This week: Our Annual Barolo, Barolo, Barolo night. Come in and taste the wonderful single Cru Barolos of Michele Chiarlo

May 26th, 6-8PM

Their Philosophy:  Commitment and passion for oenological excellence; love of the soil and respect for its fruits; the places associated with wine, from the grape bunch to refining: The chapters of their story produce wines whose characteristics faithfully represent that variety of provenance, as well as their terroir, but in which the hints of wood are never underscored; that they be rich, highly elegant and never bad wines.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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May & June 2010  –A Happy Hour with Foxen! Checci from Tuscany and more!

From the cool climate of the Santa Cruz Mountains; Alfaro Family Vineyards.

Artisanal bread-baker turned winemaker Richard Alfaro enjoys the fruits of his labor.  After a long and satisfying career as the founder of a restaurant and the wholesale baking company known under his own name – Alfaro’s Micro Bakery - Richard shifted gears in 1997, acquiring an aging 75 acre apple farm south of Santa Cruz in Corralitos, California, which he and wife Mary Kay (a certified sommelier) subsequently transformed into Alfaro Family Vineyards & Winery.  Join us for some truly unique Pinots, Syrahs and Chardonnays.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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May & June 2010  –Michele Chiarlo Wines & A Happy Hour with Foxen!

Love Tablas Creek…You’ll Love This Weeks Winery: Lone Madrone

Lone Madrone has been making wines on the central coast of California since 1996.  Neil Collins and his sister Jackie Meisinger have been working on this venture together since that time.  Neil Collins has been making the wines and tending to the vineyard operations for Tablas Creek Vineyards since 1998. The wines he produces for Tablas Creek are among the best Rhone varietals produced in California, and he brings this same passion and quest for excellence to his own Lone Madrone wines.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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May 2010  –Alfaro Family Winery

This week we are very excited to show-off The Hobo Wine Company.

The Hobo Wine Company is the brainchild, side job, menace to the wine industry, hedged bet, cash strain, mental anguish, late night musing, bruised hands, dirty t-shirts, and constant companion of Kenny Likitprakong.  The Wine Enthusiast and The San Francisco Chronicle have recognized Kenny as one of Sonoma County’s top up and coming winemakers.  Come in and check out what true passion really tastes like.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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May 2010  –Shhhh…A Special Gaja Event.

This week a special treat from central Italy. Nestled among Umbria’s rolling hills, Tenuta di Salviano.

The Salviano vineyards are planted to Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Trebbiano Toscano (Procanico clone) and Grechetto, and extend over 173 acres, rising from 150m to 500m above sea level.  These newly planted vineyards of indigenous and international varieties produce excellent quality red and white wines from the classic Orvieto Classico Superiore to progressive luxury red blends.  Come in and explore this special place.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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May 2010  –Hobo Wines & Shhhh…A Special Gaja Event.

This week, straight form the Venetian Foot Hills, Vignalta Winery.

Come in and taste some truly unique Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc from Italy.

Vignalta is the leading producer in Colli Euganei, which is located in the Northwest region of Italy.  Colli Euganei is distinguished by its group of bizarrely shaped hills which rise isolated from the Venetian plain.  Not surprisingly, ‘Colli’ is Italian for ‘hills’ and ‘Vignalta’ translates to ‘high vines.’.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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April 2010  – Salviano and Hobo Wines

A Tax-Free Wine Tasting With Planeta From Sicily

April 14^th, 6-8PM

“Planeta is a journey through Sicily.
A journey from west to east.”

It is a journey that proceeds from Sambuca di Sicilia and Menfi as far as Vittoria, Noto and Etna. The stages of the Journey are the five wineries that Planeta has built within each of their vineyards. Five ’boutique wineries’, each inspired by the particular requirements of the vineyards.  Come in a try some of the best Sicilian wines there are.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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April 2010  –Salviano and Vignalta…All Italian

This Week, San Francisco’s very own, Fernando Frias will be joining us to pour his family’s Spring Mountain Cabernets.

“Our wine is about differences and a slice of life. We offer a 100% single vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and a microclimate taste of the Spring Mountain Appellation.“
Frias Family Vineyards was founded with their first official vintage in 1991. They purchased 100 acres in 1977 and planted only 5 acres in 1985. The family focuses only on producing the finest estate grown Cabernet.  The operation is small and family owned. The whole family  helps carry out this labor of love by participating in nurturing the vines, blending, bottling and of course quality control!

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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April 2010  – Planeta, Salviano and more

This Week the award-winning Casa Brancaia. Come in and taste some amazing Super Tuscans.

La Brancaia is one of Tuscany’s top wine-growing estates, winning national and international awards every year. Its wines are sold – and bought – all over the world.  Brancaia has been owned by the Swiss couple Brigitte and Bruno Widmer since 1981. Barbara and Martin Kronenberg-Widmer run the winery together which is located in the heart of the Chianti Classico area.  Every year the top awards go to their many wines.  Just last year Brancaia’s Tre won Wine Spectator’s #10 wine of the year on their top 100 list.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

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April 2010  – Frias Family Vineyards, Planeta, Salviano and more

This Week we are very proud to welcome one of Piazza Market’s favorite wine makers Kristof Anderson from the famed Gargiulo Vineyards.

Kristof Anderson has been with GV since 2003. He favors a gentle and patient winemaking approach, 90% of which happens before the grapes ever leave the vine. This includes hand harvesting at dawn to ensure pristine cluster condition upon arrival at the winery; hand sorting at three different stages and taking advantage of the state of the art gravity flow winery.  Incredibly, Kristof separately ferments as many as 40 individual vineyard blocks each vintage all in small French oak barrels. This extensive array of fermentations offers him more components to compose the final blend.  The final blend will always be the one that most vividly expresses GV’s distinct vineyards during a single harvest season.

$15 per person.  Tasting includes a coupon for 25% off any one bottle of wine poured that night.

Also, includes gourmet food pairings prepared by our chef.

Parking Garage Available One Block Away

Upcoming Events: March Madness!!

March 2010  – Brancaia