Nice to see you at the Vintner's Market!

It was a gorgeous weekend to pour at the Fort Mason Vintner's Market, and it was great meeting everyone who stopped by the table! Our 09 Russian River Pinot was a crowd pleaser; and the pre-release 2010 Green Valley Pinot also won new fans.






The prestigious Wait Cellars delivery vehicle unloading out front.






The Wait Cellars table, pre-crowds. The "Corning-ware" decanters certainly attracted a lot of attention!

Discount tickets to the Vintner's Market!

We are very pleased to offer 50% off tickets to the up and coming San Francisco Vintner's Market, April 14th and 15th at Fort Mason! Just use the promotional code "FIFTY" when buying tickets on Vintner's Market website.

Why not spend an afternoon tasting wine on the bay -- there will be a ton of local wineries, and if you find something you like, you may buy it on the spot and take it home for dinner!

Winery Sanitation at UC Davis

Attended an all-day winery sanitation seminar at UC Davis last week. While the latest thinking in cleaners and sanitizers does not make for the most exciting posts (though, don't get me wrong, I am a firm believer that 80% of wine-making is keeping things clean!), thought I'd share some pictures of the sparkling new Robert Mondavi research winery up at Davis. Pretty spectacular; the winery was just off the classroom and we had some time in the afternoon to kick the tires, talk about design (mostly from a sanitation point of view) and get a demo of the latest bio-luminescence swabbing techniques for validating cleanliness protocols. Awesome!