International White Wine Festival Overview & Special Guests
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2025 Grand Tasting
Saturday, February 15th
Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville
11:00 am – 12::00 pm – VIP Early Access Ticketholders
12:00-3:00 PM – Grand Tasting
International White Wine Festival winery events surround the main event. The Grand Tasting will feature around 40 wineries from Northern California and special wines and guests from around the world, each offering their finest white wine selections. Guests will also enjoy an array of gourmet food bites, crafted to pair perfectly with the wines, alongside the talents of local musicians.
Stop by the sparkling wine tables to learn about bubbles made from white wine grapes. Visit the varietal tables and taste wines made by different producers from different wine regions. There will be so many great things to discover in February and this is one wine festival weekend you don’t want to miss!
Internationally Grown Grapes, Wines & Special Guests
One of the most exciting aspects of this event is the shared love for producing white wines from around the globe! Visit one of our varietal tables and chat with an educator who will share their love for the grape they are showcasing:
- Chenin Blanc – Wine Educator Gilian Handelman, alongside guests Leo Hansen and Marcia Torres Forno who will pour their wines.
- Riesling– Wine judge and writer Dan Berger is the ultimate Riesling geek and will share various styles and producers.
- Gewürztraminer – Spend time with Chris Dowsett, Washington winemaker from Dowsett Family Winery, tasting a variety of regions.
- Visit one of these guest producer tables
Maisons Marques & Domaines USA, Inc. (MMD) will share white wines from France, Italy, Spain, Canada, including producers like de Ladouctte, Marc Bredif, La Poussie, Regnard, Delas, Pio Cesare, Livio Felluga and Schlumberger.
Marchelle Wines – Marchelle is an artisanal winery on a mission to craft premium wines from old vines to help preserve family-owned heritage vineyards. Founded by longtime friends Mara and Greg La Follette and Michelle Wong and Kevin Lee. Greg is affectionately known as the “Vine Whisperer.”
Regal Wine Co. will present wines from the esteemed wine regions of Alsace, Loire, Mosel, Rhone, Champagne, & Italy.
Spur Road Wines is a small family owned and operated winery has winemaking experience from around the world, including Burgundy, France, Australia, New Zealand, and California. Helping a friend unearth vines from blackberry bushes, they’ve finished their fourth vintage.
Wine & Spirits Purveyors Importers are distributors of Spanish and Italian wines will present wines made from Viura, Verdejo, Garnacha Blanca, Pedro Ximenez, and Pansal.
Wines of Mexico (represented by Vinitácora) will share wines from the top 5 wine producing regions in Mexico: Baja California (Valle de Guadalupe), Querétaro, Coahuila (Valle de Parras), Guanajuato (Valle de la Independencia) & San Miguel de Allende.
More producers and information coming soon…
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