At Pinot Days San Francisco Wine Lovers Experience, Enjoy and Learn About Pinot Noir From the Winemakers Themselves

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jun 01 (MARKET WIRE) --
Pinot Days brings together more than 600 acclaimed pinots and their
winemakers for a San Francisco wine festival where new and seasoned wine
lovers can learn about pinot noir in the best and only way: tasting pinot
noir. This five-day San Francisco wine tasting event includes blind and
thematic wine tastings, food pairings and conversation with the
winemakers themselves; allowing curious, new and seasoned pinot
enthusiasts to come closer to the variety than ever before, experiencing
firsthand all that it has to offer. The 5th annual Pinot Days San
Francisco begins June 24 and culminates on June 28 with the Pinot Days
Grand Festival at historical Fort Mason in San Francisco, CA. Event
tickets and detailed information about Pinot Days can be purchased at
www.pinotdays.com.

Founded by The Bay Area Wine Project with the ultimate goal of advancing
the profile of pinot noir, Pinot Days is a four-day celebration of Pinot
Noir and its most brilliant winemakers, the vineyards, the grapes, and the
often-bewitching process of urging the noble pinot grape into great wine.
At Pinot Days, the winemakers and winery owners do the pouring, creating a
uniquely engaging San Francisco wine festival experience where wine
enthusiasts can interact, ask questions and learn the stories behind what
goes into making great pinot noir.

Pinot Days producer Lisa Rigisich said, "Pinot Days is a wine festival
like no other because of the wine and the winemakers. Pinot producers are
accessible, modern day artists with an intense passion for their craft.
This dynamic lends it self well to Pinot Days because it allows wine
lovers to learn about pinot by connecting to pinot with both their palate
and through its producer."

The Pinot Days San Francisco wine tasting event line-up includes:

June 24 4:00pm - 6pm Focus Tasting: New Comers in Pinot Noir at Fort
Mason.
7:00pm - 9pm Producer Spotlight Tasting: Ed Kurtzman and his
Wines at Fort Mason.

June 25 6:00pm - 10pm Winemakers "Table Hop" Dinner at Pres A Vi
Restaurant in San Francisco.

June 26 12:30pm - 8:00pm Pinot Days Wine Tour on Westside Road and
Concert and Barbeque at C. Donatiello Winery in Healdsburg.

June 27 Focus Tastings at Fort Mason
10:00am - 12pm Celebrated Vineyards: Hirsch, Keefer Ranch,
Pisoni, and Clos Pepe.
1:00pm - 3:00pm Pinot's 2007 Vintage: Gems from the Southern
AVAs.
4:00pm - 6:00pm Pinot's 2007 Vintage: Gems from the Northern
AVAs.
7:00pm - 9:00pm Legends of California Pinot Noir.

June 28 1:00pm - 5:00pm 5th Annual Grand Wine Festival Tasting at Fort
Mason.

Pinot Days is a month long celebration of pinot noir with auxiliary
wine tastings and retail events taking place throughout the city of San
Francisco throughout June. For more information visit www.pinotdays.com.

Pinot Days is an event that connects wine enthusiasts directly with
winemakers creating a unique opportunity for new and seasoned wine lovers
to experience, enjoy and deepen their knowledge of pinot noir. Produced by
the Bay Area Wine Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the
promotion of pinot noir, Pinot Days was created by Steven and Lisa
Rigisich out of their love for the "the noble grape." The Bay Area Wine
Project holds annual events in San Francisco and Chicago, with plans to
expand to more cities in 2010. Pinotdays.com provides information about
and access to wine-related events, wine education opportunities and wine
trivia -- including articles about outstanding wine personalities, winery
profiles, reviews of wine events, restaurant wine lists, formal tastings
and more. For more information visit www.pinotdays.com.

Contact:
Pinot Days/Bay Area Wine Project
Monica Granados
707.863.1656
monica_granados@yahoo.com

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