Val du Vino Special Tasting -- June 14th -- 12 - 2pm
Opportunity to an exclusive tasting with Father’s Day is coming, and what does he want? How about a feast of one of if not the best things in the world, BACON! We want to celebrate Bacon & Fathers and show that bacon and wine work amazingly together. Led & prepared by Tasting Room manager & Chef Ken!
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Advanced Reservations Required
$40 per person - no discounts apply - tickets are non-refundable
Advanced Reservations-- Building Blends and Vineyard Walk
Val du Vino Special Tasting -- June 28th -- 12 - 2pm
Come experience the result of constructing our signature Red wine blends. We're featuring the component wines of two of our most popular blends, along with the final blend they made. These are all bottled wines, but many are not yet released. The tasting includes a food pairing matched to the two final blends, prepared by Winemaker Michael!
We're also going to do a vineyard walkthrough and view the vines in their stage of growth and get connected to one of the varietals and their development as superior quality wine grapes.
At Val du Vino Winery
Advanced Reservations Required
$40 per person - no discounts apply - tickets are non-refundable
Advanced Reservations-- For the Love of White Wines
Val du Vino Special Tasting -- July 13th -- 12 - 2pm
Join winemaker Mark as he shares through a panel of 7 White Wines. Mark's favorite wines to make are white wines, and this is a chance to really get into depth on refreshing, complex wines and what the winemaking theory is behind them. Plus we'll have some small-bites designed to elevate the wines and surprise you with how the wines elevate the food.
At Val du Vino Winery
Advanced Reservations Required
$40 per person - no discounts apply - tickets are non-refundable
The 2023 White Dragon is a delight to drink! Aromatically the wine shimmers with lime oils, bright pineapple, soft lily, and confectioner sugar. Over time the wine becomes a more vibrant and playful wine with hints of green apple candy and a palate that tickles like a light spritz. The finish of the wine rounds out with a nice nostalgia of freshly baked white bread and shortbread cookie.
Not much Barbera is grown in Calaveras County near the southern reaches of the foothills. That could change following the showing of the Val du Vino Barbera at the 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition - best red wine. The Val du Vino Barbera stood out for the balance and clarity of the variety's telltale juicy cherry and berry fruit, insinuation of just enough oak to provide flirting diversion, a winking flash of anise, bashful tannins, chirpy acidity, and thin thread of sweetness. Yes, a more-than-usually complex Barbera.
Chardonnays can be aged in stainless steel or variety of oak barrels, all of which greatly change the perception of the wine on your palate. This 2022 version is full of tropical fruits and asian pear with hints of white peach. Aged in French Oak and American Oak with just a touch of malic acid remaining. It has bright fruit with a bit of creaminess that lingers on the finish. This wine tends to disappear very quickly before dinner hits the table. This wine pairs beautifully with Roast Chicken, Steamed Mussels, Salmon and floating down a lazy river.
