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Wine Tasting 101 with Jimmie Moore, Bonny Doon Vineyard - A Surf City Wine University Wine Appreciation Class

Jimmie Moore will be your guide through the adventure of wine tasting, with a special view from the Dooniverse. Learn the basics of tasting and evaluating wines. There will be a brief discussion of the five senses related to the appreciation of wine, as well as the human experience of flavor. Taste samples of acidity, bitterness and astringency. Learn how to identify tannins, oak, fruit and where all those funny wine terms come from. Begin to develop an appreciation of your own wine style. A number of different wines and styles will be sampled during the class.

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 or call 408-353-2278, email info@silvermtn.com, or come to Bonny Doon Vineyard to sign up.

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Additional classes in the Surf City University series include:
- 11 December: Sparkling Wine, with Barry Jackson, Equinox Champagne Cellars
- 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!

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