes!
Landing in Chicago on the way east to visit family, the sky descended like a flock of gray doves, the crackling air heralding an approaching thunderstom. On the edge of the Atlantic, at the beach in Ogonquit, Maine, the weather was crazy-stormy, with much-needed rain, and lots of [...]
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by Laura Ness - HerVineNess on August 21, 2010
The Summit to Sea Wineries, Burrell School, Hunter Hill. Loma Prieta, Poetic Cellars and Vine Hill Winery, are all celebrating the food-friendliness of Rhone wines with a “Roamin’ the Rhones” event, Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22nd during normal tasting room hours.
Taste a signature Rhone wine at each winery paired with specially [...]
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by Laura Ness - HerVineNess on August 18, 2010
Opening Day for the new Big Basin Vineyards Tasting Room in downtown Saratoga on Big Basin Way is Thursday, August 19th at 11am. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 4pm, followed by a reception at Sent Sovi. The tasting room will remain open til 6pm.
Big Basin Vineyards Tasting Room
14598 Big Basin Way, Suite B
Saratoga, [...]
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by Laura Ness - HerVineNess on August 8, 2010
This might be something to bemoan: there’s wireless internet in Boonville now. Cell service, too. And fancy schmancy wine tasting rooms, with real tasting bars, not barrels and boards, and merchandise to boot. What’s the world coming to? Hopefully, it’s coming to the Anderson Valley before it becomes completely yuppified. Oops, too late.
But seriously, here [...]
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Moosewood Cafe
