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Multi-Winery Tasting Room in SoMa

You've got your finger on the pulse of the city.

No opening gets past you.

So when you heard the buzz that Press Club—the city's first wine-tasting room—was set for its grand opening back in April, chances are you moseyed over to Yerba Buena Lane to check things out...only to find it un-opened, and it dropped off your radar.

Well, better late than never. After an epic five-month delay, Press Club officially opens. Today.

You might recall the concept: massive two-story wine bar meets multi-winery tasting room for eight heavy-hitting boutique wineries—among them, Landmark Vineyards (of the John Deere tractor empire), Saintsbury (considered the pioneer of California pinot noir) and Fritz Winery (a specialist in handcrafted old-vine zins).

Unlike an old chateau, the expansive, modern space is the ultimate swanky city wine bar—imagine a bigger Nectar Wine Lounge, with slick walnut planking.

Start in the cavernous U-shaped tasting room, where they'll pour you nothing but winery-exclusive vino. We like the Chateau Montelena Chardonnay—it's a newer version of the 1973 release that won the 1976 Paris Tasting and put Napa on the map. There's also a good pinot noir from tiny Mount Eden.

If you can narrow down the lot to a favorite, buy yourself a bottle, proceed to the lounge and open it. There's no need for aging.

After all, we think you've waited long enough.