The Best Wine Events on the Planet
Events
Memorable business and social events. Distinctive occasions to celebrate your accomplishments, thank your partners or illustrate the future together. Your theme, gloriously realized in Los Angeles, La Jolla and San Diego.
Tasty Education & Celebration Events:
Bubbles & Diamonds, a girl's best friend
Wines and Mediterranean lifestyles which promote longevity of the world's longest-lived people
French Paradox: Learn the French secrets of living well and loving life
Classes
Creative wine tastings. Adventure! Travel! Experiences to treasure! Planet Wine classes open a door to a new way to enjoy and savor the world of wines.
*Wine in the Gilded Age: Hollywood glamor , famous celebrities, Wine & stories about vast new fortunes of Hollywood in the Gilded Lifestyle: Scandalous Fun! Wine in the Gilded Age. Luxe Restaurants, lavish Hotels, Grand Tour Trains, Planes, Ocean liners, autos, fashion, Hollywood! All Paired with wine!
* Wine trade on the Silk Road: Viticulture, as ancient as agriculture. Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Holy Land all had wine drinking traditions. In Greco-Roman era drinking rituals of Dionysus & Bacchus made wine part of public festivals. Wine, traded throughout the Mediterranean brought luxury and wealth.
* Wine Cities of the World: Paris, London, Rome, Athens, Bordeaux, and now Los Angeles, San Francisco, and nearby Napa. Wine made these glamorous cities delicious!
About Us
Planet Wine is unique in America in exploring the history of wine in global cultures, economies, politics and eras.
Barbara Baxter, creator of Planet Wine explored wine academically at Sorbonne University, Paris, and continued to study the culture and history of wine. She has worked for Napa Valley’s most prestigious wineries:Sterling, Rubicon Estate and Opus One, and made wine in Napa .
Barbara has been featured in the Wall St. Journal, has lectured at many museums and Universities in California including the Getty Villa, Malibu; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Athenaeum Arts & Music Library of La Jolla; UC Berkeley; UC San Diego; Muzeo of Orange County; Huntington Library, Pasadena and other public and private venues.