It’s an early morning flight for Randy and I to race into Dallas to pour at the Dallas Wine and Food Festival, April 25th.  Bravo to our great viticulture team for growing such wonderful Chardonnay and congrats to our winemakers for producing a Gold Medal Proprietary Chardonnay! Hurray – it feels great to have these wines recognized.

It will be the first opportunity to release the Chardonnay in Texas – our Wine Club Members were able to add it to their cellar a few weeks ago and the first response is always “…wow, this is yummy…”  And if you have trouble finding it locally, talk to Joe about a shipping included deal he just announced.

If you’re in the Dallas area on April 25th – join us!  You can find out more detailed information on their web site.  I’ll be the one that is doing the two-handed pour (a technique learned last month at the Houston Rodeo).

We’ll also be sharing our other wines that medaled in the competition – the Midnight Reserve, Petite Sirah/Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Proprietary Cabernet Sauvignon.

I guess the only big decision to make now is where to head for dinner – too many great options.  Any suggestions?

See y’all there!

Just released:

Our 2008 Proprietary Chardonnay has won GOLD at the 2010 Dallas Morning News Wine Competition! That’s a big honor for one of our newest wines.

This is the 26th year of the wine competition, which received over 3,000 entries for judging.  (The largest national wine competition outside of California!)

In addition to the Proprietary Chardonnay, our 2006 Midnight Reserve earned a Silver medal.

If you are in the Dallas area April 21-25, taste both of our most recent award winning wines at the Dallas Food and Wine Festival.

To celebrate, here’s a shipping included deal for all Proprietary Chardonnay orders until April 25th – just add a bottle of it to your online cart and use coupon code CHARD. 

Remember to click ‘Submit Coupon’ or press enter to make sure the coupon gets applied.  You’ll see your savings on the last checkout screen.

2008 Proprietary Chardonnay $25.00 / $20.00 Wine Club

2006 Midnight Reserve $30.00 / $24.00 Wine Club

Tim Middleton’s T-shirt design is the big winner!

We received over 900 votes during this week-long search for our next T-shirt and Design #1 took 40% of the pie.  Design #2 and #3 put up very respectable fights…

Now that you’ve chosen your favorite, support the winning design by sporting the tee!

Here are the two ways to get your shirt:

1. Order two bottles of wine or more from our online store to receive a T-shirt (along with shipping) included! Use coupon code TSHIRT.
2. Order your T-shirt for $5.00 shipping included!
   

The T-shirts will take a few weeks to print, so we’ll keep you posted on your order status!  Thanks to everyone who participated in our T-shirt design contest.