Leaving San Francisco today, heading back down south… Here’s a quick post from last night’s Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 tasting at the historic Mint building in San Francisco. Man, San Francisco, what a town!
Above, from left: Jeffrey Meisel of Domaine Select, me, Josh Greene editor and publisher of Wine & Spirits, and winemaker Aleš Kristančič of Movia. Franco’s daughter Valentina gave me that handsome tie after I helped her with some translating earlier this year.
Vesna Kristančič of Movia and Alder Yarrow, author of top wine blog Vinography.
Jon Erickson and Jayne Battle owners of Jaynes Gastropub in San Diego with Aleš. (I’ll post later this week on the dinner Jayne, Jon, and I had with Ceri Smith of Biondivino and winemaker Cinzia Merli of Le Macchiole the night before at A16.)
Among the other great wines I tasted, I really enjoyed Chablis producer Domaine Laroche. The winery has begun bottling the majority of its wines with screw caps and I’ll post later this week on what owner Gwenael Laroche had to say about the cork vs. screw cap debate.
Stay tuned…
Do Bianchi 
I knew it–you hold you wine glass by the base :)
only cause he’s hoping to spill on the Domaine Select guy.
Dandy-style with that tie!
So happy you wrote it on your blog!
Vale
il bicchiere e’ vuoto. or maybe it’s potentially full…?
hi jayne and john!
Brooklynguy: Now why would Jeremy want to pour any wine on me, bearer of Movia Puro and Le Macchiole bottles? ;) Plus, my tie is pretty nice too and we know Jeremy respects that…
Jeremy: it is always great to see you. Come back to SF soon!
Cheers, Jeff
The Patrick McMullan of the wine world!
Jeremy, how the heck did I miss you?!!! I saw Alder, I saw Jeff (from Domain Select), where did you hide?! (Also, check out my post on the event).
@Gary was your blog up and running 2 years ago? I can’t remember when I first discovered it. But was it already up then?