On November 21 we held our Provincial Vineyards "brand introduction" event at the Apolloni tasting room. A large turnout combined with Mike Miller's classical guitar music, Sundial Bakery appies and informal speeches by Alfredo Apolloni (winemaking) and yours truly (viticulture) made it a fun and informative evening. It was a blast! Thank you all who came out, the event exceeded my expectations in every way and you all made it so!

Complementary samples were offered of our very first release, a single-estate Pinot Noir. It was extremely well received with repeat purchases already been made by some of the event attendees.  A popular activity was the barrel tasting of our 2009 Pinot Noir enabling partcipants to compare a released wine with one that has just started it's aging process. Another popular way to taste our wine was by sampling the chocolate cake with the only liquid in it being our Pinot Noir. It was a delight!

Also, our 2009 Pinot Gris was given a sneak preview, It just blew us away with it's tropical fruit like nose and a hint of pear flavor. Bottling is expected in April. If it truly is as excellent as early indications suggest, it could be another tasting room event.

As always: try us, judge us, let me know!