A Wine Taster's Diary
NOTE: Both the Consumer and the Trade Regional Events Calendars content of this site has been shifted to our "Calendar + Updates" section (each entry will continue to be linked to a website offering current information regarding the event).
Upcoming Events
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- LAS OLAS WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL Fort Lauderdale, FL / May 1
- WINE ENTHUSIAST - TOAST OF THE TOWN Chicago, IL / May 1
- HOSPICE DU RHONE From Roussanne with Love Paso Robles, CA / May 1-3
- SAN LUIS OBISPO Roll Out The Barrels San Luis Obispo, CA / May 1-4
- MAIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY Wine Tasting/Email $30) ticket requests to Aleda Freeman Maiden, MA / May 2
- ROCK'N ROLL WINE Reggae Pool Party Las Vegas, NV / May 2
- HOP SCOTCH BEER & SCOTCH FESTIVAL Seattle, WA / May 2-3
- SOUTHERN BREEZE Wine & Culinary Festival Orange Beach, AL / May 2-4
- WOMEN FOR WINESENSE Grand Event Napa Valley, CA / May 2-4
- SIERRA SHOWCASE OF WINE Amador Co Fairgrounds / May 3
- WINE SPECTATOR GRAND TOUR Las Vegas, NV / May 3
- DOWNTOWN LIVERMORE WINE FESTIVAL Livermore, CA / May 3-4
- VINTAGE BOUQUET Food & Wine Event Beverly Hills, CA / May 4
- TASTE OF THE NATION Houston, TX / May 4
- TASTE OF THE NATION Whippany, NJ / May 5
- CHARLOTTE WINE & FOOD WEEKEND Charlotte, NC / May 7-10
- WINE TASTING & AUCTION to Aid Demining Efforts in Cambodia Washington, D.C. / May 9
- SIP FOR A CURE Tasting Festival Seattle, WA / May 14
- NANTUCKET WINE FESTIVAL Nantucket, MA / May 14-18
- WOMEN CHEFS Turn Up The Heat on Ovarian Cancer Los Angeles, CA / May 15
- ANDERSON VALLEY PINOT NOIR FESTIVAL Anderson Valley, CA / May 16-18
- PASO ROBLES WINE FESTIVAL Paso Robles, CA / May 16-18
- LODI ZIN FEST-Wine, Food and Fun at the Lake Lodi, CA / May 16-18
- SANTA LUCIA HIGHLANDS FLING Santa Lucia Highlands, CA / May 17
- WINES & FOODS OF AUSTRIA Seattle, WA / May 17
- RUTHERFORD APPELLATION SPRING PASSPORT WEEKEND Rutherford, CA / May 17-18
- PASSPORT TO SONOMA VALLEY Sonoma Valley, CA / May 17-18
- MADERA SPRING WINE TRAIL ADVENTURE Madera, CA / May 17-18
- KEUKA IN BLOOM Keuka Wine Trail, NY / May 17-18
- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS WINE TRAIN & AUCTION Roaring Camp Railroads, Felton, CA / May 18
- WINE ENTHUSIAST - TOAST OF THE TOWN New York City / May 19
- FINE WINE EXPERIENCE DINNER for Oxfam & Gurkha Welfare Trust London, UK / May 20
- NEW ORLEANS WINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE New Orleans, LA / May 21-25
- ZAP's ZINFANDEL GRAND TASTING Washington, DC / May 22
- NEWPORT BEACH Food & Wine Festival Newport Beach, CA / May 23-25
- WASHINGTON WINE HIGHWAY Woodinville, WA / May 24-25
- BANFF ROCKY MOUNTAIN Wine & Food Festival Fairmont Banff Springs, Canada / May 31
- SANTA CRUZ MTNS VINTNERS' FESTIVAL Santa Cruz Mtns (east), CA / May 31-Jun 1
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- DEBUTS & DISCOVERIES Seattle, WA / Jun 4
- UNCORKED Best Of Tasting San Francisco, CA / Jun 4
- AUCTION NAPA VALLEY Napa Valley, CA / Jun 5-8
- SANTA CRUZ MTNS VINTNERS' FESTIVAL Santa Cruz Mtns (west), CA / Jun 7-8
- KEUKA Barbecue at the Wineries Keuka Wine Trail, NY / Jun 7-8
- MORNINGTON PENINSULA WEEKEND> Mornington Peninsula, Australia / Jun 7-9
- TASTE WASHINGTON! Spokane, WA / Jun 8
- WASHINGTON WINE COUNTRY CELEBRATION Eastern Appellations of WA / Jun 20-21
- SUNSHINE AND WINE Yakima, WA / Jun 21
- TASTE OF HOWELL MOUNTAINSt. Helena, CA / Jun 21
- GREAT GRAPES wine, arts & food festival Cockeysville, MD / Jun 21-22
- PINOT DAYS San Francisco, CA / Jun 26-29
- KAPALUA Wine & Food Festival Kapalua, HI / Jun 26-29
- SANTA BARBARA WINE FESTIVAL Santa Barbara, CA / Jun 28
- KEUKA Barbecue at the Wineries Keuka Wine Trail, NY / Apr 28-29
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Publisher's Notebook
- CALIFORNIA 2007 Harvest Report
- NAPA VALLEY 2007 Harvest Report
- DRY CREEK VALLEY/Sonoma County 2007 Harvest Report
- KENDALL-JACKSON 2007 Early Harvest Report
- OREGON'S WINE INDUSTRY'S FOCUS ON PINOT NOIR New records set by the 2006 Grape Crush. State's wine production is now over half Pinot Noir!
- CHINA BEER & WINE MARKET GROWING FAST!. China has eclipsed the U.S. as the number one beer market in the world and the market for wine has doubled in the past five years!
- $103 BILLION IMPACT OF CA WINE ON U.S. ECONOMY Read the MKF Research Report.
- ARE YOU A BOOTLEGGER??? Does your state legislature prevent access to the wines you want to taste? State-by-state report on restrictive shipping laws.
- WINE MARKETING COUNCIL 2006 Market Overview Demand for table wine in the U.S. is today surging more strongly than any time since the late 1970s
Industry & Trade - Events & Meetings
- STRESS ISSUES Brown Bag Discussion Napa Valley, CA / May 2
- AFTERNOON IN THE VINEYARD Napa Valley Grapegrowers Napa Valley, CA /May 10
- WINGS AND WINE FESTIVAL> May 10 / Veneta, OR / May 10
- CA CABERNET SOCIETY TASTING St. Helena, CA / May 12
- WOODINVILLE "Taste for the Trade" Fare Start, Seattle, WA / May 12
- RIAS BAIXAS ALBARINO Seminar & Tasting San Francisco, CA May 15
- VINO IN VILLA PROSECCO TASTING> Valdobbladene, IT / May 17-18
- WOODINVILLE "Taste for the Trade" Woodinville, WA / May 19
- LONDON WINE FAIR London / May 20-22
- SONOMA IN THE CITY San Francisco, CA / May 22
- SAN FRANCISCO WINE COMPETITION - Deadline for Entries San Francisco, CA / May 23
- WINE EDUCATORS ANNUAL CONF New Orleans, LA / May 24-30
- VINEXPO ASIA PACIFIC Hong Kong / May 27-29
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- SANTE RESTAURANT SYMPOSIUM Manchester, VT / Jun 1-4
- VINO IN VILLA PROSECCO TASTING> NYC / Jun 5
- FESTIVAL OF SERBIAN WINES Krusevac, Serbia / Jun 6-7
- VINO IN VILLA PROSECCO TASTING> San Francisco, CA / Jun 9
- INDY INTL WINE COMPETITION Entry Deadline West Lafayette, IN / Jun 10
- JAPAN WINE CHALLENGE - 11th/Entry Deadline Tokyo, Japan / June 11
- SHANGHAI INTL WINE & SPIRITS FAIR 2008 Shanghai / Jun 17-19
- ASEV ANNUAL MEETING
Portland, OR / Jun 17-20- PINOT DAYS TRADE TASTING San Francisco, CA / Jun 29 (11-1PM+)
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- TASTE3 INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM Copia. Napa, CA / Jul 17-19
----- AUGUST 2008 -----
- CENTRAL CA WARM WINE COMPETITION (email re entries) Madera, CA / Aug 1
- WINE ECONOMICS CONFERENCE Portland, OR / Aug 14-16
- WINE EDUCATORS ACADEMY (email: request info) Napa Valley, CA / Aug 18-21
- FAMILY WINEMAKERS TRADE TASTING San Francisco, CA / Aug 24-25
----- NOVEMBER 2008 -----
- PINOT DAYS TRADE TASTING Chicago, IL / Oct 6
- AMERICAN VINEYARD'S CENTRAL COAST GRAPE EXPO> Paso Robles, CA / Nov 15
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- ASEV Napa, CA / Jun 22-26
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