Sparkling Wine Tasting & Appreciation Class with Barry Jackson, Equinox

In time for the holidays when you need some delicious bubbly to toast in the New Year comes a wine appreciation class and tasting with the master of bubbly, Barry Jackson of Equinox Champagne Cellars in Santa Cruz. Learn about the production of sparkling wine and taste different sparkling wine styles. Learn about the history of sparkling wine; production regions for sparkling wine in the U.S. and Europe; the grape varieties used to make sparkling wine; how sparkling wine is made, including harvest, bottling, aging, riddling, disgorging and corking; tirage and dosage; and sparkling wine styles including Blanc de Blanc and Blanc de Noir, cremant, and blends. There will be a lot of tasting to illustrate!


When:  Sunday, December 11, 12:00-2:00pm
Where: Equinox Champagne Cellars
427-C Swift St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
For more information phone: 408-353-2278; email:info@silvermtn.com

The class is $30; $25 for wine club members of any of the Surf City wineries.
For more information and to register: see the Surf City Vintners website at www.surfcityvintners.com

Remaining classes in the Surf City University series include:
- 15 January, 2012:  Bordeaux Wines, with Mikael Wargin, MJA Vineyards
- 26 February, 2012: History of the Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Region, with Jerold O'Brien, Silver Mountain;
Jeff Emery, Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard; and Michael Sones, Sones Cellars.

The Surf City Vintners group of 12 boutique wineries and tasting rooms offers a vibrant urban wine tasting experience. The individual wineries are in close proximity on the Westside of Santa Cruz on Ingalls Street, Swift Street, and the Old Sash Mill, most in renovated warehouse spaces. The area has become a hip example of urban renewal. The wineries showcase the wines of a group of leading winemakers of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and are small, family-owned and operated local businesses. Visitors often meet and talk directly with the winemakers. The Surf City Vintners wineries include:  Bonny Doon Vineyard; Copious Winery; Equinox Champagne Cellar; Hillcrest Terrace Winery; MJA Vineyards; Odonata Wines; Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard (including Quinta Cruz); Silver Mountain; Sones Cellars; Storrs Winery and Vineyards; Trout Gulch Vineyards; Vine Hill Winery, Vino Tabi.

Surf City Vintners: The hip urban wine tasting experience in Santa Cruz!