If you are like me and love Italian wine (and can get to SF this weekend, of course), you will definitely want to head up to the second annual Golden Glass, which is going on this Saturday at Fort Mason, from 3-6.30. There will be sixty producers from all over Italy pouring 120 of their wines, and all proceeds will benefit everyone's favorite food organization, Slow Food San Francisco.
I am determined to not miss this one, not only because I love Italian wine and am trying to demystify it for myself, but also because I feel stupid for missing the Etude tasting last week; I was so study-panicked that I didn't even realize it for two days. Friday morning I was on my way to work and remembered. Duh. Anyway, I will be brushing up on my Italian grapes and regions and producers before I head over on Saturday.
If you can't make it Saturday, or can't wait until Saturday, I also hear that K&L in San Francisco is going to be doing an informal tasting of four producers' wines from the Roero: Monchiero Carbone, Cascina Ca' Rossa, Malvirà and Filippo Gallino. It starts at 4.30 on Friday, and will be pretty cheap, from what I hear... around five bucks. Consider it a warm-up.
I went last year and tasted many excellent wines. I, too, recommend Golden Glass 2.
Posted by: Jack | 14 June 2005 at 04:46 PM