Ghirardelli Square Hosts Fourth Annual Uncorked!
Wine Festival - SATURDAY, MAY 16

Unlimited Wine Tasting from More than 50 Wineries,
Benefitting Non-profit Partner La Cocina

WHAT: Ghirardelli Square, in conjunction with La Cocina, a non-profit organization serving as a platform for low-income entrepreneurs launching, formalizing or expanding their food businesses, will host the fourth annual Uncorked! Wine Festival, showcasing more than 50 top-tier wineries from California's premium wine making regions. Uncorked! Wine Festival takes place at the famed Ghirardelli Square, recently revitalized; the landmark has re-emerged as one of San Francisco's' hottest new lifestyle centers, featuring gourmet dining, premium shopping, Fairmont Heritage Place residence club homes and more.

Additional activities include live music, chef demonstrations, and a Wine 101 Class: Swirl, Smell, Sip, Spit, which is offered by Cellar360 and their expert wine sommeliers. Wine booths will be set up in the newly landscaped brick plaza, as well as in front of Ghirardelli Square, along Beach Street overlooking the beautiful San Francisco Bay.

WHO: Participating wineries include: Alexander Valley Vineyards, Arrowood Vineyards, Artisan Family of Wines, Barber Cellars, Barefoot Winery, Beringer Vineyards, Berryessa Gap Vineyards, Carrefour Vineyards, Cellar No. 8, Chateau St Jean, Clos du Bois, D & L Carinalli Vineyard, Dashe Cellars, Deerfield Ranch Winery, Engelmann Cellars, Esterlina Vineyards, Etude Wines, Frey Vineyards, Hanna Winery, Harvest Moon Winery, Hook & Ladder Winery, Howell Mountain Vineyards, Ironstone Vineyards and Winery, Martin Ray Winery, Meridian Vineyards, Peacock Family Vineyards, Pezzi King Vineyards, P.S. I Love You (Petite Sirah Advocacy Group - includes Clayhouse, Cecchetti Wine, Marr Cellars, Michael-David, Parducci and Pedroncelli), Rosa d'Oro Vineyards, Sarah's Vineyard, Sbragia Family Vineyards, Priest Ranch Winery and Somerston Estate, Souverain, Starlite Vineyards, Stags Leap Winery, St. Clement Vineyards, Sterling Albert Winery, Suacci Carciere, Truchard Vineyards, Wattle Creek Winery, Yorkville Cellars and Zina Hyde Cunningham Winery.

WHEN: Saturday, May, 16th from 1 - 6 p.m.

TICKETS: Event is free and open to the public
Wine Tasting - $50 for unlimited tasting and includes a Ghirardelli Square logo wine glass. Tickets are available in advance at www.GhirardelliSQ.com or the day of the event.
For a special Uncorked! Package, including an overnight stay at Fairmont Heritage Place, (click here).

WHERE: Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point (Beach at Larkin Street)
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415)-775-5500
www.GhirardelliSQ.com

About Ghirardelli Square: Since being registered as a historic landmark in 1982, Ghirardelli Square has become one of San Francisco's most treasured icons, and has been home to a variety of dining and retail merchants since it opened in 1964. In its final phase of a major revitalization since JMA Ventures purchased the property in 2004, Ghirardelli Square is transforming the historic destination into an urban enclave of specialty boutiques, fine dining restaurants, artisanal food markets, premium wine tasting shops, a luxury spa and private residence club homes at Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square. For more information, visit www.GhirardelliSQ.com.