RRVW Pinot Forum

Pinot Forum is a three-day immersion in Russian River Valley Pinot Noir for the wine trade. Around sixty trade guests from across the country spend the days in the valley with its growers and winemakers, moving between vineyards, cellars, seminars and tastings. It is presented with the Russian River Valley Winegrowers and is not open to the public: wine professionals apply, and places are limited. LocaleTerroir lists it for the record, as a window on how the valley presents itself to the people who buy its wine.

For a visitor, Pinot Forum matters for what it says about the valley. Bringing the country's buyers to taste among the vines is part of how Russian River Valley Pinot Noir ends up on wine lists and shop shelves far from Sonoma County. The wines poured for the trade are the same ones the valley's tasting rooms pour the rest of the year, so a weekend among its Pinot Noir producers gives you a taste of what draws the professionals here.