Wines To Be Served
RECEPTION
2022 Bacigalupi, Rose of Pinot Noir
DINNER
First Course
2021 Convene Chardonnay Russian River Valley
Second Course
2021 Bacigalupi Chardonnay Russian River Valley
2021 Bacigalupi Chardonnay Russian River Valley “Renouveau”
Third Course
2021 Bacigalupi, ‘Bloom Ranch’, Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
Fourth Course (side by side pairing)
2019 Convene Pinot Noir ‘Campell Ranch’, Sonoma Coast
2019 Convene Pinot Noir, ‘Sunchase Vineyard’, Russian River Valley
Fifth Course
2019 Bacigalupi Petite Sirah Russian River Valley
Sixth Course
2019 Convene Zinfandel ‘Limerick Lane’, Russian River Valley
Seventh Course
2019 Bacigalupi, Diavoletti Red Dessert Wine
Convene Winery Dan Kosta
Dan Kosta has over 20 years of experience in the Sonoma County wine industry, specifically as THE leading producer of ultra-premium California Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. A native son of Sonoma wine country, Dan’s lifelong love of food and wine led him to a career in the restaurant industry, utilizing skills learned as a child to navigate through a series of world class restaurants as a back waiter, waiter, bartender, maître d’, operations manager and finally as wine director at the acclaimed John Ash & Company in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. It was there that Dan and his business partner Michael Browne founded Kosta Browne Winery in 1997. As a founder of Kosta Browne, he oversaw an unprecedented marketing program that included never before seen growth in Direct-to-Consumer sales, as well as managing a nation-wide distribution network.
Bacigalupi Vineyards Nicole Bacigalupi Dericco
Nicole Bacigalupi Dericco is General Manager of Bacigalupi Vineyards, working alongside her parents and company owners John and Pamela Bacigalupi, and twin sister Katey, in the daily operations of the family’s vineyard, wine brand, and retail tasting room. Growing up, Nicole was inspired by her father and late grandfather Charles Bacigalupi’s hands-on efforts to develop their Russian River Valley property from barren land with a few prune trees to the collection of premium vineyards it is today.
A graduate of San Diego State University with a business degree, Nicole also earned her Court of Master Sommelier certification in 2008. She began her wine career at a small family winery in the Dry Creek Valley. A year later, she was offered a position at Silver Oak Cellars, working in tasting room sales, compliance, packaging, and shipping, where she spent almost four years with the company. In 2011, upon completion of the Bacigalupi Vineyards tasting room, Nicole joined the family business. Today, she is a driving force behind the winery’s marketing efforts.