July 3, 2009
Happy 3rd of July!! We’ve got great news for your grill and picnics: a bunch of fresh, delicious-looking produce is ready to pick in the wine club garden. We can pull it for you or you can come pick your own. How cool is that? Speaking of cool, the veggies, herbs and fruit (grapes, especially) have been loving these foggy, mild mornings and hot afternoons in the Valley. At 10 am, it’s still fresh at about 60 degrees.
And here’s what we’ve got for pickin’: zucchini, yellow crookneck and pattypan squash; red leaf and butter lettuces; white, red and purple radishes; yellow onions; red and green chard; lavender; herbs galore–even some catnip for your feline friends. We also have pints and half-pints of honey-lavender ice cream. Give us a call if you’re short on time and we’ll gladly throw together a bag of goodies. That’s customer service, folks.
It’s going to be a beaut of a weekend–hope we see you!
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June 20, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Alexander Valley last Saturday to enjoy a night of great Cabernet, great food, and great friends. We released our 2005 Red Winery Road Cabernet Sauvingon with a winemaker’s dinner on that vineyard. Paula Hawkes orchestrated a remarkable 5 course dinner: including Amuse Bouche, a beet salad with Laura Hawkes’ brilliant goat cheese, Jake’s lamb sausage, and boysenberry tart with homemade bourbon ice cream (blame Laura for mixing poor innocent ice cream with bourbon). See below for a recap in pictures.
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June 6, 2009
Oh boy. Summer already? Here’s what’s happening with your favorite Alexander Valley Cabernet house:
-The 2005 Single Vineyard Cabernets are an amazing crop. We’re releasing the 2005 Red Winery Road Vineyard designate Cabernet next weekend. Already it was rated 91 points by the Wine Enthusiast and designated as a cellar selection. Yum. We only made 85 cases. Most of it has been allocated to our wine club and mailing list, but come out to our tasting room in Alexander Valley. We’ll pour it on weekends in June and July. To join our mailing list, fill out the short form to the right of this post (it says, GET HAWKES NEWS) .
-Our wine club vegetable garden is growing like crazy. We’ve powered it with grape pomice composted after last year’s crush, an organic and super-rich form of fertilizer. Over 20 different varieties of tomatoes and peppers. Corn. Summer squash, onions, garlic and loads more. Make plans to do your produce shopping at Hawkes in Alexander Valley this summer.
-Taste of the Valley is in full-swing this weekend. Although we’re not officially sanctioned for the event, stop by and taste our single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon out of the barrel.
-Brad Beard, general manager of Divine Wine Imports International (our Arizona distributor), is visiting this weekend. Brad enjoys long walks on the beach, fine Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, watching whimsical rom-coms, and casually lifting 150 pound oak barrels onto his shoulder.
Brad V. Barrel
Brad V. Barrel
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June 1, 2009
I promised to run a ridiculous promotion if we reached 1000 followers on Twitter by the end of day Thursday. Thanks to some help from a well-timed challenge by Sobon Estate Winery in Amador, we did it. Here’s the deal…
All Online orders received by 5pm (PST), Sunday June 21 will be discounted by 25%. We won’t charge more than $.09 for shipping. Some fine print follows:
-We cannot legally ship to MA, PA, TN, UT, NJ and therefore, cannot fulfill orders placed from those states.
-The discounted prices will not be reflected on your order confirmation. Your card will not be charged until the products ship, at which point we’ll apply the appropriate discounts and email you a copy of the adjusted invoice.
Again, thanks to our legion of Twitter Followers.
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