my first San Francisco VINTNER'S MARKET....!

This weekend I attended my first Vintner's Market here in San Francisco.  It was held at Fort Mason which is always a great place to attend an event.  Located on the Bay with spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge and an insane amount of sailboats on the Saturday that I went as it was really windy.  Sipping delicious vinos and soaking in these views....?!  Yes, please!

It was a perfect weekend to go with one of my dear friends visiting from Los Angeles and fellow lover of the grape, Jamie.  We scored a great deal on tickets through Living Social and off we went after a yummy lunch at SF's oldest restaurant...The Tadich Grill.

winner of my favorite packaging goes to JACK Cellars

Tudor makes delicious Pinots 

Kara's Cupcake Truck.  Amazingly, I managed to avoid a purchase here.

the boys of Idle =dolls.

great labels at Idle Cellars

the Huge Bear '08 Cab was a 100% Cabernet grape and was delicious....!!

 It was super fun to delve into the Nor-Cal wine scene as it is still so foreign to me compared to Southern California.  I ended purchasing the following and these are linked to the wine-maker's notes so you can check 'em out and possibly request a glass nice time we hang out...!


Desmond
'09 Pinot Noir


Huge Bear
'08 Cabernet


Idle Cellars
'08 Merlot
'08 Sangiovese


Coastview
'07 Syrah


Reynoso
'04 Syrah
'05 Cabernet

Soundtrack for this sipping Saturday is "Gardens and Villa" who I saw perform live the night before and they are the bee's knees.

live in SF