Local Wine Events

Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar has partnered with “The Imbiber” Dan Dunn, the country’s preeminent rock-star booze writer and Playboy.com’s nightlife columnist, to present the wine bar’s most luscious tasting tour yet: The Imbiber’s Ultimate Playmate Fantasy Wine Tour, a selection of eight wines inspired by eight of history’s most iconic Playmates, from the celebrated Marilyn Monroe to tragic beauty Anna Nicole Smith.  The Tasting Tour debuts on October 6 with a launch party featuring Dunn and several special guests, and the wines will remain available by the taste ($2.30 to $8.80) on Pourtal’s Enomatic machines through the end of October.  

 The wines include:

• Marilyn Monroe:        Plumpjack Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
• Bettie Page:         Paraduxx 2006
• Jayne Mansfield:        Luciano Sandrone Dolcetto d’Alba 2007
• Lisa Semler (née Welch):    Semler Cabernet 2001
• Pamela Anderson:        Rocca Family Vineyards “Bad Boy Red” 2006
• Jenny McCarthy:        Four Vines “The Maverick” 2006
• Anna Nicole Smith:    Tenuta di Ghizzano Il Ghizzano 2007
• Kelly Monaco:        Big Basin Mandala Syrah 2006

Dunn will kick off the tour at The Imbiber’s Ultimate Playmate Fantasy Wine Tour Launch Party on Tuesday, October 6, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Pourtal.  The party is open to the public.  Featured Playmate Lisa Semler (nee Welch), whose label Semler Wines is featured in the tour, will make an appearance to autograph special-edition bottles of the 2001 Semler Cabernet, which will be available for purchase.  Playboy model Andrea Lowell, host of the Playboy Radio Morning Show on Sirius/XM, will also be on hand to pour a special tasting of the Waterbrook Melange 2005.