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Spit or Swallow

By Michael Leaverton

Published on June 24, 2008 at 4:21am

Wine snobs are different than you and me -- they have more money. At Pinot Days Grand Festival, $65 allows you to pick the brains of the industries biggest players and get drunk enough to forget everything, should you decide to go that route. Today’s public tasting features more than 400 pinots from 170 producers from all the right areas (California, Oregon, New Zealand, and Burgundy), and those who collect “bottles” will no doubt be interested in smaller tastings with local wineries. You liked that guy in Sideways, right? He was into pinot. We bet you are, too
Sun., June 29, 1 p.m., 2008