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Volume #57: March 2010 |
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| 2009 Victories Rosé Release | |
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Just in time for Easter and spring time picnics! We are excited to announce that the release of our 2009 Victories is right around the
corner - Friday, April 2nd. The 2009 vintage was produced from a blend of 92% Pinot Noir and 8% Syrah. Victories is a wonderful dry
California Rosé with ripe fresh fruit aromas and flavors, and was created to raise funds for breast cancer research and awareness. Since
the 2004 vintage we have donated over $30,000 to charities supporting the cause, an average of $2 per bottle sold. Please be sure to
come by our Tasting Room to be one of the first to taste our newest vintage, or click here
to order online.
Wine Club Members - you will be able to pick up your Victories Rosé shipment starting on Friday, March 26th. Please join us for the Victories Rosé Pick Up Party on Saturday, April 3rd. We look forward to seeing you soon! |
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| Peggy in the Olympic Delegation | |
| I was honored to be named to the official U.S. delegation for the Olympic Winter Games. Along with Vice President Biden and his wife, Jill, Olympians Mike Eruzione, Vonetta Flowers and I served as the diplomatic outreach to Olympic organizations and competitions. We enjoyed being there for many of the figure skating, snowboarding, hockey and ski-jumping competitions. See my photo with Shaun White after he won the gold medal. The Vancouver games were fun, inspirational and memorable! |  |
| Staff Spotlight | |
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For those of you who visit our Tasting Room regularly, you will recognize the amazing people we will be featuring periodically in our
newsletters. For others in our email newsletter family, here is a chance to get to know some of us a bit better.
I'm Teri - you'll find me pouring wine on weekends. I became interested in winemaking as a kid, tagging along with relatives to Napa, wondering how grapes went from vines to the barrels I saw while on tours. The experiences of exploring caves, smells of aging wine and wood, and how everyone seemed happier as we went to the next winery, evolved into a desire to work in a winery to learn more about the "mystery" of how wine is made. I love explaining what I know about our wines to customers, and love when club members come in because they have become friends. A Uma Boa Vida! (to a good life!) My name is Laura B. and my love of food and wine have inspired me to work for two local wineries, with Fleming Jenkins being my focus for the last year and a half. You can always count on me to discuss food and wine pairings. I love hearing about new ideas that you have experienced in restaurants and your kitchen, as well as sharing the culinary adventures on which my husband and I have embarked. I look forward to seeing you in the Tasting Room! |
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| Upcoming Events | |
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Sunday, March 28th - Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting at Fort Mason in San Francisco - Fleming Jenkins is excited to be one of the
newest members of Rhone Rangers, an organization dedicated to educating the public on Rhone varietal wine grapes grown in America.
We produce two Syrah wines which fall into this category. Click here
for details on this event and to order tickets. Enter the code “SDK-32810” at checkout to receive a $10 “sidekick” discount.
Friday, April 2nd - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in our Tasting Room - please join us for our First Friday for Wine Club Members (4 people maximum per membership please) as we continue this new member benefit. We will be featuring a tasting of a Chardonnay from our library paired with a Lemon and White Bean Tapenade. Please visit our Tasting Room or call us at (408) 358-4949 for more information. Friday, April 2nd - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at BevMo! in Mountain View - join Greg and taste a selection of Fleming Jenkins wines. Click here for directions to the store. Saturday, April 3rd - 12 noon to 3 pm at our Tasting Room - Wine Club Members can receive their latest shipment, the 2009 Victories Rosé at our Wine Club Pickup Party. Just in time for the Easter weekend, we will be featuring Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Mousse to go along with this latest Wine Club shipment. For more information on joining our Wine Club, please click here. Thursday, April 8th - 7:00 pm in our Tasting Room - the second event in our Wine Club Member Spring Tasting Series features Madden Ranch Syrah. Taste and compare Madden Ranch Syrah from the five vintages 2003 - 2007. Seating is extremely limited - tickets are $40 each (4 tickets maximum per membership please). Please visit our Tasting Room or call us at (408) 358-4949 to make your reservation. Friday, April 9th - Sunday, April 11th - Coachella Wine Festival. Fleming Jenkins is excited to be part of the Coachella Wine Festival. Greg and Peggy are kicking off the Festival with our Winemaker Dinner on Friday, April 9th at the Miramonte Resort & Spa and will be part of the Grand Tastings on both Saturday and Sunday. Click here to purchase tickets for the event. Saturday, April 17th - Santa Cruz Mountain Winegrowers Association Passport - Join us at our Tasting Room for this quarterly event! For more information, please click here. Please note that our Tasting Room will be open from 11am to 5pm for Passport. Our regular hours of 12pm to 6pm will resume on Sunday, April 18th. Thursday, April 29th - 7:00 pm in our Tasting Room - the third installment of our Wine Club Member Spring Tasting Series features Jenkins Vineyard Chardonnay from our home vineyard. Taste and compare our Chardonnay from the first six vintages 2003 - 2008. Seating is extremely limited - tickets are $40 each (4 tickets maximum per membership please). Please visit our Tasting Room or call us at (408) 358-4949 to make your reservation. |
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| Best Regards, | |
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Greg & Peggy
and the Fleming Jenkins Team | |