Tasting Seminars

Join Master Cicerone Rich Higgins for this fun and informative tasting and discover five different types of delicious, elegant, and invigorating sour beers.

Orange or amber wines are skin fermented whites that have gained rapid popularity recently, appearing on the best wine lists from Copenhagen to San Francisco. And rightfully so; an ancient method of winemaking, skin fermentation not only enhances aroma and texture but also adds a whole other dimension making this category completely distinct. In this two hour seminar, Pamela Busch will lead the tasting of six orange wines from around the world.

The apple can be expressed into fine cider that pairs beautifully with food. Often these ciders come from producers who are orchard-based, obsessed with particular cultivars of apple, and focused on terroir-driven styles of cider making, like native yeast fermentations and barrel aging. This two hour course will provide the background for and tastings of six such ciders from the West Coast and New England.

With nearly 3000 miles separating the coasts, New York wines might as well be from another country. In many respects they are as different from California wines as those from Europe.

Portuguese wines are still very much of a mystery, even to wine enthusiasts and professionals. Yet this small country has a lot of diversity, and the quality continues to improve. In this two hour tasting seminar we will survey the wines throughout the country, exploring both older, revered selections and examples from new - but soon to be star - producers.
 

A 2-hour beer tasting workshop with food pairings.

It's summertime, and we are ready to fire up the grill to pack a cooler full of beer. But we don't want just any beer -- we want the right beer for our menu.

Join Master Cicerone Rich Higgins for a workshop on finding the perfect beers for summer grilling, including beer styles from Germany, Belgium, and the US.

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Join Vinny Eng for a tasting seminar on Gamay, an epic and eccentric variety that is a favorite of wine enthusiasts yet too often overlooked by shoppers and diners. In fact, it is one of the most versatile of grapes and is found in a diverse array of expressions. Some may even call it gay-mazing!

Our remarkable friend and neighbor, Tartine Bakery, is generously providing a selection of their extraordinary bread for this event. Served with Vella Butter, it is reason enough to raise a glass!

A PLACE TO GATHER every Thursday, 6:00-10:00pm

18th Hour Café offers a changing weekly menu of craft beer, amazing wine, cheese, charcuterie, salad, soup, and Tartine bread; prices range from $3-$20. 

A PLACE TO GATHER every Thursday, 6:00-10:00pm

A PLACE TO GATHER every Thursday, 6:00-10:00pm

18th Hour Café offers a changing weekly menu of craft beer, amazing wine, cheese, charcuterie, salad, soup, and Tartine bread; prices range from $3-$20.