Oakland East Bay Wine Tasting and Dinners from LocalWineEvents.com

Sushi & Sashimi Wine Pairing!

Jan 08, 2009 (Thu): PLEASE RSVP by JANUARY 7th! :) CALL 925-648-1300 So, one of my favorite dishes in the whole wide world is SUSHI & SASHIMI!! However, I dont always want a light beer or sake to go with it. Sometimes I just want a nice glass of wine. Over the course of 2008, many of our customers [...]

Live Jazz with Sue Lukito and Guest Musician!

Jan 09, 2009 (Fri): Join us for a great night with Sue Lukito and guest musician! We will be open late until 11pm, so if you are in the area, swing by and enjoy a glass of wine or beer! Bella Vino is proud to have Sue Lukito's charismatic stage presence, sultry voice and guitar excellence performin[...]

Wine Tasting with Two Mile Wines - Happy New Year!

Jan 10, 2009 (Sat): Please join us for our first wine tasting of 2009! This Saturday the 10th from 2-6pm. We'll be pouring our newly released Fall wines. And as a little bonus you'll be able to view some real urban wine-making right at our winery as we will be filtering our 2008 Viognier. Be sure [...]

Special Delivery wines

Jan 10, 2009 (Sat): Special Delivery: wines new to the shop during the last couple of weeks. There weren't many given the lack of time to taste during the holidays but we certainly should be able to come up with five! Included will be a Big Ol' Zin, an old vine Garnacha from Navarra and who knows [...]

Meet the Winemaker ~ Kokomo Winery

Jan 15, 2009 (Thu): Kokomo Winery with Winemaker Eric Miller! Wow, what a treat all in the same month too! Wine Club Members? This a great chance to meet the wine maker featured in this months Red Only Selection. I have to say, I was really impressed with his wines. Yes, I know..you are probably[...]

Come Jazz out with Live music by Sue Lukito & Guest Musician!

Jan 16, 2009 (Fri): Join us for a great night with Sue Lukito. We will be open late until 11pm, so if you are in the area, swing by and enjoy a glass of wine or beer! Bella Vino is proud to have Sue Lukito's charismatic stage presence, sultry voice and guitar excellence performing every Friday nigh[...]

Winter Wineland at Ridge Vineyards

Jan 17, 2009 (Sat): Join us for the 17th annual Winter Wineland. Over 100 area wineries participating! Taste wines from many of Ridge's key growing locals: Zinfandel and Syrah from our Dry Creek Valley estate, Del Carlo Zinfandel from the Alexander Valley. Plus, a very special vintage of Pagani Ranc[...]

All Bubbles Iron Horse Winemaker's Dinner!!!

Jan 17, 2009 (Sat): All-Sparkling Winemaker's Dinner With Iron Horse Winery @ Franklin Square Wine Bar American Sturgeon Caviar, Potato Blini, & Crme Friche Iron Horse Blanc de Blancs [...]

Presidential Wines

Jan 17, 2009 (Sat): Presidential Wines: Come enjoy our Inaugural grouping where we'll bring out five wines for your $1 that any President would be proud to serve in these difficult, belt tightening times - in other words ones that won't set you back more than $15. For $10 we'll also add 5 "Head of[...]

Winemaker dinner with Andrew Lane Winery

Jan 19, 2009 (Mon): Featuring Brilliant Wines from Andrew Lane Winery With Winemaker Andrew Dickson Monday, January 19th 2009, 6:30pm Menu Poached pear, baby frisse, chvre, Merlot vinaigrette 2005 Andrew Lane St. Helena Merlot Seared breast of Sonoma duckling, crispy sweet potato haystack, [...]

Vino Vixens Networking Group - Health & Wellness Theme!

Jan 20, 2009 (Tue): The event is open to Men & Women for Networking! Vino Vixens is usually a networking group for women only, to showcase their business and cross network with other successful women in business with an exchange of ideas and to just generally network in a friendly environment with [...]

White Wine & Cheese Pairing 101!

Jan 22, 2009 (Thu): Intro to the basics of wine & cheese pairing! Okay, so food and wine pairing is no cookie cutter science anymore. Now days we have so many other factors to consider, winemaker style, alcohol, oak, acidity! Oh My! The list goes on and on! Anyways, one of the things I try to tea[...]

Wine & Cheese Pairing 101

Jan 29, 2009 (Thu): Mention a wine party to someone and the first thought that comes to mind is "cheese". Cheese and wine is a classic pairing - like peanut butter and jelly or cookies and milk. Wine and Cheese have a long history together. Both are natural products, created using a standard process[...]

Wines From Down Under

Feb 05, 2009 (Thu): Join us for our premiere wine tasting event, featuring wines from Australia and New Zealand. Wines and wine educated provided by Leonie Bowers, owner of New World Wine Imports. COST: $40.00 Register at http://www.kmtmanagement.com/calendar.html Enjoy a fantastic evening of wine, [...]

The Physiology of Taste: Component Tasting & Sensory Evaluation Class

Feb 07, 2009 (Sat): Discover the Physiology of Taste... Understand your senses, learn how to identify by sight, smell, and taste the components of wine. Learn to identify the flavors, aromas, and textures of wine, and accurately be able to describe them. This class allows you to experience each of t[...]

Wine Tasting 101 - Italy Uncorked

Feb 27, 2009 (Fri): The wines of Italy have something for everyone! Take a tour with us to a few favorite regions of Italy; Tuscany, Piedmont, Southern Italy, Veneto. The sheer diversity of styles, regions, and varieties offered up from Italy is amazing. From the tip of the boot to the northern Alps[...]