RHONE RANGERS TO HONOR STEVE EDMUNDS WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
June Wine Dinner Planned in Sonoma 

The national Rhone Rangers will present its eighth Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday June 28, 2024, to recognize the significant contributions made by an individual to the American Rhone wine movement. This year’s honor will be bestowed to Steve Edmunds, founder and owner of Edmunds St. John Winery in Berkeley, CA. Edmunds is also one of the original founders of the Rhone Rangers organization. Click here to view press release.

The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Steve Edmunds during the Rhone Rangers wine dinner, to be held at the girl & the fig’s suite D in Sonoma, CA.  The evening will include speakers from throughout the Rhone wine community.  Tickets are $250 per person and include a multi-course dinner, in addition to VIP Access to the Rhone Rangers Savor Summer wine tasting on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Cline Family Cellars. The afternoon wine tasting will be held on the lawn at the winery, featuring 30 Rhone Ranger wineries from throughout the national organization, representing Sonoma, Napa, Lodi, El Dorado, Lake County, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara County, Oregon, and Texas. Wine tasting only tickets are available for $75 per person.

Past Rhone Rangers Lifetime Achievement honors have been awarded to notable Rhone wine luminaries, including Randall Grahm – Bonny Doon Vineyard (2013), Robert Haas – Tablas Creek Vineyard (2014), Robert “Bob” Lindquist – Qupé/Lindquist Family Wines (2015), Bill Easton – Terre Rouge (2016), Sondra Bernstein – the girl and the fig (2017), Gary Eberle -Eberle Winery (2021), and Frederic Cline – Cline Family Cellars (2023).

Dinner Menu

Hors d'oeuvres
arancini, with truffle pesto
smoked salmon mousse, pickled red onion, sesame savory cone, chives
short rib, potato rosti, horseradish crema, chives

Salad
little gem salad
roasted baby carrots, shaved radish, ossau-iraty, garlic bread crumbs, nantes vinaigrette 

Entree
entree to be pre-selected by guest by June 1, 2024

goat cheese gnocchi, cultivated mushrooms, english peas, green garlic pesto, pea shoots

salmon smoked kohlrabi puree, wilted spigariello, shaved radish, sauce verte

grilled flat iron steakwilted greens, pomme puree, green peppercorn cream sauce

Desserts
strawberry tartine~ pine nut crust, grand marnier cream, whipped cream

CLICK HERE to purchase Rhone Rangers Wine Dinner Tickets + VIP Access to SAVOR Summer Wine Tasting $250pp + tax/fees

CLICK HERE to purchase SAVOR Summer Wine Tasting Only Tickets
$75pp + tax/fees

Pictured: Steve Edmunds with Jean Pierre Perrin
Photo Credit: Jason Haas, Tablas Creek Vineyard