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Friday | March 15, 2024 | 6:30-9p
AT HOTEL HEALDSBURG AND DRY CREEK KITCHEN

Taste of Pigs & Pinot

Friday evening’s festival kickoff is the lively Taste of Pigs & Pinot where guests sample 60 highly-acclaimed Pinot Noir wines competing in the Pinot Cup competition, both from Sonoma County and around the world. Two Rosé wines will be offered in addition to the lineup of 60 Pinot Noirs treating guests to a “white wine” twist on Pinot Noir. Tastings are served alongside a variety of pork dishes, including homemade sausages, charcuterie, grilled pork, patés and other special creations from Chef Palmer, Dry Creek Kitchen, guest celebrity chefs, and local Healdsburg restaurants including Molti Amici, Spoonbar, and Valette.

All pork for the Gala Dinner provided by Corfini Gourmet Meat Co.

$275 per person


Pinot Cup

The Pinot Cup is our annual wine competition where 60 hand-picked Pinot Noirs compete in a blind-tasting competition in hopes to be named “the best of the best” by a renowned judging panel including Wine Writer and Reviewer, Virginie Boone, Meridith May, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief The Tasting Panel & The Somm Journal, and Keith Goldston, Master Sommelier. The winner and runner-up will be revealed at Friday’s Taste of Pigs & Pinot event.

Pinot Cup Judges

Virginie
Boone

Wine Writer and Reviewer

Meridith
May

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
The Tasting Panel & The Somm Journal

Keith
Goldston

Master Sommelier

Guest Chefs

Nancy
Oakes

Chef/Owner
Boulevard Restaurant

Dean
Fearing

Chef/Owner
Fearing’s Restaurant

Neal
Fraser

Chef/Owner
Redbird and Vibiana

Ryan
Urig

Executive Chef
Grand Wailea,
A Waldorf Astoria Resort
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Bryan
Voltaggio

Chef/Owner
Thatcher & Rye

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Mauricio
Ortiz

Chef de Cuisine
Alaia, Turtle Bay Resort Oahu

George
Vanyi

Executive Chef
Banyan Tree, The Ritz-Carlton Maui

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Seminar tickets are exclusive to Hotel Healdsburg and Harmon Guest House Lodging Packages and selections are subject to availability. Full package pricing is charged at the time of booking. There is an eight-week cancellation policy for full refund. Packages cancelled after Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3pm PST are non-refundable. The room portion of the package may be applied to a future stay, ticket fees will not be credited. Please contact info@pigsandpinot.com for cancellations.