We’ve covered some of the many, many excellent Bay Area establishments to grab a minimally intervened bottle here on Sprudge Wine, and now there’s a new one that’s got our attention. But it’s not a restaurant with a really thoughtful list or a bottle shop filled with hard-to-find Old World delights, it’s a brand new festival. Taking place November 16th and 17th at The Mint in … [Read more...] about Wine Call Is The Bay Area Winter Festival Focusing On Pacific Wines
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In Downtown Oakland, Natural Wine Has A Home At The Punchdown
If you talk to D.C. Looney about wine, you might hear him describe products of a non-natural origin as “spoofilated crap.” He may talk about the production of natural wine as “alchemical and transcending,” or discuss how the “ancient spirit of this magical beverage” pulled him in to the world he now inhabits. The Punchdown, the Downtown Oakland natural wine bar he owns with his … [Read more...] about In Downtown Oakland, Natural Wine Has A Home At The Punchdown
All’s FARE In Coffee & Wine With London’s Michael Sager
From humble beginnings as a Shoreditch pop-up to not one but two busy bars in Hackney and Bethnal Green, Sager + Wilde proprietor Michael Sager has had a front seat to London's wine scene over the last half-decade, earning accolades and a global fanbase along the way. The man's dream, he remarked in 2016, is to someday "compile the best three-page wine list in London, if not … [Read more...] about All’s FARE In Coffee & Wine With London’s Michael Sager
Wine From The Fire At Sonoma’s Scribe Winery
It’s dusk in early January—three months from the night in October when the deadliest California wildfires in history began, when flames churned by Diablo Winds spread through the Mayacamas and burned across Anderson Mountain in Sonoma, on whose Western slope we’re currently lounging while peeling clementines and drinking Scribe Sylvaner—and everyone at the Hacienda is suddenly … [Read more...] about Wine From The Fire At Sonoma’s Scribe Winery
Vineyard Gate: A Temple Of Thoughtful Drinking Just South of San Francisco
There’s no shortage of natural wine shops and bars in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Ordinaire, Ruby, Terroir, The Punchdown (where I work), and a handful of others. With one exception, all have been opened in the last 10 years and fall neatly into the story of natural wine that I’ve heard told over and over and which always sounds something like this: some crazy … [Read more...] about Vineyard Gate: A Temple Of Thoughtful Drinking Just South of San Francisco