When:	Saturday, March 23, 2013
Where:	Healdsburg, CA at Hotel Healdsburg
What:	The Ultimate Pinot Smackdown Seminar

Each Master Sommelier enters the room with four of his favorite Pinot Noirs covering four different regions of the world. Then the “Battle Royale” begins! The Master Sommeliers will have to sell you on their wine choices and dish it out in a head-to-head pitch contest followed by a tasting where you decide the winner.  How often do you have four Master Sommeliers selling you on 16 great pinots and then a chance to taste them all!? So come and see how Drew “The baby faced rookie” Hendricks fares against Keith “Where is he?” Goldston while Michael “No, not that Michael” Jordan rumbles with Fred “is he God or Satan” Dame. This will be a smackdown to remember, you the audience will get to drink great Pinots while watching legendary battles and then crown the winner!

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When:	Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 6:30PM to 9:30PM
Where:	San Francisco's Bentley Reserve
What:	Taste of the Nation, San Francisco

Please join us at SF's Bentley Reserve to support Share Our Strength’s efforts in eliminating childhood hunger as well as our local beneficiaries. In the wake of staggering reports that nearly half of all children in the U.S. will be on food stamps at the some point in their life, there is no time to waste. 

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 A Consumer Grand Tasting

When:	Tuesday March 19, 2013: 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Where:	Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek 2821 Turtle Creek Blvd., Dallas Texas, 75219
What:	Sonoma in the City: Taste of Sonoma Dallas

Join Freeman Vineyard & Winery at this grand tasting which will include a collection of Sonoma County's top producers and feature over 100 wines from 15 distinctive regions. Taste the diversity of terroir and winemaking styles. Enjoy the opportunity to interact with Sonoma County's winemakers and grape growers.

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When:	Tuesday, Feb 26th, 6-9pm
Where:	NYC's City Winery, 155 Varick Street NYC, NY 10013 [ Map it ]
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Ken and Akiko Freeman will be pouring their Sonoma Coast wines at the first West of West Wine Festival in NYC. West Sonoma Coast Vintners is proud to host the NYC West of West Wine Festival which offers wine lovers an inside taste of some of the most acclaimed cool-climate wines.

Join us from 6 to 9pm at NYC's City Winery and try the wines from the leading winemakers and proprietors of the West Sonoma Coast. This area is part of California's Sonoma County, and has distinguished itself as one of the world’s leading regions for top quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Members include 32 Winds, Ant Hill, Baker Lane, Benovia, Boheme, Ceritas, Charles Heintz, Cobb, Evening Land, Failla, Flowers, Fort Ross, Freeman, Joseph Phelps, Gors Ventre, Hartford, Hirsch, Kutch, LaRue, LIOCO, Littorai, MacPhail, Marimar, Martinelli, Merry Edwards, Pahlmeyer, Papapietro Perry, Patz & Hall, Paul Hobbs, Peay, Ramey, Red Car, Siduri, Small Vines, Sojourn, Trombetta, Zepaltas and more!

J.W. Marriot Los Angeles, CA

Come taste our 2010 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir at the New World Wine Experience 2012 in LA this fall.

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Sixty of the top wine buyers and sommeliers in the country hosted by twenty of the appellation's great winemakers. Two and a half days engrossed in the distinctive characteristics of Pinot Noir and winemakers of California's Russian River Valley. (Trade event only)

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West Sonoma Coast Vintners, an association of wineries on Sonoma’s coastline, will host the second annual West of West Wine Festival from August 3th to 5th. The event will be held one hour north of San Francisco in the coastal hamlet of Occidental, California, and will feature some of the most acclaimed Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays and Syrahs on the market today.

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In late 1985, an informal group of Oregon wine-lovers, winemakers, restaurateurs, and retailers envisioned a premier wine event, to be held in the heart of Oregon wine country. Each year since the first annual event was held in 1987, the IPNC has evolved and matured, with a commitment to staying fresh, innovative, and relevant. For the past 25 years the IPNC has been uniting international Pinot noir producers, esteemed journalists, Pinot noir devotees, northwest chefs, and foodies for a weekend of tasting, dining, learning, and celebrating together. 

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