A Toast to San Francisco

This past Thursday, I was one of the lucky attendees of the Wine Enthusiast Toast of the Town event in San Francisco.  Wine Enthusiast hosts five events across the country in historic locations - the San Francisco event was held in City Hall.  What a great venue for a wine and food event!  I've become a bit of a wine event regular and this by far has been one of the best.  Great food from top restaurants in the city, wine from countries around the world and a classy setting.

As a VIP ticket holder, you get early access to the event and the wineries are pouring their 90+ rated wines.  Once the general public enters, the wineries can expand their selection to any wines they wish to pour.

Wine standouts:

• Freestone Vineyards - Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast (Freestone has a great tasting at their location near Occidental)
• Archery Summit - Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley in Oregon
• Laurenz und Sophie - Gruner Vetliner from Austria

Restaurant highlights:

• Mini pork sliders on biscuits from Flora
• Crab cakes (almost 100% just crab in these cakes) from One Market
• Waterbar, the Ahwahnee, Girl & the Fig also had great snacks

I think I loved sampling the food more than the wine at this event!

Toast of the Town events are still yet to happen in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Miami.  If you live in one of those cities, I highly recommend checking it out!