Favorite Wine Event?

What is your favorite wine event and why?

I don’t mean dinner or WB offline or your tasting group (can retitle if vague).

RAW in Brooklyn has been mine.
I’m not a huge natural wine fan, so the opportunity to taste through the weird stuff without having to commit to a bottle is really helpful. It’s small producer focused. Folks are friendly. If I find something I love it’s usually affordable. The location is nice. Tickets are affordable.

Credit to the 2024 IPNC is the last - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers thread for inspiring the question

La paulee. I like the satellite events around it. I like the opportunity to meet many winemakers at once, in a convivial atmosphere at the gala, overall it’s just a fun event.

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The ones that I organize

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These events looked insane. Will definitely be attending in 2025 if it takes place in NYC.

La Paulee will be in both New York and San Fransisco in 2025. 25th anniversary

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Nice, I’ll go back to NYC next year too! I liked the la one but it was a bit laid back.

Which are those?

Rieslingstudy of course!

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Too Elite! Us humble folk can’t get in :wink:

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PNV… there is no contest.

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I may be biased, but the Rhone Rangers Experience in Paso in February is pretty top notch . . .

Cheers

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And the other one I would vote for would be Falltacular . . .

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When & where is the next one?

Rieslingfeier…

Nothing planned yet.

There will be a riesling related event on June 14th and 15th in LA at Rappcats. I will post the details here soon.

Bottlerock in Napa is pretty fun!

If you want it done right, do it yourself.

Over priced. We have done anti-La Paulee events twice and both were better!

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Better how? Sure, the gala is expensive but there aren’t many opportunities to see that breadth of wine and the people watching is unparalleled.

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Has anyone been to Marché aux vins d’Ampuis recently?