Solano Cellars Wine Shop & Wine Bar

Tomorrow night at SOLANO come taste the freshest line up of our favorite canned wines from Nomadica!! Four of the most crushable cans of glou from California for only $10 a flight from 5:30-7:30PM! Be cylindrical not square and see you there!! @nomadica @ Solano Cellars Wine Shop & Wine Bar

TONIGHT 5:30PM at SOLANO: Chris Miller, the Master Sommelier at the helm of Monterey's Seabold Cellars, is in the house at Solano Cellars. He's pouring his "Volage" pet-nat rosé, his Chardonnay, his Pinot Noir and a Zinfandel whose fruit is sourced from the Sierra Foothills' magical Rorick Heritage Vineyard. $10 for a flight until 7:30PM

TONIGHT at Solano! Come meet Samantha Sheehan, winemaker/founder of POE Wines since 2009. We will be pouring her Pinot Meunier and amazing Chardonnay as well as the Ultraviolet sparkling wine on every hot wine bar list these days. To top it off we also have her delicious Mommenpop Vermouths in the house! $10 from 5:30-7:30pm! See you there!

Borgogno's own Federica Boffa is in town, and has deigned to pay us a visit! She's pouring through a whole line-up of her Cannubian stunners... so come get a taste of the grapes people have been freaking out about since the mid-18th century! At Solano Cellars from 5:30-7:30 for $10!!

come taste @birdhorsewines with the winemakers this Thursday at Solano from 5:30-7:30PM!! only $10 to try 3 dreamy drinking wines from two amazing ladies. chirp or nay we'll see you there!

Come hangout with us on new years eve and buy grower champagne by the glass to say adieu to 2019 ! The wine bar is open from 2-6pm and the shop from 11-7pm @ Solano Cellars Wine Shop & Wine Bar

Fri, 11/15, 5:30 PM at Vine St: Give Vinous Thanks! This year Thanksgiving is late... but we're prepping early! This Friday, Vintage Berkeley alum and wine pairing savant, Julie Tesar, will guide us through a fun line-up of wines to pair with all of your Thanksgiving Day goodies! Bubbles! Yam-yummy whites! Cru Beaujolais, Cali Pinot and more!

Thurs, 11/14, 5:30 PM at Solano: The Wines of Hoopes! Hoopes winemaker Anne Vawter was Heidi Barrett's right-hand-woman for years, and it shows - everywhere but in the price! A long-time Solano fave, they're the winemaker behind our beloved 'The Mutt,' a fantastic exception to WSJ's "don't buy critter-quaffers" rule.) Come meet Hoopes rep Carlo Mathiason, and taste Anne's Chard and three Cabernets!

Thurs, 11/14, 6 PM at Elmwood: The Wines of Blue Ox Wine Co! Move over Donkey & Goat - there's a new vinous animal on Berkeley's Fifth Street, and we think they're making the best sparkling wine for the money in the state. (Not to mention their stunning still wines!) Come meet the winemakers behind Blue Ox, and taste five of the wines that make us proudest to be Berkeleyites!

Tonight at Elmwood, beginning at 6 PM! Mr. Rorick, of Forlorn Hope. The dinner we'd planned may be postponed -- but what hasn't been delayed? The arrival tonight of Matthew Rorick and his merry band of so-called "Rare Creatures" -- easily some of the most unique wines made in California. Rorick's project is named "Forlorn Hope" -- after the Dutch phrase, 'verloren hoop' for the Dutch soldiers who volunteered to lead the charge directly into enemy defenses, against all odds an...d reason. It describes how his project was seen when he began in the early 2000's: a time when Robert Parker reigned supreme, and California's wine culture seemed in danger of becoming almost monocultural. (This was right around the same time a schlumpily saturnine movie character famously said that he was, well, a bit weary of Bordeaux grapes.) Tonight we're delighted to announce that he's in the house, where he'll be pouring a slew of delights: the white blend (Picpoul, Verdelho, Albariño, et al!) he calls "Queen of the Sierra," his limestone-laced Chardonnay, his Trousseau, Grenache, and Barbera... and of course his famed St. Laurent besides! The Wines of Forlorn Hope. Tonight, 11/8. 6 - 7:30 PM. Only at Elmwood. 6+Wines for $10!

This Thursday at Solano: Tarpon Cellars & Banjo Wine Co. Winemaker Jeremy Carter in the House! Our club members already know Banjo, whose wines were featured stars in some recent club shipments... but it's time the rest of you got to know one of Solano's in-house favorites! Winemaker Jeremy Carter will be in the house, pouring through a set of his micro-production Californian wines.... Come Strum With Us. This Thurs, only at Solano. 5 Wines for $10. 5:30 - 7:30 PM

Saturday at Solano! Germany Meets Bordeaux at The Summit. Taking his cue from a pair of Brexit Muppets he'd recently witnessed across the Channel, French President Macron proposed a - wait for it - Bordeauxit. "We are sick and fatigué of watching le hipster millénaire pass over the France's formidable Bordeaux in favor of things like... (checks notes) 'Slovenian orange wine?!' Qu'est-ce que c'est, ça? We are hereby announcing our withdrawal from the larger vinous world. Also..., I'm no longer combing my hair." Under her breath, Angela Merkel was heard to mutter, "Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her." To which Macron said, "Um, excusez?" But the translator wasn't around - at which point, deftly as ever, the only grown-up in the room once again averted disaster, proposing a historic summit. "Let us showcase two oft-ignored wine regions, both with histories dating back to the Romans... neither of which, we can surely agree, Monsieur, need "Make it Great Again" campaigns!" As we know, nothing re-inflates a French President like aggrandizement, and Macron said, "Mais oui! Nous avons toujours été super!" While we're not (sadly) handing out red hats that say "BORDEAUX WAS ALWAYS GREAT"? We are hosting a summit of our own, in honor of vinous diplomacy! Bordeaux-Germany: The Summit. Only at Solano. Saturday, 11/2, 4:30-7 PM. (One white, one red from Bordeaux. Two German reds. Five dollars.)

We are taking reservations for the holidays! Whether it’s a private event or a customized tasting for 2, we’re here for you! @ Solano Cellars Wine Shop & Wine Bar