Pinot Palooza 2025 with 16 Pretty Pinots from Around the World

Join us on Sunday, September 28, for our second ever Pinot Palooza tasting! You’ve probably heard that no grape has more ability to express place and vintage than Pinot Noir. And Pinot Noir’s siblings – Blanc and Gris – can be distinctively delicious too. If you’d like to taste that diversity for yourself, plan now to round up a group and join us Sunday the 28th from 1-4pm to sample 16 great wines at Pinot Palooza 2025.

We like to say that Pinot Noir is “transparent to terroir” – meaning that Pinot Noir wines vary as much due to where they are grown than how they are made. As you’ll experience for yourself as you taste 13 different red Pinot Noirs from Burgundy, Oregon, Central Ontago, Italy’s Veneto, Chile, California and even Sancerre. And white Pinot Noir from the Languedoc, pink Pinot Gris from Slovenia and crisp Pinot Blanc from Oregon just add to the fun.

There’s no fee and no RSVP required for Pinot Palooza 2025. Just come by Chain Bridge Cellars from 1-4pm on Sunday, September 28, and get to know:

Pinot Siblings and White Pinot Noir
Selbach-Oster Pinot Blanc Mosel 2022
Championship Bottle Pinot Blanc Chehalem Mtns Hard Promises 2023
Dom de Clovallon En Noir et Blanc 2024
Pullus Pinot Grigio Stajerska 2023

West Coast Gems
Illahe Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley Bon Sauvage 2021
Twill Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2022
Birichino Pinot Noir Central Coast Saint Georges 2024

Red Burgundy Classics
Patrick Giboulot Pernand-Vergelesses Les Boutieres 2022
Patrick Marillier Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2023
Patrick Marollier Marsannay Patey 2022
Dom Billard Haut Cotes de Beaune Rouge 2024

Global Pinot Noir
Sato Wines Pinot Noir Central Otago Northburn 2020
Muni (Daniele Piccinin) Pinot Nero Kalipe 2020
Clos des Fous Aconcagua Coast Subsollum 2023
Francois Crochet Sancerre Rouge 2023
Dom de Villargeau Pinot Noir Coteaux du Giennois 2023

Your Pinot Tour guides will be our good friends Liz Van Wazer from Williams Corner Wines, Rob McFarlane from Potomac Selections, and Ed Addiss, owner/founder of Wine Traditions. Whether you like your Pinot bold and fruit-filled, earthy and subtle, or anywhere in between, you’re going to love discovering new favorites at Pinot Palooza 2025.

Also check out other Sports events in McLean.