The September issue of Wine Enthusiast magazine features Hop Kiln Winery’s 25-year-old winemaker, Chuck Mansfield.

Mansfield, who was named chief winemaker at Hop Kiln in 2008 at the age of 23, discusses the role of the Internet in wine today, the difference between generational wine drinkers, and the growing trend of organic and sustainable winemaking.

To read the article, pick up a copy of Wine Enthusiast’s September issue.

Thanks to its extensive wine list, which features more than 185 selections, Kenwood Inn and Spa has been recognized by Wine Spectator with a 2010 Award of Excellence.

“Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Wine List Awards recognize restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine and appeal to a wide lovers.”

To see Kenwood Inn and Spa’s Award of Excellence, click here, or for more information on Wine Spectator’s award program, click here.

AskMichaelCohen.com, a pop culture website covering everything from celebrities to food and wine, named Hop Kiln Winery’s HKG Estate 2009 Rosé of Pinot Noir in its recent Taste Of Summer list.

The list includes the summer’s best picks for entertaining, and says about the HKG 2009 Rosé, “Tropical flavors resonate throughout this dry and refreshing Rose. It simply resounds with warm-weather tastes. Yummy with juicy chicken and sticky ribs.”

Read the column in its entirety here.

Bastille Café & Bar invites you to help them celebrate France’s patron saint of wine, St. Vincent, on Monday, January 25^th from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Back Bar.

It just so happens that a number of wine makers from Châteauneuf-du-Pape and nearby areas will be in town that very day, so Bastille has invited them to come pour their wines, share in the bounty of black truffles, celebrate the incredible 2007 vintage and mingle with the oenophiles and Francophiles of Seattle.

$49 (plus tax and gratuity) gets you 5 tastes (see the lineup below) and various petits plats, including black truffles en croûte, rabbit rillettes, oxtail tartine and cured venison

The Djangomatics will be playing and wines will be available for purchase at retail prices.

Call today for tickets: 206.453.5014

The Producers and the Wines:

Claire Michel of Le Vieux Donjon, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône Valley
2008 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
2004 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Didier Latour of Domaine Moulin Tacussel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône Valley
2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Pierre Pastre of Château Fortia, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône Valley
2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Tradition
2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée du Baron

Veronique and Caroline Maret of Domaine de la Charbonnière, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône Valley
2007 Vacqueyras
2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Bruno Boisson of Domaine Boisson, Cairanne, Rhône Valley
2007 Cairanne
2007 Cairanne Cros du Romet

Pascal Lafond of Domaine J.P. Lafond, Lirac, Rhône Valley
2008 Lirac Blanc
2008 Tavel
2007 Lirac Rouge

Yves and Martine Hermann of Clos de Gamot, Cahors, Sud-Ouest
2005 Cahors
2000 Cahors Cuvée des Vignes Centenaires