REthink Wine Blog

I always appreciate someone willing to take on a familiar item in an unusual way. These glasses are just that… a common everyday object, redefined.

Following their presentation to the Macef in Milan, these two very unique glasses (Shadow and Swing) announced themselves to the world on Jan. 20, 2008. They were designed by Gumdesign for SerafinoZani! and exibited throughout Italy with rave reviews during the ladder part of 2007.

While I’m not entirely sure how one could go about purchasing one of these unique vessels, sending an email to info@gumdesign.it might be a good place to start. What a great conversation piece these glasses would be among your tasting room guests! They would never forget you or your glasses.

Here are some upcoming local events, give them a try!
Sonoma Valley Olive Festival – Sonoma Valley
February
This is the last month to participate in the olive festival in Sonoma, that started in December. A variety of events located throughout the Sonoma valley in various locations from wineries to restaurants.
http://www.olivefestival.com/

The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (SFCWC) – Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion
February 16, 2008 – Fort Mason
Cost: $70 at the door
Saturday: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
This event offers tasting from award winning wines, judged by industry professionals.
For more information – www.winejudging.com

30^th Annual Barrel Tasting – Russian River, Alexander and Dry Creek Valleys.
03/01/2008 & 03/08/2008
Cost: $20 per weekend
This is a great event to be able to taste wine directly from the barrel and be able to purchase wine for future sale. Since so many wineries participate you may want to plan on tasting both weekends and mapping out the wineries you want to visit prior to the day. Tickets are only $20 per weekend.
For more information – www.wineroad.com