Bay Area Wine

Five of the best sites for San Francisco Bay area wine, wine events, wine shops and bars, etc. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. San Francisco Bay Area Wine Tasting, Dinners, Food/Drink Events - Fairly comprehensive calendar of wine events happening in the Bay area, including wine classes, wine-related charity events such as dinners and auctions, wine tastings, wine cruises, and other events in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Tiburon, Walnut Creek, Mountain View, San Jose, Petaluma, San Rafael and other Bay area cities. (www.localwineevents.com)

2. The Best Bay Area Wine Shops - Food & Wine magazine offers this list of five wine shops it considers the best in the Bay area, including Biondivino, Swirl on Castro, Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant & Wine Bar, The Jug Shop and The Wine Club. (www.foodandwine.com)

3. First Crush - San Francisco restaurant and wine bar. Offers a large array of California wines, served by the glass, bottle, or half-bottle, as well as wine flights for sampling multiple wines at a sitting. (www.firstcrush.com)

4. Crushpad - “San Francisco winery where you are the winemaker.” They provide the grapes and as much or as little advice as you need, and you get to work making your own wine. Do it for fun and for your own personal use, or even effectively start your own winery and sell your wine—they can do the licensing and regulatory stuff for you. (www.crushpadwine.com)

5. Inside Bay Area: Wine - This site, which is the online home of content from several Bay area newspapers, offers information on Bay area wine events, wine country videos, and articles and columns about specific wines or wine and food pairings. (www.insidebayarea.com)