Bonaccorsi Wine Dinner with Jenne Lee Bonaccorsi

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OMG!!! I sure do miss Michael Bonaccorsi. Way back when I first met him, he was the sommelier at Masa's in SF. He went on to work at a distributor in the city, and my friend, Steve (and former fellow wine shop manager) knew him as a vendor in Steve's Noe Valley shop. Next I knew, Michael was at Spago's, and then he started his own winery about 11 years ago. I had several of his early wines and they were fabulous!! He wasn't afraid to ship wines back east even though it was technically not allowed. We had corresponded by email maybe two days before he died, and he was talking about some of the new wines he wanted to make. Next I knew he was gone. I haven't been, but I've received emails from Jenna Lee about annual memorial shindigs in Michael's memory. I'm not sure who's making the wine now, but I know that Joe Davis of Arcadian Winery and one other small winery owner/winemaker (I forget who) finished the wines Michael had going when he passed. He was so passionate about his wines, and I miss him.