Santa Barbara WINE aficionadO : February 8, 2012
Wine Info
Events
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La Fenetre @ The Liquor & Wine Grotto
When: Thu Feb 9, 2012 4:30pm to 7pm
Where: 1271 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108
Description:
Joshua Klapper will be here to educate us on his outstanding
wines!
All of the wines below will be poured for a flat $1.00 fee!
2009 La Fenetre Bien Nacido Chardonnay (92WE)
2009 La Fenetre Pinot Noir A Cote
2009 La Fenetre Pinot Noir Le Bon Climate (92WE)
10% OFF SIX BOTTLES OR MORE!!
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Wine Tasting at Vino Divino
When: Thu Feb 9, 2012 5pm to 7pm
Where: Vino Divino, 2012 De La Vina, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Description:
We are Tasting some new releases with Curtis, Rusack and
Rancho Sisquoc.
2009 Rancho Sisquoc Tre-vini
2009 Rancho Sisquoc Merlot
2009 Ranch Sisquoc Cabernet Sauvignon
2009 Curtis Heritage Cuvee Rhone Red
2010 Curtis Heritage Cuvee Rhone White
2009 Curtis Grenache
2010 Rock Hollow Chardonnay
2010 Rock Hollow Sauvignon Blanc
2009 Rusack Syrah
$15 per person
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Friday Evening Wine Tasting - Fiddlehead Cellars
When: Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:30pm to 7pm
Where: East Beach Wine Co, 1114 State Street #24, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Description:
Fiddlehead Cellars
Presented by Kathy Joseph, owner/winemaker
Friday Special Wine Tasting Events start at 4:30pm and run
until 7:00pm, with the last tasters preferably in by 6:45pm.
Tasting fee is $12.00 per person. The tasting presenters
oftentimes will leave right at 7pm, so if you come late, you
may miss talking with them.
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Wine & Chocolate Pairing With Jessica Foster Confections
When: Sat Feb 11, 2012 10am to 5pm
Where: Santa Barbara Winery, 202 Anacapa, Santa Barbara CA 93101
Description:
Featuring:
2009 Orange Muscat- Milk Chocolate Madras Curry Truffle
2010 Sauvingnon Blanc- White Chocolate Rose Truffle
2009 Reserve Chardonnay- White Chocolate Coconut Truffle
2009 Primitivo- Milk Chocolate Cinnamon Apple Truffle
2009 Cabernet Sauvignon- Dark Chocolate Pomegranate Truffle
2006 Nebbiolo- Dark Chocolate Orange Ginger Truffle
$15 per person
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American Riviera Wine Auction & Dinner
When: Sat Feb 11, 2012 5pm to 9pm
Where: Coral Casino, Santa Barbara, CA
Description:
Since 2000, the Santa Barbara Vintners' Foundation has held
a biennial wine auction to benefit Direct Relief
International. The auction has presented the opportunity for
one of the region’s fastest growing industries, which is
gaining international acclaim for its wines, to rally
together to put the “fruits of their success” toward a
greater good.
The Vintners’ auctions have raised over $1,000,000 which,
leveraged with Direct Relief International’s unique ability
to stretch dollars donated, has furnished over $40 million
in medical material aid provided to those in need.
For information about the 2012 American Riviera Wine
Auction, contact Vintne...@DirectRelief.org
http://www.directrelief.org/Vintners2012/
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A Wine Fantasy in February
When: Sat Feb 11, 2012 11am to 4pm
Where: Various Santa Ynez Valley Wineries
Description:
Our award-winning wineries will welcome you to their
individual tasting rooms in Solvang, Buellton, Los Olivos
and Santa Ynez California. There, you will discover premium
wines from these boutique wineries and will meet many of the
winemakers and winery owners.
For the low price of $35, participants will enjoy a
self-guided tour that includes tastings at all 11 Wine
Country Association member tasting rooms: Toccata, Scott
Cellars, Lucas and Lewellen, Lincourt, Imagine Wine, Daniel
Gehrs Wines, Coghlan Vineyards, Casa Cassara, Buttonwood
Farm Winery, Arthur Earl and Alexander and Wayne.
A variety of delicious snacks and appetizers will be served
at each venue throughout the day on Saturday and each
participant will receive a complimentary Wine Country logo
glass.
Advanced tickets for this Passport Tasting event are
available online at
http://santaynezwinecountry.com/events.html#fantasy
For phone orders, please call (800) 563-3181.
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Wine & Chocolate Pairing With Jessica Foster Confections
When: Sun Feb 12, 2012 10am to 5pm
Where: Santa Barbara Winery, 202 Anacapa, Santa Barbara CA 93101
Description:
Featuring:
2009 Orange Muscat- Milk Chocolate Madras Curry Truffle
2010 Sauvingnon Blanc- White Chocolate Rose Truffle
2009 Reserve Chardonnay- White Chocolate Coconut Truffle
2009 Primitivo- Milk Chocolate Cinnamon Apple Truffle
2009 Cabernet Sauvignon- Dark Chocolate Pomegranate Truffle
2006 Nebbiolo- Dark Chocolate Orange Ginger Truffle
$15 per person
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A Wine Fantasy in February
When: Sun Feb 12, 2012 11am to 4pm
Where: Various Santa Ynez Valley Wineries
Description:
Our award-winning wineries will welcome you to their
individual tasting rooms in Solvang, Buellton, Los Olivos
and Santa Ynez California. There, you will discover premium
wines from these boutique wineries and will meet many of the
winemakers and winery owners.
For the low price of $35, participants will enjoy a
self-guided tour that includes tastings at all 11 Wine
Country Association member tasting rooms: Toccata, Scott
Cellars, Lucas and Lewellen, Lincourt, Imagine Wine, Daniel
Gehrs Wines, Coghlan Vineyards, Casa Cassara, Buttonwood
Farm Winery, Arthur Earl and Alexander and Wayne.
A variety of delicious snacks and appetizers will be served
at each venue throughout the day on Saturday and each
participant will receive a complimentary Wine Country logo
glass.
Advanced tickets for this Passport Tasting event are
available online at
http://santaynezwinecountry.com/events.html#fantasy
For phone orders, please call (800) 563-3181.
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Friday Evening Wine Tasting - Rusack & Falcone Wines
When: Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:30pm to 7pm
Where: East Beach Wine Co, 1114 State Street #24, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Description:
Rusack & Falcone Wines
Presented by John & Helen Falcone, winemakers
Friday Special Wine Tasting Events start at 4:30pm and run
until 7:00pm, with the last tasters preferably in by 6:45pm.
Tasting fee is $12.00 per person. The tasting presenters
oftentimes will leave right at 7pm, so if you come late, you
may miss talking with them.
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Friday Evening Wine Tasting - Italian Wines
When: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:30pm to 7pm
Where: East Beach Wine Co, 1114 State Street #24, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Description:
Italian Wines from Bedford International
Presented by Jeni Morretti
Friday Special Wine Tasting Events start at 4:30pm and run
until 7:00pm, with the last tasters preferably in by 6:45pm.
Tasting fee is $12.00 per person. The tasting presenters
oftentimes will leave right at 7pm, so if you come late, you
may miss talking with them.
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The Winehound Wine Tasting
When: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12pm to 3pm
Where: SOhO, 1221 State Street, Santa Barbara CA
Description:
We've got the entire SOhO restaurant space booked on
Saturday, February 25th in order to present a special
tasting of wines from the Eric Solomon portfolio, one of our
hands-down favorite importers of highly-rated French and
Spanish wines.
The event will take place from noon until 3:00 PM, which
will give everyone plenty of time to taste the over four
dozen different selections to be offered. The import company
is sending their entire southern California sales crew to
pour and answer queries about the broad-ranging bottlings
that will be offered that day, and SOhO will be serving an
assortment of enticing appetizers to satiate the palate.
Our tasting will take place from noon until 3 p.m. on
Saturday, February 25th at SOhO Restaurant and Music Club
located in Victoria Court just across the street from The
Winehound.
Tickets are $25.00 per person, non-refundable and must be
purchased in advance. Please call us at (805) 845-5247 to
reserve. Because the tickets will be required at the door to
gain access, we'll be glad to mail them to you, or if you
prefer, have them available for pickup here at the store.
Tickets are available only through The Winehound and not
through SOhO.
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News and Other Nonsense
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Monkeys given hot red wine to ward off the cold
DigitalJournal.com
A warming tot of mulled wine is just the thing to keep the freezing
temperatures at bay, as monkeys at the Karaganda zoo, who enjoy a tipple,
would agree. As temperatures in the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan
plummet below minus 33 Celsius, ...
<http://goo.gl/c3tmV>
Wine warehouse arsonist sentenced to 27 years, restitution
San Jose Mercury News
By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen The Sausalito businessman convicted of setting fire
to an upscale Mare Island wine warehouse in 2005 causing millions in
losses, was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison. Mark C. Anderson, 63,
also was ordered to pay $70.3 ...
<http://goo.gl/nWwu7>
The Problem With Wine By The Glass
Huffington Post
By Madeline Puckette, Guest Blogger for the Menuism Wine Blog Over the
years since I've started working in restaurants as a wine server, wine by
the glass (known in the biz as WBTG) programs have been growing in size and
popularity.
<http://goo.gl/IYY2K>
Wine's Three Biggest Lies
Wine Spectator
I can't tell you the number of times I've heard wine lovers—fellow
writers, merchants, consumers—serve up this whopper. Why do they do it?
The answer is actually simple: They think it will make wine more accessible
to more people.
<http://goo.gl/GVrsg>
IKEA Hackers: Grundtal Wine Rack
Description: Stainless steel wine rack made from Grundtal 80cm double towel
racks. Racks are screwed to a welded metal frame made from 1" x 1/8" steel
strip.
<http://goo.gl/f92ag>
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"Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used;
exclaim no more against it."
William Shakespeare
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