Vineyards and Winemakers

Le Truc in a Delicious Collaboration with Alameda's Rock Wall Winery

The East Bay is the Rodney Dangerfield of the San Francisco Bay Area; it gets no respect from people in San Francisco, the people of the Peninsula, the people of the South Bay, and even people who live in the East Bay. Of course that doesn't mean it doesn't have something to bring to the table. In f ... More >>

Wine of the Week: Sonoma Rookie Hits the Big Leagues

There are thousands of wines vying for your attention. Napa Valley Vintners, the trade organization that promotes and protects the Napa Valley name and runs the preeminent Auction Napa Valley, boasts 431 members alone--and those are just the Napa-based wine brands that chose to join and pay dues. So ... More >>

Pink Out! with Rose Wine at Butterfly

The Pink Out is coming! The Pink Out is coming! You either already know what we're talking about or have no idea. It's not a Gay Pride event or a new detergent for whites mistakenly washed with reds. Instead, Pink Out is the rallying call of the Rosé Avengers & Producers (aka RAP) annual ... More >>

Wine of the Week: Blue Plate Chenin Blanc Is Worth Getting to Know

Each wine region of France is home to a variety of grape used in wines bearing that region's name. From Vouvray comes chenin blanc. If you're a dessert wine-enthusiast, you probably know that chenin makes for exceptionally sweet wines, including Quarts des Charmes from the Loire, which are among the ... More >>

Masterminds 2012: Honoring 10 Extraordinary Bay Area artists

Wine of the Week: Waterstone Merlot and Cabernet

Sometimes you have to go a long way to find a local wine. For this week's wine(s), we turned to Canada. Actually, Canada came to us in the form of our friend Dups, and his iPhone image of a Waterstone Cabernet. He asked if we knew it. We didn't . He liked it, we tried it, and now here we are. Wa ... More >>

Golden Glass: Slow Food, Wine, and Free Tickets on Us

​ Hey, want to go to Slow Food's Golden Glass event? SFoodie has two tickets to award to the person who writes the best one-line description of a wine, real or imagined, in the comments section below. If you like Italian wines, you'll like the Golden Glass wine and food event, and we may even be ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Cameron Hughes' Lot 300 Cabernet Sauvignon Is a Delicious Bargain

Cameron Hughes' Lot 300: A $28 Cab That Retailed for North of $100

There's no schadenfreude required in benefiting from the miscalculations of others, or the changing realities of the market, including the wine market. As wine brands and production in California, and worldwide, have exploded, the amount of excess wine at all levels has boomed, too. San Francisco-ba ... More >>

Saturday: Mendocino Seduces You With Its Exceptional Food and Booze

This will be you at Taste of Mendocino.​Taste of Mendocino Where: Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center When: Mon., June 13, 5-8 p.m. Cost: $35 in advance, $45 onsite, enter discount code of "alice" or "KGO" to save $14.75 on online admission fee. The rundown: Experience the "Mendo vibe" ... More >>

Outside Lands Announces Local Food and Wine Lineup w/ Flour Water, Ritual Coffee, More

Christopher VictorioBecause this will make you hungry.​ Outside Lands has always made an effort to bring in highlights of the local food and wine scene to festival goers. Every year the offerings get a little bigger, and this year's festival is no different. For its return to a three-day forma ... More >>

2009 Gabbiano Chianti

​There are perfect wines for many special occasions, but what about wines for not-so-special occasions? I like a well-prepared three-course meal at Boulevard or an evening with friends from out of town as much as the next person, but I also like participating in the great American tradition of doi ... More >>

We Fantasize a Mignonette Contest

How to Pronounce Rhone Varietals (in English)

​This week, SFoodie launches "Don't Sound Like a Tool," a series of audio pronunciation guides to sort-of-common-but-not-obvious words we keep encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more taking on the accent of a language you don't speak (though we're relieved ou ... More >>

The Food of the Gods

One Last Chance to See Crushpad Before It Emigrates

BottlenotesScenes from 2009.​Custom crush facility Crushpad announced a few weeks ago that it's moving up to Napa next month, scoring a spot on the Silverado Trail (a disappointing move for supporters of urban winemaking, but one that may up the facility's romance factor for budding Helen Turleys) ... More >>

History Is Delicious

Next Week: Crushpad Holiday Showcase to Feature 20 Boutique Wineries

​Crushpad (2573 Third St. at 22nd Street) is opening its doors next Thursday for its second annual San Francisco Wine Association Holiday Showcase. You'll be able to explore the wines of 20 boutique makers, and -- if you've never been -- see for yourself Crushpad's facilities, the city's locus ... More >>

Fresh Peach Tasting and Preserves Swap

Crushpad Neighborhood Winemaking Project Probes the Terroir of City Streets

CrushpadNeighborhood get-together: Sorting grapes at Crushpad.​Interested in making your own vintage while meeting other wine enthusiasts who might be living right down the street? Last year, S.F. DIY winery Crushpad organized five groups in neighborhood winemaking projects, using Crushpad's ... More >>

South Serving Up a Summer Sunday Lunch Featuring a Kiwi Wine Star

human companion/FlickrIf you've never had the pleasure of drinking with a crew from Australia or New Zealand, Saturday might be the perfect time. Australian outpost South Food Wine Bar (330 Townsend #101 at Fourth St.) is hosting a Nautilus wine lunch with Kiwi winemaker Clive Jones, one of ... More >>

Clear Your Calendar, Wine Geeks: It's a Crushpad and Golden Glass Weekend

Crushpad/FlickrGet ready for total wine immersion.Ready, set, swirl: Two events this weekend are sure to have local winos crushin'. Crushpad (2573 Third St. at 22nd St.) is hosting an open house on Saturday, June 20, 2-6 p.m. Crushpad's Dogpatch warehouse space has become something of a meeting pla ... More >>

Love Vino? Hang Out on Facebook? It Could Land You a Gig with Sonoma Co. Winemaker

e.t via FlickrThe winning "lifestyle correspondent" will spend six months touting Murphy-GoodeCalling all Twitter addicts with a thing for wine: A Sonoma County winemaker wants to pay you a boatload of money simply to hang out, sip Zinfandel, and send tweets. Seriously. Okay, so it calls for a bit ... More >>

Morning Buzz: A Foodie Day Planner

Monday, May 11, 2009 Let's do lunch: Caviar? Don't worry -- Tsar Nicoulai's sustainably farmed California caviar is the opposite of cocked-pinky fey. Bury your face in the Parisian sandwich, topped with tuna paillard and American golden whitefish caviar. Tsar Nicoulai Caviar Cafe (1 Ferry Building ... More >>

Wine & Beer Events, May 1-10

Monday's 100 Cabernets for $50 = 50 cents each (if you can taste that many).

Cheap Wines That Don't Suck: Marchese de Petri 2003 Chianti Riserva

Despite the lightness of the wine, it stood up well to spicy jambalaya.

Michael Bauer Watch: Local Food, Imported Wine--Why?

Dude, don't blame the grape!

Cheap Wines That Don't Suck: 2007 Trentatre Rosso

This tastes a bit like a rustic old-school Rioja.

Wine & Beer Events, March 20-28

The Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting is this week's hot ticket.

Wine & Beer Events, March 13-22

Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day ... maybe some Ch. McCarthy?

Wine Label War: EU vs. USA

"Champagne" is usually a bad sign on a bottle of California sparkling wine, anyway.

Cheap Wines That Don't Suck: 2005 Grange Tiphaine Touraine Bécarre

Bécarre is the French word for the natural sign (♮) in musical notation.

In Bloom

Cellar Rat: Week Four at Unti Vineyards

Chocoholic and Alcoholic

Spit or Swallow

Let Uva Enoteca School You In Italian Wine This Saturday

The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty

Grapes, Without the Wrath

We read "Grape," the Chron's "serial saga," so you don't have to and uncover the world champion of pizza acrobatics

The Only Way From L.A. to S.F.

One definition of heaven: A week, a t-top Camaro, and the Pacific Coast Highway.

After the Series, Mumm's the Word

Bubbly and baseball, plus a quirky collection of 78 RPM records

Miscellaneous

L.A. Confidential

Stars in bars, stars in cars, stars with plastic surgery scars.

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