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Jan. 28, 2010
The Zinfandel Advocates & Producers “ZAP”, an organization dedicated to advancing public knowledge of and appreciation for American Zinfandel, is once again holding its annual ZAP Zinfandel Festival in San Francisco. The three day festival consists of various events, including a walkabout tasting, a food pairing tasting, a winemaker dinner, and a large public tasting.
The festival begins on Thursday, January 28th with the Good Eats and Zinfandel Pairing from 6:00 to 9:00PM. The wine and food pairings are certainly a foodie crowd-pleaser. This event is unique because wineries partner with restaurants to provide attendees with small plates of food matched with Zinfandel. I don’t expect to see many fish plates paired with Zin, but I’m curious to see what Swan’s Oyster Depot has planned! Cost: $95 (ZAP members) $125 (non-members).
The next two events both occur on Friday: Flights, a sampling of various flights of Zinfandels during the daytime, and the Evening with the Winemakers, a dinner and tasting combination held at night for the after work crowd. A note to ZAP veterans, the daytime Flights tasting has moved to a new location at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel on California St. The wine tasting starts with a seminar discussion of zinfandel and segues into a walkabout tasting of Zinfandels from five top Zinfandel winemakers, including Eric Baugher from Ridge Vineyards (a personal favorite) and Steve Hall from Robert Biale Vineyards. All of the attending winemakers will present a Zinfandel, and for the first time, each winemaker will also feature a proprietary Zinfandel-based red wine. If you dislike the crowds associated with the Grand Zinfandel Tasting, then this is the event for you because attendance is limited. The cost for this event is $65 (ZAP members) $80 (non-members).
After the Flights wine tasting, the ZAP Festival takes it up a notch with a stylish Evening with the Winemakers also held at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel. The event begins at 5:00PM on Friday, January 29th and consists of a pre-dinner wine tasting, a gourmet dinner prepared by special guest chef Beverly Gannon, and a live auction. This is your chance to rub shoulders with the winemakers and taste some top notch wines. Cost: $210 (ZAP members) $260 (non-members).
The final event is the Grand Zinfandel Tasting held at the Fort Mason Center on Saturday, January 30th. This is the one wine tasting that I try to attend every year (in addition to Family Winemakers). Entrance to this event is staggered, beginning with the trade & media at 10:00AM, followed by ZAP members at 1:00PM, and finally the general public at 2:00PM. Regardless of when you get into the event – the last drop of wine is poured at 5:00PM. The 19th Grand Zinfandel Tasting, featuring over 250 wineries, and spanning both the Herbst and Festival Buildings, promises to be another smash success. I would recommend getting to this event as early as possible because as the afternoon progresses the wine tasting swirls into a frenzy. Cost: $49 (ZAP members) $59 (non-members) $69 at the door.
For full details of all of the events, and to purchase tickets, here is a link to the official ZAP website. Read the article ZAP Zinfandel Festival: San Francisco – January 28 - 30
The festival begins on Thursday, January 28th with the Good Eats and Zinfandel Pairing from 6:00 to 9:00PM. The wine and food pairings are certainly a foodie crowd-pleaser. This event is unique because wineries partner with restaurants to provide attendees with small plates of food matched with Zinfandel. I don’t expect to see many fish plates paired with Zin, but I’m curious to see what Swan’s Oyster Depot has planned! Cost: $95 (ZAP members) $125 (non-members).
The next two events both occur on Friday: Flights, a sampling of various flights of Zinfandels during the daytime, and the Evening with the Winemakers, a dinner and tasting combination held at night for the after work crowd. A note to ZAP veterans, the daytime Flights tasting has moved to a new location at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel on California St. The wine tasting starts with a seminar discussion of zinfandel and segues into a walkabout tasting of Zinfandels from five top Zinfandel winemakers, including Eric Baugher from Ridge Vineyards (a personal favorite) and Steve Hall from Robert Biale Vineyards. All of the attending winemakers will present a Zinfandel, and for the first time, each winemaker will also feature a proprietary Zinfandel-based red wine. If you dislike the crowds associated with the Grand Zinfandel Tasting, then this is the event for you because attendance is limited. The cost for this event is $65 (ZAP members) $80 (non-members).
After the Flights wine tasting, the ZAP Festival takes it up a notch with a stylish Evening with the Winemakers also held at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel. The event begins at 5:00PM on Friday, January 29th and consists of a pre-dinner wine tasting, a gourmet dinner prepared by special guest chef Beverly Gannon, and a live auction. This is your chance to rub shoulders with the winemakers and taste some top notch wines. Cost: $210 (ZAP members) $260 (non-members).
The final event is the Grand Zinfandel Tasting held at the Fort Mason Center on Saturday, January 30th. This is the one wine tasting that I try to attend every year (in addition to Family Winemakers). Entrance to this event is staggered, beginning with the trade & media at 10:00AM, followed by ZAP members at 1:00PM, and finally the general public at 2:00PM. Regardless of when you get into the event – the last drop of wine is poured at 5:00PM. The 19th Grand Zinfandel Tasting, featuring over 250 wineries, and spanning both the Herbst and Festival Buildings, promises to be another smash success. I would recommend getting to this event as early as possible because as the afternoon progresses the wine tasting swirls into a frenzy. Cost: $49 (ZAP members) $59 (non-members) $69 at the door.
For full details of all of the events, and to purchase tickets, here is a link to the official ZAP website. Read the article ZAP Zinfandel Festival: San Francisco – January 28 - 30
