TAPAS Grand Tasting San Francisco June 14th

The most extensive annual tasting of domestically produced Spanish and Portuguese varietal wines in North America will take place this year at the Fort Mason Conference Center, San Francisco, CA

From 2:00 to 4:30 pm on Sunday, June 14, 2009**, consumers will have an opportunity to taste wines produced by TAPAS members from grape varieties indigenous to Spain and Portugal that are now cultivated in America, in a delightful walk-around setting where they may chat with the TAPAS growers and producers. These new and delightful domestic wines originate in Arizona, California, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, and range from crisp, refreshing whites, through big full-bodied reds, to elegant port style wines. This is a unique opportunity to sample wines from almost 40 participating wineries and learn about varieties like Tempranillo, Albariño, Garnacha, Graciano, Mourvedre, Touriga, Verdejo, Bastardo and more. Many of our members are limited-production, boutique wineries whose wines are not generally available in stores.

Tickets are $35 in advance ($45 at the door). Just click on the button below to purchase tickets.



**Trade Tasting 12:00 to 1:30 pm: If you are with the media, including TV, radio, print, and internet, or you are a wine retailer or wine distributor, please click here for trade registration.

New Members for June 2009

We'd like to welcome the following new members of TAPAS!

New Members for May 2009

We'd like to welcome the following new members of TAPAS!

Fruit: Albarino, Graciano, Garnacha, Monastrell, Tempranillo, Verdelho

High End Mountain Grown Fruit for Sale

Contact: Stephen Collum, 209-743-2773 or vydconcepts@comcast.net

Fruit: Souzao, Trousseau (Bastardo), Touriga Nacional and Tinta Cao

Grapes for Sale 2009

5 Tons each of Souzao, Trousseau(Bastardo) and Tinta Cao.
10 Tons of Touriga Nacional.
Vineyard located in Lake County, Ca. on alluvial gravelly loam near Adobe Creek. Professionally farmed by Bernie Luchsinger. 
Contact Bernie Luchsinger at 707-489-8924 www.luchsingervineyards.com

Sweet and Fortified Wines Assn Names TAPAS

The Sweet and Fortified Wine Association (SFWA) has named TAPAS as their first SFWA Resource Parnter. The SFWA is a non-profit organization of vintners, growers, producers, distributors, retailers and consumers with an interest in and for American made sweet and fortified wines. 

TAPAS is delighted to be working with SFWA to help promote the production of Iberian varietals as used in domestic sweet and fortified wines!

For more information about the SFWA visit their website http://sweetandfortifiedwine.org/

New Members for March 2009!

We'd like to welcome the following new members of TAPAS!

Bulk Wine: Albarino

For Sale

3,000 gallons of 2008 Albarino, Borden Ranch Appellation of Lodi

$12/gallon Contact: Markus Bokisch 209-614-4600 or Markus@BokischRanches.com

Bulk Wine: Albarino

For Sale - Approximately 300 gallons of 2008 Albarino, Santa Ynez Valley. $15/gallon.
Will need heat and cold stabilization. Fermented and aged in stainless.
Contact Rick Longoria, 805 736-7244 or ricklongoria@verizon.net

New Members for February 2009!

We'd like to welcome the following new members of TAPAS!

Board of Directors 2009

The Directors of TAPAS for 2009 are:

New Members for January 2009!

We'd like to welcome the following new member of TAPAS!

Winery News: Abacela Winery

Earl and Hilda Jones from Abacela sent along some pictures to commemorate the end of the their harvest - enjoy!

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New Members for December 2008!

We'd like to welcome the following new members of TAPAS!

Winery News: San Francisco Chronicle Top 100

TAPAS congratulates our members with wines in the San Francisco Chronicle's "Top 100 Wines 2008!"

  • 2007 Bokisch Vineyards Mokelumne River-Lodi Albarino
  • 2007 Bonny Doon Vineyard Ca' del Solo Monterey County Albarino
  • 2005 Tejada Vineyard Lake County Tempranillo-Garnacha

Here is the full article dated Sunday, December 7, by Jon Bonné, Chronicle Wine Editor. 
 
Happy Holidays! 

Vineyard News: Silvaspoons

Silvaspoons Vineyards recently received the following notices in the wine press:

  • Decanter Magazine (UK), November 2008 "California Verdelho? Oregon Arneis? Why Not...?" by Linda Murphy
  • Capital Press (California), September 2008, "Spanish, Portuguese grapes gain ground" by Hank Shaw

Photos from Winery Member: Bokisch Vineyards

How about some nice 2008 harvest pictures from Bokisch Vineyards, for a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!


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News from Winery Member: Fenestra Winery

This year's 2008 crush for our winery included over 10 Iberian wines, and Fenestra is proud to offer the largest variety of Iberian wines out of any winery in the Livermore Valley!  They are just some of our over 20 varietals offered in our tasting room!
 
Some repeat varieties this year include previous favorites as: Verdelho, Touriga (Franca & Nacional), Alvarelhao, 3 Tempranillos (from 3 different vineyards), Torrontes (back by popular demand from our 07 vintage!), Grenache (Garanache), our Estate Mourvedre (Monastrell), Tinto Cao, Souzao and a Port.  A new addition to our Iberian line-up this year is our very first Graciano, which our Owner discovered and loved at the TAPAS event this year and wanted to try out!
 
We've created quite the buzz in our tasting room, as a lot of our customers have never heard of most of these varietals, yet they are often pleasantly surprised with the different, unique and fun flavors that the Iberian varietals offer their palate.  We frequently get customers who were referred to us by their friends who have visited our tasting room before, and were particularly impressed with our Iberian wines, telling them they found a little gem in Livermore Valley!
 
There are about 50 wineries in the Livermore Valley now, and very few of them offer Iberian wines, so we are excited to be one of the pioneers in our area to advocate these unique and flavorful wines!

Fruit: Tempranillo available

30 Tons of Paso Robles finest 2009 harvest Tempranillo available.  Clone 2 on 5BB rootstock.  Contact Marty Meeker at marty@MeekerEstateVineyards.com or 805-467-2624.

Bulk Wine: Albarino

Bokisch Vineyards Bulk wine for sale - Contact Markus or Liz Bokisch at 209-334-4338 for more info/samples. Markus@Bokischranches.com

* 1000 gallons of 2008 Albarino, Lodi Appellation. $12/gallon. Ready to bottle!

Wet Ink for October 2008

Tempranillo at Abacela Winery in Southern Oregon We've gotten a few press hits recently for the organization and for member wineries that we'd like to share with you.



Chicago Tribune, October 1, "Hey, amigo, try my tempranillo"

Practical Winery and Vineyard, September / October 2008, “Albariño; “Spanish White Gains US Foothold”, pp16-26

Wine & Spirits Magazine, October 2008, "Spanish Vines on the West Coast", pg 8

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