The Lush

The guest bartender series at ~JARDINIÈRE~ continues this Wednesday with CBS’s Eye On The Bay host Liam Mayclem (or as I like to call him, Liam Mayhem Mayclem). Liam will be serving the Pegu Club Cocktail from 7:30pm-9:30pm for $9. You can also get duck meatballs for…

CUESA is partnering up with Scott Beattie, author of Artisanal Cocktails and the bartender at Healdsburg’s Spoonbar, for a series of six cocktail classes. All classes include a short “Cocktails 101” demo that will reveal how to properly shake and stir (and the reasons why you would do either)…

This Saturday March 5th is Donkey & Goat’s spring release party, and Gather Restaurant’s chef, Sean Baker, will be providing quite the lineup of tasty vittles. Here are the five wines and pairings: 2010 Grenache Rosé, Isabel’s Cuvée, Mendocino with fava leaf salad, grilled squid, charred onion…

LUELLA on Russian Hill is celebrating their sixth birthday, and are celebrating by offering $4 wines by the glass Sunday through Thursday evenings for the entire month of March. Some examples of wines being offered are: Biohof Pratsch ‘Rotenpullen’ Gruner Veltliner, Austria, 2009; Dry Creek Chenin Blanc, Sonoma, California, 2009;…

A cool new bar in Oakland’s Uptown, BAR DOGWOOD is now open, according to UrbanDaddy. Diablo Dish mentions the motto is “Cocktails and Cured Meats,” and is a project from Alexeis Filipello, formerly a co-owner of The House of Shields. On the menu: salumi (available by the pound off…

This is quite the evening with quite the setting: a special wine dinner featuring Champagne Henriot and Bouchard Père et Fils at THE ROTUNDA AT NEIMAN MARCUS. The event is Thursday March 10th, and will feature five courses from chef Barney Brown with paired wines. The menu features an amuse…

Beer. Salumi. What more do you need? This Friday February 18th, BridgePort Brewing Company, Oregon’s oldest craft brewery, will be introducing two new brews, CAFÉ NEGRO and KINGPIN, at OTIS LOUNGE. Bi-Rite butcher and charcutier, Morgan Maki, will be pairing a number of small bites with the two new…

The East Bay Vintner’s Alliance (EBVA) has kicked off a new weekly “Meet the Winemaker” tasting series at MISS PEARL’S JAM HOUSE, inside Jack London Square’s Waterfront Hotel. Every Friday evening, the EBVA will pour complimentary wine tastings of their finest wines, served with complimentary light bites…

THE BOOTHBY CENTER FOR THE BEVERAGE ARTS has a variety of upcoming education events, like 1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch and 1 Beer (make that 15 beers and 15 whiskies) on Saturday February 19th; a Mixology 101 Class on Wednesday February 23rd and another on Wednesday March 23rd, when you’ll…