Bringing Holiday Cheer from 19th Hole Wine

Tis the season to be merry and when you bring a bottle or two of our 19th Hole cab to uncle Fred , you'll be his Santa Clause.

We're offering a special with the Uncle Freds in mind, since he's also the guy who'll buy the first round at the 19th Hole after the round, even if he loses the bets. He wants to tell you about the new swing move he used on the shot over the trees that almost made it. Gotta love that guy, because some of him lives in all of us.

For him and all the other golfers out there we have a special of six bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon for $75 (without tax and shipping) and a 19th Hole Wine golf cap.

If you'd like to tee this offer up, call me directly at this point to ensure delivery to your door. My cell is 707-529-6458.

Wine Tasting at Guardsmen Treelot

Happy Holidays and it's November 30th and tonight I'll be pouring 19th Hole wine at the Guardsmen treelot at Fort Mason in San Francisco.

There will be other Guardsmen pouring their wines too. I believe there are about twelve of us that own wineries.

Our treelot is very impressive if you haven't seen it. Minnepolis has the Great Mall, well the Guardsmen have their Great Treelot and every Guardsmen (under 40) has to help operate the lot over five shifts. About 2,500 trees will be sold raising money for Bay Area charities. The Guardsmen raise about 2 million a year for great causes!

Anyhow, if you can make it down, it'll be worth your while. Hope to see you!

Next 19th Hole Wine Club Event

We'll be out watching Michael Allen at the Schwab Cup at Harding Park Saturday, November 5.

Come out it should be a great day in San Francisco and Michael Allen will have a good chance to win this tournament.

Afterward we'll taste some 19th Hole wines at the Beach Chalet, a couple miles from the golf course. Everybody who come out will get a 19th Hole hat.

For more information call me (Kris Moe) at 707-529-6458.

Harvest Time in the Wine Country

It's a great time to be in the wine country. All the wineries are doing what they do best, making wine.

If you love wine and haven't experienced seeing wine being made, it really is worth a visit. It all begins with the pick early in the morning and then they transported to the winery to be processed for fermentation. At our winery we may have ten different types of grapes coming through at various times this month.

19th Hole Wine will be doing a Chardonnay this year from Alexander Valley. We'll be aging it in oak to give it that buttery touch that most of us enjoy. I expect we'll be bottling this wine next Summer in July or so. We expect it'll be a bargain at $20 a bottle. The previous vintages from this vineyard are award winning Chardonnays at $30 plus a bottle.

I'm really excited about a new merlot blend we're bottling this month. It is blended with 15% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon all from Sonoma County. We'll price this wine at $15 a bottle.

In the same bottling run we'll also put into bottle our Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. This is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from 2008 and we expect to sell this at $30 a bottle.

Give us a call if you'd like to watch us make the wine or if you'd like to come up to taste. Our phone number is 707-529-6458.

19th Hole Wine Club event at Pebble Beach

Wednesday, June 16th we're teeing it up at Fort Ord, truly one of the best golf courses in California. After the round we'll be heading to Jack's in Carmel for a winemaker dinner and my new wines from 19th Hole (a new Limited Merlot and Chardonnay from Mendocino along with some other beauties you may not have tasted).

Call me at 707-529-6458.

On Friday, June 18th we'll be pouring our 19th Hole wines at the Merchant's Exchange in the financial district of San Francisco (15th Floor). We'll be in the ballroom where they'll be showing World Cup soccer and the US Open on numerous screens. I'll also be flying the flag for my golf lessons, I'll be rotating in and out doing freebie lessons into a large infltable net we'll have set up along with our video analysis gear.

Releasing new Chardonnay for Summer season

We've just made available a new Chardonnay from Mendocino County. It's a 2006 with low alcohol (13.5% which is great during Summer). Unlike our Limited Sonoma Valley Chardonnay from 2008 it is less buttery. It's very fresh and we think a delighful house Chard to have around for about $12 retail.

Pick up a bottle now with a 20% discount from our site if you put in PGA as the discount code when you check out.

Hey, we'll be down the US Open most of the week and inviting everyone to join us for golf at Fort Ord June 18th at 1:00 pm. The green fee is $125 and I'll be offering a winemaker dinner at Jack's in Carmel for another $75. If you'd like to join in bring a group or we'll set you up with a group. Call me (Kris Moe) at 707-529-6458.

New wines being released from 19th Hole Winery

If you haven't yet had a chance to come to our winery, please do if you're in the area (Russian River area). It's in a beautiful area and I'd be very happy to show you around while tasting some of our wines.

This week I'm purchasing some Mendocino Chardonnay that we will have for sale in May just in time for the Summer. I'm also very happy to announce that I'll be putting into bottle some super special barrels from my 2007 vintage, a Dry Creek 100% Merlot.

We'll be at the US Open all week doing a wine maker dinner and a golf clinic or two at Poppy Hills. If you are a golfer get out and play Fort Ord's golf courses or if you can swing it, Spanish Bay.

Recap of San Francisco Chronicle Wine Tasting

We just wrapping up our wine tasting event at Fort Mason in San Francisco last Sayurday. I announced in an email to our contest entrants from the tasting that Candy Baker (Medford, OR) and Heidi Whitehouse (Modesto, CA) were the winners of a golf lesson and a couple bottles of wine.

It was our first go and I found the crowd to be great. They were interested in the wines and very friendly. Interestingly many tasters under 32 years old. Us folks in the wine business love that generation because so many of them really enjoy their wine and bring a refreshing openess to what they'll try!

The event flies by. The doors open at 1:15 pm and the place is full very quickly. It was orderly (at least where I was) with just enough of a crowd to keep us on our toes. I'd say in three hours I poured for 300 people. Our Cabernet Sauvignon was most requested followed by our limited Chardonnay. At 4:45 the crowd was signaled to go and they did. By five o'clock the place was cleared out (pretty impressive).

Our next wine tasting is February 25th in San Francisco followed by the Family Wine Maker's tasting in Del Mar, CA March 14 and Pasadena (for trade only) March 16th.

San Francisco Chronicle Wine Tasting February 20

Here's a great opportunity to taste some of best American wines in one place. I believe it's $80 and that gets you a tasting glass and I'm sure enough tasty nibbles to get you through lunch. This will be my first appearance and I'll be pouring our award winning wines, a Cabernet Sauvignon, our limited Chardonnay and our Sauvignon Blanc.

Come on by and say hello!

19th Hole Wine Club event at Pebble Beach

Saturday, February 13th from 4:30-6:00 we'll be at Jack London's in Carmel to enjoy some wines with some of our friends and maybe a celebrity or two dropping in.

19th Hole Interviews PGA Tour Player Michael Allen

I spoke with PGA Tour Player Michael Allen a week ago about how he felt about the coming season and he was kind enough to share his thoughts.

He said he's in the best shape of his life, which is big words for a man about to turn 51. His biggest concern was changing his irons to the V grooves (vs. square grooves that have been allowed in recent years). V grooves don't grip and spin the ball like the square grooves. Think of deeply rutted off road tires against run-of-the-mill street tires.

I had a similar conversation with Rocco Mediate at the Callaway Invitational at Pebble Beach (another guy on the precipice of the big 50). He was thrilled about this upcoming season with a healthier back and a leveler playing field for wily old ball strikers like him. In previous years he's been giving up 10-60 yards to other players and even if they were in the rough they could spin and control their ball. This year, with the new grooves, their recovery shots from the rough will come our knuckling.

Michael Allen said the Hawaiian Open will tell volumes about the equipment change, in regards to scoring, because the ball sits deep in the Bermuda rough out there. It will be really hard to control distances unless your hitting from the short grass. Michael, by the way, is in 13th after two rounds.

I've got a prediction that this year Michael Allen wins on the PGA Tour and the Champion's Tour. That's his goal as well. If you do get a chance to follow him at a tournament, do it. He is a beautiful ball striker and I think the best all around driver on tour. If he can get hot with his putter, he may hoist quite a few cups in the next few years!

I think this tournament and many others will be rewarding good drivers of the golf ball. There will less emphasis on bombing the ball and hitting 50% of the fairways. It'll be very interesting to see what names excel with the new equipment regulations and if the scores change at all fom the previous years.

19th Hole Wines captures medals at San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

Our 19th Hole wines got a thumbs up from the judges at the San Francisco Wine Competition. We entered our Limited Tier 2008 Chardonnay at $25 (silver medal), our 2005 California Tier Cabernet Sauvignon at $14 (silver medal) and our 2007 California Tier Sauvignon Blanc at $10 (bronze medal).

I thought we might score a gold or two but hey as a new winery it's great to get a vote of confidence from the judges. I knew the wine was good but it's obviously biased being excited about your own wine. Kind of like a parent bragging about their own children. For folks who don't know us is certainly makes it easier to purchase our wine. Purchase wine here or feel free to call me (Kris Moe) directly at 707-529-6458.

FYI- I make about 250 cases of our Limited releases at Cahill Winery in Sebastopol, CA and we purchase our California Tier wines usually from Lodi, CA. We're expecting to do 8,000 cases this year in California, Texas, Ohio, Washington and Texas. But I also hope to add Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada. Places I like to play golf!

Some of you who don't know me probably don't realize I spent most of my life trying to make a living getting the little white ball into a hole. I had a few bright moments as a tour player (a good finish in the British Open in 85) but certainly have made a better career teaching golfers how to stop slicing, Kris Moe Golf Schools in Napa and Pebble Beach. That's the background on my label, 19th Hole. Now I'm enjoying putting both my loves together through this brand.

I'll be doing golf and wine events chasing the PGA Tour across the country again this year organizing "nine and wine" events at private clubs or whoever will have me. We'll start at the Bob Hope in the desert and hit 18 other tour stops through the year. Kind of like being a tour player again, just outside the ropes and not having to sweat over five foot putts to make a check.


We'll be pouring these wines at Fort Mason in San Francisco along with the other contestants February 20 at 2:00 pm. The ticket to attend is $60 and $80 at the door. I hope to see some of you there for a taste or two!