When: Saturday March 21st 1pm What to Know: Join us as we do an interactive contrast and comparison between our 2021 Estate Sangiovese and a 2021 Argiano Rosso di Montalcino. Always a fun and educational event. Who's Invited: This fun tasting is open to everyone interested in learning more about Sangiovese
When: Saturday, March 28th, 7-9pm What to Know: We are going to take a two hour long really deep dive into Teroldego. What is it? What makes it unique? What does it taste like? What is it supposed to taste like? Over the course of two hours we will be enjoying generous samples of Montoliva 2020, 2019 & […]
When: Saturday, May 16th, 1pm sharp What to know: Join us as we do an interactive contrast and comparison between our 2023 Estate Negroamaro (Double Gold Metal- 2026 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition) and a 2023 Tormaresca Negroamaro Salento Masseria Maime (91 Points- Wine Enthusiast Magazine). This will be interactive, we'll be tasting these wines together. Always […]
When: Saturday, May 23rd What to Know: Join us as we release our new vintages of Estate Sei Ore, a Teroldego & Sangiovese rose and Wabash Avenue Vineyard Vermentino. We only produced 19 cases of Sei Ore rose, so we will likely sell out of it quickly. This is your opportunity to score the perfect summer rose. […]
On any given weekend owner and winegrower Mark Henry will bring his cello into the winery and play through some baroque cello suite movements, with occasional forays into French Romanticism. Here are some more formalized music events in 2025: 27 June: The Swiss Trip. 1-4pm. If you like classic "cool" jazz, the Swiss Trip will definitely scratch that […]
4 July: When Mark Henry isn't tending vines or making wine, he indulges in his other passion, constitutional scholarship. His personal library includes over 80 books related to American revolutionary and constitutional history, theory and interpretation. Join us at 1pm Saturday, July 4th as Mark does a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence
A perennial favorite at Montoliva Vineyard & Winery. What do you get when you mix a warm foothill evening, wine and an outdoor movie? Montoliva Vineyard & Winery Saturday Night Movies in the vineyard, of course. This is season... hmm, I think this may be our 15th year of showing movies in the vineyard. It […]
18 July: Bastille Day. The people take matters into their own hands. We celebrate Bastille Day with the internationally known French-Canadian torch singer, Claire Diament. Man, can she light it up, and burn it down! If Edith Piaf is your jam, Claire Diament is your jelly.
1 August: Montoliva Vineyard & Winery Customer Appreciation BBQ. Music provided by electric cello virtuoso Arthur Gould, recognized as Northern California's master of improvisational jazz cello. This year the food is catered by La Fornaretta, the finest Sicilian restaurant in all of Northern California. We are pleased to welcome back Arthur Could on cello to provide […]
22 August- Here at Montoliva Vineyard & Winery I have a fairly intense focus on Italian varietals, particularly central and southern Italian varietals. The varietals I work with are all Italian, my approach to winemaking approximates the central Italian winemaking style. That being said no Italian winemaker would ever mistake my wines for wines gown and […]
