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The Experience, Alameda: Dashe Cellars Weekend

The Experience:

Wine Tasting in the Hanger this weekend!

Friday/Saturday & Sunday. Enjoy a curated tasting while toasting  the weekend. Want to pair wine with your Valentine in a romantic getaway? This Valentine’s Weekend, treat yourselves to a tasting experience at Dashe Cellars in their unique former airplane hangar!

You’ll try some world-class wines served by knowledgeable staff while having an opportunity to see the winemaking process in action. Guided tastings include perfectly paired nibbles with each wine, making it the ideal date or a fun Galentine’s Day outing with friends. Either way, they’ve got the perfect pour for you. And for the perfect sweet ending, don’t miss their Late Harvest Zinfandel—the  absolute dream with chocolate!

.Friday – Sunday Seatings at 12, 2, & 4pm,  Spots are limited—Reserve your spot via the link bit.ly/3On6Izq

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

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The Experience, Alameda: Rhythmix Cultural Works Folk Opera

The Experience:

Nature, a bridge and an evocative story.

Join the folks at Rythmix on Saturday, February 8th at 7pm and experience Flight Lessons, a Folk Opera by Deborah Crooks. It’s a story you will retell again and again.

Inspired by true events on Oakland’s Fruitvale Bridge, Flight Lessons tells the story of Peregrine Falcons and humans coexisting at the edge of wild and urban life.

The narrative follows an urban wildlife biologist as she monitors a breeding pair of falcons nesting on the bridge. When one bird is tragically shot, the lives of the falcons and the human community around them become deeply intertwined.

Exploring themes of home, migration, adaptation, and resilience, Flight Lessons examines the connections between life, loss, and the natural world. It asks: How do we learn to value nature in an urban environment? And how do we recover and move forward after profound loss? Tix/more info: https://www.rhythmix.org/events/flight-lessons/
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Where:

2513 Blanding Ave
Alameda

http://www.rhythmix.org

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The Experience, Emeryville: Trader Vic’s February

The Experience:

Cocktail of the Month: Jungle Heat!

For the month of February you can escape to the tropics with this vibrant mix of citrus, Grog, Carpano Antica, and Hamilton Demerara Rum – the perfect sip to ignite your month with island vibes!

And your friends at Trader Vic’s wish you a Happy Lunar New Year on their Facebook page and in their lounge. “As we step into the Year of the Snake, may it bring you wisdom, renewal, and the courage to embrace new beginnings. Let this year be one of transformation, prosperity, and good fortune.”

In their lounge on February 7th and 8th,  from 7-7:30pm you can join them for a LIVE Lion Dance and indulge in their special tiki menu of drinks to celebrate the Lunar New Year!

February also brings us Valentine’s Day and a heartfelt dinner menu for a romantic evening on the water. Make your reservations now:  510-653-3400

About Trader Vic’s + the Mai Tai

Decades ahead of his time, Vic ‘The Trader’ Bergeron chose to offer Chinese dishes alongside the then-contemporary Continental cuisine, creating maybe the original fusion menu. Today, Trader Vic’s continues the tradition and still uses the Chinese Wood-fired Ovens featuring dishes from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Asia, and Japan. And, as we all know, Trader Vic’s claims to be home to the original Mai Tai.

According to the Trader, Vic Bergeron, “In 1944, after success with several exotic rum drinks, I felt a new drink was needed. I was at the service bar in my Oakland restaurant. I took down a bottle of 17-year-old Jamaican J. Wray Nephew rum, added fresh lime, some Orange Curaçao from Holland, a dash of Rock Candy Syrup, and a dollop of French Orgeat, for its subtle flavor. A generous amount of shaved ice and vigorous shaking by hand produced the marriage I was after. Half the lime shell went in for color, I stuck in a branch of fresh mint, and gave two of them to Ham and Carrie Guild, friends from Tahiti, who were there that night. Carrie took one sip and said, “Mai Tai – Roa Ae” In Tahitian means “Out of this World- The Best”. Well, that was that, I named the drink ‘Mai Tai.’”

(Victor Bergeron and Carrie Guild featured below in 1970)

Hours: Wednesday-Sunday:

  • Lunch 12pm-3pm
  • Lounge 12pm-9:30pm
  • Dinner 5pm-9pm

Where:

9 Anchor Dr
Emeryville

http://tradervicsemeryville

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The Experience, Richmond: East Brother Beer Co Big News

The Experience:

More Tanks. More Beer!

They’ve come a long way since 2017, when they started brewing with just enough tanks to make 620 barrels of beer.

East Brother just added five new 120-barrel fermenters (according to their crew, that’s the equivalent of five swimming pools of beer!) and a new brite tank to store the beer after fermentation. Plus, some new equipment:

  • A cartoner to help them package beer faster
  • A towering new grain silo
  • A centrifuge to make their beer crystal clear
  • And a new floor scrubber to keep everything spotless!

Grab your friends and head down for a  visit. You’ll notice a little more hustle and bustle.and tanks so tall they almost touch the ceiling.. But rest assured, it’s still the same East Brother you know and love, just on a larger scale.

They can’t wait for you to see the progress.

Your favorite food trucks will be rolling in so you can savor some tasty bites while having a pint and surveying the new tanks.  (510) 230-4081.

Where:

1001 Canal Blvd
Richmond

eastbrotherbeer.com

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The Experience, Emeryville: Honor Kitchen & Cocktails Seasonal Menu

The Experience:

Celebrate the honorable Dungeness Crab season!

Embrace the new Dungeness Crab menu with Honor. Kitchen crew calls it ‘cracking into flavor heaven’! Take a look at the menu
Crab Specials:

  • Dungeness Crab Salad – fennel, radish, onion arugula, frisee, citrus salsa verde, lemon aioli, blood orange
  • Honor Crab Melt – rustic dourdough, egg spread, smoked gouda & aged cheddar cheese, frisee, citrus fennel slaw
  • Dungeness Crab Bucatini –maitake mushroom, parmesan, prosecco-lemon cream sauce, sugar snap peas over pasta
  • Oven-Roasted ½ Dungeness Crab –  garlic noodles, parsley & lemon butter

A crisp Sauvignon Blank pairs nicely with Dungeness, as does their beer on tap!

A remodeled bar/lounge area awaits you if you want to sip on a handcrafted cocktail or mocktail. Outdoors you can experience a fun beautiful sunlit atrium during the day which is transformed at night with jewel toned lights, outdoor fire pits and great leather furniture. You’ll love the vibe. Grab your friends and get down to Honor Kitchen & Cocktails! This  unexpected Emeryville hole-in-the-wall will leave you feeling ‘Honored’!

HONOR (on-er) n. Honesty, fairness, or integrity on one’s beliefs and actions.  A source of credit or distinction. High respect, as for worth, merit, or rank.  High public esteem, fame; glory; the privilege of being associated.

Where:

1411 Powell  St

Emeryville

https://www.honoremeryville.com/

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