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The Experience, Alameda: Dashe Cellars This Weekend

The Experience:

Bubbly for Valentine’s Day anyone?!

Nothing says Valentine’s (or Galentine’s) quite like bubbles—Dashe’s sparkling wine brings the sparkle to any celebration, but especially on Valentine’s.

Made 100% from Chenin Blanc grapes grown at the family-owned Heringer Vineyards, the wine has great mouthfeel and crisp acidity–a perfect sparkling wine to pop at your Valentine’s Celebration.

Winemaker Tasting Notes
Color | Pale gold
Aromas | Beautiful light floral aromas, minerals, and toasty yeast.
Taste | Crisp, bright flavors of stone fruit—apricot and peach—balanced with an edge of citrus acidity. The wine shows both great minerality and lush, complex flavors of toasty yeast.

Stop by their Tasting Room Friday – Sunday or Order Online: https://www.dashecellars.com/product/2024-sparkling-wine

And don’t forget to congratulate them on 30 years of winemaking.

Good wine, good company. They hope to see you this weekend!

About

Dashe Cellars is a family-owned artisan winery located in the heart of the Urban Wine Country at Alameda Point. After 15 years in Oakland’s Jack London Square district, Dashe Cellars moved to Spirits Alley on the old Naval Airbase in Alameda, CA.

They focus on crafting wines with a distinctive sense of place and look for that perfect balance of steep hillside vineyards, older vines, and vigor-reducing growing conditions.

Founded by Michael and Anne Dashe, Dashe Cellars crafted its first vintage of Dry Creek Zinfandel in 1996. Since that time, the Dashe’s have focused on producing exceptional, single-vineyard wines using a traditional, non-industrial approach to winemaking

Where:

1951 Monarch St

Alameda

https://www.dashecellars.com

The Experience, Alameda: Faction Brewing Record Swap

The Experience:

Vinyl anyone?

Next Sunday, February 15, from 12-6pm, the Alameda Record Swap takes over the hangar at Faction. Flip through some vinyl, sip something good and let the afternoon disappear. Kids welcome.

With 40+ record vendors selling a wide variety of genres to suit nearly every taste and budget, the Alameda Record Swap is quickly becoming the Bay Area’s biggest and best vinyl record show!

  • Featuring DJ Sid Presley’s spinning vintage vinyl
  • Craft beer by Faction Brewing
  • Satay By The Bay SF food truck
  • Free admission | All ages
  • Come n’ find something you love
  • Apply to sell! https://forms.gle/uFYVhAZNbHUjWBBy8

The crew at Faction Brewing can’t wait to see you and tell you about all their new collaborative beers for SF Beer Week!

Faction Brewing’s Hours: Wed/Thu 2-8pm; Fri/Sat 12-8pm; Sun 12-6pm. Non-alcoholic beverages are also available for purchase. They  have a large outdoor patio and indoor seating is also available. Call to confirm hours (510) 523-2739.

Where:

2501 Monarch St in Alameda Point
Alameda

http://factionbrewing.com

The Experience, Alameda: Lucky 13 Bliss!

The Experience:

Blueberry Burger + a pint! Or the Shrimp Po’ Boy?

Lucky 13 is the place to hang for a rainy day or any day! They carry 20+ beers on tap which change up. Right now some of the faves are Pliny the Elder – double IPA, Russian River “Mind Circus – a hazy IPA, 21st Amendment “El Sully” – a Mexican lager, 805’s Blonde and many more. They have 40+ bottled beers, fine spirits and wines from local wineries.

You can bring in great food from Scolari’s. Featured here is their popular Blueberry, bacon, bleu cheese and arugula burger au poivre. Check it out while knocking back your favorite fresh beer. Or for a limited time, through Scolari’s or the kiosk @lucky13alameda, you can get their famous shrimp po’ boy. Fans say their shrimp po boy is worth all the hype. Made with remoulade sauce, battered fried prawns, dill pickle, iceberg and tomato, on a French roll.

Open daily 12noon to 2am.

Where:

1301 Park St
Alameda

https://www.facebook.com/lucky13alameda

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The Experience, Alameda: Dashe Cellars This Weekend

The Experience:

Congrats Dashe! 30 Years of winemaking!

Drop by Dashe Cellars and congratulate them on their 30th. You may even be able to catch one of those beautiful winter sunsets on the water from their deck. Though the hangar is a really cozy spot for tasting their wines. Nothing like a Dashe Zin to warm you up!

This year, Dashe Cellars celebrates 30 years of winemaking. From library wines like these featured here to everything still to come, they’re raising a glass to three decades of passion, family and community.

Join them for winery events all year long—Start by signing up for their mailing list.

Here’s to 30 years. Cheers to what’s next They’re open Friday–Sunday, 12:00–5:30 PM.
Reserve your spot online, or feel free to walk in—space available.

Good wine, good company, zero judgment. Cheers to doing January your way.

They hope to see you this weekend!

About

Dashe Cellars is a family-owned artisan winery located in the heart of the Urban Wine Country at Alameda Point. After 15 years in Oakland’s Jack London Square district, Dashe Cellars moved to Spirits Alley on the old Naval Airbase in Alameda, CA.

They focus on crafting wines with a distinctive sense of place and look for that perfect balance of steep hillside vineyards, older vines, and vigor-reducing growing conditions.

Founded by Michael and Anne Dashe, Dashe Cellars crafted its first vintage of Dry Creek Zinfandel in 1996. Since that time, the Dashe’s have focused on producing exceptional, single-vineyard wines using a traditional, non-industrial approach to winemaking

Where:

1951 Monarch St

Alameda

https://www.dashecellars.com

The Experience, Alameda: Faction Brewing New Beer + Events

The Experience:

A Santa Cruz/East Bay collab!?! You know it’s gonna go down easy.

Faction Brewing’s recent Santa Cruz collaboration is the “Coo Coo Ca Choo” IPA, a West Coast IPA brewed with Mosaic and Citra hops, a partnership with Santa Cruz’s Private Press Brewing, offering citrusy, fruity notes with balanced bitterness, and it’s available in their taproom and for shipping and in cans (4-packs) for purchase from Faction. 

You can find it on Faction’s online store or visit their Alameda tasting room to try it!

A couple of calendar notables:

  • Thurs, Dec 18 at 7pm – Ocean Hoptimism is closing the year with something that hits way deeper than the tide charts. Ocean Hoptimism is back with artist Andres Amador, the guy who turns entire beaches into temporary works of art and somehow leaves you seeing the coastline, and yourself differently.
  • Sat, Dec 20,  1 –  6pm –  Faction Brewing Winter Market! By Alternative Entertainment Marketing & Events. Over 35 vendors, beer and great food!

Faction Brewing’s Hours: Wed/Thu 2-8pm; Fri/Sat 12-8pm; Sun 12-6pm. Non-alcoholic beverages are also available for purchase. They  have a large outdoor patio and indoor seating is also available. Call to confirm hours (510) 523-2739.

Where:

2501 Monarch St in Alameda Point
Alameda

http://factionbrewing.com

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