Papapietro Winemaker Tasting w/David Low TICKET - Thursday, April 30th, 2026 @ 5:30 PM

Papapietro Perry has spent more than two decades doing one thing exceptionally well: making Pinot Noir that lets the vineyard speak. On April 30, winemaker David Low brings six bottles to Charlotte — and this is your chance to taste across the full single-vineyard lineup, ask the hard questions, and buy what you love at event pricing before the season moves on.

Event Snapshot

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026 Reception: 5:30 pm Seated Tasting: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Location: Petit Philippe, La Cave Cellar Room — 4001 Park Road, Charlotte, NC Tickets: $60 per person Format: Cheese and charcuterie reception followed by seated winemaker-led tasting of six wines Capacity: Limited

The Experience

The evening begins with a standing reception in La Cave at 5:30, with the Peters Vineyard Chardonnay open and David Low available for conversation before the room takes its seats.

At 6:00, David leads a focused, guided tasting through five wines — two Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs, a Sonoma Coast single-vineyard, and the 777 Clones bottling from Russian River Valley — anchored by the 2021 Dry Creek Zinfandel as a closer. Each wine is introduced in context: the vineyard, the vintage decision, what the site does that no other site does. This is not a walk-through of marketing notes. It is a winemaker talking through his own work to a room that is paying attention.

Event pricing will be available on the full lineup, exclusively for guests, for purchase that evening.

Featured Wines

Reception 2023 Peters Vineyard Chardonnay, Russian River Valley — $74 Textured and site-specific, with the cool-climate focus that defines everything Papapietro Perry does outside of Pinot.

Seated Tasting 2022 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley — $79 The appellation-level entry point. Transparent fruit, lifted aromatics, the house style in its most accessible form.

2022 Pinot Noir, Campbell Ranch, Sonoma Coast — $84 Cooler, more structured. The Coast's fog influence shows in the tighter frame and longer finish.

2022 Pinot Noir, Peters Vineyard, Russian River Valley — $84 Single-vineyard Russian River at its most expressive. The same site as the Chardonnay, read through Pinot Noir.

2022 Pinot Noir, 777 Clones, Russian River Valley — $100 The collector's bottle in the lineup. 777 is the most Burgundian clone in the California canon — darker fruit, more structure, a wine built for the cellar as much as the table.

2021 Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley — $77 The odd one out, intentionally. A reminder that Papapietro Perry's approach to restraint translates across varieties. Not extracted. Not sweet. A Dry Creek Zin that earns its place at a Pinot-focused tasting.

About the Winemaker

David Low joined Papapietro Perry with a clear assignment: maintain the standard. The winery was built by Ben Papapietro around a minimalist philosophy — no over-extraction, no heavy oak, no interference with what the vineyard is already doing well. Low has carried that forward with the same discipline. His approach in the cellar is to give each wine the fermentation environment it needs and then get out of the way.

The 2022 vintage he'll be pouring from is one of the better recent years in Sonoma — a season that rewarded restraint and produced wines with natural balance across the board.

About Papapietro Perry

Founded in Healdsburg in Dry Creek Valley, Papapietro Perry has built its reputation on single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the best sites Sonoma County has to offer. The work begins in the vineyard: Ben Papapietro spent years identifying the parcels — Peters, Campbell Ranch, the 777 block — that produce fruit with real distinction. The winemaking philosophy that follows is deliberate in its restraint. Fermentations are managed carefully. Extraction is kept in check. Oak is used to support structure, not to shape flavor. The result is a portfolio that reads clearly as Sonoma without ever tasting like a composite of it.

Wine Spectator named Papapietro Perry among its top 20 Pinot Noir producers. The Press Democrat's Best of Sonoma County Readers' Choice Awards named them Best Red Wine in 2025. The recognition tracks with the wines.

Why We're Excited

Papapietro Perry is one of the few California Pinot producers where the single-vineyard lineup tells a coherent story rather than just escalating in price. The difference between Peters and Campbell Ranch in the glass is real and worth tasting side by side. David Low presenting the 2022s in person, available for questions, with event pricing on the full range — that's the kind of evening we build La Cave around.

Important Details

Tickets are $60 per person and include the reception pour, all five seated wines, and cheese and charcuterie service. Tickets are non-refundable after Monday, April 27. Capacity is limited. Event pricing on featured wines is available exclusively to ticket holders the evening of the event.