Wine with Kris: Friday May 29th 5pm PST/8pm EST Featuring Jessie's Grove Winery from Lodi

First off, I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge memorial day today, and thinking of all of those Americans who have paid the ultimate price. I am extremely grateful for the country we live in, and the freedoms we have to pursue things we care about, like wine. 🇺🇸 

I also have some BIG NEWS. This Friday, May 29th at 5pm PST/8pm EST, we will have Greg Burns from Jessie's Grove Winery live on Zoom with everyone for Wine with Kris!! 🎉 

I connected with Greg and his team a few weeks back, and absolutely fell in love with his winery and his ancient zines that produce some of the best grapes in Lodi, CA. But I don't want to steal any of his thunder, so if you've been on the fence about attending a Wine with Kris, this is the one to not miss!

I recognize that things have started to open up a little bit across the country, but I have thoroughly enjoyed the weekly community we have built virtually every Friday, so expect them to continue! I would appreciate any feedback to how I can make Wine with Kris better and improve your experience, feel free to respond to this email or drop a line anytime with any feedback you may have!

As always, this virtual happy hour is open to everyone, and you're welcome to bring your drink of choice (Wine (Chardonnay or any other you care to bring), Whiskey, Beer, or Red Bull!)

Why this week is going to the best Wine with Kris yet:

• Have a one on one conversation with winegrower and winemaker, Greg Burns!

• Experience three AMAZING WINES (🤫 I got to taste these wines a few weeks ago, and they are over the top)

• Connect with some awesome and authentic new people, seriously blown away by the diversity every week!

• Listen to some great tunes, we just might be able to convince Greg to play one of his personal playlists this week 😉

• A weekly gift for our Trivia Winner!

The Wines

2014 Jessie's Grove Royal Tee Ancient Vine Zinfandel
Hailing from vines over 125 years old, this Zinfandel is full bodied, has great color and gives aromas of blackberry and cherry. A great, well balanced wine that will make any Zin fan happy.

2016 Jessie's Grove Ancient Vine Carignane
Carignane is a lesser known grape from Spain, but does extremely well here in Lodi, and Greg and his team have done a great job of making this unique wine.

2018 Cinsault
Originally from France, the vines these grapes come from to make this wine have HUGE secret that I'm going to save for Friday that Greg will clue you in on, so you'll have to show up to hear the secret!

TRY THESE WINES WITH GREG AND I ON FRIDAY
The team at Jessie's Grove Winery is doing a special offer for everyone who attends Wine with Kris, they have put together three bundles so you can taste each of these wines, or just one or two on Friday with us during the call and get to hear expert tasting notes and recommended pairings:

Bundle #1: https://www.jessiesgrovewinery.com/product/Happy-Hour-Wine-Trivia-Bundle

Get all three wines and taste each of them with us, or open one bottle to taste with us Friday night, and save the other two for a special occaison!

Bundle #2: https://www.jessiesgrovewinery.com/product/Happy-Hour-Wine-Trivia-Bundle--2?pageID=81C054E7-A53E-50B4-7695-58A21FDE03A9&sortBy=DisplayOrder&maxRows=10&
Get the Cairgnane and Royal Tee Zinfandel, let me tell you, this is an awesome deal.

Bundle #3: https://www.jessiesgrovewinery.com/product/Happy-Hour-Wine-Trivia-Bundle--3
Get the Cinsault, and Royal Tee Zinfandel for JUST $40.

As a special thank you for supporting local wineries during this time, Jessie's Grove is offering an ADDITIONAL 10% OFF WITH CODE "TRIVIANIGHT" for all of you!

Signup for Happy hour here!!!

Can't wait to see you there!

Kris

P.S. Can I ask you a favor??

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Virtual Wine Tasting and Wine Trivia with Kris Round 2 (Copy)

Hey there! How’s quarantine treating your right now??

Wine Trivia Last week was a little extra special, we a had a special guest, Joe Exotic!!

In all seriousness, we had a blast, and had fun with my friend Chris Luecke serenading us with Joe Exotic hits. If you have a zoom call coming up, and want to add some fun to it, Chris does this for charity and will add a little comic releif during these times. You can read more about him here.

I just wanted to share some gratitude from the past couple weeks.

For the past two Friday nights I’ve had people show up to my virtual happy hour, Wine Tasting w/Kris, and it’s been such a great way to feel connected to others right now, especially since I live by myself (ok, ok, I have a pet rock).

In all seriousness, it’s been great to kick back on Friday night after a long week of online classes, see friends and new faces, and then get to share my passion for wine with others.

This week will be no different.

Friday night we’ll be pouring the @robertmondavips :

2018 Robert Mondavi Private Selection Monterey County Chardonnay Aged in Bourbon Barrels 🥂.

All the tropical notes hit your nose and palate with this aged chardonnay, with the bourbon barrels really bringing out the vanilla, toasted coconut and pineapple.

2018 Robert Mondavi Private Selection Monterey County Cabernet Sauvignon Aged in Bourbon Barrel as well.

Complex and well aged, this Cabernet gives you notes you’d expect from a Caramel latte and a slice of berry pie.

I chose both of these wines as they are not only fun because they are aged in bourbon barrels and full of complex flavors, they are also very well priced at well under $15 a bottle, and are available at most grocery and wine stores!.

I’ll be doing Wine Trivia with Kris Round 3 this Friday, May 1st at 5pm PST/8pm EST on Zoom 💻 🎉!

Put your wine knowledge to the test, and experience a new music vibe as we switch genres this week, to go with our bourbon barrel wine theme.

Hope to see you there! 🥂

Signup for Happy hour here!!!

Looking for great wines to drink and fun wine events to attend, follow my Instagram! If you’re in the wine industry and want to partner with me, feel free to shot me an email!

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Virtual Wine Tasting and Wine Trivia with Kris Round 2

Weekend Report #icymi :

First wine trivia night was a success!

We had a great time sharing our bottles, and just connecting with other humans.

While some of the wine questions may have been a little bit above the wine “novice” level, everyone enjoyed the 90s dance hits that were slinging from my spotify playlist.

Since everyone had a blast, I’ll be doing Wine Trivia with Kris Round two this Friday, April 24th at 5pm PST/8pm EST on zoom.

And now that we have some veterans from the first round, I invite everyone to come give a new set of questions a whirl!

(And while I don’t believe in giving out easy questions, the next round will have a different focus with some more “mainstream” questions #yallwin)

So pencil in Wine Trivia with Kris on your calendar for Friday night and make an appearance!

Here’s to hoping Wine Trivia with Kris makes the @zoom_Video_communications @sociallifemagazine which they haven’t made yet, but they’ll realize they should soon #paparazzi .

Looking for a calendar that showcases this event and other great wine events like it?

Checkout @thevirtualtasting room for all latest wine events across the internets!

This week for Wine Trivia I wanted to take an opportunity to showcase two great wineries that are both family owned and started by the same family: @imagerywinery and @benzigerimagery.

For this week's virtual happy hour, we will be doing a quick tasting of two wines:

2017 Benziger Cabernet Sauvignon

2017 Imagery Sauvignon Blanc

Both of these wines are right at or under ~$15 at most grocery stores and wine stores like @traderjoes @totalwine and others!

Both of these wineries craft unique wines, and have their own unique characteristics which we will dig into on the zoom call.

So check these wines out, go pick them up before tomorrow and taste them together with me before jumping into trivia!

Can't wait to see you there tomorrow night at 5pm PST/8pm EST on Zoom.

You can find the link in my bio to signup for a reminder and to get the link.

P.S. Winning team/solo this week will get a FREE bottle of Imagery Pinot Noir!!

May the odds be ever in your favor!

Signup for Happy hour here!!!

Looking for great wines to drink and fun wine events to attend, follow my Instagram! If you’re in the wine industry and want to partner with me, feel free to shot me an email!

Virtual Happy Hour!

Hey all you cool cats and kittens! (Couldn't help myself...)

I hope everyone is staying safe in these times, and if you're looking for some new Friday night plans, I will be doing a fun little "virtual happy hour" tomorrow night, at 5pm PST/8pm EST!

There will be a chance for everyone to meet someone new, discuss some wines and show us what you're enjoying these days, then we'll jump into some trivia!

And if all that wasn't enough, I'll be giving away a gift card to one of my favorite wineries, Dry Creek Vineyard for the top finishers (single household teams allowed)!

Hopefully, I can regale you with my corny jokes, punctilious
trivia, and bad looks!

The call will be on zoom, which you can download here: https://zoom.us/download

Can't wait to see you there!

RESOURCES

Book a Free Strategy Call with Kris or shoot him an email!

Learn more about how you can Travel with Kris

Join my community, THE WIN CLUB, and finally WIN!

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