First and foremost I'd like to thank Patricia West, owner of Slate Bar, for hosting our Copa Am�rica Party. Patty is a local pool player rock star, she hosts the San Francisco Pool Association, and boasts one of the city's top slate pool tables in the city. �Gracias Patty!
Welcome everybody to our Copa Am�rica celebration, enjoy a Kappa pisco sour cocktail, then taste Chile Lindo's new empanada as Chileans do, accompanied by Veramonte wine.
Veramonte Winery
Chileans love empanadas so much because there's nothing better than empanadas and wine. Ask any Chilean about their wine terrain, and they'll tell you that in Chile it's impossible to produce bad wine.
My father always told me that the priests kept the best Chilean wines in their church cellars... but California has a wide variety of excellent Chilean wines too.
Local Bay Area Chilean vintner Agust�n Huneeus and his wife Valeria own the bio-dynamically farmed Quintessa Winery in Napa Valley. In 1990 Huneeus went back to Chile taking his California vinti-cultural know-how to the coastal mountain ranges of the Casablanca Valley and developed the Veramonte vineyard.
Kappa Pisco Sour
Ever had a Pisco Sour? At Slate Bar, you'll get to try the best. Daniel Hyatt--Slate's classy bar manager, world traveler, and man of many exploits--is a virtuoso at preparing cocktails, and he really surprised me when it came to his hand at pisco sours. For our Copa Am�rica Party, Dan ordered Chile's Kappa Pisco. Kappa Pisco is a Chilean brandy made from Muscat grapes. Produced by the Marnier Lapostolle family, makers of Grand Marnier liqueur, the brand was recently acquired by Gruppo Campari.
Kappa Pisco is named after the Kappa Crucis star cluster--the famed Jewel Box of the Southern Cross--visible only in the southern hemisphere. With a name like that and the exquisite design of the bottle, I was sold before I even tasted this heavenly liqueur. kappapisco.com
DJ Julicio moved form Chile to San Francisco, California in November 2010 and has performed at many Bay Area clubs including the Fox Theater Oakland, Mezzanine SF, The Independent, Brick and Mortar, Elbo Room, Rockit Room, The New Parish, Mighty Club, Eve Lounge and more.
In the US, he has opened for internationally recognized bands including: Cafe Tacuba, Ana Tijoux, Calle 13, Cultural Profetica, J Boog, Bayonics, Immortal Technique, J-Boogie, Dead Prez, Los Rakas, GhostFaceKillah, Paroahe Monch, Camp Lo, Killah Priest, Funky C, Gondwana, Zap Mama, The Coupe, Sick Jacken (Psycho Realm), Mobb Deep & more.
Copa Am�rica 2016: Who's In, Who's Hurt and Who Could Win It
By ANDREW DAS JUNE 3, 2016
The Copa Am�rica Centenario, born in scandal and saved only by the promise of better behavior (and the presence of some pretty good soccer teams), kicks off Friday night when the United States faces Colombia in Santa Clara, Calif. The 16-team event is being played outside South America for the first time as a celebration of its 100th anniversary, and while a handful of top players have been left out or ruled out by injury, there is plenty left in the cupboard, including four of the eight quarterfinalists from the last World Cup. Here's what you need to know before the tournament begins. READ MORE...
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La Copa Am�rica Centenario: todo lo que necesitas saber
By ANDREW DAS JUNE 3, 2016
La Copa Am�rica Centenario, que naci� en medio de un esc�ndalo y solo se salv� con la promesa de un mejor comportamiento (y la presencia de importantes selecciones de f�tbol), empezar� la noche de este viernes cuando el equipo de Estados Unidos se enfrente a Colombia en Santa Clara, California. Es la primera vez que el torneo sudamericano se juega fuera de la regi�n, y se hace como una celebraci�n de su cumplea�os n�mero 100. Y aunque un pu�ado de grandes jugadores no estar�n presentes por lesiones, a�n hay mucho que ver y disfrutar, incluyendo cuatro de los ocho equipos que llegaron a cuartos de final en el �ltimo mundial. LEER MAS...
COPA AM�RICA VIEWING SCHEDULE AT SLATE BAR
En Slate Bar se pasaran los siguentes partidos:
Slate will show the following games:
Friday, June 3
USA vs Colombia 6:30 PM Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
Saturday, June 4
Haiti vs Peru 4:30 PM
Brazil vs Ecuador 7:00 PM
Sunday, June 5
Copa America Party 5:00 PM
Carrete Chileno
Monday, June 6
Chile vs Argentina 7:00 PM Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
Tuesday, June 7
USA vs Costa Rica 5:00 PM
Colombia vs Paraguay 7:30 PM
Thursday June 9
Uruguay vs Venezuela 4:30 PM
Mexico vs Jamaica 7:00 PM
Friday, June 10
Chile vs Bolivia 4:00 PM
Argentina vs Panama 6:30 PM
Saturday, June 11
USA vs Paraguay 4:00 PM
Colombia vs Costa Rica 6:00 PM
Sunday, June 12
Ecuador vs Haiti 3:30 PM
Brazil vs Peru 5:30 PM
Monday, June 13
Mexico vs Venezuela 5:00 PM
Uruguay vs Jamaica 7:00 PM Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
Tuesday, June 14
Chile vs Panama 5:00 PM
Argentina vs Bolivia 7:00 PM
Quarter-final
Thursday June 16
TBD vs TBD 6:30 PM
Friday June 17
TBD vs TBD 5:00 PM
Saturday, June 18
TBD vs TBD 4:00 PM
TBD vs TBD 7:00 PM Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
Sunday, June 19
Copa America Party 5:00 PM
Semi-final
Tuesday, June 21
TBD vs TBD 6:00 PM
Wednesday, June 22
TBD vs TBD 5:00 PM
Match for 3rd place
Saturday, June 25
TBD vs TBD 5:00 PM
Final
Sunday, June 26
Copa America Party 3:30 PM -- Carrete Chileno
TBD vs TBD 5:00 PM
NEWSLETTER SPONSOR THANK YOU TO COACH PEDRO ORDENES
IT'S A WONDERFUL WATER WORLD
Photo: Vivek Khanzod�
Coach Pedro Ordenes Chile
Coach Pedro Ordenes, beloved founder of Water World Swim, is known worldwide for his record-breaking swims. Pedro holds the world record for Alcatraz swim crossings - over 900. He is also the only person to complete a round trip crossing of the Beagle Channel between Chile and Argentina, in water temperatures averaging 39F and without a wet suit.
And in 1999, Pedro swam across the Strait of Magellan in 39.7F waters just to celebrate the new millennium.
If you can swim a mile in the pool you are ready to transition to open water! Our Swim With Pedro sessions are 1-hour swims and a great place to practice in the open water with coaches on hand, whether you're training for an event or getting into open water for the first time.
