Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Rielle Wines will be pouring at Half Zapped

We will be pouring our Rielle 2005 Sonoma County Zinfandel at the 2nd Annual Half Zapped Zinfandel tasting at Vine and Barrel Wine Shop in Petaluma on Saturday August 2, 2008 2:45 - 6:00.
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CigarBQ Was a Big Hit!

We all had a great time at the CigarBQ last Saturday. We discovered that our 2005 Rielle Sonoma County Zinfandel is a cigar wine. The combination the zin with chocolate and our favorite cigar (stick) is the bomb. It takes you to a new height! We had a lot of fun and made many new friends. John is already talking about next year.

Friday, June 6, 2008

What a week!

We have been busy in the winery this week preparing the 2006 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir and 2006 Anderson Valley Chardonnay for bottling. The barrels were emptied very gently, without the use of a pump and protected from the damaging effects of oxygen at all times. Everything is ready, the foils, corks, labels and finally the glass bottles have arrived. Rielle Wines will be using a lighter weight bottle which will save fuel and other resources. The big heavy bottles are beautiful but the cost is just too much to the environment.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Rielle Wines Chocolate Zinfandel Sauce

We have been working on a very decadent addition to our product line, a chocolate sauce made with our 2005 Sonoma County Zinfandel. We hope to have it available in a few weeks. It is amazing on vanilla ice cream with fresh raspberries or strawberries.