Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Bold Films, Pride Hikes, Show-Tune Karaoke, and Skateboarding Legends This week’s mix of culture, nature, and flavor includes queer hikes, show-tune karaoke, booza ice cream, an Oakland-based wine company, Lake Temescal swims, Foster City Eichler homes, SF skate history, and bold films at BAMPFA.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink LGBTQ+ Winemakers and Advocates Push For Representation — Not Pinkwashing — In the World of Wine A new generation of winemakers, wine sellers, and advocates are trying to raise awareness among consumers about where their wine comes from, and to push for more representation in an industry with a longstanding reputation of being cis, white, and male.
SF News Heavy Rains Have NorCal Vineyards Hoping For a Bumper Crop This Year While this year’s epic rainstorms have wiped out crops and damaged property for some farmers, Northern California grape growers are optimistic the wet weather will yield a banner year for them after several years of drought conditions.
Arts & Entertainment Where To Buy Beer, Wine, and Liquor on Thanksgiving Day in SF Don’t be a turkey and run out of alcohol on Thanksgiving Day! Even if you drink through your supply on Thursday, there are many 11th hour beverage and grocery establishments that will gladly ring you up to refill your stock on Thanksgiving Day in SF.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Famed Napa Wine Brand Caymus Branches Out to Suisun Valley With New ‘Mega Tasting Room’ A little-recognized region just got a big new wine attraction, as the family behind prestigious Napa brand Caymus has opened a luxe outpost in Suisun Valley, with an Apple Store-esque design and a retro cassette-tape room.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rash of Russian Hill Wine Burglaries Suggest We’ve Got a Wine Thief on the Prowl Two successful break-ins, plus another attempt, show a pattern where the perpetrator is interested in stealing Italian wine — while leaving cash and other valuables untouched.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Vineyards And Cannabis Farms Destroyed In North Bay Fires, Wine Harvest Was Ongoing As we wait to learn the exact extent of the damage in the ongoing Tubbs, Atlas, Nuns, and Patrick Fires burning in Sonoma and Napa counties, what is already all but certain is
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Salzburg, A New Austrian-Style Wine Bar, Debuts In North Beach Debuting on Tuesday, October 3, is The Salzburg, a much anticipated new Austrian-themed wine bar project from the team behind nearby spots Union Larder and Little Vine. Hoodline first had word of the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Excessive Heat Turns Wine Grapes To Raisins The 2017 vintage may be a tough one for many Napa and Sonoma winemakers after last week's heatwave, which hit right before harvest for red varietals like Cabernet. The harvest had been shaping
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink What's In Alice Waters's Fridge? Inside @AliceWaters' refrigerator. #berkeleylife pic.twitter.com/SkJrueKvIq— Kim Severson (@kimseverson) August 11, 2017 Alice Waters, the Bay Area "food philosopher," powerful person, and founder of Chez Panisse might not seem to have
SF News Prowler Swipes Booze, Bike From Lower Pac Heights Home An overnight theft deprived a Lower Pacific Heights man of two things most beloved by San Franciscans: wine and a bicycle. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the heist went down at
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Trader Joe's Can't Keep $1 Canned Wine On Shelves Trader Joe's once again has a hit on its hands, cheap booze-wise. Their Simpler Wines, released in April, which come canned in four-packs for $3.99 equivalent to a 750 ml bottle are
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink French Laundry Wine Thief Gets 15-Month Sentence The Modesto man who pleaded guilty in December to the heist of over a half million dollars worth of wine from The French Laundry in Yountville was given a sentence of 15 months
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 17 Best Wine Bars In San Francisco The best wine bars are the ones where either you get to taste things you might not otherwise find anywhere, curated for you by a professional with good taste, or where the atmosphere,
Arts & Entertainment BottleRock 2017 Lineup Features Foo Fighters, Tom Petty; Tickets On Sale Wednesday If you think Maroon 5 and Gavin DeGraw are the bomb, then have a great time at BottleRock 2017! Okay, those acts don't do justice to the full breadth of the lineup: This
SF News Man Pleads Guilty To $550K French Laundry Wine Heist Wine snobs across the nation can breathe a bit easier today knowing that one of the men behind the infamous 2014 Christmas day French Laundry heist has pleaded guilty to his involvement. The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dominique Crenn Expands With Bar Crenn In Cow Hollow “I love beautiful, loungey wine bars,” Dominique Crenn tells the Chronicle, “I don't think there are many in San Francisco.” As some of the city's wine shops, many with their own bars, are
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Wine Bar Waystone Debuts On Mid-Market, Next To The Warfield Another addition to the new array of Mid-Market eating and drinking options is Waystone, a new wine bar from one of the partners behind Causwells in the Marina, wherefrom came the burger that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Why Are SF Safeways Suddenly Putting Their Booze Behind Bars? [Update: This post has been updated with comment from Safeway communications and government relations.] Your booze runs may experience double toil and trouble at certain San Francisco Safeway stores this Halloween weekend, as
SF News Sick Of Wasting Your Dog's Poo, SF Launches Program To Compost It For dog owners across the city, it's a familiar routine: Stand around while your canine poops, try not to stare lest someone walk by and think you're a weirdo, lean over with a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink High-End Wine Thieves Who Allegedly Struck The French Laundry Arrested Two alleged thieves who went on a spree of wine burglaries in the cellars of high-end restaurants around the Bay Area in the last few years were arrested Wednesday, as the Chronicle is
SF News Lawsuit Settled In Case Of Alleged Napa Valley Wine Train Racism A lawyer representing the eleven women kicked off of the Napa Valley Wine Train last August said yesterday that the group has settled their racial discrimination suit against the company. Bay City News
SF News Flipped Wine Truck Shuts Down I-880 During Morning Commute #BREAKING: AVOID I-880 in #Hayward. Big rig on it's side. All SB lanes closed https://t.co/0w3Nhvu0HD pic.twitter.com/HMqmtQG6N1— KRON 4 News (@kron4news) April 15, 2016 The Friday commute started
SF News Napa Agriculture Heroes Discover, Destroy Wine Grape Pest The eggs of a dreaded wine grape pest with the power to spread a destructive vine disease have been discovered and destroyed by vigilant inspectors, Bay City News reported via KRON 4. Eggs
SF News Berkeley Wine Shop Sued For Massive International Fraud A Berkeley wine store is being sued by a group of customers for running some sort of wine pyramid scheme. The store, Premier Cru, apparently accepted wine orders totaling $5 million from overseas
