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Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Events
2007 Calendar
PASSPORT PROGRAM
DATES:
The Third Saturdays of January, April, July, & November,
We invite you to explore our
extraordinary viticultural region and become acquainted with the incredible
diversity of the wines and winemakers therein. At each winery you visit, a
page of your Passport will be given a unique commemorative stamp. This is a
special opportunity to visit many of the wineries that are not open to the
public at other times! Call the Santa Cruz Mountain Winegrowers Association
to purchase a PASSPORT (831/685-8463) for a list of participating
locations and other event information. TROUT GULCH LOCATIONS WILL BE POSTED,
or contact me. Visit www.scmwa.com
for a complete list of participating wineries
and locations.
January 20th, 2007 Sorry,
Unable to participate today.
April 21st,
2007 ~ noon to five p.m. ~ 427 Swift St., Santa Cruz 95060
July 21st,
2007
November
20th, 2007
ULTIMATE WINEMAKERS DINNER at
Shadowbrook Restaurant
DATE: February, 2007
TIME: Various seating times between 6pm and
8pm, Trout Gulch at 7:00 pm
COST: $95 all inclusive (includes meal,
wine, tax & gratuity)
WHERE: Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola.
Up to 25 winemakers offer exclusive tastes of their wines in the restaurant's
Rock Room Lounge and then join guests for an intimate gourmet meal in the
spectacular setting of the Shadowbrook dining rooms, which are closed to the
general public for this very special event.
PINOT PARADISE
DATE: March , 2007,
WHERE: The Mountain Winery in Saratoga will be hosting the second annual
Pinot Paradise. Discover the
respected quality and intensity of the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation for
Pinot Noir . Gourmet restaurants
will prepare hors d'oeuvres to complement the wines. Cost is $50.00 in
advance; $65 at the door. Note: This event sold out last year.
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS WINE AUCTION,
WINE WITH HEART
Proceeds
benefit Stanford Cardiovascular Research and the American Heart Association
GRAND
WINE TASTING & AUCTION
DATE: May
TIME: 2pm-5pm
LOCATION: TBD
WHERE:
Only opportunity to taste all 65 Santa Cruz Mountains Wines in one location! Wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres will
accompany a silent and live auction.
Auction items include rare wines, getaways to world class resorts, and
overseas trips, unique private winemakers' dinners and much more.
VINTNERS' FESTIVAL 2007
DATE:
WHERE:
Various area winery and restaurant locations to be determined. This two-weekend event includes
attractions such as tasting of special wines, food, music, art exhibits,
winery tours and barrel tasting. This is your best opportunity to purchase
our great wines. Trout Gulch Vineyards will participate both weekends,
LOCATION DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
WINEMAKER WEDNESDAYS at Shadowbrook
Restaurant
DATE: October 2006 - April 2007
WHERE: Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola. Each week Shadowbrook will be
featuring two to four wines from a Santa Cruz Mtns Winery. Every Wednesday all wines from the
week's featured winery will be 50% off the regular price. Featured wines will also be available
in flights (about 2.5 oz, also half-price), accompanied by complimentary
appetizers paired with each wine selection. TROUT GULCH DATE TO BE SET.
FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS WINE CLUB
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Check out this website for updated information on
all of the above www.scmwa.com
Archives:
2006
Events:
WINE & CRAB TASTE-OFF
DATE: January 22, 2006
TIME: 1pm to 5pm
COST: $45 for choice of two ($15 each
additional location)
WHERE: Restaurants: We will be located
with other wineries at Café Rio, more wineries at Bittersweet Bistro, Michael’s
on Main and Theo’s.
We
welcome you to the challenge of being a consumer-judge. Taste two crab selections at two
restaurants and let us know what you think. Taste the great wine offerings
from local vintners. Great
discounts on wine!
2005 Events:
On Monday, July 25th, 2005, a panel of wine professionals judged the
best of the local Santa Cruz Mountains wines entered in the Santa Cruz
Mountains Commercial Wine Competition. The competition was held at Ma Maison
Restaurant in Aptos and hosted by the Santa Cruz Mountain Winegrowers'
Association.
I entered 7 wines this year and received 7 medals!
2001 Pinot Noir = Gold with 91 points, Highest
Rated Pinot in the competition!!!
2000 Pinot Noir = Silver with 89 points,
2002 Pinot Noir = Silver with 87 points,
2002 Chardonnay = Silver with 86 points,
1994 Blanc de Blancs (Methode Champenoise) = Silver with 85 points,
1992 Blanc de Blancs (Methode Champenoise) = Bronze with 82 points,
and 2001 Chardonnay = Bronze with 82 points.
Congratulations to all this years winners! To see a complete list of
the results follow this link: www.scmwa.com.
News from the various other 2005 wine competitions that we’ve entered
is that our wines are winners. Here’s a partial list so far this summer:
2002 Pinot Noir, Silver Medal with 90 points, California
State Fair
1992 Blanc de Blancs. Bronze Medal, West
Coast Wine Competition
1992 Blanc de Blancs. Bronze Medal, San
Francisco Bay Wine Competition (Alameda County
Fair)
On Saturday, October 1st we will be the featured vineyard at a special
farm dinner prepared by Chef Lynn Sheehan (Sand Rock Farm). The dinner will
take place at Live Earth Farm in Corralitos (Litchfield Road).
We will be located at Café Cruz (2621 41st Ave, Soquel, 831/476-3801)
for the Fall 2005 Passport. Mark the date: Saturday, November 19th,
from 11am till 4pm. Here's an opportunity to taste all our wines as well as
the fabulous 2002 vintage. I'll also have a vertical tasting of Pinot Noir
vintages and my Blanc de Blancs, the rare Santa Cruz Mountains Sparkling
wine from our estate vineyard. You'll want to stay for lunch or dinner
because Café Cruz is one of the area's best restaurants. Call Café Cruz at
831/476-3801 for reservations.
Other Dates:
Sunday,
October 16th, fundraiser winetasting & auction for Jacob’s
Ladder at Rooster Point in Corralitos
Wednesday,
October 26th, featured winery, Winemakers’ Wednesday at The
Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola
Vintner’s Festival
2005 ~ This was Saturday &
Sunday, June 4th & 5th in Saratoga at Viaggio
Restaurant and again on Saturday & Sunday, June 11th &
12th at Severino’s in the Sea Cliff Inn, Aptos. I enjoyed
visiting with so many friends and wish to thank those that supported this annual
event (our seventeenth!). Special thanks go out to Sara, Lonny, Patricia,
Chris, Tanya, & Tatiana, my wonderful mailing list friends who helped
tremendously by pouring and educating Patrons who enjoyed our signature
flight of vertical vintages of Pinot Noir, a bright new Blanc de Blancs that
was just finished last fall, It’s 1992 Santa Cruz Mountains late disgorged
Methode Champenoise Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs that was en triage (on the
yeast) for eleven years. It finishes bone dry, rich and creamy with the
tiniest of bubbles. We rounded out the list with a couple of Chardonnays from
our mountain vineyard, the 2001 and the 2002. I hope to see you next year.
It’s the first two weekends in June. For more information on The Santa
Cruz Mountains’ Vintner’s Festival visit http://www.scmwa.com/
For information on these and more upcoming events & tasting opportunities
e-mail me: mailto:mail@troutgulchvineyards.com
Cheers, Gerry
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