Home | Wine Reviews | Wine Journals | Updates by Ken Zinns After taking a few wine courses through UC Extension in the early '90s, Bay Area architect Ken Zinns developed a serious interest wine. Ken has been touring and tasting wines for nearly 20 years, and has come to love not only the wines, but also the people behind them. Ken's interest in wine is more than passive, and he's been working at several urban East Bay wineries since 2001, and is the assistant winemaker for both Eno Wines in Berkeley and Harrington Wine in San Francisco. Index of Touring/Tasting Notes         June '13 - 3rd Annual Sta. Rita Hills Road Trip Tasting 53 wines June '13 - 16th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival 90 wines May '13 - Marin County Wine Celebration 34 wines May '13 - Seven % Solution 49 wines May '13 - 23rd Annual Passport to Cabernet 74 wines April '13 - Mount Eden Vineyards & Ridge Vineyards 3 visits March '13 - Paso Robles 5 visits March '13 - Pinot Paradise - Tech Session and 9th Annual Tasting 70 wines March '13 - Santa Cruz Mtns Visits - 2013 7 labels February '13 - Hospice du Rhone Tasting - 2012 186 wines February '13 - Visit to Thomas Fogarty with Nathan Kandler 33 wines February '13 - In Pursuit of Balance Tasting - San Francisco, 2013 71 wines January '13 - Central Coast 19 visits December '12 - Sonoma Co. & Napa Valley 9 visits November '12 - Sierra Foothills 9 visits September '12 - Family Winemakers of California, San Francisco - 2012 165 wines August '12 - West of West Tasting 60 wines August '12 - A Visit to Scherrer Winery 8 wines July '12 - Sonoma County Day Trip 4 visits July'12 - Santa Cruz Day Trip 4 visits June'12 - Marin County Wine Celebration 36 wines June'12 - Pinot Days, San Francisco - 2012 87 wines June'12 - Taste of Mendocino 75 wines June'12 - TAPAS Tasting 71 wines Apr '12 - Paso Robles 4 visits Apr '12 - Rhone Rangers Tasting 97 wines Apr '12 - In Pursuit of Balance Tasting - San Francisco, 2012 79 wines Mar '12 - Central Coast 4 visits Jan '12 - Central Coast 15 visits Dec '11 - Santa Cruz Mountains 4 visits Nov '11 - Sierra Foothills 5 visits Aug '11 - Russian River Valley 5 visits Aug '11 - Family Winemakers of California, San Francisco - 2011 170 wines June '11 - Pinot Days, San Francisco - 2011 189 wines June '11 - A Visit to Pierce Ranch and Coastview Vineyard 2 visits June '11 - Marin County Wine Celebration 35 wines June'11 - TAPAS Tasting 81 wines Apr-May '11 - Paso Robles tour 7 visits Apr '11 - Hospice du Rhone Tasting - 2011 150+ wines Apr '11 - Wineries of Hawai'i 2 Visits Mar '11 - Rhone Rangers Tasting 87 wines Mar '11 - Santa Barbara County 7 visits Jan '11 - Sonoma County 4 visits Nov '10 - Sierra Foothills 2 visits Nov '10 - Book Review - The Art and Design of Wine Labels 1 book review Sept '10 - Sierra Foothill Wine Experience 55 wines August '10 - Marin County Tour 7 visits August '10 - Family Winemakers of California Tasting 152 wines June '10 - Bay Area Natural Wine Consortium Tasting 14 wines June '10 - Marin County Pinot Noir Celebration 27 wines June '10 - TAPAS Tasting - Spanish varieties 86 wines Apr-May '10 - Paso Robles tour 8 visits Apr-May '10 - Hospice du Rhone Tasting - 2010 150+ wines April '10 - A Visit to a Utah Winery 6 wines March '10 - Rhone Rangers Tasting 86 wines Jan '10 - Central Coast 19 visits Nov '09 - Sierra Foothills 7 visits June '09 - A Visit to Rhys Vineyards 12 wines June '09 - TAPAS Tasting - Spanish varieties 87 wines June '09 - Marin County Pinot Noir Celebration 29 wines June '09 - Russian River Valley 3 visits May '09 - Russian River Valley 3 visits May '09 - Paso Robles 5 visits May '09 - Hospice du Rhone Tasting 85 wines April '09 - Russian River Valley 4 visits March '09 - Pinot Paradise Tasting 64 wines March '09 - Rhone Rangers Tasting 94 wines Nov '08 - Sierra Foothills, El Dorado Co. 36 wines Aug '08 - Family Winemakers of California Tasting 59 wineries Aug '08 - A Visit to Woodenhead Vintners 6 wines Aug '08 - TAPAS Tasting - Spanish varieties 35 wines Aug '08 - Central Coast 8 visits July '08 - A Visit with Shane Finley 17 wines May '08 - Central Coast 6 visits April '08 - Livermore Valley & Lodi 18 visits March '08 - Pinot Paradise Tasting 52 wines March '08 - Rhone Rangers Tasting 108 wines Jan '08 - A Visit with Ed Kurtzman 17 wines Dec '07 - Sonoma County / Napa Valley 13 visits Dec '07 - Central Coast 20 visits April '07 - Central Coast 22 visits Feb '07 - Mendocino County 11 visits Nov '06 - Central Coast 13 visits July '06 - Sierra Foothills 17 visits April '06 - Central Coast 21 visits   Home | Wine Reviews | Wine Journals | Updates Copyright © 1993 - 2013, Ken Zinns - All rights reserved No original material may be reproduced without written consent Mail & Comments - Grape-Nutz Updated 06.06.13