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1 24 brix 29 scott harvey wines to pacervie a 17585 HWY 49, PLYMOUTH and ake tahoe 10861 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH & Assortment of hand crafted soft and 29 79 MAIN ST., SUTTER CREEK Food pairing 33 upton rd b hard cheese and olives. Varietals Sauvignon Blanc, 5 river pines Food pairing Oak wood fired truffle mushroom ragout 38 28 12 9 be rd Zinfandel, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Cabernet Sauvignon 26 15 paired with Syrah and Barbera. Varietals Rosé, Barbera, steiner rd 31 19 20 Education Learn how we make our six, 90 point, gold 37 18 13 Zinfandel, Syrah, Red Blend Education Saturday at 36 32 award-winning wines by winemaker, Paul Schmitz. 2 12 and 2: Seminar with Chef Brian Overhauser: shenandoah rd dickson rd 39 22 awrence rd amador cellars 6 Embrace your inner chef—The Cause and Effect of 2 29 3 11 14 a ostrom rd Wine and Food. Sunday at 12 and 2: Blending sem- 11093 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH 21 tyer rd inar with winemaker Scott Harvey. All seminars at Food pairing Pasta puttanesca paired with our Estate 35 ibbom fiddetownst winery location. Zinfandel. Sauvignon Blanc, Sangiovese, to e dorado his Varietals shenandoah 7 8 shenandoah Tempranillo, Syrah, and two different Zinfandels rd schoo rd sera fina cellars 40 fiddetown rd 30 Education We will be giving tours of our new Barrel 17000 LATROBE RD., PLYMOUTH Room and discussing the unique building technique main st Food pairing Malvasia Bianca paired with sliced Par- and wall design. Tours at 12:30 and 2:30 both days. fiddetown rd mesan cheese drizzled with honey. Varietals Sauvignon 34 26 pymouth Blanc, Malvasia Bianca, Barbera, Primitivo, Pinot 3 andis wines 1 to sacramento Grigio, Hard Apple Cider, and Mango & Muscat Hard 11000 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH 27 atrobe rd Apple Cider. Education Vineyard tours from 12–3. Food pairing Savory potato soup with roasted garlic 30 greiich rd and leeks. Varietals Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, 31 shenandoah vineyards 16 Barbera, Grenache Education Barrel tastings of 12300 STEINER RD., PLYMOUTH newly fermented 2017 Barbera, comparing a brand wiow creek rd 10 drytown Food pairing Enjoy Wicked Pig Catering’s pulled pork sliders. Barbera, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat, new oak barrel to a used, neutral barrel. 25 Varietals Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel avio vineyards & winery toni rd 4 Education Saturday 10 am: “Dessert for Breakfast” 14520 RIDGE RD., SUTTER CREEK 41 seminar with assistant winemaker, Joe Coughlin. Food pairing Brazilian short ribs served over crostini 23 amador city Taste small bite pairings with dessert wines. Sunday with a savory wine sauce paired with Cabernet 34 od hwy 49 10 am: “Dry Rosé—California’s New Super Star” Sauvignon. Varietals Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot main st discussing the history of Rosé while you enjoy a Grigio, Barbera, Sangiovese, Zinfandel Education 29 delicious food pairing. Reservations required. Call b sutter creek Winemaker, Stefano, will share with you the flavor enarged at eft 209.245.4455. dynamic of food and wine by guiding you through 4 an interactive tasting experience which will help you 17 sobon estate ridge rd 32 24 to confidently match food and wine. Two discussions eureka st 14430 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH per day: 11 am and 3 pm. Food pairing Enjoy Wicked Pig Catering’s white bean and pork chili with corn bread. Zinfandel, bella grace vineyards Varietals 5 to ackson Chardonnay, Rosé, Viognier, Tannat, Barbera 22715 UPTON RD., PLYMOUTH Education Take a self guided tour of the Sobon Food pairing Grilled lamb sausage on polenta Estate Museum to learn about Amador County’s with balsamic vinegar and Parmesan. Estate olive wine and agricultural history. oils and balsamic vinegars on ciabatta. Varietals indicates wineries with glasses ndicates wineries with offerings Vermentino, Rosé, Primitivo, Barbera, Old Vine available for sale during event. for vip ticket holders 33 story winery Zinfandel Education Bella Grace will offer Port 10525 BELL RD., PLYMOUTH wine barrel tastings and hourly vine pruning Food pairing Grilled mini Italian paninis. Varietals demonstrations. Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Syrah, Barbera, Primitivo Education Barrel tasting of Chardonnay, Zinfandel, Join us on a guided tour of your sense Grenache, Petit Verdot, “Z” Zinfandel, Muscat Canelli 6 borjón winery Education and Syrah, as well as a presentation on the history of of smell. Our journey will be traveled using flavor Challenge your olfactory prowess and 11270 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH Education California’s two heritage grapes: Mission and Zinfandel. Food pairing Nora’s Kitchen Quesadillas with wheels and aroma kits to further deepen your take the “twenty smell” test. A neutral wine has different salsas to pair with selected Reposado appreciation of the vine. Three seminars: 11am , 1 pm, been doctored to provide twenty commonly used 34 tanis vineyards 13120 WILLOW CREEK RD, IONE wines. Varietals Sangiovese, Barbera, Zinfandel, 4:30 pm. Live Music 12–4. descriptors for red wine. Primitivo, Petite Sirah, Rosé POURING AT AMADOR VINTAGE MARKET, 15 dobra zemlja 22 karmère vineyards & winery 9393 MAIN ST., PLYMOUTH bray vineyards 12505 STEINER RD., PLYMOUTH 11970 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH 7 Food pairing Tanis Zinfandel paired with porcini 10590 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH Food pairing Our famous dressed mozzarella on a Food pairing Hearty minestrone soup paired with crusted pork belly (bacon Parmesan cracker, porcini crostini paired with our newly-released 2014 Syrah. Nebbiolo and Barbera. Nebbiolo, Barbera, Food pairing Keeping with our new tradition, we Varietals mousse, micro arugula). Varietals 2017 Malvasia will be serving lasagna soup. Varietals Brut Rosé, Varietals Viognier, Syrah, Zinfandel, a blend, and Zinfandel, Syrah, Primabera (red blend), Viognier, Bianca, 2012 Syrah, 2013 Old Vine Zinfandel Barbera Rosato, BrayZin Hussy Red (blend), Alicante two port-style wines. Education Winemaker, Milan and dry Rosé Education Join winemaker, Dawn Martella, terra d’oro winery Bouschet, Barbera, Barbera Port Education We will Matulich, will be offering an educational barrel tasting as you get to taste how different factors, such as 35 20680 SHENANDOAH SCH. RD., PLYMOUTH be doing a side-by-side barrel tasting of 2016 and experience both days of Behind the Cellar Door from tannin and pH levels, can affect your perception Zinfully delish Soup Station with tasty 2017 Barbera as well as a special Library tasting on 11 am to 4:30 pm. of sweetness or fruit expression. Class is limited Food pairing toppings, saucy enhancers and our signature Brownie the back tasting bar. drytown cellars to 20 people and starts at 11:30. Dress warmly for 16 cellar conditions. Bar! Varietals Zinfandel, Barbera, Pinot Grigio, and 16030 HWY. 49, DRYTOWN c.g. di arie vineyard & winery Rosé Education Sip and swirl at our Zin Experience 8 “Black Gold,” a Petite Sirah and Petite legendre cellars 19919 SHENANDOAH SCH. RD., PLYMOUTH Food pairing 23 station! Taste 3 different lots of our Shenandoah Ranch Food pairing Torta Española paired with several Verdot blend, paired with hot Italian sausage and 14204 HWY. 49 #5, AMADOR CITY Zinfandel in 3 different oak barrels. Pair your wine with of our current releases. Varietals Sauvignon Blanc, sun-dried tomatoes. Varietals Syrah, Mourvedre, Food pairing We’ll be pairing our famous Tailrace blend a bloomin’ cheese “flower” created by Dedrick’s Cheese. Rosé, Primitivo, Interlude (blend), Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Franc, Riesling, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon with Sally’s goat cheese tarts. Varietals Viognier, Tailrace Enjoy our cellar in the upper mezzanine or lounge area. Blanc Education “A Modern History of the Wine (blend), Arrastre (blend), Syrah, Impetuous (Late Cabernet Sauvignon. Education Winemaker, Chaim terre rouge/easton wines Gur-Arieh, will guide you through “Iberian Varietals Business: 35 Years of Wine Making” and barrel tasting. Harvest Viognier) Education Join our winemaker’s 36 10801 DICKSON RD., PLYMOUTH in The New World”—introducing Touriga Nacional, feist wines seminar on barrel oaks as we compare French, Amer- 17 ican, new, and neutral oak barrels and their effect on Food pairing Duck confit with warm green lentil salad Tempranillo, and Grenache. 15 EUREKA ST., SUTTER CREEK Syrah; 20 minutes long, offered every half hour. paired with Terre Rouge Grenache, L’Autre. Varietals charles spinetta winery Food pairing Sample farm-to-fork wood-fired pizza Viognier, Syrah, Zinfandel, Grenache, Mourvedre 9 with small lot wines. Rosé, Chardonnay, le mulet rouge 12557 STEINER RD., PLYMOUTH Varietals 24 Education The Terre Rouge L’Autre is a blend of Education Library wines will be available for tasting Viognier, Barbera, Zinfandel, and Primitivo 59 MAIN ST., SUTTER CREEK Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre. We will taste along with new releases. Explore the Wildlife Art Education Pair artisan cheeses with a flight of wines Food pairing Barley risotto with grilled vegetables varietal components from barrel plus the finished, Gallery, featuring new pieces by Carl Brenders and using the UC-Davis 20-point scale and Ann Noble’s (GF+V) paired with our 2015 Estate Syrah. Varietals blended wine in bottle to understand the marriage. Joel Garcia. Special prices on select wines. Aroma Wheel for sensory analysis. Taste wines using Estate Viognier, Gold Digger Blush (dry Rosé), and Taking place in the Magnum Room. a standard and systematic method and evaluate how Barbera Education Taste the Terrior. Our Estate Syrah 10 convergence vineyards food and wine mix. is grown in two distinct areas of our Fiddletown 37 tkc vineyards 14650 HWY. 124, PLYMOUTH 11001 VALLEY DR., PLYMOUTH helwig vineyards & winery vineyard. Enjoy the results in our 2015 vintage. Food pairing Smoked salmon chowder paired 18 Seminar daily, on-going in our new tasting room in Food pairing Salmon chowder. Varietals Syrah, 11555 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH with our “K” Syrah. Varietals Malvasia, Zinfandel, Sutter Creek. Mourvedre, Zinfandel, Rhone Blends, Port Alaskan salmon chowder with Gold Barbera, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Port Food pairing Rush Sourdough Bread. IditaRed (red nua dair vineyards Education Barrel tasting of futures offered at 11am , Varietals 25 blend), Tempranillo, Gold Country Red (red blend), 13825 WILLOW CREEK RD., IONE 1 pm, and 3 pm each day. 38 turley wine cellars and Marsanne Education We will be live streaming Food pairing Italian Style Meatballs in Farm-to-Fork 11076 BELL RD., PLYMOUTH cooper vineyards 11 the 2018 Iditarod race to coincide with our release Sangiovese Marinara Sauce paired with award winning Food pairing Warm encased meats and Zinfandel. 21365 SHENANDOAH SCH. RD., PLYMOUTH of the 2015 IditaRed, complimented by our Iditarod Sangiovese. Varietals Sangiovese, Petit Sirah Varietals Zinfandel Education Saturday: Taste two Tri-tip and grilled veggie sandwiches Food pairing theme. We will be giving out the recipe for our prospect cellars Amador old vine retrospectives; prohibition-era with wine sauces from Mother Lode Market. Alaskan salmon chowder and tech sheets. 26 9506 MAIN ST., PLYMOUTH Sadie Upton Vineyard and Judge Bellâ from Varietals Barbera, Zinfandel, Mourvedre, Sangiovese il gioiello winery/ Food pairing Thai pulled pork sliders perfectly paired 111-year-old dry-farmed vines. Seminars discussing Education Cooper winemaker, Michael Roser, only 19 morse wines with Prospect’s 2016 Pay Dirt Zinfandel. Amador’s soil diversity 12 and 2. Sunday: Debut of hosts barrel tastings twice a year. Don’t let the Varietals 22355 LAWRENCE RD, FIDDLETOWN Sauvignon Blanc, Rosé, Sangiovese, Zinfandel, Red the 2016 Rinaldi Zinfandel, one of Amador’s most rare opportunity to try Cooper favorites at their Food pairing Gourmet wood-fired pizzas will accom- Blend Start your own Vineyard with significant ancient vineyards! most authentic pass you by during Behind the Education pany a variety of Italian, French and American regional a commercial grapevine and planting instructions Cellar Door! 39 vino noceto wine selections. Varietals Montepulciano, Sangiovese, provided by a local Amador County viticulturist. 11011 SHENANDOAH RD, PLYMOUTH 12 deaver vineyards Barbera, Petite Sirah, Syrah, and Mourvedre Grapevines free to our first 50 visitors on both Food pairing Enjoy fresh baked pizza loaded with 12455 STEINER RD., PLYMOUTH Education Taste the blending components, and Saturday and Sunday. delicious toppings while you sip on Noceto Food pairing Hearty Beef Stew paired with Deaver’s finished blend of our premier of “Crossroad,” while rancho victoria Sangiovese. Varietals Sangiovese, Barbera, Zinfandel, 2015 Old Vine Zinfandel from our 1860s vineyards. learning about our extensive grape processing proce- 27 16920 GREILICH RD, PLYMOUTH Moscato Education Taste your wine straight from Varietals Malvasia Bianca, Viognier, Sangiovese, dures. Tasting and talk at noon and 3 pm, Saturday Food pairing Maine Lobster “Corn Dog” with Meyer the barrel! Join us on Saturday and Sunday for Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Port Education and Sunday. lemon and thyme aioli paired with 2016 Pinot Grigio. a sneak peek into a future vintage of Noceto Deaver is lucky enough to have Ken Young here iron hub winery Varietals Pinot Grigio, Barbera, Primitivo, Horseplay Sangiovese with a specially selected barrel tasting. both days signing his new book “Fortified Wine” 20 12500 STEINER RD, PLYMOUTH Red Blend, Crossroad Red Blend, Syrah Education wilderotter vineyard and answering questions. Also, as in Deaver tradi- 40 Food pairing Smoked Gouda Quesadillas and Iron Learn how to taste like a professional sommelier! Join tion, we will have barrel tastings for a sneak peek 19890 SHENANDOAH SCH. RD., PLYMOUTH Hub’s three award-winning Zinfandels. Varietals one of Sacramento’s top sommeliers, Diego Garcia, at wines for the future. Food pairing Poblano rubbed chicken street taco Chardonnay, Barbera, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, of famed Kitchen Restaurant, as he teaches you the with Gold Medal Winner 2015 Mourvedre. Varietals 13 dillian wines Zinfandel, Red Blend Education Iron Hub Owner/ tools to become a wine detective. Sensory Evaluation Sauvignon Blanc, Vermentino, Grenache Rosé, 12138 STEINER RD., PLYMOUTH Winemaker Tom Jones and Assistant Spencer Jones Seminars offered Saturday and Sunday at 12pm . Mourvedre, Zinfandel, Ambrosia Blend Education Food pairing Handmade ravioli from Vinciguerra offer barrel tasting and blending fun at 11:30 am, renwood winery Ongoing education throughout the day. Ravioli Company. Varietals Zinfandel, Syrah, Red Saturday and 12 pm, Sunday, on our new patio. Savor 28 12225 STEINER RD, PLYMOUTH wine tree farm & Blends, Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Samples delicious food-wine pairings in our new tasting room 41 Education Food pairing Enjoy a diverse selection of award-winning corinne wines and future sales of our 2017 Primitivo. with the spectacular Sierra views all day. wines that have been expertly paired with an array of 14467 HWY. 49, AMADOR CITY 14 distant cellars 21 jeff runquist wines small bites. Our goal is to guide guests down the path Food pairing Bacon and cheese quiche with Off The 21390 OSTROM RD., FIDDLETOWN 10776 SHENANDOAH RD., PLYMOUTH of creating successful pairings. Varietals Zinfandel, Rose, Grid Rosé. Varietals Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre Food pairing Artisan sausage braised in Drifter Red Food pairing White bean, sausage and kale stew Tempranillo Education We will offer educational barrel and a Rhone-style blend Education A vineyard tour Blend with sautéed onions and peppers on fresh rolls. paired with 2015 Petit Verdot. Varietals Viognier, tastings that will compare and contrast the flavor of and pruning demonstration. 9:30 am both Saturday Varietals Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, Syrah, Red Blends wine aged in different types of oak barrels. and Sunday. Reservations required.