The Lush

I attended this fab Champagne tasting, Drink the Stars of Champagne!, at the SF WINE CENTER a month or so ago, and now here it is on the calendar again! Christie Dufault, ALCS, will be pouring and discussing six-eight excellent Champagnes with an intimate group on Saturday December 11th. You…

I’m looking forward to checking out the new exhibit launching at SFMOMA this Wednesday November 17th, HOW WINE BECAME MODERN: DESIGN + WINE 1976 TO NOW. It all begins with 1976’s Judgment of Paris, and includes everything from over 200 wine labels to a wall work by Peter Wegner…

This Thursday November 18th, ~ARLEQUIN WINE MERCHANT~ is hosting No More Nouveau, an evening highlighting more than 15 wine tastings from the 2009 vintage Cru Beaujolais producers, including Marcel Lapierre, Guy Breton, Jean-Paul Brun, Alain Coudert, Jean-Paul Thévenet, and more. Cru Beaujolais wines from these featured producers are made the…

This Thursday November 18th, BLANC ET ROUGE is hosting Page Wine Cellars for a winemaker party, with cheese, charcuterie, and passed croque-monsieur sandwiches. Winemaker Bryan Page will be there to pour Page Wine Cellars sauvignon blanc 2009, Napa Valley; Three Doves cabernet sauvignon 2008, Napa Valley; Revolver Wine “The Fury”…

The recently opened 123 BOLINAS in Fairfax has launched a new “Market Days” weekly program—they just hosted Carl Sutton, and on Sunday November 21st, they’ll be doing an event with Jonathan and Susan Pey of Pey-Marin Wines and Hog Island Oysters from 4pm-7pm. The wines will be served…

This upcoming event at the Exploratorium, the SCIENCE OF COCKTAILS, isn’t until Wednesday January 26th, but you’ll want to get your tickets now since they’re $95 November 18th through December 1st; the regular price will be $120. The event will be a second in-depth look at the…

Next Monday November 15th, ~BAR CRUDO~ is starting their fall/winter beer dinner club series with Moonlight Brewery and Master Brewer Brian Hunt. Chef Mike Selvera has put together a five-course seasonal menu, with dishes like a king mackerel crudo with a salad of watercress, endive, pear, duck prosciutto, almond…

Shmaltz Brewing’s line of HE’BREW beers, smoked herring, Reubens… It all goes down at a winter dinner and beer pairing on Tuesday November 16th at SAUL’S RESTAURANT AND DELI in Berkeley, from 4pm-10pm. Here’s the full menu for you to check out. Order à la carte,…

Starting tonight, November 2nd, FOUR SEASONS HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO is launching the winter “Meet the Winemaker” series. On select Tuesdays from November 2nd through December 14th, swing by Seasons Bar and Lounge from 5:30pm-7:30pm for a flight of wine by special winemakers (the flights can include hard-to-find vintages)…