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!