Dark & Delicious is the preeminent, annual Petite Sirah event in all of the world:

• enjoying 60 important California wineries pouring their Petites, some very rare, older vintage
• over 30 fine food restaurants, specialty food producers, and caterers

…all of whom support this Seventh Annual Petite Sirah extravaganza.

Each year, the National Pork Board sponsors this event, for very a good reason. It’s the meshing of food and wine, in one very perfect way. The National Pork Board supplies the pork to the foodies, so that our chefs will “Be inspired.” The proof has been in the pudding, as the saying goes, with people leaving at the end of the night very satisfied.

Friday, February 22, 2013 ~ Rock Wall Wine Company in Alameda
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
2301 Monarch St., Suite 30D, Alameda, CA 94501
Tickets: $63.00 per person ~ Free Parking

Wine writer Steve Heimoff has said of this event: Dark & Delicious is one of the more fun events of its kind. There’s tons of great food provided by local restaurants, and scores of wineries pour their Petite Sirahs (plus there’s usually some additional stuff “under the table”). It’s $63.00 a person, which is cheap considering you can eat a bellyful of really good food and drink to your heart’s content. And no parking hassles: There’s a huge lot well staffed by young men who how to direct the traffic.

Wineries that will be pouring their Dark Petite Sirahs are the following (To Date):

• Artezin, The Hess Collection
• Aver Family Vineyards
• Ballentine Vineyards
• Barra of Mendocino
• Berryessa Gap Vineyards
• Bogle
• Clayhouse Wines
• Concannon
• Crooked Vine & Stony Ridge Winery
• David Fulton
• Don & Sons
• Estrella Creek Wines
• Fenestra
• F. Teldeschi
• Field Stone Winery
• Handal Denier
• Harney Lane Winery
• Lava Cap
• Line 39
• Michael David
• Mounts Family Winery
• Occasio
• Ridge
• Roadrunner Ridge
• Robert Biale Winery
• Rock Wall Wine Cellars
• Stage Left Cellars
• Stanton Vineyards
• Tres Sabores
• Trueheart Vineyard
• Vina Robles
• Viszlay Vineyards

Foods sponsors will be cooking up a Delicious storm (To Date):

• A Fork Full of Earth Organic Catering
• Asena Restaurant
• Barlovento Chocolates
• Big Jim’s BBQ
• Blue Heron Catering
• Bridge Brands Chocolate
• C’era Una Volta
• California Rose Catering
• Catahoula Coffee
• Cathy’s Sassy Sauce
• Chef Chris Miller
• Coco Délice Fine Chocolates
• Coco Tutti Confections
• Corners Tavern
• Cuisine by Lela
• Il Posto Trattoria
• Mary’s Pizza Shack
• Montibella Sausage
• Piatti Ristoranti & Bar
• Sweet Melissa’s Personal Chef Services
• Venga Paella