Starting a limited run of deep vertical tastings from local wineries at The Friend at Maison Healdsburg, we're so excited to welcome Shelly Rafanelli Fehlman from the iconic A. Rafanelli winery. The family has been farming in Dry Creek Valley for generations, and we’re excited to honor their legacy by pouring a deep lineup of their beautiful cabernet and zinfandel with bottles going back to 1988. It's long been our stance that not only can zinfandel age incredibly well, but also that Rafanelli wines in particular strongly disprove the myth that zin needs to be drank young.

Rafanelli is a small, family run, and mostly allocation only, so a lineup like this doesn’t come around often. The bottles are being offered from a meticulous collector's family from the south peninsula, and there will be a limited amount of each vintage for sale. Only 12 seats available, so grab your tickets quickly.

• 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon

• 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon

• 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon

• 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon

• 1988 Zinfandel

• 1989 Zinfandel

• 1995 Zinfandel

• 1999 Zinfandel

• 2001 Zinfandel

• 2002 Zinfandel

• 2004 Zinfandel

• 2005 Zinfandel

(Wines subject to change)

Tickets - $145 plus tax - wine and gratuity are included.

Champagne Michel Gonet is a family-run grower house based in Avize, farming 38 hectares across the Côte des Blancs, Côte de Sézanne, and the Aube. Founded in 1802, the winery entered its modern era in 1973 under Michel Gonet. Today, winemaking is led by mother daughter duo, Diane and Sophie Gonet. Their precise, terroir-driven blancs de blancs wines have drawn strong critical acclaim, especially from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger sites. We've long been obsessed with Les 3 Terroirs bottling, pouring it by the glass across several restaurants.

We’re opening the bar on a Wednesday to welcome Diane Gonet properly, and we will offer a flight of the first three Champagnes from 5-9pm. If you’d like to be one of 14 guests to sit down with Diane and get the full story, grab a ticket quickly as we will surely sell out. The sit-down tasting will include the 2018 Les Hautes Mottes bottling, which is an incredible single-vineyard Champagne from a vineyard adjacent to the famed Les Chétillons, and is made in collaboration with sommelier turned winemaker, Rajat Parr.

• Vindey-Montgueux

• 2016 Grand Cru Mesnil sur Oger

• 2020 Blanc de Blancs Les 3 Terroirs

• 2018 Les Hautes Mottes Brut Nature

(Wines subject to change)

Tickets for extended tasting at The Friend - $90 plus tax - wine and gratuity are included.

Only 14 seats available.