UPCOMING EVENTS

I Nonni and Sunfish Cellars invite you to join us for one of the many Tastings, Wine Classes or Dinners that allow us to showcase the undeniable relationship between food and wine. If you’d like to always be informed of these events please sign-up for our newsletter. We hope for the opportunity to serve you soon.

Join us Thursday, October 1st at 6:30pm for a Zoom tasting of Bedrock Cellars wines with legendary California winemaker Joel Peterson. Bedrock Wine Co. was started in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Peterson (Joel Peterson's son). Joel, the "godfather of zinfandel" as the founder and winemaker at Ravenswood, will conduct the tasting because Morgan is expecting a baby to be born on October 1st! Working out of a small converted chicken coop in a friend’s backyard, Morgan focused on making personality-filled wines wrought from a small array of thoughtfully farmed vineyards. Over time the chicken coop and its outdoor fermenters and tiny basket press gave way to production at another friend’s winery and eventually to the “elegant” tin-sided warehouse that is now called home. In addition, after six years of working alone, the winery welcomed Chris Cottrell as a partner-in-crime along with a small, dedicated staff of highly decent human beings. The winery is first and foremost a mission-driven operation dedicated to preserving and rehabilitating old vineyards around California. These vineyards, planted by California’s viticultural pioneers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, are living pieces of history. Not only are they able to draw inspiration from those very pioneers but they get to actually use the materials they planted which have survived two world wars, Prohibition, and a constantly changing marketplace. If something has been growing for over 100 years it not only deserves respect but it probably makes some darn good wine too.

Click here to join us for the tasting:

https://zoom.us/j/97439104204?pwd=RWkzZ2xGQkFtQ1dQbU5YSVFOcWNiZz09

Thursday's tasting will include these three wines, tasted in this order:

2019 Bedrock Old Hill Ranch Heritage, $54.99

The 2018 Old Hill Ranch Heritage comes from a vineyard planted to a field blend of over 30 varieties, with a good amount of Grenache, that has been farmed organically since the 1960s. Medium ruby-purple, it has a bright, open nose of stone fruit salad, blueberries, black cherries, Earl Grey tea leaves, dried citrus peel, and tree bark with oodles of exotic spices and dried flowers. Medium to full-bodied, it’s tightly coiled but intense in the mouth with a chewy frame and wicked juicy acidity, finishing very long and technicolor.

Purchase the 2019 Old Hill Ranch here:

https://sunfishcellars.com/products/bedrockwinecooldhillranchheritage

2018 Bedrock Winery Bedrock Vineyard Heritage, $44.99

Medium ruby-purple, the 2018 Bedrock Vineyard Heritage opens with fantastic perfume: ripe peach, sliced blueberries, warm red cherries, underbrush, violet, and dried tangerine peel with nuances of crushed stone, dried hollyhock, and exotic spices. Medium-bodied, it floods the mouth with a singularly perfumed fruit layer with a chewy frame and wicked freshness, finishing long and evolving. Wow! Just a pup, give this another year or two in bottle and drink it over the next 10-15 years. 94 points from The Wine Advocate!

Purchase the 2018 Bedrock Vineyard here:

https://sunfishcellars.com/products/bedrockwinecobedrockvineyardheritage2018

2015 Bedrock Winery Lorenzo's Vineyard Heritage, $49.99

The 2015 Lorenzo's Heritage comes from dry-farmed vines planted between 1900 and 1950. Medium ruby-purple, it opens with aromas of dried leaves and underbrush with wild blackberries, peach peel, savory cranberry, and potpourri. Medium-bodied, it’s dense in the mouth with a chewy frame and great freshness, finishing savory.

Purchase the 2015 Lorenzo's Vineyard here:

https://sunfishcellars.com/products/bedrockwinecolorenzosheritage

Purchase all three wines here:

https://sunfishcellars.com/products/winesfortheoctober1stzoomtasting

We hope to see you every Thursday at 6:30pm. On October 8th we are tasting Angelo Gaja wines with Gaia Gaja!

Do you miss having a glass of wines with friends and loved ones during these trying times? We understand (we miss seeing you in the store and restaurant), but we have a solution and it's so simple! All you have to do is pick some friends, pick a day and time, pick some wines, and we'll do the rest so you can have a private, in-home(s), properly socially distancing personal wine tasting for you and your friends.

It's so easy!

1. Pick a day other than Thursday and a time.
2. Pick three bottles of wine from our website: https://sunfishcellars.com/collections/wine-2 or give our wine director some guidelines and we will select the wines for you (minimum total $75 for the three bottles).
3. Pick at least nine friends (or nine couples, or nine groups of any size)
4. Email us at hoyt@sunfishcellars.com with the email address of each member of your group and the three wines you have selected.

Once it's set up, have each member of your group pick up their three bottles prior to the tasting and follow along with our wine director Hoyt as he tastes the wines in a systematic, professional manner. Learn about grape varieties you may not have tasted before, or about wine regions you may not be familiar with! And, most of all, have fun doing it!

We will create a Zoom conference and you can enjoy the tasting conducted by our wine director from the comfort of your home, while staying safe!

You can even pick up a cheese and olive platter to enjoy with the tasting: https://sunfishcellars.com/products/catering-cheeseandoliveplatter