Wineries | Ridge Vineyards (Pebble Beach Food & Wine

Appearances at Pebble Beach Food & Wine 2013:

Opening Night Reception (Thursday)On Thursday evening, Pebble Beach Food & Wine VI officially kicks off at the magnificent Inn at Spanish Bay for a night of unbridled indulgence. The entire property will be transformed into an epicurean paradise; stroll throughout the Inn to sample decadent bites from twenty-three of the weekend's top chefs. Sip slowly from a selection of over two hundred wines showcased by top domestic and international producers. Please Note: The bulk of this event is reserved for our Weekend Package Ticket Holders; individual tickets are extremely limited.

Lexus Grand Tasting Saturday (Saturday)The Lexus Grand Tasting Tent at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is the weekend's most spectacular opportunity for maximum culinary indulgence. With over 300 wines from top-notch producers from around the world to a “who's who” list of 30 top celebrity chefs, this is your chance to mingle, mix and sip with the very best in the field. As always, there will be opportunities for book signings and photo moments with many of the weekend's biggest and brightest names so buy your tickets early as this extravaganza sells out each year. Package Guests get VIP access 30 minutes early.

Ridge Monte Bello - American Royalty (Saturday)Monte Bello is first and foremost a wine of place. That unique place - high atop the Santa Cruz Mountains underlain by limestone and decomposing Franciscan greenstone - produces a wine unlike any other. Come taste a true example of American terroir from this iconic vineyard, first planted in the late 19th century, where place still speaks louder than technology. Older vintages of Monte Bello are very rare and space is limited at this seminar. Wines poured will include historic benchmarks like the 1984 and the 1995 vintages, alongside the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 bottlings. We'll also have an exclusive chance to taste the not-yet-released 2011 and 2012 vintages right out of barrel.

Lexus Grand Tasting Sunday (Sunday)The Lexus Grand Tasting Tent at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is the weekend's most spectacular opportunity for maximum culinary indulgence. With over 300 wines from top-notch producers from around the world to a “who's who” list of 30 top celebrity chefs, this is your chance to mingle, mix and sip with the very best in the field. As always, there will be opportunities for book signings and photo moments with many of the weekend's biggest and brightest names so buy your tickets early as this extravaganza sells out each year. Package Guests get VIP access 30 minutes early.

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Single Vineyard Wines Since 1962. Great wines come from great vineyards. Those vineyards, carefully tended, can express in the glass the individual character of each site. Winemaking at Ridge can best be described as “pre-industrial”: the wines methods used by the best producers in the late 1800s.