Tastings, tastings, tastings

Hey, there, strangers. Here's a quick rundown of future tastings at the shop.

Wednesday, January 13 from 5-8 and Saturday, January 16 from 1-4: we're doing a kind of cross-section of different sized winemakers from the west coast. The common theme with all of the wines is high quality and great value. Here's a link to the wines with tasting notes. I'm especially fond of both white wines, which are absolutely unbelievable at their price points, and the Mercer Merlot, which has the complexity and subtlety of a high-quality right-bank Bordeaux.

Wednesday, January 20 from 5-8 and Saturday, January 23 from 1-4: this week is one I've really been excited about. All five wines on the tasting are from Piemonte, the Northern Italian region responsible for some of the grandest royalty of all old-world wines. We'll be tasting some killer wines, including a 94-point Wine Advocate-rated Barolo. Sign up here for our e-mails to receive the tasting list and keep up to date on all our future tastings.

Upcoming weeks will feature the wines of Australia (at tastings January 27 and 30) and rising international superstar of Chilean winemaker Ventisquero (February 3 and 6). We'll also be showing some home accents, wine furniture and clocks (and pouring wine, of course!) at HomeWorld 2010 at the Airport Expo Center.