Nevada’s wine community is again buzzing with special events, after two years of roller coaster COVID restrictions. Raise your glass to a full schedule of pairings, parties, classes, awards, and more, throughout 2022. Some upcoming events are previewed here. Photo: Grape Basin News
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It was a party, and a contest. The winning team would combine three Nevada Sunset wines to create a blend for the University of Nevada’s private label. It was also a commitment ceremony of sorts – formal recognition of a new partnership between Nevada’s wine producers and the university.
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Greg Ross received a congratulatory call last weekend from the chief Judge of the U.S. National Amateur Wine Competition, where his wines captured five awards. Congratulations are also pouring in from the local wine community. Photo: Greg and Susan Ross in 2018.
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A collaboration between UNR and the Nevada Grape Growers and Winemakers will produce useful information for the winegrowing community. The plan also envisions a Riesling that bears the University’s private label.
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In only a year, Artesian Cellars Winery has become a hot spot in Pahrump. But not without a series of abrupt twists and turns, leading staffers to joke that the winery’s name should be Adaptation Cellars. The winery enters its second year with a robust promotional calendar, 21 employees and compliments from a Las Vegas Strip sommelier.
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Grape Expectations School of Winemaking chose a Halloween theme for its 2021 Bacchus Awards, held at the Orleans in Las Vegas. Costumes, dancing, and wine, of course. Labels featured names like Brigitte Bordeaux, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Opus One, and Quarantine Cuvee’. Photo @GrapeBasinNews, August 7, 2021
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After eight years of managing monthly tasting events, holiday gatherings, and vineyard tour parties Teri Bath wants to hand off the responsibility. Nevada Vines & Wines needs an event coordinator who knows how to plan a party, and relishes the role of host or hostess. Photo @GrapeBasinNews: Celebration at the Tamarack Junction, following the 2019 Vineyard Tour
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Nevada Grape Growers and Winemakers arranged for winemakers to chat one-on-one with sommeliers for a professional evaluation of their wines. The event drew 20 entries from the region’s serious home winemakers. Photo @GrapeBasinNews: Wine educator Dani G. Morris sips a Nevada-made red.
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About 20 members of Nevada Grape Growers and Winemakers attended the first in a 2021 series of private Vineyard tours. Some attendees told Grape Basin News it was their first social event after the pandemic year. Photo: @GrapeBasinNews – Adrian Dyette points to vines he transplanted while NGGW members look on on Sunday, May 23, 2021.
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Greg Ross, the award-winning proprietor of Walker River Vineyards, will teach a series of classes for the Nevada Grape Growers and Winemakers. The format is a group tasting, with plenty of time for questions and discussion, he says. Photo: Greg Ross (center) with medalists at the 2019 Nevada Vinny Awards.
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