TasteLive's Cafe 140 Goes Live with Winemaker Patrick Krutz & Friends May 16
TasteLive’s Café 140 inaugural webcast goes live on Wednesday, May 16th from 6:00pm to 7:00pm PT from Café 140's home base, Heritage Public House with sponsor The Wineyard, in Santa Rosa. Special guest winemaker Patrick Krutz of Krutz Family Cellars and House Band Wines will showcase four select wines, including the introduction of House Band Wines' new 375ml single-serve flex pouches that can go where glass cannot!
Sonoma County Chef John Lyle of Hardcore Farm to Face, known locally for his seasonal pop-up dinners in support charitable projects, is handling food pairings, while singer-songwriter John Pita will share songs from his new EP Color My World. Wines, recipes and music will be advanced to a select panel of lifestyle bloggers, who will join the event virtually from across the U.S.
Additionally, with new expanded hours at Heritage Public House to include Wednesdays beginning on May 9th, guests are invited to join the live studio audience at 1305-A Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa, California. Heritage Public House, which specializes in California craft brews, will have its nano- and mirco-brews and show’s featured wines available for purchase during the webcast and evening mixer that follows. For reservations call (707) 540-0395.
Featured Wines
House Band Wines, Chardonnay, 375ml Flex Pouch
House Band Wines, Merlot, 375ml Flex Pouch
Krutz Family Cellars, 2009 Atkins Vineyard Pinot Noir
Krutz Family Cellars, 2008 Stage Coach Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon
Blogger Panelists
Katie Pizzuto > @gonzogastronomy
http://www.gonzogastronomy.com
Grace Hoffman > @cellarmistress
http://cellarmistress.blogspot.com
Dan Goderis > @dangod1
http://www.crwinenuts.blogspot.com
Ward Kadel > @drxeno
http://www.winelog.net/blogs/drxeno
Lain Bradford > @winereview
http://winetalk.org
Frank Morgan > @DrinkWhatYouLike
http://www.DrinkWhatYouLike.com
Megan Kenney > @Sonadora
http://wannabewino.com
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TasteLive Launches Café 140 Interactive Webcast Series
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Inaugural Webcast at Heritage Public House Features Winemaker Patrick Krutz of Krutz Family Cellars and House Band Wines on Wednesday, May 16th
(Santa Rosa, CA, April 26th 2012) — TasteLive announced today that it will launch Café 140 – the interactive webcast series…with taste on Wednesday, May 16th in association with Heritage Public House at Santa Rosa Vintners’ Square and Smiling Tiger Video. Hosted each month by wine industry veteran communicator and event producer Joel Quigley, the series will feature winemakers, brew masters, chefs, musical artists, and other lifestyle products with taste. Santa Rosa Vintners’ Square’s new Heritage Public House, in addition to The Wineyard, have been wired for turn-key interactive webcasts and live music, and also includes kitchen facilities.
“When it comes to interactive webcasts, TasteLive has been nomadic since adding live streaming to our platform several years ago, producing events at locations and cities around the world,” said Cailyn McCauley, managing director at TasteLive. “Now, with Heritage Public House’s state-of-the-art production equipment and excellent hospitality services, we can easily produce turn-key events for clients and host our new Café 140 series.”
TasteLive’s Café 140 inaugural webcast goes live on Wednesday, May 16th from 6:00pm to 7:00pm PT. Special guest winemaker Patrick Krutz of Krutz Family Cellars and House Band Wines will showcase four select wines. Sonoma County Chef John Lyle, known in for his seasonal pop-up dinners in support charitable projects, is handling food pairings, while singer-songwriter John Pita will share songs from his new EP Color My World. Wines, recipes and music will be advanced to a select panel of lifestyle bloggers, who will join the event virtually from across the U.S. The webcast is expected to push to more than 50,000 Twitter followers.
Additionally, with new expanded hours to include Wednesdays at Heritage Public House beginning on May 9th, guests are invited to join the live studio audience at 1305-A Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa, California. Heritage Public House, which specializes in California craft brews, will have its nano- and mirco-brews and the show’s featured wines available for purchase during the webcast and the evening mixer that follows. For reservations call (707) 540-0395.
“I’ve spent my 20-year career mixing adult beverages, food and music in what I’ve always hoped were dynamic settings to create memorable moments,” said creator and host, Joel Quigley. “With this in mind, we plan to have a lot of fun educating and entertaining with Café 140. We’ll be kicking off the series with a regional focus, featuring colleagues and co-conspirators, and then expand the programming organically over time.”
Café 140 webcasts will take place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, with some variation around special events and holidays. Winemakers, brew masters, chefs, musical artists, artisans with tasteful, relevant products, and companies interested in sponsorship are encouraged to contact Café 140 at (707) 495.0831 or email cafe140@creativefurnace.com.
Café 140 Contact:
Joel Quigley
(707) 495-0831 / cafe140@creativefurnace.com
www.tastelive.com
Heritage Public House Contact:
Chris O’Connell
(707) 540-0395 / chris@santarosawineyard.com
www.HeritagePublicHouseSR.com
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Each year, since it's inception, Joel Quigley of Creative Furnace has hosted the wines at MUSEXPO: The United Nations of Music & Media in Los Angeles. MUSEXPO LA is one of the most focused and intimate music conferences in the world, thus allowing it to offer a much more upscale food and wine experience than other events with tens-of-thousands of attendees. From the opening night gala to dozens of music showcases to CEO/Chairmen dinners with the who's who in music, wine plays an integral role throughout.
Last year, we decided to share the MUSEXPO LA story and a selection of the featured wines with our TasteLive wine and music blogger friends around the US. Well, we're back in 2012 with a rockin' line up featuring Mumm Napa, House Band Wines, Wente Vineyards, Kokomo Winery, Krutz Family Cellars and Rodney Strong Vineyards. Along with special guest vintners, Rock 'n' Roll Sommelier Ziggy The Wine Gal will host the live webcast from Hollywood, California!
Featured Wines
House Band Wines - White +3 Blend
Wente Vineyards - 2010 Morning Fog Chardonnay
Kokomo Winery - 2009 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
Krutz Family Cellars - 2009 Stagecoach Vineyards Syrah
Rodney Strong Vineyards - 2007 Rockaway Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Blogger Panelists
Katie Pizzuto > @gonzogastronomy
http://www.gonzogastronomy.com
Grace Hoffman > @cellarmistress
http://cellarmistress.blogspot.com
Amy Corron Power > @WineWonkette
http://www.anotherwineblog.com
Joe Power > @HustonWino
http://houstonwino.blogspot.com
William Allen > @SonomaWilliam
http://www.simplehedonisms.com
Lain Bradford > @winereview
http://winetalk.org
Frank Morgan > @DrinkWhatYouLike
http://www.DrinkWhatYouLike.com
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Krutz Family Cellars to Unveil '08 Napa Cab Artist Label at Warner Bros. Records’ Vinyl Revisionists Art Show
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Krutz Family Cellars Releases 2008 Napa Valley Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon on Heels of Back-to-Back Stellar Vintages
Each Vintage Features Art Label by Medeski, Martin & Wood Percussionist Billy Martin
2008 Vintage to be Unveiled at Warner Bros. Record’s “Vinyl Revisionists” Art Show
(Sonoma, CA, March 29th 2012) — Krutz Family Cellars announced today that it will release its 2008 Napa Valley Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon at Warner Bros. Records’ Vinyl Revisionists Art Show in Los Angeles. Following the micro-winery’s 2006 and 2007 vintages receiving critical acclaim, and with the art labels created by Medeski, Martin & Wood’s percussionist and visual artist Billy Martin, the wine is quickly becoming the wine and music collector’s must-have selection for the cellar. Retailing at $75 per 750ml bottle, just 205 cases were made of the highly allocated wine.
“This is a classic Napa Valley high-elevation Cabernet Sauvignon,” said winemaker and founder Patrick Krutz. “With beautiful deep purple hues, complex aromas of allspice, toasted oak, currant, boysenberry, cocoa, vanilla and tobacco leaf, this wine is very pretty, but not shy. The finish is long and lingering with a nice balance between acid and tannin and shows great aging potential. With yet another striking piece of art from Billy, I couldn’t be more excited to introduce the 2008 vintage at Warner Bros. Records’ Vinyl Revisionists Art Show.”
Happening tomorrow Friday, March 30th, Vinyl Revisionists is the first art show to be held at Warner Bros. Records’ iconic Burbank building. The event will feature artists like Tim Biskup, Sylvia Ji, and Victor Castillo, as well as Prime and Josh Petker. Each artist will revisit and reinterpret the covers of their favorite Warner Bros. Records artists’ albums. The work spans the rich, 50-year musical history of the iconic label, and will showcase imaginative interpretations of covers of albums by WBR artists past and present, including Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Prince, Van Halen, Roxy Music, The Smiths, and Mastodon, among others. Patrick and Rebecca Krutz will be on hand to share tastes of Krutz Family Cellars and their music-themed, second label House Band Wines.
To learn more about Krutz Family Cellars wines and join the allocation list, please visit www.KrutzFamilyCellars.com, email info@krutzfamilycellars.com or call (707) 536-1532.
Media Contact
Joel Quigley, Creative Furnace
(707) 495-0831 / joel@creativefurnace.com
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RAP Announces 8th Annual Pink Out SF! Rosé Celebration
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Featuring New Category Players Such as Bachelor Ben Flajnik's Envolve Rosé and Croft Pink the World's First Rosé Port to the Iconic Château D'Esclans "Garrus" Rosé, Pink Out! SF Celebrates the Continuing Rise of Fine Rosé in the U.S.
(Santa Rosa, CA, March 26th 2012) -- Rosé Avengers & Producers (RAP) and Chef Lam of Butterfly restaurant have announced that the 8th Annual Pink Out! SF fine rosé celebration will take place on Tuesday, May 8th 2012 in San Francisco, California. In tandem with Pink Out! SF, RAP is teaming again with TasteLive -- the world's premier online tasting community -- to host a live, interactive Webcast from Butterfly, with wine bloggers joining the tasting remotely from around the U.S. The virtual tasting is sponsored by CellarPass and will feature four select wineries to be announced in the coming weeks.
"Over the eight years that we've produced Pink Out! SF, we've witnessed winemakers, retailers, restaurateurs, and U.S. consumers enthusiastically embrace fine rosé," said Joel Quigley, RAP's director, who also heads up business development for TasteLive. "RAP is proud that we've played at least a small role in the growth of the category though our annual event and public relations efforts. Once again, we'll be showcasing new entries into the market, as well as venerable rosé producers from around the world."The Pink Out! SF celebration at Butterfly restaurant will feature an extensive walk-around tasting of 40-plus classic still and sparkling rosés from throughout the world, accompanied by delicious appetizers, chill DJ grooves, and the TasteLive Webcast. Chef Lam will present rosé-inspired Pan-Pacific appetizers from sustainably and organically sourced ingredients. Guests are encouraged to wear their most fun and entertaining pink attire. Tickets are again expected to sell out in advance and are available online only at www.RapWine.com/events.
Wineries as of March 27th 2012
Amorosa Bella, Carneros Wine Co., Château D'Esclans, Chateau Roubine, Cornerstone Cellars, Croft Pink, Dashe Cellars, Dunstan Wines / Durell Vineyard, Ellipsis Wine Company, Envolve Winery, Freixenet, Gloria Ferrer, Isabel Mondavi Wines, Kristine Ashe Vineyards, Lasseter Family Winery, Midsummer Cellars, Muscardini Cellars, Peju Province Winery, Pisoni Vineyards, Segura Viudas, Tedeschi Family Winery, Think Tank Wine Company, Truett Hurst and VML.
Date: Tuesday, May 8th 2012
Media & Trade Tasting: 3:00pm - 6:00pm / Credentials Required / Click here to request passes
Consumer Tasting: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
TasteLive Broadcast: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Tickets: $35 online advance / $45 at door if available Interviews and high resolution photos available upon request. Contact:
Joel Quigley
President & Co-Founder, Creative Furnace
Business Development, TasteLive
Director, Rosé Avengers & Producers
Ph: (707) 495-0831
email: info@creativefurnace.com
HBW's "Supporting Music Projects One Gig at Time" Kicks-Off with Gibson GuitarTown on The Sunset Strip
When House Band Wines was first conceived, we wanted to create a program that would allow us to be both flexible and proactive in supporting music projects. The arts, and especially music, are very important to us, so we created our overarching theme: "Supporting Music Projects One Gig at Time..." with a goal of committing 2% of our net sales to benefit regional music programs via charitable events.
We couldn't be more proud to kick-off our program with Gibson GuitarTown on The Sunset Strip's - Round 2 unveiling and check presentation in West Hollywood, California on March 12, 2012. Gibson GuitarTown on The Sunset Strip is administered by the Gibson Foundation and is a public art project featuring 26 10-foot-tall Les Paul guitars. Each guitar sculpture was/is made by a local artist to commemorate assorted musicians and personalities associated with the Sunset Strip. These artists have included Slash, The Doors, Mötley Crüe, Jimi Hendrix, The Roxy, The Whiskey A Go Go, Slash, Cheech & Chong, Ozzy Osbourne, The Runaways, and Beach Boy Brian Wilson — to name a few.
The Gibson GuitarTown statues were placed along Hollywood’s famous Sunset Strip for several months last year and then auctioned off this past December, 2011. Proceeds from the auction benefit the Los Angeles Youth Network, which provides outreach, food, emergency shelter, transitional living and educational enrichment programs for homeless adolescents; West Hollywood Arts & Cultural Commission to further support public art and artists on The Sunset Strip; and the West Hollywood Library.
The Gibson GuitarTown Round 2 March unveiling event is an invite only affair where guitar legend Slash will present the check from proceeds raised at the 2011 auction. We'll be on hand quenching thirsts with tastes of House Band Wines and Krutz Family Cellars (our lux sister winery). The evening is sponsored by Gibson Guitar, The Sunset Strip Business Association, Hornburg Land Rover & Jaguar, West Hollywood Convention & Visitors Bureau, IZZE and Icelandic Glacial.
House Band Wines Partners with Tijuana Gift Shop & Sideways Media for Texas Launch
Many of House Band Wines followers are already hip to the upstart brands imminent launch of the first-ever 375ml single-serve, wine flex pouch. Others may ask, “Wine in pouch?” Here’s the deal: Imagine going to your favorite music festival and being able to order tasty California wine at an excellent price in a super-lightweight, single-serve, re-sealable pouch. No glass issues. No spilling wine from cheap plastic tumblers.
House Band Wines new "eco-vessel of cheer" filled with California Chardonnay and Merlot
Manic Fest Destiny Day Party, March 15th Austin, TX
House Band Wines couldn’t be more pumped that its kick-off will take place in the Music Mecca of Austin, Texas at the same time that SXSW is going live. They share a huge shout out to Tijuana Gift Shop and Sideways Media for allowing them to sponsor the wine for their Manic Fest Destiny Day Party happening on Thursday, March 15th at Rusty’s from Noon to 6pm. This is a FREE event and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC — no wrist bands or badges required.
House Band Wines will be serving up complimentary flex pouches of 2010 Chardonnay and Merlot throughout the day while a stellar line up of musical artists deliver the goods from two stages. Below is video by showcase artist Wishes & Thieves followed by the artist line up to-date. The foursome’s track Forrest Fire is meant to temporarily quench thirsts until the big day at Rusty’s. In the meantime, House Band Wines will follow up with more blog features on the line up of showcase artists as they anticipate cracking open the first House Band Wines flex pouch at Manic Fest Destiny!
Manic Fest Destiny Featured Artists
Stone Foxes (San Francisco, CA)
Firehorse (NYC)
Vanaprasta (LA)
New Cassettes (UK)
Greylag (Portland, OR)
Dearly Beloved w/David Catching of QOTSA (Canada)
backwords (Brooklyn, NY)
Wishes & Thieves (Brooklyn, NY)
More artists to be announced soon!
TasteLive & The Wineyard Announce Strategic Partnership
The Wineyard, The Hopyard and Rustico Cibo Restaurant Venues to be TasteLive’s Home Production Site for Interactive Streaming Webcasts
Set to Open in Early 2012, The Wineyard & The Hopyard are Wired with High-Speed Internet, Sound, Cameras and Televisions for Wine, Food, Music Events
(Santa Rosa, CA, December 13th 2011) – The Wineyard at Santa Rosa Vintners' Square and TasteLive announced today a strategic partnership to promote the expanding urban wine village's facilities and give TasteLive a home base to produce its interactive wine, food, and music webcasts. TasteLive is a real time event-based Social Media Network offering exclusive branded channels and production for Social Media events. The fully independent platform is integrated with Twitter, Facebook and other Social Media sites to provide extended “reach” across multiple networks.
“This is a win win for both companies,” said Dino D’Argenzio, Co-founder of The Wineyard at Santa Rosa Vintners’ Square and Senior Real Estate Advisor and Partner at Keegan & Coppin. “By working with TasteLive’s management team at Creative Furnace, we’ve designed our new spaces for today’s special event market. It’s no longer simply about providing the best services for onsite events; it’s also about offering turnkey, state-of-the-art, multimedia capabilities. By creating this partnership, we can virtually export events to trade, media and consumers worldwide.”
“Since TasteLive added streaming broadcast capabilities in 2009, we’ve been virtual nomads, traveling to sites to produce interactive webcasts,” said Cailyn McCauley, Co-founder of Creative Furnace and Managing Partner for TasteLive. “We’ll continue to offer such services, however, we can now present clients with a home base for our productions. This is especially important for rural wineries, and those without facilities, that don’t have the technology or bandwidth to host such events.”
Santa Rosa Vintners' Square is already home to three outstanding wineries with production facilities including, founding winery D'Argenzio Winery, Krutz Family Cellars and Sheldon Wines, as well as Squire Cigars. The urban wine village is expanding with its cooperative The Wineyard tasting arena to include Atascadero Creek Winery, Flocchini Winery, Jazz Cellars, SRJC's Shone Farm Winery, and more to be announced soon. The Hopyard will act as the center’s special event and live music venue, with local microbrews featured at its bar. Rustico Cibo Culinary Kitchen is designed as a working restaurant as well as demonstration kitchen with built in digital cameras and televisions.
TasteLive, launched in 2008 with an initial core focus on fine wine, has produced more than 250 online events hosted with some of the world’s top winemakers, trade groups, and importers. The platform is primarily used for virtual blogger tastings, interactive sales and marketing team events, virtual wine club tastings, and on-location webcasts.
To learn more about TasteLive, contact Joel Quigley at 707.495.0831 or email joel@creativefurnace.com. To learn more about The Wineyard, contact Chris O'Connell chris@santarosawineyard.com or (707) 934-5002.
Interviews and high-resolution photos are available upon request.
Media Contact:
Joel Quigley, President & Co-Founder, Creative Furnace
Business Development, TasteLive
Ph: (707) 495-0831 / email: joel@creativefurnace.com
CellarPass & TasteLive Announce Schedule for Live Interactive Broadcasts from Napa Valley Film Festival
Broadcasts Hosted by Alan Kropf of Mutineer Magazine to Feature Winemaker, Chef and Special Guest Interviews with Virtual Wine Blogger Tastings
(NAPA, CA, November 2nd 2011) -- CellarPass and TasteLive announced today its live streaming broadcast schedule for the 2011 Napa Valley Film Festival. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Alan Kropf of Mutineer magazine, the one-hour daily broadcasts from marquee Napa Valley Film Festival events will take place on November 10th, 11th and 12th and feature a who’s who in regional winemaking, the culinary arts and special guests. Wine bloggers from around the U.S. will join the shows virtually to taste wines, post comments, and ask questions of guests.
“We’ll be producing five shows in three days,” said Kropf, “so we’ll be running the gauntlet of tight timelines and pushing the threshold of live-stream broadcasting. Along with our scheduled line up, we’ll be inviting talent off the red carpet for spontaneous interviews, and responding to questions posted by our blogger panelists. It’s going to be a bit of a thrill ride that should deliver some sweet surprises.”
Guests wishing to join the conversation can create an account in advance at TasteLive. Visitors traveling to the Napa Valley Film Festival are encouraged to use CellarPass’ industry-leading winery reservation system to book movie-inspired wine tasting itineraries and experiences and enter its sweepstakes to win an exclusive VIP trip to Napa Valley.
Napa Valley Film Festival TasteLive / CellarPass Streaming Broadcast Schedule
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th 2011
OPENING NIGHT GALA
Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville
8:00pm to 9:00pm
Go to TasteLive Event Page
Featured Winery & Wines
Robert Mondavi Winery
2009 Fume Blanc Reserve - $40
2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve - $135
Blogger Panelists
Bean Fairbanks, @WineBeerWA, http://wine-beer-washington.com
Beau Carufel, @ucbeau, http://beausbarrelroom.blogspot.com
Dennis Atick, @decaturwinedude, http://www.decaturwineandfooddude.com
Dezel Quillen, @myvinespot, http://www.myvinespot.com
Grace Hoffman, @cellarmistress, http://cellarmistress.blogspot.com
Lain Bradford, @winereview, http://www.winetalk.org
Matthew Horbund, @mmwine, http://agoodtimewithwine.com
Megan Kenney, @sonadora, http://wannabewino.com
Thea Dwelle, @winebratsf, http://lusciouslushes.com
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11th 2011
CALISTOGA WINE PAVILION
Mount View Hotel, Calistoga
1457 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga CA 94515
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Featured Wineries & Wines
Mumm Napa
Brut Reserve Rosé NV - $36
Merryvale Vineyards
2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - $65
Tedeschi Family Winery
2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - $58
Blogger Panelists
Bean Fairbanks, @WineBeerWA, http://wine-beer-washington.com
Beau Carufel, @ucbeau, http://beausbarrelroom.blogspot.com
Dennis Atick, @decaturwinedude, http://www.decaturwineandfooddude.com
Thea Dwelle, @winebratsf, http://lusciouslushes.com
Dezel Quillen, @myvinespot, http://www.myvinespot.com
Grace Hoffman, @cellarmistress, http://cellarmistress.blogspot.com
Katie Pizzuto, @gonzogastronomy, http://www.gonzogastronomy.com
Lain Bradford, @winereview, http://www.winetalk.org
ST. HELENA WINE PAVILION
Carnegie Building, St. Helena
1360 Oak Street, St. Helena, CA 94574
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Featured Wineries
Savour St. Helena
2008 Ramian Canard Merlot - $TBA
Clif Family Winery
2008 Kit's Killer Cab, Napa Valley - $38
Raymond Vineyards
Raymond 2008 Reserve Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - $35
Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards
2008 Trilogy Napa Valley - $65
Blogger Panelists
Bean Fairbanks, @WineBeerWA, http://wine-beer-washington.com
Beau Carufel, @ucbeau, http://beausbarrelroom.blogspot.com
Dennis Atick, @decaturwinedude, http://www.decaturwineandfooddude.com
Dezel Quillen, @myvinespot, http://www.myvinespot.com
Grace Hoffman, @cellarmistress, http://cellarmistress.blogspot.com
Katie Pizzuto, @gonzogastronomy, http://www.gonzogastronomy.com
Lain Bradford, @winereview, http://www.winetalk.org
Matthew Horbund, @mmwine, http://agoodtimewithwine.com
Megan Kenney, @sonadora, http://wannabewino.com
Thea Dwelle, @winebratsf, http://lusciouslushes.com
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12th 2011
YOUNTVILLE WINE PAVILION
V Marketplace, Yountville
1870 Parking lot, 6525 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Featured Wineries
John Anthony Vineyards
2010 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc - $20
2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - $56
Jessup Cellars
2009 Napa Valley Red Wine, Estate Grown - $TBA
Chiarello Family Vineyards
2008 Roux Old Vine Petite Sirah - $46
Blogger Panelists
Beau Carufel, @ucbeau, http://beausbarrelroom.blogspot.com
Dennis Atick, @decaturwinedude, http://www.decaturwineandfooddude.com
Dezel Quillen, @myvinespot, http://www.myvinespot.com
Grace Hoffman, @cellarmistress, http://cellarmistress.blogspot.com
Katie Pizzuto, @gonzogastronomy, http://www.gonzogastronomy.com
Lain Bradford, @winereview, http://www.winetalk.org
Matthew Horbund, @mmwine, http://agoodtimewithwine.com
Megan Kenney, @sonadora, http://wannabewino.com
NAPA WINE PAVILION
Napa Oxbow Wine Pavilion
COPIA Center, 644 1st Street, Napa, CA 94559
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Featured Wineries
Swanson Vineyards & Winery
2009 Napa Valley Pinot Grigio - $21
2007 Oakville Merlot - $38
Saintsbury
2009 Lee Vineyard Pinot Noir - $45
Pine Ridge Winery
2007 Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon - $80
Blogger Panelists
Beau Carufel, @ucbeau, http://beausbarrelroom.blogspot.com
Dezel Quillen, @myvinespot, http://www.myvinespot.com
Grace Hoffman, @cellarmistress, http://cellarmistress.blogspot.com
Katie Pizzuto, @gonzogastronomy, http://www.gonzogastronomy.com
Lain Bradford, @winereview, http://www.winetalk.org
Matthew Horbund, @mmwine, http://agoodtimewithwine.com
Megan Kenney, @sonadora, http://wannabewino.com
Contact:
Sarah Elliman, CellarPass, Inc.
(707) 255-4390
Email: selliman@cellarpass.com
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Davis Family Vineyards Draws Loyal Followers with Ubiquitous Surname & Micro-Lot Wines
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Media Contact:
Joel Quigley, Creative Furnace
(707) 495-0831 / joel@creativefurnace.com
Winemaker Guy Davis is taking the Family’s “I’m a Davis, too!” Campaign to Social Media Networks — Bringing New Meaning to the Term “Extended Family”
(HEALDSBURG, CA, October, 20th 2011) — First generation winemaker Guy Davis of Davis Family Vineyards, located in Sonoma County’s famed Russian River Valley, has found an effective marketing niche and asset he’s had since birth — his surname. In the United States, Davis is the sixth most common surname, right behind Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown and Jones. As a small family winery producing handcrafted micro-lot wines, nearly every dollar is invested back into the vineyard and wine production, thus making marketing dollars scarce. It is imperative for the family to be creative in reaching new customers, and find ways to keep them loyal, to succeed in such a business environment.
“Over the years, both in the tasting room and at events, people have constantly approached me to say, ‘Hey, I’m a Davis, too!’” said Davis. “Many of these same people have become our most enthusiastic supporters. It became clear that we needed to do something special for them, so we created the Friends of the Family Wine Club, which has produced a win-win for our extended family and the winery. They get special benefits and events, and they help us build an extremely loyal following by spreading the word through their own families. Now we’ve launched specific ‘I’m a Davis, too!’ Facebook and Twitter pages to reach more Davis’ through social media.”
Davis Family Vineyards’ Friends of the Family Wine Club benefits include special discounts, exclusive Davis Family events at the winery, and regional Davis Family Reunions. The winery also facilitates virtual Davis Family gatherings and story telling through its “I’m a Davis, too!” Facebook page. On Thursday, October 27th, Davis will host a comprehensive tasting with wine bloggers across the country on TasteLive.com, the world’s premier online tasting community. He will use the platform to share six select wines, explain his earth-friendly philosophy on farming and winemaking, and further spread the word to his “extended family” through social media. Guests may join the conversation by creating a free account on TasteLive.com and signing into the Special Events page.
Interviews and photographs available upon request.
About Davis Family Vineyards
Davis Family Vineyards is located on a ridge top in the center of California’s renowned Russian River Valley. The vineyards are farmed by earth-friendly practices and contain Zinfandel vines that were planted in 1896, and young hillside plantings of Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Chardonnay. Winemaker Guy Davis also creates micro-lot wines from a handful of select and distinctive vineyards in other exceptional regions in Northern California. The winery’s tasting room is located on 52 Front Street in Healdsburg, California. To schedule a tasting, purchase wines, and find out about special events, please visit DavisFamilyVineyards.com, call 707-569-0171 or email sales@daviswines.com.
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