Same Memorial Day Party, New Theme!
We invite you to join us Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 12 pm to 3 pm at our Pavilion Event Area! A traditional southern BBQ lunch will be served - featuring a whole roasted pig - plus we will feature our Executive Chef, Tim Kaulfers, and Sous Chef, Russ Sheldon at our backyard pizza oven fired up for flatbreads. We’ll have a live blues band performing and celebrate the release of our 2012 Ferrington Vineyard Gewurztraminer, 2011 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay, 2011 Mendocino Ridge Pinot Noir, and 2011 Smokey Ridge Vineyard Zinfandel.
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The El Diablo Vineyard Chardonnay opens with aromas of ripe peach, pineapple, dried lavender, and white flowers. Given time in the glass, the bouquet begins to show more complex notes of pine resin, lemon curd, candied lime peel, and toasty oak. This is a refreshing Chardonnay that boasts a bracing acidity and a clean finish.

The Ferrington Vineyard Gewurztraminer opens with intense tropical fruit aromatics like passion fruit, guava, orange blossom and lychee.  The palate is bone dry and exhibits mouthwatering acidity that highlights the citrus and spicy notes commonly associated with this classic Alsatian variety.  The wine's finish is an intriguing balance of fruit, baking spice (clove comes to mind) and round texture that comes from the neutral French oak barrels used during fermentation.

The Russian River Valley Pinot Noir is a blend sourced from seven vineyards throughout the Russian River Valley. The unique sites chosen for this blend each contribute distinct layers of complexity to the aromatics, flavors and textures of the finished wine. On the nose, the wine leads with notes of red raspberry and ripe cherry.  Spices like cinnamon and nutmeg also mingle with the fruit bouquet.  The flavors on the palate are balanced and pure, and reinforcing the aromas, there are characteristics like ripe cherry, raspberry, black currant and cola.   The wine’s crisp acidity adds a refreshing quality to the lingering finish.

The Anderson Valley Pinot Noir opens with layers of red fruit like cranberry, raspberry, and pomegranate as well as a distinct black tea and herbal notes.  Similar red fruit flavors greet the palate.  Raspberry, currant and cranberry flavors combine with black tea and earth on this medium bodied wine. The natural acidity is crisp and refreshing and indicates many years of improvement lie ahead in the cellar.

Despite the intrinsic power in the Mendocino Ridge Pinot Noir, it is a wine of nuance - the proverbial iron fist in the velvet glove. The wine opens with subtle aromas of caramel, barrel toast, and wet granite. An understated blueberry and wild berry component makes an appearance on the mid-palate, but this wine is really driven by minerality: a brine-y, copper penny, cured meat quality on the palate complements the fruit nicely, and gives the wine a captivating complexity. The finish is long and persistent, carried by the substantial but well-integrated tannins that are typical of this extreme vineyard site.

The Willamette Valley Pinot Noir shows cinnamon, clove, and turned soil on the nose. With some exposure to air, notes of pencil shavings and pine needles emerge. This is a medium bodied Pinot Noir, with a mid-palate that is light on its feet. Notes of bright red raspberry and crabapple drive this high-toned, but well-balanced wine. The finish is carried by considerable grip and acid, which is typical of the cool growing region.

The Longbow Pinot Noir is a selection of our winemaker’s favorite barrels and represents some of the best vineyard blocks, clones, and coopers from the vintage.   The aromatics are very generous and immediately open with black cherry and raspberry notes that are woven together with seductive, smokey notes coming from the French oak barrels.  The palate is lush and sexy.  The soft, broad texture of the wine perfectly enhances the rich fruit flavors and subtle oak spice.  The finish is focused and lingering as it encompasses the entire palate.

The aromatics on the Bacigalupi Vineyard Pinot Noir are consistent year in and year out: strawberry and plum jam.  Despite growing on the warmer, northern edge of the Russian River Valley, this wine seems to always show more distinct, cool climate red fruit characteristics on the nose and palate.  Fresh acidity greets the tongue and frames the fruit and earth flavors that define this legendary Russian River Valley Vineyard.  The wine’s medium body and delicate mouth-feel make this a wonderful wine to pair with fish or lighter fare.

The Mononi Vineyard Pinot Noir opens with a pure, fresh and vibrant cherry and raspberry bouquet.  Subtle smoke and baking spice accentuate the generous aromatics that carry through the entire enjoyment of this wine.  The palate is very soft and approachable, even in its youth.  The flavor profile is classic Russian River Valley dark fruits like ripe raspberry, cherry and currant.  Fine tannins accentuate the already soft moth-feel and the finish is lush and long.