WINeFare Women in Natural Wine Festival: March 16-17, San Francisco

Every year, the country’s premier graduate Viticulture and Enology program at UC Davis graduates a class that is, on average, 60% female. Often called “The Harvard of Winemaking,” this program is supposed to provide the California wine industry with the best and brightest talent. Yet, as best as I can tell from my research, of the more than 4200 wineries in California, only somewhere between 14% and 18% have a female winemaker.

That means there’s more work to do. And some of that work involves showcasing, championing, and supporting the efforts of those women who have chosen to make winemaking their career.

Pamela Busch has been championing the under-represented side of the wine business for a long while in San Francisco as the owner of not one, but two of the city’s most iconic wine bars, back when you could count the number of San Francisco wine bars on one hand. But she really got serious about it in 2013 after launching her company The Vinguard, a non-profit organization focused on social justice in the wine industry.

Under that mission, Busch launched an event she calls WINeFare, which seeks to amplify women’s voices (and work) in the natural wine space. It’s a tasting and showcase of more than 75 female producers and women-led wine companies.

The next incarnation of this tasting takes place on March 16th and 17th in San Francisco and promises to be a cornucopia of women-made natural wines. There’s a different lineup of producers each day, so if you’re serious about exploring the selection, you may want to consider attending both days.

The producers and importers pouring on March 16th are:

AmByth Estate * American Wine Project * Amplify Wines * Ashanta Wines * Baire Wine Imports * Birdhorse Wines  * Camins 2 Dreams * Carboniste Modern Sparkling Wines * Catch and Release Wines * Champagne Lelarge-Pugeot * Division Wine Company * Domaine de la Chevalerie * Everwild Wines  * Frey Vineyards  * Gonzales Wine Company * Hubba Wines * J. Brix Wine * Julie & Toby Bainbridge * Loop de Loop Wines * Lotis Wines * Lula * Margins Wine * Matthiasson Wines * Miscreant Wine * Osa Major Wines * Oest Wines * Onward Wines * Purity Wine  * Ram Cellars * Roni Selects * Sans Wine Co. * Solminer Wine Co.  * Stella Crinita * Sylvester/Rovine Selections * Terra Firma Wine Imports * Two Shepherds * Unturned Stone Wine * Vinifera Wine Marketing * Ward Four Wines.

The producers and importers pouring on March 17th are:

Accenti Wines * Amy Atwood Selections * Art & Science Cider & Wine * Azizam Wines * Belong Wine Co. Bisou! Bisou! Wines * Buddy Buddy Wine * Cary Q Wines * Danch & Granger Selections * Emme Wines * Etteilla Wines * Fattoria La Maliosa * Floraison Selections * Hobo Wine Company * Isa Wines * Jenny & François Selections * Kareen Wine * Loella Wine * Louis Dressner Selections * Lucy Chilvers Wines * Martha Stoumen Wines * Mas Martinet * Nuria Renom * Raft Wines * Redfield Cider * Rock Juice * Rock * Paper Scissors Wine Imports * Ruby Blanca Wines * Ryme Cellars  * Terah Wine Co. * Terra Santa Imports * Tessier Winery * Tilted Shed Ciderworks * Vaievem Wine * Vero Vino Craft Wines * Virgo Magic Wines  * Wild Flower Winery

On both days, the tasting will be preceded by a panel discussion beginning at 10:30. Saturday’s panel will cover Vineyard Worker Rights and Protections while Sunday’s panel will address Regenerative Viticulture.

For the first time, the public also has the option of joining the winemaker dinner that precedes the event.

WINeFare Festival 2024
Saturday, March 16th 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Sunday, March 17th 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Haight Street Art Center
215 Haight Street 
San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)

Tickets to the event are $50 for one day and $90 for both days (a pretty good deal, as such tastings go). If you want to attend both days and the dinner, the total price will be $140. Discounts are available for F&B professionals, essential workers, seniors,…


Source : https://www.vinography.com/2024/03/winefare-women-in-natural-wine-festival-march-16-17-san-francisco

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