Press Releases

Newly Landscaped Wedding Site at Albion River Inn: May 2008

Albion River Inn is blessed with a picture perfect, ocean front setting. This May we landscaped the lovely lawn terrace adding a series of wide fieldstone steps from the upper lawn to the lower lawn terrace, making it an even more versatile and intimate site for ceremonies and receptions. We laid a new, lush lawn, and added more colorful flowers. The roses are blooming along the cliffs edge, the sky and sea are blue, the air is fresh, and Albion River Inn is a great place to tie the knot.

Come to the Coast to Escape the Smoke: July 2008

The fire season started off with an unfortunate bang with lightning strikes igniting many fires throughout the state. Luckily, the Mendocino Coast and Albion River Inn are not near the fires, or affected by the smoke, thanks to our cool ocean breezes. We invite you to visit us and enjoy some fresh air and white water views. We're open for dinner nightly and our cuisine, wines, and ocean front accommodations will remind you what the good life is all about. Call 1-800-479-7944 for reservations.

California Wine Tasting Championships: California Wine Tasting Championships

July 26, and 27, 2008

Greenwood Ridge Winery, Anderson Valley, Philo California

People come from all over the state to take part in this fierce but fun competition. Or, if your too shy to try your luck, you can stand on the sidelines with friends, and egg on the contestants while you sip some good wine. Either way, this weekend event features live music, tasty food, great wines, and sudden death blind taste-offs at Greenwood Ridge Winery where Novice Awards, Individual Grand Championships, and Professional Championships titles in singles and doubles categories await the conquerors. This year a "Wine Tasting workshop" is scheduled before the competition begins on Saturday to introduce neophite contestants to the fine art of blind tasting and get their taste buds and courage up for the main events. In blind tasting, contestants are handed glasses with a small pour of an unknown wine, and have only a few minutes tosniff, taste and spit, in order to identify the wine by grape varietal, vintage, and vineyard. The more right answer you get, the higher your accumulative score. Highest points wins the match, and a tie results in a sudden death taste-off.

Winesong: www.winesong.org

September 6, 2008

Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden in Fort Bragg

Albion River Inn will participate in this annual event in the beautiful 27 acre Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens with food and wine tasting , live music, and a live auction. All proceeds go to the Mendocino Coast Hospital Foundation which supports medical services and acquisition of equipment for Redwood Coast Hospital which serves the Mendocino Coast community and travelers. Albion River Inn will donate a luxurious package of a 2 night getway in a spa tub room with a $100 dollar gift certificate for dinner in our restaurant for the live auction, serve up scrumptous treats at teh event, and donate one of our elegant ocean view rooms to Winesong to house it's auction VIPs. Visit their web site for complete information about this worthy event..

Sub Dudes Live Concert: www.gardenbythesea.org, 707-964-4352

September 7, 2008

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Fort Bragg

Here's a terrific live concert of Louisiana flavored, Cajun permeated, soulful, foot stomping blues/rock music from the famous Sub Dudes. This acclaimed band will entertain and delight us at the Gardens the day after Winesong, adding even more depth to a special weekend on the Mendocino Coast. The concert will use the Winesong tent and lawn set up at the Gardens for this lively and spirited event which will benefit theBotanical Gardens and the Salmon Fisherman's Association. Tickets are $75 for reserved seating at the Gold Circle Tables, $30 for Advanced General Admission seating, and $35 for General Admission tickets at the door. This event is sponsored by local radio station KZOT in Fort Bragg and we tip our hats to them for bringing this concert to the coast. Call the Botanical Gardens for information.