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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
5:00pm


Kingston Family Vineyards Wine Tasting: a private tasting event for PCNC, PANYC and PANE featuring a Princeton Alumni-Owned Winery

Wednesday, June 16th at 5:00pm PDT (8:00pm EDT)

The deadline for ordering wine has been extended to Wednesday, June 9th

 

The Princeton Club of Northern California (PCNC), in conjunction with our co-hosts the Princeton Association of New York City (PANYC) and the Princeton Club of New England (PANE) are delighted to invite you for a guided wine tasting with Kingston Family Vineyards in Chile, a distinguished winery owned and managed by Princeton alumni.

Princeton alumni Jennifer Pickens Kingston ’87 and Tim Kingston ’87, along with Chilean winemaker Amael Orrego of Kingston Family Vineyards, will lead an interactive private virtual wine tasting event for fellow Tigers on Wednesday, June 16th.

Kingston Family Vineyards has been recognized as “among the best wineries in Chile” (Stephen Tanzer) and for “making some of Chile’s best pinots” (Food & Wine). In 2011, Kingston Family Vineyards was chosen to host a James Beard dinner in New York City, and named Winery of the Year by Wine and Spirits Magazine. Descorchados, South America’s leading wine critic and guide has just named winemaker Amael Orrego the up-and-coming 2021 Winemaker of the Year.

Join us to hear about this Chilean-American family and their entrepreneurial viticulture adventure while also learning about the character of the wines from the winemaker himself. Jen and Tim have handpicked a selection of wines exclusively for the evening. We hope you will choose to participate in this lively orange and black evening celebrating great wines and a wonderful community of Princetonians on both coasts!

Please note that you have two options for ordering wines:

A two-pack of wines for $95 (inclusive of wines, shipping and the tasting event):

  • 1 bottle of 2019 Alazan Pinot Noir (94 pts. Atkin)
  • 1 bottle of 2019 CJ’s Barrel Sauvignon Blanc (95 pts. Atkin)

RSVP and order the two-pack here (ordering the wine automatically serves as an RSVP): https://www.kingstonvineyards.com/product/Princeton-Alumni-Virtual-Tasting-2-PK

A three-pack of wines for $123 (inclusive of wines, shipping and the tasting event):

  • 1 bottle of 2019 Alazan Pinot Noir (94 pts. Atkin)
  • 1 bottle of 2019 CJ’s Barrel Sauvignon Blanc (95 pts. Atkin)
  • 1 bottle of 2020 Rosillo Rose

RSVP and order the three-pack here (ordering the wine automatically serves as an RSVP): https://www.kingstonvineyards.com/product/Princeton-Alumni-Virtual-Tasting-3PK

In order to receive your wines in time for the virtual wine tasting, you MUST order and register by Wednesday, June 9th (for Bay Area orders; NYC deadline is May 31st). The wines can only be shipped to a US address. Please note that someone 21 or older is required to be at the shipping address to receive the wine.

The guided wine tasting event on the Wednesday, June 16th will be held through Zoom. The Zoom details will be emailed close to the event date by the winery to the email address you used for your order.

Please contact PCNC President Stephanie Bachas-Daunert ’10 (president@pcnc.org) or PANYC President Rob Wolk ’91 (robwolk1@hotmail.com) if you have any questions about the event.