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DINING WITH DESMOND
Restaurants:
Avalon Restaurant and Bar in Eureka

Caffé Portofino, Santa Rosa

Coast Cafe, Bolinas

The Fish Market, South Bay locations

Gourmet au Bay, Bodega Bay

The Half Moon Bay Wine and Cheese Company, Half Moon Bay

Harris and K Market, Eureka

The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay

Viola Pastry Boutique, Santa Rosa

Zazu Restaurant + Farm, Santa Rosa
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UPCOMING EVENTS

34th ANNUAL BARREL TASTING
Mar 2-4, Mar 9-11, 2012

Sample our wines still in the barrel, buy "futures," and tour our winemaking facilities at Vinify, Santa Rosa.

TICKETS: wineroad.com


Our cellar is located at
Vinify
3358-D Coffey Lane
Santa Rosa, CA






IN THE BLOGOSPHERE...

A Sensation at Single Vineyard Night, 2011!
...I will highlight only discoveries from my top-tier for the evening, not so much in the same manner other writers grade the wines they sample, but more in line with scholastic honors. My corollary to summa cum laude started with the 2008 Estate Pinot Noir from Desmond Wines, a Russian River winery singularly focused on vinting estate-grown Pinot....
Read the entire story at http://blog.sostevinobile.com/2011/12/31/20111205.aspx


Great Fun at Pinot on the River 2011!

Thank you to all who dropped by to say hello at this year's Pinot on the River. We've even heard a bit of blog buzz:

StarkInsider reports back that
"Pinot on the River is billed as the full immersion Pinot experience, and it did not disappoint."
Read the scoop>


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Pinot on the River 2010
We so enjoyed meeting Jo Diaz at Pinot on The River.
"......Totally delicious. The color was right where I wanted it to be, as were the cherry flavors that were enhanced with violets and strawberries......." Thanks, Jo! Read Jo's full review of the day>

For those of you not familiar with Jo, she has had an extensive career in wine education and marketing and now focuses her energy on her wine blog "Juicy Tales." We connected again recently and Jo was kind enough to share our wine with followers of her blog. Read her post here>




PREVIOUS EVENTS:

WINE ROAD'S ANNUAL WINTER WINELAND
Winter Wineland is a great opportunity to taste limited production wines, new releases and library wines. Special features include local artist profiles and wine education. Special discounts for designated drivers. Learn more on WineRoad.com


SANTA ROSA'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT MARKET
Downtown Santa Rosa throught the summer.
Moving into the 2011 season, Santa Rosa's Wednesday Night Market put together the best market to date with an extended run and the introduction of the Wine Tasting Garden and Bandstand, along with new artisan vendors, and entertainment. Join us in 2012!


Russian River Valley Winegrowers’Host Second Annual
SINGLE VINEYARD NIGHT
More than 30 Winemakers and their Grape Grower partners present their small-lot, single vineyard wines paired with an array of single bites of food from local producers and restaurants. Winetasting, Auction and dancing.


GHIRARDELLI UNCORKED! Wine tasting, wine seminars, chef demonstrations, and live music takes place throughout the courtyards of Ghirardelli Square as well as extends onto Beach Street adjacent to the Square and Aquatic Park. The 2011 event benefited SAVE THE BAY, a non profit organization celebrating 50 years of protecting and restoring San Francisco Bay.



WINE EXPO at the SKI & SNOBOARD FESTIVAL
San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Spend two days exploring gear manufacturer booths, interactive ski resort exhibits, a live snow play arena and the biggest winter sale you’ve ever seen. The Wine Expo portion presents an opportunity to learn more about wine, its production and its many complexities in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.



VINIFY OPEN HOUSE
A unique opportunity to try some fantastic and hard to find wines including our newly release 2008 Pinot Noir! At this event, visitors were able to purchase any of the wines tasted …. over 40 wines were poured! To learn more about the event, visit http://www.localwineevents.com/events/detail/309130


PINOT DAYS
Please join us at the 6th Annual Pinot Days San Francisco
June 27th, 2010, Fort Mason. Tickets are available online at www.pinotdays.com



SF Vintner's Market, Fort MasonVINTNER'S MARKET, SF
Vintner's Market, Fort Mason, San Francisco. We were very pleased to be a part of this first-of-its-kind wine tasting and buying event in April and Oct/Nov — a farmer's market style shopping experience where wine enthusiasts can try and buy wines from over 200 wineries. Visit www.sfvintnersmarket.com for more information on the next event.


PINOT ON THE RIVER
A full-immersion weekend of Pinot Noir, featuring a full program of in-depth tastings, seminars, vineyard tours and sumptuous food.

Sit with growers and winemakers and focus on highly-allocated, limited production West Coast Pinot Noirs. From Friday's kickoff dinner to a Saturday of intimate Pinot seminars and tastings all the way through Sunday's "Pinot Noir Grand Tasting," if you love Pinot Noir, it's a weekend you must not miss.

For more information about the festival, go to www.pinotfestival.com