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Third annual Urban Wine Experience this Saturday

By Jessica Yadegaran
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 3:22 pm in east bay vintners.

If you enjoyed San Francisco’s inaugural winemakers tasting at Arlequin Wine Merchants last weekend, you’ll want to check out the king of local urban winery events this Saturday, Aug. 9, better known as the East Bay Vintners Alliance’s Urban Wine Experience.

For the third year, the EBVA is hosting its annual group tasting showcasing all 15 of its members, including Rosenblum, which just celebrated 30 years of making wine in the East Bay, plus Dashe Cellars, Andrew Lane Wines and more.

This year’s event will be held at Jack London Square for the first time, and a limousine service will provide shuttle service to and from the Lake Merritt BART station. Pretty sweet and probably accounts for the spike in the price this year: $45 in advance and $60 at the door.

You get a souvenir Riedel glass not to mention wine pairing bites from some of the East Bay’s hottest restaurants, including Glenview’s Bellanico and downtown Oakland’s Franklin Square Wine Merchant. For tickets and more information, visit the EBVA’s web site.

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