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VIRTUAL TASTINGS & EXPERIENCES
Bring Sonoma Valley home for
the holidays with a private Virtual
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Tasting or Experience. Connect with
your office team, investor groups,
clients, friends or loved ones
virtually this season, and choose
from a number of curated wine
tastings hosted by one of Sonoma
Valley’s wineries. Look no further
for your staff holiday happy hour, a
creative way to thank your clients
for their business, or a fun family
gathering.
ANABA WINES Virtual Vintners House
Bring Anaba Home with Private Virtual Tastings. The pandemic has done nothing if not show us how easily we can connect with one another virtually, and wine tasting is no exception! If you’re tired of your team happy hour, looking for a creative way to thank your clients for their business, or want to spice up family game night, we’ve got you covered. Bring your quaranteam together around our exceptional wines while learning from owners John and Johnny Sweazey, and winemaker Katy Wilson as they guide you through a private virtual tasting.
Offered Daily, November 1 – January 31, 2021 Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Molly Lomenzo | molly@anabawines.com | (508) 737-2477
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AUTEUR WINES Private Virtual Tastings
Celebrate your team this year for all the challenges they have endured, let us gather to a create a lively space and spread some much-needed holiday cheer as we share the stories behind our world-class wines. Your gift will be one-of-a-kind and comes direct from our vineyards to your team. Limited production, availability based on inventory. Each event is tailored to fit your team.
Offered Daily, November 1 – December 31, 2020 Not Available November 26 - 27, 2020, December 24-25 2020.
Contact: Corey Louis | corey@auteurwines.com | (707) 938-9211
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B. WISE VINEYARDS Sip and Celebrate Virtual Tasting
During these times of social distancing, don’t be socially disconnected! Gather your friends, family, co-workers and any wine lovers and celebrate the holiday season with B. Wise Vineyards Private Virtual Tastings. This is a great way to show appreciation to your business clients, have some laughs with your family members, and swap stories with friends all from your own living room. Custom tasting menus available, or let your wine educator curate the list for you from our small production, premium wines. We look forward to celebrating that holiday season with you!
Offered Daily, November 20 – December 20, 2020 Not Available Thanksgiving Day or day after Thanksgiving.
Contact: Jacqueline Paul | jackie@bwisevineyards.com | (707) 935-1791
BARTHOLOMEW ESTATE WINERY Portfolio Pack Virtual Tasting with Winemaker Kevin Holt
The perfect alternative to your holiday gathering or interactive team building event! Winemaker Kevin Holt will guide a tasting of our organic estate wines (from truly historic vineyard sites). Cheese pairing recommendation component available too. Customizable to suit your team.
Offered Daily, January 10, 2021 Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Meghan Shaw | meghan@bartestate.com | (707) 509-0540
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BELDEN BARNS Private Virtual Tasting
As featured on The Today Show and in Sonoma Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7 Magazine, Forbes, Smithsonian and Wine Enthusiast, our virtual gatherings offer an easy, joyful and unforgettable way to experience wine tasting.
Each session includes custom-selected wines, thoughtful recipes and an engaging virtual tasting with Lauren and Nate Belden. In addition to education about winegrowing practices and food paring advice, virtual tastings can be personalized to incorporate event, company, person-specific trivia, anecdotes or branding.
Offered Daily Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Contact: Nathan Belden | nate@beldenbarns.com | (415) 577-8552
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BENZIGER FAMILY WINERY Private Virtual Tasting
We invite you to enjoy a Virtual Private Wine Tasting hosted by a Benziger Family Member. From the comfort of your own home, join us on a virtual meeting platform while tasting 3 wines from your choice of a Benziger or Imagery Estate Winery Tasting Menu. Wines will be shipped to your home prior to your event, the cost of which is included in the package. Invite friends and family to join and make it a fun and educational wine night in!
Offered Tuesday – Saturday, November 1, 2020 – January 30, 2021 Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Jennifer Good | jennifer.good@benziger.com | (415) 259-1099
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CHATEAU ST. JEAN Private Virtual Tasting
We are grateful to now have a way to share our love of wine country and delicious wines while you taste in place. With our Virtual Tasting Collection, you can enjoy a private curated experience without leaving your home.
Offerings Vary, Please Inquire for Availability Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve
Contact: cs_chateaustjean@chateaustjean.com | (707) 257-5784
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GLORIA FERRER CAVES & VINEYARDS Trio of Mixed Wines & Seasoning Blends Exploration
We’ve partnered with the local company Tsalt Seasonings to create three custom salt blends that pair deliciously with our wines - Carneros Pinot Noir infused Everything Seasoning, Brut Rosé infused Jalapeño Lime seasoning, and Pinot Blanc infused Zesty Ranch seasoning. This experience is customizable - from pairing the wines and learning more about the essences of the seasonings to a more immersive cooking exploration, we’ll work with you to build out the best virtual experience for your needs.
Trio of Sparkling Wine & Sparkling Wine Infused Chocolates
Sparkling wine and chocolate are not just festive gifts, but also a delicious one-bite pairing! We have partnered with local Sonoma chocolatier, Wine Country Chocolates to create custom truffles made from three of your favorite Gloria Ferrer wines. Enjoy this private virtual experience hosted by one of our wine educators as they discuss the wines characteristics and how the chocolates bring out additional flavors and aromas when paired!
Offered Daily, November 15, 2020 – January 15, 2021 Not Available Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Contact: Colleen Patten | Colleen.Patten@gloriaferrer.com | (707) 933-1986
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GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU WINERY Rhinefarm Detour Tasting
A red & white highlight of our cool climate estate, this trio will impress both the novice and the oenophiles in your group. Paired with our favorite wine tasting essentials, you’ll have all you need to sit back and enjoy the afternoon.
Family Heritage Tasting
Take it up a notch with this collection of our most prestigious limited-production wines, paired with an assortment of top tier wine accessories from renowned French cutlery maker, Laguiole.
Offered Daily Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Marina Mayer | info@gunbun.com | (707) 938-5277
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IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY Private Virtual Tasting
We invite you to enjoy a Virtual Private Wine Tasting hosted by a Benziger Family Member. From the comfort of your own home, join us on a virtual meeting platform while tasting 3 wines from your choice of a Benziger or Imagery Estate Winery Tasting Menu. Wines will be shipped to your home prior to your event, the cost of which is included in the package. Invite friends and family to join and make it a fun and educational wine night IN!
Offered Tuesday – Saturday, November 1 – January 30, 2021 Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Jennifer Good | jennifer.good@benziger.com | (415) 259-1099
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LASSETER FAMILY WINERY A Journey of Lasseter Family Wines
Join us as we take you through the history and wines of Lasseter Family Winery. Estate grown and produced wines in the Sonoma Valley, we specialize in Rhone and Bordeaux blends. Hosted by one of our Wine Specialists, your experience is fully customizable!
Offered Daily Monday – Sunday, November 2 – February 28, 2021 Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Erin Bush | erin@lfwinery.com | (707) 933-2813
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LAUREL GLEN VINEYARD Virtual Holiday Party
No need to give up on a holiday party this year. In fact, let us help you make it the best one yet! Invite friends, family or co-workers to a fun and interactive Laurel Glen Virtual Wine Tasting. We will handle all the prep and clean up.
Laurel Glen will deliver 2 bottles of our opulent and rare wines to each guest Laurel Glen will handle invitations and reminders Your Laurel Glen co-host will get everyone talking, tasting and enjoying themselves All you have to do is come up with a guest list and pour yourself a glass of wine!
Offered Daily, December 31, 2020 Not Available November 26 - 27, 2020 and December 24 - 26, 2020.
Contact: Bettina Sichel | bettina@laurelglen.com | (707) 933-9877
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MEADOWCROFT WINES Virtual Blind Tasting Kit - Available in Red, White or Mixed
Challenge yourself to an at-home blind tasting. Blind tasting is a term for tasting wines without seeing the label or knowing what the wine is. This activity is a great way to test your wine knowledge. The object is to ascertain such features as grape varieties, region, vintage, and price of wine purely through the act of seeing, smelling, and tasting the wine in the glass.
Offered Daily Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Joy Finn | joy@meadowcroftwines.com | (707) 217-2204
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MUSCARDINI CELLARS Explore Your Senses
Muscardini Cellars invites you to join us for a seasonal “Explore Your Senses” tasting experience offered daily by appointment November 7, 2020 through February 28, 2021. With so many aromas and flavors of the season, delight in exploring these through our seasonal wine and sensory jar flight to see if you can match each artfully designed jar to the spices and herbs found in the aromas and flavors of select Muscardini Cellars wines.
Offered Daily by Appointment, November 7, 2020 – Feb 28, 2021 Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Natalie Owdom | natalie@muscardinicellars.com | 707-933-9305
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PANGLOSS CELLARS Pangloss Holiday Virtual Experience
With travel plans on hold for many people, we would love to bring a taste of Pangloss Cellars to you! Our private virtual tastings are a great way to connect, learn and enjoy some Pangloss Cellars wine in a fun, relaxed way. We will ship a selection of your favorite wines to everyone in your tasting group. Virtual tasting options are available for family, friends and corporate groups.
Offered Daily, November 1, 2020 – December 23, 2020.
Contact: Nicole Kerlin | giving@panglosscellars.com | (707) 933-8565
RAM’S GATE WINERY RG at Home: Pinot Noir Tasting
Taste through our diverse line up of Pinot Noir as we highlight some of our favorite areas to both farm and produce the variety. Enjoy the savory side of the Sonoma Coast, intricate blend of Cellar Note and true expression of our single-vineyard.
3 bottles/$180 + tax & shipping
RG at Home: Chardonnay Tasting
We relish in finding sites that demonstrate the complexity of the Chardonnay grape. The line-up builds from a macro view of Sonoma Coast to the single expressions of our single-vineyard portfolio.
3 bottles/$170 + tax & shipping
RG at Home: Additional Varietal Tasting
Inspired by the uniqueness of our Estate Vineyard and a passion for learning, our portfolio includes wines and varietals that demonstrate the diversity and bounty of Northern California.
3 bottles/$146 + tax & shipping
RG at Home: Custom Tasting
We are happy to customize a tasting to your tastes, preferences or occasion.
Virtual Cooking Class with Ram’s Gate Winery
Embark on a virtual wine & culinary adventure with our very own Executive Chef Stacey Combs. Designed for parties of 15 or more, our virtual cooking class is complete with 2 bottles of Ram’s Gate wines and a recipe card delivered directly to you and your guests’ door, so you can shop for your ingredients in advance. Then you can connect live via Zoom as you sip along and enjoy a culinary demonstration.
Chardonnay Virtual Cooking Kit- $125
Pinot Noir Virtual Cooking Kit- $150
Flat rate $15 shipping* Offered Monday – Friday Not Available Week of Thanksgiving, Week of Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Concierge Team | concierge@ramsgatewinery.com | (707) 721-8700
Enjoy a very fun and personal virtual comparative Pinot Noir tasting experience with your friends, family or clients. We help you curate a unique set of Pinot Noirs for your participants to receive and schedule the perfect time to taste together with your choice of: Marta, Amanda, Rebecca or Grayson. We’re happy to include gift cards with the shipment, photos during the zoom and any other educational information you’d like.
Offered Daily Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Contact: Marta Rich | tastingroom@talismanwine.com | (707) 721-1628
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THREE FAT GUYS Virtual Tastings
Join ex-NFL offensive linemen Tony, Jason and Daryn for a virtual tasting of their award winning Three Fat Guys Wines. Taste through the wines of your choosing while learning about the winery, blocking for Brett Favre, Arron Rodgers, Joe Flacco, Philip Rivers and other Hall of Fame teammates. Great for corporate team building events, happy hours or family gatherings.
Offered Monday – Thursday, November 1 – December 31, 2020 Not Available Friday – Sunday and Holidays.
Contact: Dusty Tovrea | dusty@tfgwines.com | (707) 509-0049
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THREE STICKS WINES Group Virtual Tastings
Plan your next corporate event, holiday party, or group gathering with a virtual experience with Three Sticks! Three Sticks Wines produces world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay showcasing our exceptional estate vineyards, noninterventionist approach to winemaking, and meticulous grapegrowing. We farm in an earth-friendly and sustainable manner reflecting stewardship of our land, history, and community. We believe that table fellowship is a vital part of humanity—and celebrations shouldn’t stop even if we cannot gather together.
To share our love of Sonoma and our beautiful wines with you, we have created a dynamic virtual experience designed to provide you, your team, clients, friends, or family with a wine country escape without the hassle of travel. Perfect for your holiday party, corporate event, family reunion, birthday party, wine club, or happy hour with friends near and far!
Offered Daily Not Available Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day.
Contact: Hayden Schmidter | virtual@threestickswines.com | (707) 996-3328
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VIANSA SONOMA Virtual Tastings with Chris Sebastiani
You may not be able to take your team out for a wine-tasting retreat this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t come to you! Our team will help you customize a tasting menu for your group before we ship the selected wines to each participant. Next, family proprietor Chris Sebastiani will host a private Zoom tasting and Q&A for your group. Our custom virtual tastings are a great way to engage your team in collective learning, with all the fun of a virtual happy hour.
Offered Daily Not Available Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Contact: Victoria Campbell | vcampbell@viansa.com | (707) 921-2891
