If only we could all take off one work day per month to drink wine and eat to our heart's content. In the meantime, we suggest closing your laptop next Saturday (and cancelling any other social plans) to attend a wine festival that will let you play sommelier for the day.
The 9th annual UnCorked Wine Festival will take place Saturday, May 17 at Ghirardelli Square. From 1 to 6 p.m. (five glorious hours!) you can taste a variety of wines and munch on food truck fare. More than 50 wines will be available for your sipping pleasure and a portion of ticket profits will go to Save the Bay. The San Francisco Wine Institute will give a special presentation limited to 50 people during the event.
See also: Sun and Suds at Faction Brewing, Alameda's Newest Craft Beer
McEvoy Ranch
If your weekend vision quest revolves around limited edition extra virgin olive oil, wine and beautiful and rather green environs, there's a ranch just 15 minutes outside of downtown Petaluma worth checking out.
Why visit: Award winning McEvoy Ranch is an hour away from S.F. and now open for weekend tastings.
Claire Herminjard, a dynamic 30-year-old with a big open smile, is perhaps not who you'd expect to find running a beef company -- that is, if you believe in stereotypes, Texas ranchers, and feedlots. But then again, the boutique meat company she co-founded, Mindful Meats, is not your run-of-the-mill meat company. Instead, it's a socially-mind business founded on two principle goals: "First, we want to get animals out of confinement and second, ensure a high quality protein source for us humans, that's free of antibiotics," says Herminjard.
