Random thought 1: Sunday is the Pinot Days Grand Tasting, one of the four public events that allow any wine lover to sample almost every winery and wine produced in California. The others are the ZAP grand tasting, Family Winemakers of California, and Rhone Rangers. To quote a Chevron commercial "Too much good stuff!"
Random Thought 2: AT&T Park has a great wine by the glass selection. There is a wine bar on the view level of this ball park that offers 20, yes 20 wines by the glass. My only gripe is that at these prices, they can afford to offer those wonderful one time disposable wine glasses. Maybe the head of their concession company reads this blog.
Random Thought 3: Attended Taste of Mendocino last week. This event was interesting, but from a marketing, not wine perspective. Outside of established standouts Londer and Roederer Estate, the wines were average. But the event effectively showed off Mendocino as a wine and food travel destination. Let's face it, you can't just buzz up to the Anderson or Redwood Valleys from the Bay Area, as it is at least a 3 hour trip each way. They had a lot inns, attractions and restaurants showing off their stuff along with the wineries. Great concept and great execution by the organizing committee.
Random Thought 4: Sampled the wines of Navarro Spain last night at Oxbow Wine Merchants. The 2010s were simple and tasted very grapey, similar to my experience with the La Mancha wines. However, the modern wines, blends with Tempernillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Graciano were very tasty. And the price points were better still, all were under $20 per bottle. I really have to drink more Spanish wines are there are some tremendous values.
Random Thought 5: I am also attending the Celebrate Calistoga Style event on Saturday. BBQ and Cab, great combination!
Thanks for reading, I will be discussing the Pinot Days Grand Tasting in my next blog.
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