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Discover Piemonte's Real Roero

Discover Piemonte's Real Roero

Learn about the geography, climate, grapes and producers of Roero, an often overlooked subregion in the Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy at San Francisco Wine School.  These Italian wines shouldn't be mi...

Mineral Waters to Improve Mineral Perception in Wine

Mineral Waters to Improve Mineral Perception in Wine

One of the more confounding elements in wine is minerality. Even in the more comprehensive, advanced-level wine tasting classes I often see blank stares when it comes to this topic.  

SF Wine School Gives Bloggers a Deep Dive Into Santa Barbara

SF Wine School Gives Bloggers a Deep Dive Into Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara County is one of California’s best and most diverse wine-growing regions. Among its five AVAs are climates ranging from cool “Region I” to St. Helena-like “Region III,” soils from dee...

Strada del Sagrantino, San Francisco

Strada del Sagrantino, San Francisco

For lovers of Umbrian wines, the Sagrantino Umbrian Essence event, held on June 10th at San Francisco’s The Press Club, was a rare treat. Eight producers were on hand to showcase their wines, with ...

2012 Vintage Challenging in Burgundy

2012 Vintage Challenging in Burgundy

Temperatures rose quickly in the tent at the Hotel Vitale’s Americano Restaurant last month, and not just because of the unseasonably warm San Francisco weather. Women were swooning over the charmi...

Sommeliers ZAP San Francisco’s Zinfandel Festival

Sommeliers ZAP San Francisco’s Zinfandel Festival On February 2, 2013, hundreds of press, trade, and then consumers filled San Francisco’s Concourse Pavilion for the 22nd Annual Zinfandel Advocates...