January Wine Events
Ring in the New Year with Lots of Vino
You’re probably still admiring the goodies you received over the holidays and contemplating starting your New Year’s resolution diet early. But Team Bottlenotes wants to help you ring in the New Year with lots of vino. We hope your last days of 2012 are filled with great friends and great wine! January not only marks the dawn of a new year, but a fresh batch of wine tastings. Below are a few of the highlights.
Hike the Vines, Galena, IL, Jan. 5
Visit charming downtown Galena and enjoy an afternoon of fresh air with a snowshoe hike through Galena Cellars vineyard following by a wine tasting and cheese. This afternoon activity includes snowshoe rental, wine tasting and shuttle ride to and from the vineyard. Click here for tickets and information.
21st Annual Winter WINEland, Sonoma, CA, Jan. 19-20
Plan your weekend adventure for the 21st Annual Winter WINEland. This is a great opportunity to meet winemakers, taste limited production wines, new releases, and library wines. Click here for tickets and information.
Uncorked Food & Wine Festival, Key Largo, FL, Jan. 11-19
If you’re a wine lover living in the sunshine state then head to the Keys to enjoy 10 glorious days of wine tasting events, cooking demonstrations, wine dinners, live music, food and wine classes and art shows. Click here for tickets and information.
Cakebread Wine Dinner with Dennis Cakebread, Honolulu, HI, Jan. 16
Chef Sven Ullrich, Executive Chef at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa, invites the public to a special wine dinner at Japengo Restaurant with special guest Dennis Cakebread, of Cakebread Cellars. Cakebread has selected five wines to share with guests as they dine on four courses of local contemporary Hawaiian dishes. Click here for tickets and information.
29th Annual Festival of Food & Wine "The Art of Entertaining," Morgantown, WV, Jan. 18-20
The 29th Annual Food and Wine Festival celebration has become a time-honored tradition at Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa. The weekend will feature a variety of workshops, seminars, and delectable food and wine tastings, as well as some of the nation’s most acclaimed chefs. Click here for tickets and information.
2nd Annual Pinot Days, New York, NY, Jan. 26
The 2nd Annual Pinot Days Grand Tasting will showcase 45 phenomenal producers of pinot noir. Consumers will be able to sample up to 100 pinots from every important pinot noir region, from the Russian River Valley to the Santa Rita Hills, Oregon to the Anderson Valley, Burgundy to New Zealand to the Sonoma Coast. Discover and celebrate pinot noir in its many diverse styles, find wines you love, and become a pinot devotee if you are not one already. Click here for tickets and information.
14th Annual Crab Cake Cook-Off & Wine Tasting Competition, Fort Bragg, CA, Jan. 26
Head up to the North Coast and indulge in savory, sizzling crab cakes prepared by Mendocino chefs and paired with Mendocino wines. New this year are Mendocino County micro-brews for all your craft beer loving friends! Click here for tickets and information.
Chateau Montelena House Party, Calistoga, CA, Jan. 26
Once again, Chateau Montelena will be opening up the Chateau for one fantastic night of dancing, drinking, and eating. This year’s theme? Fire and Ice – the winery will be serving up culinary surprises both hot and cold that you can enjoy with Montelena classics, special wines from the library collection and even a few limited-production, winery-only wines. Click here for tickets and information.