Lytton Springs tasting room (Healdsburg)

The Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley is thrilled to be celebrating Passport to Dry Creek Valley's 20th Anniversary this year with you! Dry Creek Valley will be going all out for an exclusive weekend of new wine releases, a bounty of food from local chefs as well as live music and much, much more.

46 wineries in picturesque Dry Creek Valley come together only once a year to celebrate their amazing wines paired with mouthwatering cuisine. Meet the winemakers and mingle with the top-chefs from Sonoma County's world-famous restaurants. Make sure to stop by Ridge Vineyards and taste our newest selections from the Dry Creek Valley appellation. While you’re here, tweet your tasting notes (with the hashtag #ridgewines) and then check out what everyone else has to say! You can follow along with us online at: www.tastelive.com/RidgeVineyards

Tickets are limited to ensure an intimate experience for all our guests. Come and discover why so many loyal wine lovers and foodies plan to be here, year after year.

Tickets are selling out quickly! Purchase directly at: Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley (www.wdcv.com)

A weekend dedicated to all our spring release wines!

2008 Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains Estate

2008 Geyserville

2008 Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard

2008 Zinfandel Paso Robles

2008 Zinfandel East Bench

2007 Santa Cruz Mountains Estate Cab

Free to members (ATP, Z List, and Monte Bello Collectors) + one guest. $15 to the public

Lytton Springs tasting room (Healdsburg)

Join us at the Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs tasting room for the 32nd annual Barrel Tasting Weekends. Over 100 wineries are participating in this year's event along the Wine Road. Ridge will feature barrel samples from our wine clubs ATP and Z-List.

The first weekend we will be pouring the 2009 Lytton Springs and 2009 Petite Sirah Lytton Estate out of barrel. On the second weekend we will pour barrel samples of the 2009 Carignane Buchignani Ranch and 2009 Zinfandel East Bench. We will also be pouring current release zinfandels and winery-only exclusives. Special "members only" selections will be available, too.

$20 per Weekend Ticket purchased online in advance

(Advanced ticket sales end March 1, 2010)

$30 per Weekend Ticket at the door

$10 Designated Drivers

Tickets can be purchased directly via the Wine Road (www.wineroad.com)

Lytton Springs tasting room (Healdsburg)

Join us at the Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs tasting room for the 32nd annual Barrel Tasting Weekends. Over 100 wineries are participating in this year's event along the Wine Road. Ridge will feature barrel samples from our wine clubs ATP and Z-List.

The first weekend we will be pouring the 2009 Lytton Springs and 2009 Petite Sirah Lytton Estate out of barrel. On the second weekend we will pour barrel samples of the 2009 Carignane Buchignani Ranch and 2009 Zinfandel East Bench. We will also be pouring current release zinfandels and winery-only exclusives. Special "members only" selections will be available, too.

$20 per Weekend Ticket purchased online in advance

(Advanced ticket sales end March 1, 2010)

$30 per Weekend Ticket at the door

$10 Designated Drivers

Tickets can be purchased directly via the Wine Road (www.wineroad.com)

Taste the newest Kunde Family Estate releases with Winemaker Tim Bell and Kunde Family Estate Proprietors Jeff Kunde and Marcia Kunde Mickelson.

Come join JJ Buckley as we host our first TasteLive! event featuring the Barossa Valley's Elderton Wines. This exclusive "Command Performance" tasting will feature eight wines from the Elderton portfolio, including their flagship wine, the Elderton 'Command' Shiraz.

Taste | One of the Barossa's most lauded wines, the Command Shiraz has been highly rated over the years by both Robert Parker and The Wine Spectator - In fact, WS has awarded it between 93 and 99 points for nine vintages straight! Command is rarely opened for retailers, let alone consumers, so this will be a real treat indeed! We'll also have a look at Elderton's super reserve cabernet, the 'Ashmead', a delicious cab-shiraz-merlot blend 'Ode to Lorraine' and more. (See below for the full tasting menu. ) For onsite guests, discussion will be led by acclaimed JJ Buckley Australian wine expert, Chuck Hayward.

Tech | For TasteLive participants, Elderton proprietor Cameron Ashmead will lead a virtual discussion on four of the eight wines while answering questions from TasteLive participants around the U.S. We hope many of you will also join in the virtual discussion with Cam via the TasteLive platform. All you need is a Twitter account, then register as a TasteLive participant at www.TasteLive.com/eldertonestate. WiFi will be available at the event venue if you wish to bring your laptop and login to the TasteLive website. You can also participate via Twitter using your iPhone or Blackberry by tagging your tasting tweets with an event designated #hashtag (i.e. #ttl #eldertonwines). We'll have a few TasteLive 'experts' hanging around to answer newbie questions and a monitor running the TasteLive feed so you'll be able to see it in action.

This exclusive tasting will be held with our event partner Local Kitchen - a neighborhood restaurant and wine bar located on San Francisco's Rincon Hill. Local is dedicated to sourcing as much of their food from local farms, artisans and fisherman as possible. Tasty tidbits from Local's kitchen and wood-fired oven will be provided.

Elderton Command Performance - A JJ Buckley TasteLive Event

$20 per person

Thursday, February 25th, 2009, 6pm to 8pm

Local Kitchen 330 1st Street, San Francisco CA 94105

RSVP is essential - Space is limited to 40 guests!

Email paige.granback@jjbuckley.com and please indicate the number in your party.

You will be contacted for payment information in advance or we can charge to the last credit card you used with JJ Buckley.

Tasting Menu

Elderton 'E Series' Unoaked Chardonnay

Elderton 'E Series' Shiraz-Cabernet

Elderton Barossa Estate Cabernet

Elderton Barossa Estate Shiraz

Elderton CSM 'Ode To Lorraine'

Elderton Cabernet 'Ashmead'

Elderton Shiraz 'Command'

Elderton Botrytised Semillon

Taste your February releases, the 2008 Chardonnay C. S. Ridge Vineyard and the 2007 Dunfillan Cuvee with Winemaker, Tim Bell, Club Manager Erin Aikens, and winery Proprietor, Marcia Kunde Mickelson.

Join a few dozen local tweeps as we taste through 4 of the current and new releases including the Bin 36 Duncan and Sachs Proprietary Red 2006, a blend of Cabernet, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Petite Verdot and Merlot.

Selections include:

Hahn SLH Estate Pinot Gris 2008

Hahn Estates Pinot Noir 2006

D&S Proprietary Red Wine 2006

Smith & Hook Cabernet Sauvignon Central Coast 2007

About Finger Lakes Wine Country: Set in the stunningly beautiful heart of New York state, Finger Lakes Wine Country is the largest wine producing region east of California, with over 100 wineries and 9,000 acres of vineyards. The region’s ancient glacial lakes, most notably Keuka, Seneca and Cayuga, offer a unique climate for ripening fine wine varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet franc and Pinot noir. The region’s signature grape, Riesling, has attracted accolades from around the world. Rieslings from the Finger Lakes are made in all styles, from steely and dry to lusciously sweet.

Taste your January releases, the 2008 Chardonnay Wildwood Vineyard and the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon with Winemaker, Tim Bell, Club Manager Erin Aikens, and winery Proprietor, Marcia Kunde Mickelson.

Selections include:

2008 Unoaked Chardonnay

2006 Shiraz/ Cabernet Sauvignon

2006 Barossa Valley Shiraz

2005 The Command Shiraz (Yes... You read that right! We're tasting the new release of this classic!)

1. Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay 2007

2. Hawk Hill Vineyard Chardonnay 2007

3. Green Valley Pinot Noir 2007

4. Másut Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007 (biodynamically farmed)

5. Nova Vineyard Zinfandel 2007 (certified organic vineyard)

6. Forgotten Vines Zinfandel 2007

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Check out the DeLoach Vineyards blog at http://deloachvineyards.wordpress.com

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2008 Unoaked Chardonnay

2006 Shiraz/ Cabernet Sauvignon

2006 Barossa Valley Shiraz

2005 The Command Shiraz (Yes... You read that right! We're tasting the new release of this classic!)

 "I'm exited to announce today that I'll be co-hosting a live Twitter tasting of four cabernet franc-based Finger Lakes wines as a part of TasteLive. My co-hosts are the folks from Finger Lakes Wine Country (FLWC), who have definitely embraced new and social media more than any other New York wine organization.

FLWC launched a TasteLive page a month or so ago, and this will be the first event to really kick off the page. There will be many more, so stay tuned for more announcements.

For this edition, we'll be tasting these four wines:

Fox Run Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc/Lemberger

Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc

Red Newt Wine Cellars 2007 “Sawmill Creek” Cabernet Franc

Rooster Hill Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc

Too often, people dismiss red wines from the Finger Lakes, but I think participants are in for some surprises with these wines, even though I've only tasted two of the four myself.

We'll kick off the tasting at 8:00 p.m. ET, and we hope that you'll join us on Twitter and on theFinger Lakes Wine Country TasteLive Site."

Monte Bello Tasting Room (Cupertino)

Lytton Springs Tasting Room (Healdsburg)

Join us for our first After Hours of 2010 with an opportunity to pick up the latest ATP offering: the 2006 Zinfandel Caboose from the Nervo Vineyard. We will also taste the 2007 Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains Estate, the 2007 Carignane Buchignani Ranch and the 2007 Lytton Springs.

At the Monte Bello tasting room we welcome Cowgirl Creamery with several enticing offerings. Cowgirl Creamery began in 1997 with the goal to create farmstead quality cheese on a small scale production, much like fine quality wine. Ridge stands firm on having a respect for the land our grapes are grown on. We support local artisans whose products have a sense of place and share our ecological values.

At both tasting rooms we will introduce a new way to taste wines together and launch our TasteLive page. While we taste through the wines live in the tasting rooms you are encouraged to tweet while you taste with other Ridge fans in the Virtual Ridge Tasting Room online. Can’t make it to the event in person? Taste along with us at <www.tastelive.com/ridgevineyards>. Once you create your free account with TasteLive you can post your tasting notes and questions directly onto our page and see what others have to say!

Following the conversation is easy— You can either log onto <www.tastelive.com/ridgevineyards> (do this before the event starts) and follow and tweet from there, or just mark / tag your tweets with the hashtag #ridgewines. Then follow the tag on your twitter application of choice.

This event is complimentary for all Ridge ATP Program Members (+1 guest per membership), and an RSVP <http://www.ridgewine.com/ridge_vineyards_events/rsvp.tml> by December 30 is required to attend, and to pick up your shipment.

To join ATP, click here: <http://www.ridgewine.com/membership_in_ridge_wine_clubs/advance_tasting_program.tml>

To purchase any of the wines from this event click here: <http://www.ridgewine.com/store/>

2007 Tercero Larner Vineyard Syrah, Santa Ynez Valley

2006 Ortman Family Vineyards Syrah, Paso Robles

2006 JC Cellars Syrah, Haley’s Reserve, Rockpile Vineyard, Rockpile

2005 Domaine François Villard Rouge Les Reflets, St Joseph, France

2006 Domaine François Villard Mairlant Rouge, St Joseph, France

Find out more about the Hospice du Rhone here: http://www.hospicedurhone.org

Cornerstone Cellars will be launching Stepping Stone Grenache and Cabernet Franc along with a dozen or so top winebloggers.  Join in and watch the conversation!

RSVP below...

Find out more about Cornerstone at  www.cornerstonecellars.com

Hospice du Rhône will launch our TasteLive page on December 8th, at 8pm EST with the premiere event in our tasting series Ready, Set, Syrah!  This event will showcase 6 Syrah's from Australia and South Africa.

Selections for this event include:

2006 Boekenhoutskloof Syrah, South Africa

2006 The Old Faithful “Cafe Block” Shiraz (single vineyard), McLaren Vale, Australia

2007 Hewitson “Ned & Henry’s” Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia

2007 de Trafford Shiraz Stellenbosch, South Africa

2008 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia

2008 Mullineux Syrah Swartland, South Africa

Find out more about the Hospice du Rhone at  http://www.tastelive.com/fingerlakeswinecountry/events/uncork-new-york Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800