Sons & Daughters, the beloved Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood, is pleased to introduce David Kolvek as its new Beverage Director.
Opened in 2010, Sons & Daughters recently introduced Harrison Cheney as Executive Chef, who became the 2023 Michelin Guide California “Young Chef “ and the team is looking forward to welcoming Kolvek’s influence on the beverage program.
With a new focus on wines from mountainous regions, both the Alps and here on the West Coast, David Kolvek’s wine list pays homage to the winemakers toiling in those challenging alpine conditions.
In addition to recalibrating the focus of wine regions, the format of the wine list is changing.
Kolvek’s passion for hospitality, food, and wine brought him to San Francisco and ultimately into his role as Beverage Director at Sons & Daughters.
His gravitation towards creative thinking and educating guests about wine is what drives him.
Kolvek grew up primarily in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor in British Columbia, after a short time living in Slovakia where his parents immigrated from.
The Coast Mountains of the Pacific Northwest have been influential to his perspective.
His family owned and operated a pizzeria and later a café outside of Vancouver, B.C. where Kolvek learned first-hand the importance of work.
Later, Kolvek studied Computer Science & Business at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
Since moving to San Francisco over five years ago, he has held managerial positions at West Coast Wine Cheese and Birba Wine Bar before joining the Sons & Daughters team in October 2022.
In 2023, Kolvek became a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers and received his WSET-3 Certification.
He was named 2019 “Top 10 Sommelier in the Bay Area” in the Bordeaux Supérieur Wine Competition and is a California Wine Appellation Specialist.
At Sons & Daughters, Kolvek is looking forward to creating an Alpine-driven wine list that pairs well with Chef Cheney’s cuisine.
The new focus dovetails with the updates to the restaurant’s beverage program, which now features a new non-alcoholic beverage pairing that utilizes sustainable practices and techniques like lactic fermentation.
With Kolvek’s influence, the wine list will expand its bottle selections, and feature labels that shine light on this often-overlooked wine category.
Kolvek is confident that these unique Alpine wines pair perfectly with Chef Cheney’s acid-driven, New Nordic cuisine which highlights Northern California’s seasonality.
Sons & Daughters is located at 708 Bush St. San Francisco, CA 94108, and is open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner starting at 5:30 p.m.
The tasting menu is priced at $229 per person served over the course of two and a half hours with an optional beverage pairing for $165 per person and the Non-Alcohol beverage pairing is $115 per person.
Reservations can be made on Tock.