I’m super, super excited to announce that Boston has a location set up for the #PinotNoir twitter tasting taking place all over the country (via Twitter) on July 15th. (FYI, the wine list (below) is a little ridiculous.) While I was at WBC this past weekend, Joe of Suburban Wino encouraged me to set up an event so I did just that. This is the very first event that I am helping to put on and co-host and I’m ridiculously excited. The best part is that I’m not the only one who’s excited.

The event is taking place at The Urban Grape, located in Chestnut Hill, and I think they’re just as thrilled to host the event at their store as I am. I thought of them because last month, they opened their brand-spanking-new store with a very unique setup and invited me and many other Boston area folks to come by and check it out. All of their wines are arranged by body weight, so the whites are arranged from lightest to heaviest and further on down the wall, the reds are arranged the same way. They have an Enomatic machine pouring wines that’s also arranged the same way to help customers get their bearings. This is in an effort to encourage new (or old) drinkers to explore similar styles of wines without the intimidation factor. Restaurants have been arranging wine lists this way for a long time and they decided it was time for a shop to do it, too. Cool concept, right?

Anyway, back to the actual event. They’re going to open up five different bottles of pinot noir for us to taste so if you love wine and use Twitter, come by and hang out.

Important details:

• •Date: Thursday July 15th
• •Time: 8pm to 10pm
• •Location: The Urban Grape, 7 Boylston Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Nearest T stop is Green line, D train, Chestnut Hill. It’s right around the corner.
• •Who’s Invited: You and your friends with mobile tweeting devices in tow.
• •The wines (including price and hashtag):
  2008 Silver Ridge, Pinot Noir (California) $10 #CA
  2008 Cooper Hill, Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley) $16 BIODYNAMIC #WV
  2008 Sean Minor, Pinot Noir (Carneros) $20 #CN
  2007 Calera “de Villiers Vineyard”, Pinot Noir (MT. Harlan) $46 #MH
  2006 Flowers “Frances Thompson Vineyard”, Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) $113 #SN
• •Cost: Free. That’s right. We’re pouring expensive stuff for free. Why wouldn’t you come?

Now, if that’s not enough to get you excited, watch this (made by Joe of Suburban Wino).

By the way, this is blog post #100. Look how far I’ve come. Planning events and all that.