The first day of the WBC09 is officially in the books. As I nurse a slight “big head” this morning we headed to the Culinary Institute of America in Napa through windy roads — Whoa… keep it down. The conference is really pretty amazing to me. I’ve been to many a conference and most are pretty boring. But then again maybe I just wasn’t as passionate about the content of those events compared to this one. I mean, I get to taste wines from many Sonoma and Napa wineries and then share that information you via this blog, Twitter, Facebook you name it. What a gig!
Yesterday we performed what I would call a form of speed-dating but with wineries. In 6 minutes a winery would tell us about their wines as we tasted it, asked questions and hopefully for them, actually write something about it. Then once the 6 minutes were up, time to move to the next table… Torrid Pace! Some notables: Tandem Chardonnay, Cupcake Vineyards 2007 red (65% Cabernet Sauvignon), 2005 Snows Lake “Two” – Cab Sauvignon/Can Franc
If you want to see what I had to say about some of them, and other items throughout the rest of this weekend, check my Twitter feed to the right or here. I’ll also try to hit up Facebookand Brightkite with some information along the way.
Dinner was extra special as I hung out with Peter Spann from Spann Vineyards at our table, who would pour several of his wines, tell us about them while I ate. Something very special, indeed. Thanks to @RickBakas for sharing one of his favorite winemakers and good friend.
Will have more to come including some pics assuming the resort wi-fi will actually let me in… definite conference #Fail on this one.
