In honor of the oldest continuously running wine festival in America splashing around this weekend (1-800-422-0251, scroll down for a list of wineries and restaurants), the Carmel Valley Art & Wine Festival (659-4000) descending upon the village Saturday and a cover story about the country’s biggest vineyard in little ol’ Monterey County (see Thursday's Weekly), some wine notes:
Doug Danzer reports Anthony Dias Blue has scheduled a review of family-run Cima Collina’s 2007 Pinot Noir, Tondre Grapefield Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands ($48) in the next issue of The Tasting Panel magazine, with a score of 92 points.
Thursday, June 17, is the Learn Your ABCs Tasting at Zeph’s (757-3947)—anything but Chardonnay and Cab means a gauntlet of reds and whites from adored local wineries for $20. Nice value; better education.
Last but certainly not least, Santa Lucia Highlands pioneers Hahn Family Wines is celebrating 30 years Saturday, June 26, with a “Spaghetti Western” Pasta Cook-off Event. 678-2132. Learn more about that here.Salud.
