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Seghesio Family Vineyards just released their new Spring wines and to celebrate they also came out with a new way for everyone to try all six wines... a Tasting Flight Kit that has mini bottle of their latest Zins, a Sangiovese and their Omaggio, a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Sangiovese.

Cathy Seghesio showed me this Tasting Kit while visiting the headquarters this morning and I love the idea... It brings part of the tasting room experience to your house.  It is such a great idea for Twitter Taste Live or any at home tasting event!   Also, if you purchase one you get $24 off 12 bottles of wine if you so feel inclined to purchase more of what you just tasted!

You can only purchase these online and they are selling fast, so hurry up and purchase one ASAP before they are gone!  (P.S. Yes, Seghesio is a client of mine...)
  

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New Seghesio Tasting Flight Kits

Now you can bring the Seghesio Tasting Room in Healdsburg to life in your home with our new Tasting Flight Kits.

Seghesio is one of the first wineries in the world to use a new zero-oxygen technology that enables us to bottle high-quality wines in 50 milliliter mini bottle samples with the same great taste as with our standard bottles. This is a true breakthrough in wine technology and we’re excited to share it with you.

Each Tasting Flight Kit includes 6 mini-bottle samples of our Spring pre-release wines:

2007 Sangiovese 

2008 Home Ranch Zinfandel (Pre-Release)
2008 Rockpile Zinfandel (Pre-Release)
2007 Cortina Zinfandel
2007 San Lorenzo Zinfandel
2007 Omaggio

Find a new favorite as you taste with the accompanying tasting notes.

Each kit is $30 ($24 for our Wine Club members), and includes a $24 discount off your next purchase of 12 or more larger bottles, so you’ve got nothing to lose. Order several kits and have your friends over for a Seghesio tasting in your home.  Only for sale on our website. 

All the best,

E Peter Seghesio, CEO & Wine Grower

 


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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:08:00 -0700 Something fishy is going on at @M_Schlumberger. http://shanaray.posterous.com/something-fishy-is-going-on-at-mschlumberger http://shanaray.posterous.com/something-fishy-is-going-on-at-mschlumberger

Fish

There are so many puns that I could come up with in telling you all about Fish Day at Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate.  Instead, I will simply say that tomorrow they are kicking off their first event in their Worms to Wine Nature Series.

Over the next six months, Michel-Schlumberger will be presenting monthly educational events that highlight their commitment to the land and showcase specific aspects of their organic and sustainable farming practices.   MS is more than a winery know for their kick ass wines, videos, silly hats and awesome social media skills.... Thanks in part to Judd, Jim and myself. :)   They are a winery that truly cares about the area that they make their wine.   They truly walk the walk when it comes to sustainable farming practices.... Take a look at today's article in the Press Democrat about them...  Oh wait, that was from Wednesday.  :)  

I mean this one: Habitat restoration will benefit trout and salmon, about all that winemaker Mike Brunson is doing to help restore the wildlife in Dry Creek. 

Tomorrow is Fish Day from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Celebrating all things fishy, they are starting the afternoon with a personal tour of the fish hatchery at Lake Sonoma with Ranger Michael Carroll to meet spawning steelhead trout face to face. Following the tour everyone will head back to Michel-Schlumberger for a walk, talk and sip with Winemaker Mike Brunson and Elliott Doss of California Fish and Game along fish friendly and recently restored Wine Creek. Finally, a personal tasting of Mike’s favorite wines will be in the Cellar.

Event price is $20. A portion of Fish Day proceeds goes to The Friends of Lake Sonoma – a non-profit organization whose purpose is to serve and support the interpretive and visitor service programs at Lake Sonoma.

Make sure to call the winery to reserve your seat!  707-433-7427

For more info, check out the Event Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=384578588856&ref=mf

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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:29:00 -0800 #BarrelTasting at @M_Schlumberger http://shanaray.posterous.com/barreltasting-at-mschlumberger http://shanaray.posterous.com/barreltasting-at-mschlumberger
Barrel Tasting Weekends is one of the biggest events in the wine country and the biggest question on everyone’s mind is…

Where to taste?

Are you going to a place that has great wines, a place that is fun to hang out at, a place that has great people, a place that will be serving bites to eat, or perhaps a place where people wear funny hats? Well why not do all of the above at ONE winery?

Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate in Dry Creek Valley is your place!

Come for the great wines - We will be pouring our amazing 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon and our EXTREMELY LIMITED release of 2007 Petite Sirah (40 cases ONLY). Come for the beautiful splendor of our Benchland Wine Estate and our 100 acre all-organic estate. Come for our incredible staff who will all be wearing the craziest hats we could find.

We invite you to join in the fun by coming by the winery and wear your favorite crazy hat. There will be a contest for the best hat each weekend and then we will be adding our favorite pictures to the Michel-Schlumberger Facebook page, giving you the opportunity to win a Grand Prize voted on by our Facebook fans.

Fans will vote by “liking the photo” and the one who gets the most votes, wins. So make sure to check back on our Facebook Page and tell all your friends to vote for your picture!

Do you know the way to Schlumberger?

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