California Zinfandel Dinner

How would you like an elegantly prepared seafood dish served alongside four of the best Zinfandel wines in California? The Pittsburg Seafood Festival would like to extend an invitation to you to participant in the 11th Annual California Zinfandel Championship Competition and Dinner to be held on Friday evening, September 7, 2007, sponsored by Discovery Homes.

The 11th Annual California Zinfandel Championship Competition and Dinner will be held in the Wine Pavilion Tent, under the stars at the edge of the delta, as the opening event of the Pittsburg Seafood Festival. You can join the festivities and enjoy tasting the four winning Zinfandel wines and a wonderful gourmet dinner especially prepared by Scott’s Seafood of Walnut Creek, to complement the taste of fine California Zinfandel.

All Zinfandel producers in California are invited to participate with over 100 wines entered. The preliminary blind tasting is held mid-July. The four wineries who earned Double Gold Medals in 2006 were Battaglini Estate Winery, 2004 Zinfandel, Old Vines, Proprietor Reserve;Consilience, 2004 Zinfandel, Rhodes Vineyard, Mendocino County; Rotta Winery, 2003 Zinfandel, Estate-Giubbini Vineyard, Paso Robles;Trentadue Winery, 2004 La Storia Zinfandel. These wineries will be invited to attend the dinner to receive their awards. During the dinner the judges will be served the four top winning wines blind and will choose the Grand Championship winner.

The cost for the Dinner is $70.00 per person. Tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis, with a limit of 350 seats available. Last year’s dinner sold out quickly, so don’t delay. For registration or more information, contact the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce at (925) 432-7301

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