Listening to Wine: A Tasting and Storytelling Experience to Benefit Litquake
Thu, Jul 16
|Jered's Pottery
Join us on July 16 at Jered’s Pottery in Emeryville, where light, color, and craft converge, for this very special evening of tasting and storytelling, to benefit Litquake, San Francisco’s literary festival.
Time & Location
Jul 16, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Jered's Pottery, 5743 A Horton St, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
About The Event
Color, fragrance, texture, and taste: many senses are engaged when you enjoy a glass of wine. But have you ever tried listening to a sip of wine? Tuning in to the sounds and whispers of your thoughts and memories, the stories and visions conjured by your imagination? Deliciously original phrases and images await discovery as soon as you expand beyond the familiar vocabulary of oak and tannins, butter and pears.
Join us on July 16 at Jered’s Pottery in Emeryville, where light, color, and craft converge, for this very special evening of tasting and storytelling, to benefit Litquake, San Francisco’s literary festival.
Guided by your hosts, Grant Faulkner (The Art of Brevity) and Elizabeth Rosner (Third Ear), you’ll embark on an adventurous and playful experience tasting a curated series of Saintsbury wines, along with prompts to inspire writing your own 100-word descriptions—or stories, rather, because every sip of wine holds a story. Or a poem. You…