Meet the winemaker and taste Bodkin Wines!
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, May 17, 2023 4pm - 6:30pm
Location
Bleu Duck Kitchen
14 4th St SW
Event Category
Dining Promotion
Details
Calling all wine lovers! On Wednesday, May 17, Bleu Duck Kitchen will be hosting Chris Christensen of Bodkin Wines! Chris will have bottles for us to taste and bottles for sale!
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chris Christensen came to Sonoma more or less by chance, thanks to a wine tasting trip during his junior year at Stanford. “I never thought winemaking was an actual career path for people who weren’t born into a winery or vineyard, but I quickly got hooked,” he recalls. Although originally fueled – as Chris himself admits – by the idea that knowing a thing or two about wine might impress girls, Chris’ curiosity about wine turned into a real passion.
Visit with Chris at the bar and purchase a bottle to pair with your oysters!
Bodkin's Sparkling Hotspur Rosé (NV), The Victor Spoils Sauvignon Blanc (2021) and the Zinfandel Light Skinned Mendocino County (2021) will be available to purchase!
As an African American vintner, Chris works to promote diversity and inclusion in the wine industry through speaking engagements, podcasts and mentorship opportunities for aspiring vintners and winery owners.
His work has earned him much kudos, including a place in the Wine Enthusiast’s 40 Under 40 industry shakers in 2020. Praised for both his activism and self-taught yet skilled winemaking, Christensen is indisputably a figure to watch in the American wine industry.
