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11/21/2024

🍷HAPPY NOUVEAU DAY🍷

58 tons of fruit were crushed here at 1340 5th Street, and now it’s time to celebrate with a wine that was on the vine only 3 months ago! That about sums up the spirit of our New Glou. Beaujolais may have been first to go global with the idea of bottling up a first taste of the new vintage after the long and demanding harvest, but California Nouveau is now firmly established and shows no signs of slowing down. Each year on the 3rd Thursday of November the tradition continues with Nouveau Day!

Our 2024 New Glou is chuggable, huggable delicious and vibrant. Makes an excellent pairing with seasonal cheese Devil’s Gulch! 🍷

Today 2-8pm we have $10/gl of NEW GLOU and 10% off the Devils Gulch cheese pairing 🍷🧀

Heat is on & music flowing, come hang!

11/19/2024

This Friday November 22nd we are kicking off the holiday season with our members only party! This event is to celebrate our wine club members generous support, mingle and meet one another, and relax while sipping your favorite wines🥂

We have catering by Lily Rockholt of , delicious pizzas for purchase by , live guitar for the evening by Carlos Caminos as well as food and entertainment for the kids!

If you are curious about our wine club, or thinking of joining us, now is an excellent time to sign up! Our members are our family! We make limited vintage wines for you, offer discounts on wine and events in our space, and much much more 🥂

All information is available at our link in bio above *members don’t forget to RSVP* 🥂

We truly hope you will join us!

11/15/2024

TONIGHT! Meet our winemaker Connor and taste through wines thats he’s selected from our library. The choices are a surprise and all glasses are $10🥂

We’ve got the heat on, and some amazing seasonal cheese to pair with this evening so cancel your evening plans and come hang out 🥂

We can’t wait to see you!

11/06/2024

This Thursday, we’re delighted to welcome Will Gondak of Gondak Cellars as our guest winemaker! Purchase a $10 glass of D&G wine for entry, and enjoy free splashes of Will’s wonderful wines, along with local cheese & charcuterie options for purchase!

Gondak Cellars strives to produce elegant wines that highlight the unique features of the vineyards involved. According to Will, it’s all about the vineyard. “The potential quality of a wine is created in the vineyard. It is the winemaker’s task to guide the expression of that quality and to shape the style of wine. Gondak Cellars might technically be a one-person show but there are too many influences, teachers, and experiences to list that all come into play. It’s a “collective effort.””

Will Gondak has been chasing the dream. Experiences making wine in Napa, Sonoma, Australia, New Zealand, France, Santa Cruz, and South Africa have broadened his view into what is possible. The wide array of hands-on experience accompanied by the study of winemaking and viticulture at both Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and Napa Valley College has yielded one curious wine nerd. Will has been calling Sonoma County home for since 2015 and is looking forward to his 18th harvest in 2025.

A full-time side hustle, Gondak Cellars was established in 2015. Will spends the majority of his work time helping make wines for several other brands while slowly building Gondak Cellars. Gondak Cellars will always remain a small brand, focused on high quality, small production wines.

We hope to see you here!

Cheers 🥂

10/29/2024

Fall is in full swing and this month we have some exciting events coming up. Join us once again for the Gilman Wine Blocks monthly First Friday Block Party 🍷

SoFar Sounds
We are also very excited to host SoFar Sounds Music once again in our cellar. Be sure to visit the events page on our website to purchase your tickets. 🎸🎤

Members Winter Wine Party
Join us for a celebration of winter, holidays, Nouveau Day, friendship, local community and yummy food! We are delighted to throw our second annual Members Only Party at the winery. There will be live music, lots of delicious wine, and some tasty snacks! Plus other food offerings available for purchase by some of our favorite pop-ups. 🍷🍷🎸
Admission is free RSVP is required.

10/23/2024

This Thursday is coming all the way from Sonoma County as our Sip&Savor guest pour. We met most recently pouring wines side by side at the event up in Sacramento and these wines are going to wow you 🥂

Anthony Beckman and his wife Alissa Lind have been making unique, elegant wines in Sonoma County since 2014. Their journey to winemaking started in 2001, when they met as coworkers at a website design firm in San Francisco. During this time, they spent all their free time – and money – on wine, food, and trips to Sonoma County wineries. It became evident that this was their calling. So, they quit their technology jobs, and a month later Anthony found himself knee-deep in a tank of Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel. After graduating from UC Davis’ V&E program with high honors, Anthony spent a harvest in New Zealand at Delagat’s. Internships with Peay Vineyards and Lee Hudson in Napa Valley followed. The couple made their way to Healdsburg in 2006 where their dream of making wine in the heart of Sonoma County became a reality.

Cruess is named for William Cruess, Alissa’s great uncle. Cruess founded the Viticulture and Enology department at UC Davis, and played a key role in early California winemaking. He was a mentor to Robert Mondavi and Charles Krug, and the author of several textbooks on winemaking practices that is still used by present-day UC Davis enology students. His wife Marie created the artwork featured on the Cruess wine labels.

Cruess sources fruit from organic and/or sustainably farmed vineyards in Sonoma County, choosing to make wine only from grapes grown where they live. Anthony uses low intervention winemaking techniques like native yeast fermentation, minimal to zero fining or filtration and not using additives - producing wines that show purity, authenticity and thoughtfulness. Current wines include skin-fermented Gewürztraminer, Provençal-style Grenache rosé and old vine Chardonnay from the Sonoma Coast 🥂

Pair with our new hyper local food menu featuring seasonal cheeses by 🧀

Hope you will join us in the cellar!

10/16/2024

Tomorrow night we welcome back Don Henderson as our Sip & Savor guest! Don is bringing some new release wines to try, and there will be live music by & light snacks as well 🥂

Hendersons’ Harvest is a small family winery based in Oakland, California, founded out of a passion for handcrafted French-style wines, and based on the experiences Don had of French culture through his wife’s family. The business has grown into professionally making wine from grapes sourced in Napa Valley.

Don’s wine-making practice has evolved over the years into incorporating the styles of different French and American appellations he enjoys. He’s particularly inspired by the characteristics of the Loire, Bordeaux, and Napa regions.

Don will be releasing a new wine at this event- Our 2023 Primitivo! It’s not like the normal old vine Big Mouth Feel Zin. The Primitivo is more like a Pinot Noir, with delicate red berry fruit on the mouth, and a hint of oak for character... The other wines we’ll pour are: 2023 Sangiovese Rosé, 2023 Vintner’s Melange Rosé, and the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon. And a select few will get a taste of the 2023 Pineau de Mendocino ( A work in progress)...

It’s going to be a good one! Hope to see you here 🥂

10/14/2024

YOU’RE INVITED!! This Saturday Oct 19th come celebrate our 20th year of making wine 🥂

We just completed our harvest, and are throwing a HUGE party to ring in 2 decades of being in business and bringing you the wine you love 🥂

We could not do this without YOU! Those who support us, love us, our wine club family & the local community who visit our tasting room and rave about our wines 🥂

Party starts at 2pm ~ Tickets at our link in bio (wine club members 2 free tickets)🥂

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10/10/2024

Please join us tonight for LIVE bluegrass in the cellar with the and $12/gl special or 10% off bottles! We will have food for purchase and there is plenty of space to dance and let loose 🥂🎉

25% of the profit tonight will go towards Albany Middle school and supporting the education of young ones in our community.

We hope to see you here 🥂

10/03/2024

No better way to celebrate this October heat wave than First Friday at the 🔥🥂

We’ve got your favorite food, music & beverages lined up and all wines on ice 🥂

Can’t wait to see you tomorrow! 🎉🥂

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10/02/2024

We have got a PACKED month ahead for you at the winery! So many opportunities to drink wine by visiting winemakers, party with us for our 20th Anniversary harvest, eat delicious foods by local pop ups and bask in the early Fall sunny days and warm evenings as we move into holiday season 🥂

Mark your calendars and stay tuned, we will send through details on each one of these events 🥂

We love sharing our winery space with you, hope to see you soon or more than once this month 🥂

09/21/2024

Just a friendly reminder that we are closed today Saturday 9.21.2025 for a private event! Please visit any of the neighboring wineries on the 🥂

We return to normal business tomorrow, Sunday 9.22.2024 🥂

09/12/2024

Your month ahead is filled with parties, new wines to try, happy hour and the final long days of sunshine in the wine garden before you break out the pumpkin everything and later up for Fall.

Come hang in the cellar & watch us make next years wine🥂

09/11/2024

🍷 SAVE THE DATE 🍷Next Thursday September 19th from 4-8 pm please join us to celebrate our NEW Fall wines!

We are proud to announce :

2023 Nero D’Avola, Fernow Ranch, Mokelumne River, Lodi
2022 The Bear (our flagship blend of 20 yrs) El Dorado
2023 Chardonnay, Conzleman Vinyard, Anderson Valley
2023 Ramato Pinot Gris, Filigreen Farm, Anderson Valley

We are thrilled to share our first vintages of Nero d’avola and still Chardonnay from Conzleman, the same grapes our Lily’s Pet Nat comes from. AND 2 wines that you know and love in their newest vintages. Food by and as well as live music by and a whole lot more 🥂

Tickets are $20 which gets you in the door and ALL of the new wine splashes! Wine club members get 2 free tickets, plus access to our VIP lounge.

LINK in bio to RSVP ~ Be the first to sip these wines, can’t wait to have you at the party!🎉🥂🍷

09/05/2024

Helloooo September, our Bay Area summer has just begun & you are invited to come celebrate at yet another First Friday at the 🥂

We love and appreciate how much you all have grown this event over the past year, and support our 4 local wineries on the block along with our local food vendors pumping out the most delicious fresh amazing eats 🌮🍾

✨PARTY NOTES✨ friendly reminder that all outside food and beverage is NOT allowed on the premises, and we greatly appreciate you disposing of your trash and recycling in the appropriate places, it makes our lives easier and the party way more fun 🥂

Come hungry, thirsty & ready to groove 🥂🍇🎧

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09/04/2024

Get out your calendars and jot down these dates, because the weekend is packed for you and your families! 🥂

Friday is our First Friday block party on the which is always packed with the best of the best! Lineup and details to come later today🥂

Saturday morning, get up early and bring your kiddos for a free bike ride with - afterwards there are treats and snacks and you can explore our winery 🥂

Sunday we have our favorite knit store back again for a chance to knit, stitch and sip some bubbly while meeting new friends or learning a new pattern. Tacos by will be popping up too 🥂

Link in our bio for signups and info, come one day or all, and celebrate east bay summer days with us! See you soon 🥂

09/01/2024

🥂HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND🥂

To celebrate our final official days of summer, we are open for you : Today, Sunday from 12-7pm and tomorrow, Monday from 1-5pm ☀️

Come hang with us, have some of that summer sun with our perfect backyard breeze, and nosh on your our new cheese & charcuterie from 🧀🥂

Our Pinot Pet Nat is 10% off bottles for the holiday! Can’t wait to see you 🥂

08/29/2024

Tomorrow come drink wine from Croatia, Transylvania & Serbia while chatting up our Sip & Savor guest of 🥂

Eric spent 15 plus years working in restaurants, two years studying and working abroad (Copenhagen and Rome), 6 years working at a European cabaret meets Vaudevillian circus, and a few harvest internships (including Donkey & Goat!). Then, in 2011 he was fortunate enough to be introduced to a pioneering importer of wines from Central and Eastern Europe called Blue Danube Wine Company.

This was followed by 8 years of building the Bay Area into the largest sales channel for the company, managing parts of the portfolio, traveling to the regions, and feeding an inexplicable urge to learn as much about the people, places and wines as possible. Co-founding Danch & Granger Selections in 2019 is a chance to put all of this together and see what comes next.

Eric will be pouring an NV Edgar Brutler Sisu (Grünspitz) from Transylvania, a 2021 Negotians Vinarius Plavac from the Island of Korčula, Croatia, and a 2022 Ozkár Maurer Red Fruit November (Cabernet Sauvignon) from Fruška Gora, Serbia.

Pair these wines with our new charcuterie items & cheeses and hang with us awhile. We look forward to having you 🥂

Address

1340 5th Street
Berkeley, CA
94710

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Sunday	12am - 5pm

Telephone

+15108689174

Website

http://donkeyandgoat.com/

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