11 posts tagged “san francisco”
The SF International Wine Competition '08 gold and double gold award winners were tasty at The Tasting Panel's review of their wines. The Mandarin Oriental was a gorgeous setting in their library, and we were even escorted from the door to the tasting. It was a unique tasting for me, as I used to having winemakers or distributors' reps there to talk about their wines, but instead we were self-pouring. It was also unique in the selectivity -- more of a minimalist apporach than the usual hundreds of wines.
Nicholas Feuillante champagne was a treat, i've ben a fan since John @ Mt View BevMo hyped it 5 years ago
Sparkling Gewurtz was delightful, with a nose of litchi and peach
Across the reds, I was surprised at the restraint and accessibility, none of the fruit bombs or tannin monsters (other than the zin).
Notably absent were any pinot noirs, probably all sold out of that year already
I was surprised at the selection of spirits, and as I'd never been to a spirits tasting. Highlights include the ginger liquor, chartreuse, two Lagavuilins (16 year and 1991) peat monsters tho they were, the nose of the malbec vodka. The spinning glass top of the tequilla would have been fun to show the kids, but they'll have to do with my video...
I'm sadly missing the Wine & Spirits Top 100 which i've gone to for years but will be taking my daughter to Bible Study Fellowship since I'm gone too much this month...
Playing hooky from daddy duty at Preschool Family to come get educated, and hear some geeky doctor jokes:
Erectile Dysfunction = penile dementia ;)
Nice to come here with Dad, who's paying a lot more attention than me since there's wifi everywhere...
Since they're launching now, it's free for the asking. $15 off of $40 purchase but expiring by 12/31/06. $33 for 2007.
Cozmo Card is a deck of laminated "cards" that feel like playing cards. The cards can be used once.
Simply send an email with your name and address to customersupport@cozmocard.com and ask for a SF CozmoDeck. They don't have many left...
The deck includes 47 cards. I'm interested in returning to ones I've enjoyed including Cafe Kati, Grand Cafe, Bacar, EOS, and can't wait to try Globe, A16, Lime, Luna Park, Destino, Oola, Koh Samui and the Monkey, Levende Lounge, Tokyo Go Go, aargh... too many for the precious few nights of babysitting we have ;)
How many places have you lived in your life?
Grew up in Peoria, IL
High school in San Francisco, CA
College & medical school in Providence, RI
Residency in Modesto, CA
Since then in Palo Alto, CA
Happy Bday Catherine! Boy are you chatty now!
This was the coolest, surrealist playground I'd ever visited... straight out of a spanish painting circa 1960's... some danish manufacturer...
dozens of sushi offerings, hundreds of sakes to try... we were in heaven ;)
it was nice to tour the St. Regis residences afterwards -- a buddy's girlfriend's parents live there...
S.Pellegrino Dine Out
Gourmet Prix-Fixe Menus
September 18-22 and 25-29
Enjoy special three-course, prix-fixe menus at some of the city's best restaurants.
Duration: September 18-22 and 25-29, 2006 (Monday through Friday only)
Pricing: $20 lunches, $35 dinners; prices are per person and do not include beverage, tax or gratuity
Participating Restaurants: See list
What was the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater?
Question submitted by mainmor.
The sequel to 2001: a space oddysey: 2010:_The_Year_We_Make_Contact
My brothers and I went with my uncle Ray & auntie Susie, to a theater on Geary St. in the inner Richmond. A gigantic theater, bigger than anything we had where I was growing up in Peoria, IL. Old, ornate and wonderful to be out without the folks ;)
I'll be celebrating Aidan's birtday sunday and working monday, so anyone want my trade ticket? The first commenter gets it for free (admission sunday or monday), if you want to pretend to be me...
http://www.familywinemakers.org/tastings/TastingsMain.cfm?TID=6
San Francisco Tasting Click on the tabs above for:
Click on this link for:
- Trade* registration form
- List of participating wineries
- Varietal Map (showing what varietals are being poured by which wineries)
- Map and directions
- Volunteer information
- List of our sponsors
16th Annual Tasting
Sunday, August 20, 12:00 to 4:00pm
open to the public and to the trade*, no charge to trade
Monday, August 21, 1:00 to 6:00pm
open to the trade* only
Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center
99 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
Family Winemakers of California looks forward to welcoming you to the largest tasting of California wines in the world ... a showcase for the state's small, family owned wineries.
Here's me, aka Lucas Ryan:
