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Imagine a Producer Dinner that boasts a table of family-style fried chicken, collards, cornbread, and skin and concrete egg fermented Sémillon. Does it make your stomach rumble and toes tingle? Then join 18 Reasons and Dirty + Rowdy Family Winery for this unique and unforgettable dinner!

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housemade pimento cheese, celery
five-spiced sorghum pecans

iceberg, local blue, shaved shallot
fried chicken
Anson Mills cornbread
baked Rancho Gordo beans, Benton's bacon
braised collard greens

Join Trac Le and the rest of the Bi-Rite wine crew for a one-day preview of their Holiday Blitz selections; taste over 30 of their favorite wines!

At this event, you will receive 20% off orders of 12 bottles or more; orders must be made night of the 18 Reasons tasting.

Join Trac Le and the rest of the Bi-Rite wine crew for a one-day preview of their Fall Blitz selections; taste over 30 of their favorite wines!

At this event, you will receive 20% off orders of 12 bottles or more; orders must be made night of the 18 Reasons tasting.

The wines of Hungary are the product of over 1200 years of melting together different cultures, religions, and ethnicities over a truly unique combination of geology and climate. Eric Danch is an expert on these unique wines, and he's coming to dinner to share a few of his favorites. Please join us for a special evening of good food, good wine, and great storytelling. 
 

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kohlrabi + apple soup, creme fraiche, black truffle
2012 Demeter Zoltán Hárslevelű, Tokaj

Although the Loire Valley is better known for its white wines, the reds can be equally stunning. The Cabernet Franc from Chinon is unparalleled anywhere else except for Bourgueil, a nearby appellation, and other red grapes, especially Pinot Noir and Cot (Malbec), express themselves in ways that might be unrecognizable to many wine drinkers. Grolleau, Pineau D’Aunis and Gamay from the Loire are all the rage in Paris’s wine bars and are catching on in San Francisco as well.

Pamela Busch believes that the Loire Valley boasts the A-Team of the world’s white wines. From the Nantais on the Atlantic coast to Sancerre just a couple of hours from Paris, it is home to a number of appellations that make the most complex and age worthy white wines. In addition to the well known wines such as Vouvray, Muscadet and of course, Sancerre, other appellations are making superb wines from Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Menu Pineau and Romorantin.

What better way to welcome Indian Summer in San Francisco than with a toast? This two hour tasting and discussion, led by Vinny Eng, will explore a selection of thirst quenching wines. We'll taste for qualities like salinity and explore the breadth of textures wines can express. This will be a rosé heavy lineup!

For centuries, France has been at the vanguard of winemaking and the 21st century is no exception. While many of the current trends started in the 1980's and 1990's, sustainable, organic, biodynamic and viticulture, integrated pest control, minimal intervention and other production techniques have taken French vineyards by storm. San Francisco Examiner wine columnist Pamela Busch will lead this tasting and discussion, along with a few special guests.