March
2009
Dear Friends of St. Helena Winery;
As you have seen in our newsletters, this past year was a wonderful year for our red wines. We sold out (for the sixth consecutive year) before our official release date of September 1st. However, for many of you this past year also included new challenges and changing market realities. To help maintain your vertical collections of our red wines we have created a new build your own allocation program we are calling "Private Client".
Chose either a 6 Pack (6 bottles) or a Case (12 bottles) of our award winning 2006 Sympa Reserve, Scandale Estate or Ravenous Estate to be shipped in the first week of May 2009 and receive:
- 25% discount off retail pricing
- No Sales Tax
- No Shipping Costs
- A guaranteed allocation of 2007 vintage*.
- Invitation to a "Private Client" luncheon and tasting (TBD)
Click here to download the order form and fax it to 707-967-9489.
Click here to learn more about these 2006 wines.
* Your allocation for the 2007 vintage will be based on the amount and type wine purchased for the 2006 vintage.
Winners to the "Name That Wine" Contest
Back in December, we announced our direction to add white wines (Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay) to our family portfolio. The missing ingredient was what to call them. We received 42 entries with fabulous suggestions. The following names have been chosen.
"Lumiere" for the Sauvignon Blanc - Submitted by Machelle & Kent Burgess
"Triomphe" For the Chardonnay - Submitted by Mark Czerniach
Congratulations to the winners! We will be arranging for the shipment of the mixed case of our wines to both winners. As for the other 40 people who entered the contest, Paulette & I wish to honor your efforts with a 10% discount on your next 'Adopt-a-Vine' or wine purchase from us in 2009. Thank You!
2009 Pruning Season
 As the photograph shows, Javier along with Octavio and Fernando are busy on pruning our 20,000 vines in our vineyard. Dancing between sunshine and those rainy days has been a challenge. However, we are not complaining because we have been blessed with enough rain this season to bring us back to our normal 25 to 30 inches of rain per year. With April just around the corner, we will be repairing the sprinklers and make sure all of our frost protection apparatus is in fine order. We expect the buds to begin their skyward sprout in a couple of weeks and thus, letting us welcome in the magic of spring with that glorious green belt of life.
Next Newsletter
We will discuss our next move in our growth direction with the announcement of our new - 'world class' consulting winemaker joining the team in June and the date of our first "Private Client" luncheon and tasting.
Till then... Our best!
 Paulette & Peter Story
peter@sthelenawinery.com
www.sthelenawinery.com
707-967-WINE (9463)
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