Going underground: Dinners feature Berkeley wineries

Berkeleyans will have the chance to dip their toes into the underground dining movement tonight as the first of a new wine club dinner series kicks off in a loft on Seventh Street. Organized by the people behind the recently launched Beehive Market, the weekly Tuesday-night dinners will celebrate vintners who are working here in the East Bay, including in Berkeley. Julia Fry, co-founder with Isaac Cronin of the Beehive Market, came up with with the idea of the Beehive Locavore Wine Club dinners as a way to promote East Bay wineries. It’s a good fit with the market’s mission to support local business. “We wanted to do wine events at the market [at the Berkeley Adult School on San Pablo],” says Cronin, but because it is a BUSD property, state law prohibits display and sale of alcoholic beverages there.” Instead, the dinners will be held at Beehive HQ’s workspace loft. “It’s an intimate, fun setting for underground dining. We have decorated it with the products made by Beehive Market vendors and with recycled materials as well.  Everyone sits at a large, long table, which serves as Julia’s cutting table for fashion design during the day. The winemaker and chef will […]