2009 Events:
For more information or to make reservations for any of the following events
please contact Jackie. Jackie@lonemadrone.com - (805)238-0845
July 18 – California Wine Festival in Santa Barbara
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August 1 – Squaw Valley Wildflower Wine and Food Festival
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August 9 – Bel Air Club Make-A-Wish Fundraiser Wine and Food Tasting
August 9 – L.A. Rhone Rangers Tasting
Lone Madrone will be pouring at this event for the first time this year. If you are in the area drop by and say hi!
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August 23 – San Francisco Family Winemakers Tasting
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August 29 – Malibu Wine Classic
September 12 – Sunset Kayak Dinner on the Dunes
The dinner on the dunes trip is possibly one of the most unique Kayak trips in California. Kayaking Morro Bay in the late afternoon, we’ll visit some of the favorite hangout areas for local wildlife before heading to the outer sandspit. Beaching on the far side of the bay, you’ll have a chance to frolic in the pristine sand dunes (for those of you not inclined to frolic a peaceful glass of wine is available!) while your guides prepare a delicious California beach style grilled dinner, served with several of Lone Madrone’s favorite wines.
This tour will take place on Saturday Sept 12. We will meet at 4.45 p.m. and return at around 8.15 pm. The cost for the tour is $99 (including gratuity for the guides).
The tour is limited to 40 persons and we are filling up quickly! Call or email for reservations or questions.
October 4 – Harbor Fest Tasting
Lone Madrone will pouring at the Harbor Fest for the 3rd year. This is always a very fun event with lots of good food and wine. Hope to see
you there. Link to event.
October 17 – Harvest Fest Dinner
Celebrate the harvest with our homemade Harvest Stew and crusty French bread $12.00. Available from 11:00 am until we run out! No reservations necessary.
Harvest Dinner – Join winemaker/owner Neil Collins for hors d’oeuvres and a private tasting in our lovely gardens. Get a preview of upcoming releases and learn how Neil chooses and crafts his unique blends. Following the preview tasting, we will transition to the tasting room where you will enjoy an intimate dinner full of fresh seasonal flavors catered by Chef Rochelle of Inn Paradiso.
$100 pp/$90 wine club members.
Start time: 6 pm tasting; 7 pm dinner
October 24 – Fall Wine Club Pick up Party
Once Again this is our chance to say thank you to all our wine club members for their support. We will have all the wines in your shipment
available for tasting, along with selected foods that Chef Jeff Scott has chosen to pair with them. There will also be an additional discount
available for further purchases made on this night. This event will be from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at the tasting room. Call or e-mail
info@lonemadrone.com for further details. Click here for current shipment notes and cellaring times.
Nov 26 – Closed for Thanksgiving
Dec 12 – Christmas Dinner
Our favorite event of the year, this magical evening is always a pleasure. Dress up, enjoy our festive tasting room ambience and food to
stun the senses. Accompanied, as always, by our delectable Lone Madrone Wines. This event is a must for those of you wishing to
get in the Christmas spirit.
December 25 – Closed for Christmas
News
Letter from Winemaker Neil Collins
Hello All...
And so it begins!! Having managed to avoid any bovine entanglement this year I was able to commence with harvest all parts and pieces in rough but working order. Quite an improvement over last season I must say!
The first think out of the gate was the Will's Hills dry farmed Viognier. Destined for the Points West White Rhone blend, the grapes looked and tasted beautiful. Now there is a whole gaggle of other grapey customers lying in wait about to descend upon me in their relentless desire to become fine vino. I will keep you posted...Well sort of!
We are going to make some changes in the pricing and structure of our line-up. We make these adjustments as we attempt to enter the cruel world of wholesale sales. We are entering this dangerous realm in an endeavor to enlighton those poor buggers who have apparently neither heard of nor tasted our wines yet, somewhat of an outreach in you will. The following changes will go into effect as of quite soon.
There will be a La Mezcla Red to keep the ever-popular La Mezcla white blend company. they will both retail for $22.00.
There will be, well actually there is already a Points West Red (Syrah/Mourvedre) to keep the Points West White from loneliness. These will both retail at $28.00.
We will be releasing our first vintage of The Will, essentially a field blend comprised of 41% Petite Sirah, 40% Grenache Noir and 19% Zinfandel all grown on the Will's Hills Vineyard by Neil and Ginny Heaton, dry farmed and head trained in the rugges limestone of West Paso Robles. This wine will be joined by our Bailey Ranch Zinfandel at the exceptionally reasonable retail cost of $33.00, come on!! For organically farmed, dry-farm, head-trained West Paso hillside fruite you gotta have you some of that...surely.
Rounding out the price changes we are re-introducing the 2005 Tannat at $40.00 a bottle. No excuses to not try a bottle of the only 100% Tannat produced in Paso, tasting full and beautiful right now, if I do say so myself.
Of course there maybe those who will take offence to the decrease in price and for those noble folks we can certainly charge more upon request.
I am very excited by the new wines and also by our slow but steady progress as a business. We all here at The Madrone hope you also are enjoying the ride. I read this quote in a book that I am currently involved in, I do not know the author but I like the quote:
"I often wonder what the vintners buy
One half so precious as the goods they sell."
On that valid note I say...
Be safe, Be well
EAT, DRINK AND BE VERY MERRY!
CHEERS,
Neil
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