Friday Night Flight: 6 Sauvignon Blancs for Spring
2026-03-20 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Outer Space Wines, 974 Franklin St., Napa, CA, 94559, United States
It’s spring (sprinting into summer), and few wines pair as well with warm weather and spring veggies as Sauvignon Blanc. Sauv Blanc runs the gamut from bright, crisp, and mineral to rich, dense, and tropical, and we’re going to try the full range with some new favorites in the shop.
Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino will be represented locally, with Bordeaux and Sancerre from abroad. Bottles priced from $19 to $70 and will all be on sale so you can stock up for the nice weather.
Sauvignon Blanc has become one of my very favorite varietals. Acidity, minerality, texture, tension, this grape has it all. We’ve got some better known names like Ariettaand Arnot-Roberts, and we also have some less-discovered brands like Desire Lines (at any given point, my favorite wine in the shop) and a brand new favorite Donley. A few winemakers may be kicking around pouring. It’ll be a great lineup!
Sauvignon Blanc Tasting
Friday, March 20, 5-8pm
Price: $40 for a flight of 6

April 9th For the Riesling Nerds: Vom Boden x Outer Space
2026-04-09 18:00 - 20:00
If you’re even remotely a Riesling person, this is the tasting to come to.
On April 9th, our buddy Stephen Bitterolf of Vom Boden is back in town. If you were here for the party last year then you know it’s a rocking good time.
Vom Boden imports one of the coolest portfolios of German wines out there. We’re going to be pouring wines from two of his producers that we particularly love: Hermann Ludes and Ulli Stein.
Whether you’re deep down the Riesling Nerd Rabbit Hole or just like a good party, I can’t recommend coming to this tasting enough. It’s one of our favorite events of the year.
Thursday, April 9th
6 – 8pm
Outer Space Wines

Friday Night Flights: Evangelho Masterclass
2026-04-17 17:00 - 20:00
On Friday, April 17th from 5-8pm for a tasting and Masterclass on the wines from Evangelho Vineyard in Contra Costa, California.
In collaboration with the Historic Vineyard Society, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of California’s historic vineyards, we have gathered 8 wines from this unique vineyard to see what makes it so compelling.
Evangelho Vineyard, tucked into the sandy delta of Contra Costa County, is one of California’s most important living relics of 19th-century viticulture—a site planted in the 1890s by Portuguese farmers and preserved against nearly impossible odds as development swallowed the surrounding farmland. Its significance isn’t just age, but survival: own-rooted, head-trained vines—many over 120 years old—still grow in deep, phylloxera-resistant beach sand, a rare, nearly extinct model of how California vineyards once looked and functioned.
What makes these old vines so compelling is the combination of genetic diversity, struggle, and equilibrium—a true field blend of Zinfandel, Carignane, Mourvèdre, and more, with roots plunging 30–40 feet into the sand, dry-farmed and untouched by modern replanting or irrigation. The result is fruit that feels both ancient and precise: naturally balanced, high-acid, and deeply expressive, carrying a kind of quiet intensity that only comes from vines that have adapted to the same place for over a century.
We are thrilled to be pouring wines from the following producers: Ridge, Bedrock Wine Co, Turley, Neyers, Desire Lines, T-Vine, Birdhorse, Fine Disregard, and Soleras del Pacifico.
Secure your ticket today!

Friday Night Flights: Swiss Wines and Melty Cheese
2026-04-24 17:00 - 20:00
On Friday, April 24th, we’re pouring a lineup of Swiss wines alongside proper raclette—melted, scraped, and served the way it should be.
If you’ve never had Swiss wine, this is the perfect entry point. Very little of it makes it out of the country, and what does tends to be distinctive, alpine, and incredibly food-friendly. Crisp whites and light reds paired with raclette, the gooey, melted alpine cheese that is made for this style of wines. It’s simple. It’s indulgent. It’s very, very good.
Details:

Friday, April 24th
5–8pm
$30 per person + $10 for cheese

Friday Night Flights: May 8th, Balance In Santa Barbara with Ojai Vineyard
2026-05-08 17:00 - 20:00
On Friday, May 8th, we’re opening five wines from The Ojai Vineyard, one of Santa Barbara’s true benchmarks. Long before the region found its footing, Adam Tolmach was making wines rooted in place—savory and structured yet unmistakably Californian.
Since founding the winery in 1983, Tolmach’s approach has always been independent and deeply site-driven. Long before it became common, he focused on:

Single-vineyard bottlings

Minimal intervention winemaking (native fermentations, restrained oak, no excess weight)

A commitment to balance over power, even in warm California vintages

The Lineup:

Vermentino ‘Camp 4 Vineyard’, Santa Barbara County, 2024

Chardonnay ‘Clima Frio’, Santa Barbara County, 2024

Grenache ‘John Sebastiano Vineyard’, Sta Rita Hills, 2023

Syrah, Clima Frío, Santa Barbara County, 2023

Riesling Dessert Wine, Santa Barbara, 2023 375ml

These are wines that have influenced a generation of California producers—proof that Santa Barbara can deliver nuance, freshness, and longevity.

Balance from Santa Barbara: The Ojai Vineyard
Friday, May 8th, 5-8pm
$35 per person (free for social club)

Friday May 15, California Riesling
2026-05-15 17:00 - 20:00
California Riesling is where the old California and the new California meet.
On one side: historic Napa estates like Stony Hill, Smith-Madrone, and Sky, wineries that kept making Riesling while the rest of the state chased other things.
On the other: producers like Desire Lines, Kizor, Benevolent Neglect, Stirm, Tatomer, Intertidal, Read Holland, Lanthanide, Miriam, and Tojé, all treating Riesling as one of California’s most electric, expressive white wines.
This Friday, we’re bringing both sides together. Plus, Dan Dawson grilling up sausages.
We’ll be pouring one of the deepest California Riesling lineups ever:
Bedrock · Benevolent Neglect · Desire Lines · Eleven-Eleven · Intertidal · Kizor Lanthanide · Miriam · Read Holland · Sky · Smith-Madrone · Stirm · Stony Hill Tatomer · Tojé
Expect bright, dry, aromatic, acid-driven wines from mountain sites, old vines, historic estates, and the edges of California’s new wave.
Friday, May 15, 5–8pm
$40
Outer Space Wines
Come anytime.

Friday Night Flights: Around Italy with Lucidity Wine Merchant
2026-05-28 17:00 - 20:00
This Friday at Outer Space: Italian wines from Lucidity Wine Merchants
This Friday, we’re pouring seven Italian wines from Lucidity Wine Merchants, an artisanal importer focused on small producers, distinctive regions, and wines with a real sense of place.
Expect the kind of Italy we love most: soulful, expressive, food-friendly wines made by people working on a human scale. The lineup will include whites, reds, and one particularly fun bottle: a sparkling Nebbiolo.
If you love Italian wine, this will be a chance to taste beyond the usual names. And if you’re still learning Italy, this is exactly the kind of tasting that makes the country click: different grapes, different regions, different textures, all tied together by energy, character, and drinkability.
Friday, May 29th5–8 PM$40 per person (free for Social Club)
