Sunday Grand Tastings

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

Tent 1

1 p.m. – Max Becker, executive chef at TRIO restaurant in Palm Springs

1:45 p.m. – Carla Hall, former cohost of ABC’s Emmy Award-winning series The Chew and a regular on ABC’s Strahan, Sara, and Keke (includes book signing)

2:30 p.m. – Andrew Cooper, executive chef at Adobe Grill in La Quinta

Tent 2

12:30 p.m. – Andrew Copley, executive chef/owner, Copley’s on Palm Canyon and AC3 Palm Desert

1:15 p.m. – Kenneth Williams, CEC, executive chef, Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage

2 p.m. – The Butchery by Brandt Beef

Chef’s and demonstration schedules subject to change.
Event details subject to change.

Sunday, March 29, 12:15 ‒1 p.m.
Location: The Garden Stage sponsored by Hot Purple Energy
Seminar: From the 1880s to Present: A Tasting Experience from San Luis Obispo Coast
Taste and learn about coastal wines from California’s coolest wine region, San Luis Obispo Coast. During this seminar, our vintners share the history and terroir of this hidden gem, taking you on a journey beginning with the first vintages and vineyard plantings established in the 1880s in Arroyo Grande and the pioneering families that planted vineyards during the 1970s in the Edna Valley. Taste an array of wines from coastal chardonnay and pinot noir to newly planted varieties.
Wine History Project historian Heather Muran will moderate the seminar.

Sunday, March 29, 2:15 ‒3 p.m.
Location: The Garden Stage sponsored by Hot Purple Energy
Seminar: Wine Somalia
“Why You Should Be Drinking More Chilean Wine!” by Alex Merkle, Siegel Family Wines.

Sunday, March 29, 12:30 ‒1:15 p.m.
Location: Marketplace Tent
Demonstration: Organic Wine
Description to come.

Sunday, March 29, 2:15 ‒3 p.m.
Location: Marketplace Tent
Seminar: Date Tasting presented by Stuart O’Keeffe
Description to come.