If you’re in the local area, RSVP to our Pick Up Party on Feb. 10th or drop by the winery to pick up your wines.  (Pick ups outside of Monday – Friday 8am-5pm, email me.)

For our ship-to customers, your wines are en route – keep your eyes peeled!

Also, our quarterly Club Selection dates are changing a bit.  In an effort to avoid shipping during the warmest months of the year, Club Selections will be in February, early May, late September and December.  All the work that goes into growing and crafting these wines goes out the window if they sit in a hot shipping warehouse so we want to do our best to avoid that.

Expedited shipping options are available for your wine orders outside of the quarterly shipments and we always keep an eye on the temperatures across the country when shipping.

Last, every Club Selection this quarter included $10 Wine Club Dollars to use on your next wine order – so you’ll want to dig into this shipment ASAP!

We’ll be pouring the first tastes of the latest vintage 2011 Sangiovese Rosé (just bottled!) and the talented family of cooks at Guantonio’s will be here serving up small bites to pair.

Again this year, the night will be a sneak peek of the weekend’s photography exhibit.  Our good friends Fatima Donaldson, Serena Lissy and Brenda Lindstrom will be showcasing a wide selection of their most recent photography in our cellar.  All graduates of the Rocky Mountain School of Photograpy, look forward to some amazing shots.

We hope you can join us – pick up some Rosé for you and your Valentine to sip while you admire your new photography piece hanging on your wall!

If any Wine Club Members need discounted Wine & Chocolate tickets, see here for all the info.

RSVP Required
Spring Wine Club Pick Up Party
LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards (map)
February 10th, 2012
5 – 8pm

Exclusive to our members are discounted $35 tickets to Lodi’s Wine & Chocolate Weekend, February 11th and 12th.  Regular price is $45 in advance and $55 that weekend.

To order, email me before February 5th how many you would like and whether you prefer to pick them up at our winery or have me mail them.  We’ll charge your credit card on file and email a receipt.

We have another year of exciting things planned for Wine & Chocolate – stay tuned for all the details!

Of course there was great food and wine -- our 2008 Single Barrel Tannat released to a very energetic crowd -- but new this year were Tango dancers!

Check out all the pics in the slideshow below and be sure to join us next year.  Cheers!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1_pqkEAJDM

Releasing at our 5th Annual Wine Club Dinner on Saturday, November 12th is our newest Club Exclusive wine, the unique 2008 Single Barrel Tannat.  It is our most obscure varietal to date (very little planted in California) and of course we saved it for our Members’ Holiday Club shipment.

That same weekend we will be open for Lodi’s First Sip – a two day wine festival featuring Lodi wineries that always brings in a great group of eager tasters.  Check out the event website for all the details and ticket information.

We’ll have some cool attractions here at the winery for First Sip:

• Showcasing our big sprint to cycling – sponsoring a masters race squad, printing custom LangeTwins cycling jerseys and hosting Sacramento Cyclocross here Dec. 3rd.
• Tasting and taking pre-orders on the new vintage of our flagship wine, the 2008 Midnight Reserve.
• Serving warm paninis made with cheese from our friends at Fiscalini Farmstead.

Hope you can join us during this busy weekend.

If you’re not yet part of our Wine Club, sign up soon to save 20% on all orders as well as attend our many events throughout the year.

Cheers!

Joe Lange

Exclusive to our Wine Club Members, this night marks the release of our 2008 Single Barrel Tannat.  Our Single Barrel wines have sold out very quickly in the past and are crafted and available solely for our members.  Not yet a Club Member?

Please RSVP soon by emailing tammie@langetwins.com or calling her at 209.334.9780.

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5th Annual Wine Club Dinner
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
6:30pm at the Winery
$80 per person
Dress for the cellar…and tango! 

Our 5th Annual Wine Club Dinner is slated for Saturday, November 12th this year.  We moved the date back to post-harvest (versus the July Luau last year) for a few reasons, most importantly to give our winemakers some more time to craft 2011′s Wine Club Only wine, the 2008 Single Barrel Tannat.

See below for all the details – you’ll also receive this in printed form in your Fall Wine Club Selection.

Have you registered your RSVP for the August 6th Pick Up Party at Thai Spices yet?)

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We’ll be pouring tastes of a few new wines including our 2010 Pinot Noir, 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2010 Sauvignon Blanc and our 2010 Moscato.  The heat of some of the Thai dishes Bun (owner and gracious host) is planning on cooking will pair especially well with the slightly sweet and frizzante Moscato.

At 5pm, after a few bites and wine tastes, we’ll have to give Bun’s restaurant back to her – so please make reservations for dinner if you plan on staying!  (209.369.8424)

This event is exclusive to Wine Club Members.  Invite your friends to join our Wine Club and attend this and all of our Club events throughout the year.

RSVP by registering here.
Thai Spices, Lodi  (map)
Saturday, August 6th
2 – 5pm
Light appetizers and wine tasting

*For those out of town/state/country or unable to make the party, your Club Selections will ship/have ready for pick up at the winery starting August 8th.

Our Summer Wine Club Selection will feature our brand new 2009 Zinfandel which was just pre-released.

Owners Jim & Annette Murdaca have recently finished a new addition to the restaurant – a large outdoor patio with an arbor overhead and vegetable garden boxes throughout.  They have a few more projects in the works to make Pietro’s the premier spot to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine in Lodi.

We’ll have a few bites to pair up with our newest wine until 5pm – then sit down and let Jim and his kitchen cook dinner for you!

Exclusive to Wine Club Members.  Invite your friends to join our Wine Club and attend this and all of our Club events throughout the year.

RSVP:  joe @ langetwins.com
Pietro’s Italian Restaurant, Lodi  (map)
Saturday, May 21st
2pm to 5pm
Light appetizers and wine tasting

*For those out of town or unable to make the party, we’ll ship/have ready for pick up at the winery starting May 23rd.

As always, we’ll have lots going on that day:  painting, games and photos with the Easter Bunny, an outdoor BBQ and barrel tasting of exclusive wine lots for those of age.

Also, remember to bring your basket for our Egg Hunt starting at 11:30am sharp!  There will be hidden eggs for kids and adults so come prepared to search.

RSVPs are required. Please let us know all names for personalized name tags.

First time to our big Egg Hunt?  See here for pics from 2009 and 2010!

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LangeTwins Easter Celebration
Saturday, April 23rd
11am – 2pm
Lower Sacramento Rd and Jahant Rd, Acampo
RSVPs Required: tammie@langetwins.com or 209.334.9780

We’re hosting our Spring Wine Club Pick Up Party tomorrow night and showcasing the work of some talented photographers at our Professional Photo Exhibit all weekend long.

Drop by and see us!

Here’s a sneak peek of the activity in the cellar:

As I posted earlier, we’ll be giving our Club Members a sneak peek of the exhibit at our Spring Pick Up Party here at the winery on Friday, February 11th from 5-8pm.  RSVP soon.

We’re looking forward to showcasing this photography side by side with our newest wine, the 2010 Sangiovese Rosé! Hope you can join us.

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Exclusively for our Wine Club Members, we’ll be holding our Spring Wine Club Pick Up Party in the winery cellar where they’ll get the very first taste of our newest wine, the 2010 Sangiovese Rosé!

While sipping on our latest arrival, Members will also have a sneak peek of our Professional Photography Exhibit, featuring work from three photographers who visited us during Harvest 2010.

As always for our Pick Up Parties, light appetizers and complimentary wine tasting is included – all for our most loyal fans.

The photography exhibit will be open to the public during Lodi’s Wine & Chocolate Weekend, February 12th & 13th.  If you plan on visiting us and the other participating Lodi wineries, remember that our Club Members get special pricing.

LangeTwins Spring Wine Club Pick Up Party
Friday, February 11th
5 – 8pm
In the Cellar
RSVP Required email me

We’ll be pouring tastes of the featured wines in the Holiday Wine Club Selection which include the just-released 2009 Generations Pinot Noir.  The talented chefs at School Street Bistro are putting together a few light appetizers to pair with our wines.  We hope you can join us!

RSVP now. Space is limited.

Details
Saturday, November 6th
1-4pm
School Street Bistro, Lodi (map)
Light appetizers and complimentary tastes
RSVP required joe@langetwins.com

Not yet a Member? C’mon…

Toby and Lauren – friends, Wine Club Members, and awesome LangeTwins Ambassadors – sent along this picture of one of our reusable LangeTwins bags in front of Buckingham Palace!

The bag traveled all over London, England and also Oberammergau, Germany with Toby and Lauren.

We have the best fans.

We were pouring tastes of our newest releases, the 2008 Single Barrel Malbec, 2009 Chardonnay, 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon, and one of our most popular wines, the 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Musque Clone.

Our good friends (can you tell that we’re fans yet?) Guantonio’s Wood Fired Cuisine rolled our their mobile oven and were serving up some delicious pizzas as well as handmade sausage, caponata, and other authentic Italian fare.  If you missed them at this event, I have a sneaky suspecion they’ll be back again soon… (hint: Cyclocross races!)

Not a Wine Club Member yet?  It’s the best deal in town -- and you’ll be invited to the next event!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0NuHnZHDg

We’ll be in the middle of crush so it’s an exciting time to be here.  There’s even a chance to see the winery’s harvest action firsthand on a crushpad tour.

Spend your Labor Day Saturday tasting our Wine Club Exclusive 2008 Single Barrel Malbec and pairing it with pizzas from local and family-owned Guantonio’s.  The Guantone family works wonders with their mobile wood-fired oven to craft handmade pizzas and other authentic Italian bites from the freshest ingredients.

Bring your family and friends (kids too!) to play games on our lawn (grape stomp anyone?) and sample delicious wines paired with yummy gourmet fare.

Harvest Wine Club Pick Up Party
@ LangeTwins Winery, 1525 East Jahant Road, Acampo
Saturday, September 4th
2 – 6pm

RSVP by emailing joe@langetwins.com or call 209.334.9780 with names!

*You’re welcome to invite your non-Club friends, but please RSVP for them*

Make sure your mark your calendars for Saturday, September 4th. Yep, that’s Labor Day Weekend – so grab your family and friends and spend the afternoon with us on the winery lawn.

We’re pairing with local and family-owned Guantonio’s who works wonders with their mobile wood-fired oven.  The Guantones’ are a Lodi family I’ve known for years and the pizzas are downright amazing.  They only use the freshest ingredients and nearly everything is made from scratch…you have to love that!

We’ll be pouring tastes of our Wine Club Exclusive 2008 Single Barrel Malbec, the featured wine for the Harvest Club Selection.  Everyone at the Wine Club Luau raved about it, which makes me think we’ll be sold out very soon.

I hope all of our Club Members can join us.  For those early-adopters, RSVP by emailing me with names!

More details to follow!

So, for those Members who couldn’t make our Wine Club Luau, we made sure to send them each a LangeTwins Luau Insulated Bag!

These bags are great for your next day at the beach.  Just remember a bottle (or two) of LangeTwins wine and you’re good to go! Grass skirts and coconuts optional…

It’s good to be a LangeTwins Wine Club Member, isn’t it?

Hope to see all our Club Members at our next annual dinner!

Of course, it’s exclusive to our Wine Club Members and they drank it up last Saturday at the Wine Club Luau.  (Watch the Luau slideshow)

We have less than sixty cases of the Malbec available for our Wine Club Members – if you want a taste before the Fall Wine Club Selection, order online or email me!

2008 Single Barrel Malbec $45.00  $36.00 Club Price

If you weren’t here, you definitely missed a great party.  Also, you missed the release of the Wine Club Only wine!  Only those who were here got a first taste -- stay tuned for which varietal made the Single Barrel cut!

Check out the slideshow below -- I kept all of the most embarrassing ones out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=orLPDIE2ZYo

If you haven’t already sent or called in your RSVP, let us know if you can make our Luau!  It should be a great time, if it’s anything like the last awesome three years!

RSVP to Tammie at tammie@langetwins.com or 209.334.9780

Check out the invite below for all the details and we’ll see you on July 31st for the party!

We’re moving from the cold and sometimes drizzly nights of November to the warm and breezy (fingers crossed for only a breeze!) summer nights of July!

As always, this event is exclusive to our Wine Club Members, who get all the perks. 

4th Annual LangeTwins Wine Club Dinner
Saturday, July 31st,  7pm
RSVP required by July 19th
209.334.9780 or tammie@langetwins.com
$75 per person, limited seating

We hope you can join us – see the invite below!

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We hope you all enjoyed the party.  It’s always nice to chat with our biggest fans.

Thanks for your support!

Is it super obvious that I forgot the good camera and had to use my phone to snap some pics?

If you’re planning on dropping by, please remember to RSVP with us to make sure that we bring your Wine Club Shipment!

joe@langetwins.com or 209.334.9780

LangeTwins Wine Club Summer Pick Up Party
Tin Roof BBQ, 171 South Guild Avenue, Lodi  (map)
June 12th
2 – 5pm
Open to all Wine Club Members

RSVP Required

Our Summer Wine Club Selection is almost here and it’s all about BBQ.  This shipment will feature our new 2008 Zinfandel (barbecue’s best friend) and we’ll host our Summer Pick Up Party at Lodi’s Tin Roof BBQ on Saturday, June 12th from 2-5pm.

Tin Roof has been cooking up some amazing BBQ for awhile now and they really have it dialed in.  I’ll be working with BBQ Master Richard and his crew to pair up some nice appetizers with our Zin.

As always, we’ll be there pouring our newest wines – Zinfandel, Viognier, and a few other favorites.  Have any suggestions?  Let me know!

RSVP required: joe@langetwins.com

LangeTwins Wine Club Summer Pick Up Party
Tin Roof BBQ, 171 South Guild Avenue, Lodi  (map)
June 12th
2 – 5pm
Open to all Wine Club Members (friends too, just let me know!)

If you’re not a regular by now, you’ve at least heard of Lodi’s ZinFest Weekend. This year, it falls on May 14-16, with the main tasting event held at Lodi Lake on Saturday, May 15th.

In addition to the wine tasting, educational seminars, cooking demonstrations, live music and scrumptious food, (convinced yet?) they’ve added a Piano Bar!

For our Wine Club Members, email me to get $35 tickets! (That’s $10 off regular admission, for all you non-Clubbers. )

Place your orders by Wednesday, May 5th and let me know if you’d like them sent ($5 overnight fee) or can pick them up at the winery.

Should be a great day to spend at the lake with some friends.

The kids (and some young-at-heart adults) took pictures with the Easter Bunny, hunted for their own personalized Easter eggs, painted bird boxes, and played the afternoon away on our winery lawn.

While the ‘big kids’ weren’t chasing around their little ones, barrel samples of our 2007 Midnight Reserve were popular – red wine was definitely in more demand than chilled white that day!

Once again, our good friends at Wright Insurance Crew were out barbecuing for the crowd – thanks for your help guys!

Thanks to our awesome Club Members for coming out.  We always enjoy seeing you.

Get your orders in by April 5th or forever hold your peace!

Order now at these low prices:

$9 bottles or $99 cases (12 pk)  Quick math says that the deal is in a case…

No joke – if you liked our 2007 Pinot Grigio and want a taste of the 2009, you only have one chance to purchase. We won’t be offering this wine again.

Our Wine Club Members will be able to taste and purchase at our upcoming Easter Celebration, April 3rd. It’s good to be a Wine Clubber.

Questions?  Email me at joe@langetwins.com

(Prices do not include tax and shipping)

The Proprietary Chard and Cab were big hits with the crowd – I think we may have something great here…

Isn’t Boulevard Bistro awesome?  Bret and Debbie do a fantastic job – stop in and see them again soon.

We’ll be pouring tastes of our new Proprietary Chard and Cab as well as Midnight Reserve and Viognier!

RSVP today to visit with us Saturday, March 6th from 2pm – 5pm at Elk Grove’s Boulevard Bistro and grab your Spring Wine Club Selection.  This shipment we are featuring the 2006 vintage of one of our most popular wines, Midnight Reserve.

Chef/Owners Bret and Debbie Bohlmann will serve light appetizers while we pour our latest wines, including your first taste of our Proprietary Cab and Chard – remember voting on that label?

Pre-order your first taste now for up to 30% off.

At 5pm, we’ll have to give the restaurant back to Bret and Debbie – make a reservation with them to sit for dinner!  916.685.2220

For those who can’t join us this time, your Spring Wine Club Selection will be shipped or ready for pick up at the winery beginning March 8th.

Details

When: Saturday, March 6th from 2pm – 5pm (at 5pm we have to either leave or sit for dinner)

Where: Boulevard Bistro, 8941 Elk Grove Blvd (3rd Ave), Old Town Elk Grove, CA  (map)

RSVP required: joe@langetwins or 209.334.9780

Not a Wine Club Member?  Join now.

Chef/Owners Bret and Debbie Bohlmann will serve light appetizers while we pour our latest wines, including your first taste of our Proprietary Cab and Chard – remember voting on that label?  Details on pre-ordering soon…

Then at 5pm, we’ll have to give the restaurant back to Bret and Debbie – make a reservation with them to sit for dinner!  916.685.2220

For those who can’t join us this time, your Spring Wine Club Selection will be shipped or ready for pick up at the winery beginning March 8th.

Details

When: Saturday, March 6th from 2pm – 5pm (at 5pm we have to either leave or sit for dinner)

Where: Boulevard Bistro, 8941 Elk Grove Blvd (3rd Ave), Old Town Elk Grove, CA  (map)

RSVP required: joe@langetwins or 209.334.9780

Not a Wine Club Member?  Join now.

We’re excited about our annual events and hope you can join us!

Here are the two big events you’ll want to attend:

Wine Club Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Our annual Wine Club Easter Egg Hunt at the winery. Open to our Wine Club Members, their little people and grandchildren.  We’ll keep you posted with details – reservations required, and of course, bring your Easter basket to hunt for eggs in the winery pasture.

Wine Club Dinner
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

The annual Wine Club Dinner will move to the summer before harvest begins.  Limited to Wine Club members only.  Great food, wonderful wines, music and good company; plan your vacation around this event!

Send me an email to get the unique promo code and save $10 off the advance ticket price.

It’s a steal.  That’s two days of wine tasting for $12.50 a day.  Crazy!

Are you not part of the Club yet? C’mon!

In the Holiday Wine Club Selection, I included an online exclusive offer for $15 off all orders that included Single Barrel wines.* In case you haven’t opened your shipment letter yet (or just didn’t read it!) I wanted to remind you of this special offer.

This offer is only good until the end of the year, so place your order online using the 07SB coupon code after you’ve filled your cart with wine.  Be sure to click the “Submit Coupon” button to apply the discount.

Shop now:

2007 Single Barrel Petit Verdot – $36.00

2007 Single Barrel Petite Sirah – $36.00

*Offer valid for Wine Club Members only until 1.1.10 and orders must be placed online using the 07SB coupon code.

We released both of our most exclusive wines, our 2007 Single Barrel Petit Verdot and our 2007 Single Barrel Petite Sirah.  The Petite Sirah was so well received, the crowd demanded more even before dinner was over!

By the end of the night, our Club Members were either on the dance floor or huddled around our decadent chocolate fondue stations in the cellar.

Check out the slideshow below for all the greatest hits.

My favorite pic?  The very talented dual-saxophone player (3:29) -- that guy rocked!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=20kuRBKGfpk

Michael and Rene Fong sent this pic of our 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon with one of the pyramids in the background:

We feel honored to have had our wine along with them on their awesome journey to Egypt.  Thanks so much for sending this pic!

Next time, I’ll try to convince them to take me…

Again this year, we’re able to offer our Wine Club Members discounted tickets to Lodi’s First Sip Weekend, November 14th and 15th.  Just a little bit of planning ahead can save you big:

• Regular Ticket Price: $45.00
• Advance Ticket Price: $35.00
• Wine Club Ticket Price: $25.00!

Email me for the promo code to be used at the event’s tickets page for your $25.00 tickets.

Also, be sure to RSVP for our Wine Club Dinner Nov. 14th if you haven’t already!

The evening marks the release of our latest vintage Single Barrel wines, the 2007 Petit Verdot and the 2007 Petite Sirah.  Wine Club Members have been electing to add a bottle of the Petite Sirah to their next shipment now to make sure the inventory doesn’t run out – we only made 90 cases!

We’ll have to close dinner reservations soon to insure we don’t turn our Members into sardines…

Here are all the ways you can RSVP – pick your poison!

1. Call us at 209.334.9780
2. Email me
3. Send me a Tweet
4. Write on our Facebook page
5. Drop by the winery (map & directions)
6. Carrier pigeon? Maybe not…

Check out the photo gallery from our 2nd Annual Wine Club Dinner below.

Like the Petit Verdot, our Petite Sirah represents the finest barrels of the 2007 vintage.  It is our smallest-lot wine to date (only three barrels – less than 90 cases) so you’ll want to grab a bottle to enjoy now and one to cellar.

Most of you will receive a bottle of the 2007 Single Barrel Petit Verdot in your next shipment.*

If you would also like to include the 2007 Single Barrel Petite Sirah in your upcoming shipment, email me and I’ll make sure to add it.

We’ll be tasting both the Petit Verdot and Petite Sirah at our upcoming 3rd Annual Wine Club Dinner – hope you can make it!

2007 Single Barrel Petit Verdot $36.00

2007 Single Barrel Petite Sirah $36.00

*If you are a Whites Only Member, you will not be receiving Single Barrel wines in your shipment – email me if you would like to change your wine preference.

If you would like to join the Wine Club and attend this year’s dinner, join online!

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Come join us to taste exclusively-Lodi wines, sample appetizers from Wine Valley Catering, attend interactive wine seminars, and enjoy the day on the Bay with spectacular views of the San Francisco skyline and Fleet Week flying overhead.

LangeTwins Wine Club Members receive $10 off the advance ticket price, which makes the trip to Treasure Island an affordable $45. Email me for the unique promo code to enter at the event tickets page.

Cheers!

Our Diablo Vineyard is a bit of a trek from livable, lovable, Lodi – winding roads along the Delta waters, bridge crossings and ferry rides are all part of the trip out to the Clarksburg Appellation west of Sacramento.  In the Delta Region, cooler temps and the constant Delta breeze make a great home for our Pinot Noir.

Pre-order your first taste today at big introductory discounts. Of course, Wine Club Members get the best deal and receive their wine the soonest.  Not part of the Wine Club yet?

Regular price for our Pinot Noir:  $16.00 per bottle, $192.00 per case.

Wine Club Members receive 25% off bottles and 30% off cases.   Email me your pre-order quantities. We will ship your wine October 12th, shipping included.

Non-Wine Club Members receive 10% off bottles and 15% off cases.  Email me your pre-order quantities. We will ship your wine October 19th, shipping included.

Can you name that bridge?  A special discount goes to the first right answer – leave your guess in the comments.

Check out our events page to view the calendar, add events to your iGoogle homepage, and get the latest details.

October 11th – Treasure Island Wine Fest

1:00pm – 5:00pm, Treasure Island, 291 Avenue of the Palms, San Francisco (map)

Join Lodi Wine Country on Sunday, October 11th, 2009 as they present the First Annual Treasure Island WineFest – Lodi Wine on the Water.  Spend your Sunday afternoon at Treasure Island while tasting from a variety of handcrafted Lodi Appellation Wines paired with culinary creations from Wine Valley Catering.

October 16th – Lodi’s School Street Stroll

5:30pm – 9:00pm, School Street, Downtown Lodi (map)

Taste wines from Lodi wineries in Downtown Lodi’s unique boutiques.  Appetizers, wine, shopping – join us!

November 14th – 3rd Annual LangeTwins Wine Club Dinner

6:30pm – 10:00pm, LangeTwins Winery (map)

Join us for our big “Under the Bridge” Wine Club Dinner and taste our Wine Club Only wine, Single Barrel Petit Verdot.  New this year: Our 2007 Single Barrel Petite Sirah! 
Exlcusive to our Wine Club Members

See pics from our 2008 Wine Club Dinner.

November 14th-15th – Lodi’s First Sip Weekend

11:00am – 4:00pm daily, Lodi Area Wineries (map)

Wineries throughout Lodi Wine Country will unveil their 2009 vintage wine for guests to sample alongside their complete line of wines. Travel from winery to winery and experience the delicious, handcrafted wines and hospitality that Lodi Wine Country has to offer. Enjoy an array of educational activities, entertainment and delectable treats at each of your stops along the Lodi Wine Trail.

Owner Jim Murdaca and his crew pulled out all the stops and put together a huge spread of authentic Italian apps – antipasti, caprese, sausages, meatballs, bread sticks (awesome!) grilled veges…you name it.

Some of our Wine Clubbers got artistic with the LangeTwins coloring books we had available.  Be sure to check out Jan DeGraf’s coloring of ‘Brad in blue’ and ‘Randy in red’ – just like the Twins were routinely dressed as kids when Mrs. DeGraf was their school teacher in 1955.  Lots of history in our family winery’s Wine Club.

I spent the afternoon manning the wine bar, pouring tastes of our complete lineup.  Our newly released 2008 Chardonnay was a hit – even with non-Chard drinkers!

Check out the slideshow below for the greatest hits.

Hope you can join us for our next party, our 3rd Annual Wine Club Dinner here at the winery November 14th.  See pics from last year’s party here.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgE5Xb7Yy4

Included in our Wine Club Members’ Fall Selection was a 2 oz sample of my favorite coffee from Coffees of Hawaii.

I chose the 100% Molokai Espresso to share with our Wine Clubbers – a dark roasted 50/50 mix of their washed arabica and natural-dried arabica beans.  It’s an intense brew that makes a great cup of French Press joe.

Coffees of Hawaii also sent along coffee cards with a special 25% off discount code for our Wine Club Members.

A cup of Molokai Espresso in the morning, a glass of LangeTwins Cabernet Sauvignon in the evening…we’ve got you covered!

Not part of the Wine Club yet?

Join today for 20% off all orders, first tastes of our latest releases, exclusive Club events, and access to our Wine Club Only wine: Single Barrel Petit Verdot!

Get 15% off your tickets to 2009′s Taste of Lodi Wine and Food Experience, September 27th at the beautiful Wine and Roses in Lodi.

Tickets are normally $40 in advance and $50 at the door, but as a LangeTwins Wine Club Member your price is $34!

Call 800.798.1810 to order your discounted Wine Club tickets and we’ll see you there!

A few of our shots from 2008′s Taste of Lodi:

Our Wine Club Members each received one as part of their Summer Wine Club Selection in June – they get all the perks!

Bring your LangeTwins green wine bag with you when you shop at the winery and we’ll give you $1.00 off your order.

Remember: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Enjoy light appetizers and taste our new vintage Chardonnay on us, then treat yourself to dinner beginning at 5pm.

For those who can’t join us this time, your Fall Wine Club Selection will be shipped or ready for pick up at the winery beginning August 26th.

Pietro’s Italian Restaurant – 317 East Kettleman Lane, Lodi (map)

RSVP Required: joe@langetwins.com or call 209.334.9780

Not a Wine Club Member yet?  Join now.

As a friendly reminder to all our Wine Club Members, please RSVP with Charlene at 209.334.9780 or charlene@langetwins.com for our Wine Club Pick Up Party this Saturday, June 13th at Thai Spices in Lodi.  Friends are welcomed too!

Even if you’ve picked up your wine or had it shipped, RSVP and join us for some awesome apps paired with our latest releases.  I’m really looking forward to our 2008 Generations Viognier matched with some spicy Thai food.

Here are the details:

When: Saturday, June 13th, 2:00pm – 5:00pm (stay and treat yourself to dinner beginning at 5pm)

What:  Enjoy appetizers paired with our latest releases and grab your Summer Wine Club Selection

Where: Thai Spices Restaurant, 2401 West Turner Road #224, Lodi, CA  (map)

See you there!

For our Pick Up Club Members, you can drop by the winery Monday-Friday 8am-5pm to grab your wines or join us at our Pick Up Party at Thai Spices on June 13th.

For our Ship-To Club Members, your wines are en route to your doorstep.  Just as a reminder: if you are planning on being in the area on June 13th, RSVP with Charlene at charlene@langetwins.com or 209.334.9780 and join us for our party!  All Members and their guests are welcome.

Also, our new 2008 Generations Viognier is available for purchase at our online store.  Get your taste now!

All Club Members are invited to join us for our Wine Club Pick Up Party on Saturday, June 13th at Thai Spices in Lodi. Members are welcome to bring friends along as well – just let us know your party size when you RSVP.

We’ll be pairing our 07 Zinfandel and 08 Viognier with a variety of Thai Spices’ scrumptious appetizers.  If you haven’t dined with Bun and her Thai Spices family yet, this is your chance to discover an authentic and locally-owned Thai restaurant.  Come to taste and sample, then treat yourself to dinner!

The details:

When: 2:00pm – 5:00pm (stay and treat yourself to dinner beginning at 5pm)

What:  Enjoy appetizers paired with our latest releases and grab your Summer Wine Club Selection

Where: Thai Spices Restaurant, 2401 West Turner Road #224, Lodi, CA  (map)

RSVP: charlene@langetwins.com or call 209.334.9780 Please let us know if you can make it!

Here are a few pics from our last Pick Up Party at School Street Bistro:

Our own “E.B.” led the charge and posed for photographs with his new friends.  We had plenty of games – thanks to Carol Ronsko, Joe and Kendra’s preschool teacher at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Lodi.  She was able to research and find the ‘recipe’ to make giant bubbles.  Hula hoops, beach ball toss and of course, “corn hole” made it a great morning.

Perhaps the most interactive booth was painting the owl and bird boxes that Aaron and Phil place in the vineyards.  Aaron was very specific that we had to use camouflage colors and the kids all got into the act of creating a masterpiece with the boxes.  One little girl was really focused on painting the inside of the box and somehow was able to squeeze her whole arm and the paintbrush through the narrow entry hole.

Our good friend, Gar Wright, of Wright Insurance created the pulled pork barbecue lunch with homemade coleslaw.  Helping Gar was his son Eric and co-worker Josh Newfield.  We fed nearly 300 people – kids and adults alike really got into cupcake decorating booth.  We had frosting and green colored coconut everywhere!

Volunteer Dr. Elizabeth Hereford was assigned to the wine tasting table – and she was on task to illustrate and support the heart-healthy benefits of drinking red wine.  It’s always good to have a cardiologist in the cellar!  She was supported by retired CHP officer Bob Whitmire and his wife, Terri. None of them broke for lunch – they are truly great ambassadors for our wines.

We pulled out a barrel of the soon-to-be released 07 Zinfandel.  Our very first Zin! Vic Vandenburg grabbed the wine thief to pull samples for folks and we could never get him away from his job.  Joe and Mandy took pre-orders for the Zin – if you missed the opportunity, email Joe and we’ll make sure to save you some of the yummy stuff.

And thanks to neighbor Kevin Olympius for bringing over a pen of goats for the kids to watch – Randy has contracted with him to bring in the goats to mow down some pastureland for LangeTwins.  And that’s about as sustainable as you can get.

In case you hadn’t heard, Scott Zaballos of Danville won the ‘guess the jelly bean’ jar with a best guess of 3840 beans.  We have no idea how long he took to calculate that guess – I think it was his degree from Cal Poly that likely helped…

Gar Wright made the observation as we watched everyone just relax, eat and play that a day like this was about relationships.  And we do appreciate the friends and supporters of our Wine Club.  Mark your calendars for 2010, the Saturday before Easter – and maybe next year Drew Scott’s sister-in-law will be able to sing the entire verse of the Michigan State fight song with me!

Here’s a sneak peek of our newest wine and this is a biggie – after years of waiting, the Zin is finally here!  The official release will be the day after Lodi’s ZinFest, but who wants to wait?

We’ll be barrel sampling the first taste of our not-yet-released 2007 Zinfandel at this Saturday’s Easter Egg Hunt.

Wine Club Members will be able to pre-order our Zin at this weekend’s great discounts (25% off bottles, 30% off cases!) Regular price for the Zin is $15.00.  Orders will be available for either pick up or shipping starting Wednesday, May 13th.

For those Members who can’t make the Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, email me for a coupon code to receive a $10 credit towards your next online order.  For all Wine Club out-of-towners, email me your pre-order quantity. We don’t want anyone feeling left out!

Hopefully we’ll see lots of you this weekend!

Now, Twelve Bottle Members will receive 25% off all wine – an extra 5% added to the regular 20% Wine Club discount.

Our Six and Twelve Bottle Members are typically those wine fans who have the will power to actually hold on to the wine they buy!  I commend you, strong-willed winos – the temptation of a new wine in the house is usually too much to bear for me.  It might be my lack of will power or maybe I just hate seeing wine cold and alone in a dark wine fridge… (probably the former)

In any case, we want to tip our hats to our Twelve Bottle Members by offering the bigger 25% discount.  Enjoy!

Also, if you think you have the will power, upgrade your membership to the next level so you can cellar a few bottles for later.  Have someone hide them from you if you must!

Upgrade your Membership to receive $20 off your next online order. Email me to upgrade and I’ll give you the coupon code for your $20.00 bonus!

The event is exclusive to our Wine Club Members, their children and their grands.  Club Members are also welcome to bring along a few friends.  Please RSVP by emailing or calling Charlene at 209.334.9780 with your guests’ names.

We’re looking forward to an afternoon of photo ops with the Easter Bunny and mad scrambles for hidden Easter eggs with your little ones – be sure to bring a basket!  We’ll also have lots of games to play and a fantastic BBQ lunch by Chef Gar Wright.

As part of our sustainability effort, we invite you to help us paint some owl nesting boxes before they are placed in our vineyards.  We’ll see who can attract owls into their new homes faster – the kids or the adults!

For those of age, we’ll be tasting from the barrels and pouring a few of our wines.  Wine Club Members will receive 25% off all bottle sales and 30% off cases! Stock up on those whites for the warm Spring days ahead.

If you can’t join us on April 11th, we’d like to offer a $10 credit towards your next wine order.  Please send me your ‘no-RSVP’ and I will email you back your unique coupon code to use at our online store!

Here are some pics from last year.  Hope to see you there!

I think the hit of the night was our 2006 Single Barrel Petit Verdot – available to Wine Club Members only.  For some reason, we were getting lots of repeat tasters…

Our Wine Club packed the restaurant, with lots of members bringing friends and staying for dinner.  Thanks to everyone for sharing their night with us and supporting a local, family-owned restaurant!

We even snuck a few apps ourselves – my favorite was the crab cakes, matched perfectly with our 2007 Chardonnay.  And speaking of favorites, I have to take this opportunity to plug School Street Bistro’s burgers.  Mandy and I convinced them to make us one before the event started and we both died – it’s a fantastic burger!  Definitely give it a try the next time you are in the mood for the Best Burger in Lodi.

And stay tuned for details on our next Wine Club Pick Up Party!  Plan tentatively for June.

Cheers!

For local Members that pick up their wine shipments from the winery, please join us this Saturday, February 28th at School Street Bistro from 2pm – 6pm for our Wine Club Pick Up Party.  We’ll be pouring our wine, sampling School Street Bistro’s awesome appetizers, and handing off your Spring Wine Club Selection.

For those outside the liveable, loveable Lodi area, your wine will be shipped as normal in the next few days.

What’s the Wine Club? In addition to receiving 20% off all orders, our Wine Club Members enjoy quarterly shipments of our wines delivered to their door.  Members are always the first to try our latest releases, as well as being the only group allocated a portion of our Single Barrel wines!

We have lots of events planned exclusively for our Wine Club Members in the coming year.  In April we will be hosting our 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt here at the winery, and in November is our big Wine Club Dinner.  Check out the pics from last year!

Ways to join the Club:

1. Join online
2. Call us at 209.334.9780
3. Come join us at School Street Bistro this Saturday, Feb. 28th and sign up!

It will be a great alternative to driving to the winery during the week, when everyone should be working.  Plus, we can’t cook like School Street Bistro, so…

David and Trish will let us take over their restaurant for the afternoon and they’ll be in charge of cooking up some killer apps to pair with our wines.

All Wine Club Members are invited, even if you normally get your wine shipped.

School Street Bistro is a great spot for dinner too – call 209.333.3950 to make your after party dinner reservation.  Feel free to bring along some friends and make a night of it!  (LangeTwins wine, appetizers, dinner, movie?  Perfect!)

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Here are the details:

What: LangeTwins Wine Club Pick Up Party

When: Saturday, February 28th  2pm-6pm

Where: School Street Bistro, 116 North School Street, Downtown Lodi  Google Map

Our friends at Wine Valley Catering treated us to a spectacular menu paired with our LangeTwins wines – including our newest arrivals, our 2006 Single Barrel Petit Verdot and our 2007 Generations Petit Verdot Petite Sirah. By the end of the night Roxster kicked it up and filled the dance floor – there’s something about Classic Rock, great wine, and a big crowd, isn’t there?

Wine Club Members: email me joe [at] langetwins.com with your allotment orders of our 2006 Single Barrel Petit Verdot!  Three bottles per member, while supplies last!

See you Nov. 8th! No bow tie required...

We’re in the heat of harvest at the moment, which gives us enthusiasm to plan our second annual Wine Club Dinner! Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 8^th to join the LangeTwins and family to celebrate “Under the Bridge!”

Our Wine Club and the winery continues to grow, so the celebration will be moved under the bridge at the winery – wear your warm winter wools!  We’ll tent the space and bring in heaters and look forward to a grand night with a dinner prepared by our good friend Peter McCaffrey of Wine Valley Catering.  Randy, Brad and winemaker David Akiyoshi will be releasing the first taste of this year’s Single Barrel Petit Verdot as well as a new blend, Generation Petit Verdot/Petite Sirah.

The event is exclusive to our Wine Club members only and reservations can be made for $50.00 per person by either calling the winery (209) 334 9780 or e-mailing charlene@langetwins.com.

Invitations will be forthcoming in the mail – just thought we would give you a headstart on the Fall calendar.

We look forward to seeing you in November!

Single Barrel - Our Wine Club Only Wine

Last November at our annual Wine Club Dinner, we gathered in the cellar among the barrels and treated everyone to a five course dinner with wine pairings.  Our winemaker, David, walked everyone through the pairings – something he is a master at (ask for his recommendations the next time you are at his family restaurant, School Street Bistro!)

At the end of the night, everyone walked away with their special hand-bottled, labeled and numbered bottle of Single Barrel Petit Verdot, our “Wine Club Only” offering.

In addition to this year’s Single Barrel wine, we are also releasing a Petit Verdot/Petite Sirah blend that is spectacular – enjoy it with a bit of chocolate for an amazing pairing.  Join us at our annual Wine Club Dinner for your first taste of this new, winery-exclusive wine.

If you would like to be included in our next wine club shipment, be sure to join today.  Being part of the club is the only way to get your hands on the Single Barrel offerings and join the Lange family at our wine club events.

See below for pics from last year’s Inaugural Wine Club Dinner!