Calendar &
Amazon Events
Fall 2003 - Spring 2004, Napa,
CA We try it out! After years of being in the wine industry, we
decide to make our own house wine. We make a Sauvignon Blanc,
Rose of Zinfandel and of course a Zinfandel.
Spring 2004, Napa,
CA The crowds cheer! We serve our wine at a party and discover people love it! More
than the stuff grown-ups make! Some of our friends get cranky
when they find out they can’t buy it. We are scolded for blind
taste tests.
Late Spring 2004, We decide to get independent verification. Kristin enters our
wine in The California State Fair and we win two Silver medals and
one Bronze medal!
August, 2004 We sell our souls! Well, we mortgaged our house & raided
our nascent retirement funds to . . . buy grapes! We’re nuts,
but we’re happy.
August 30, 2004 We harvest! The grapes taste delightful, full of promise. So much to do . . .
January, 2005 Oops, things have stalled out. Kristin is in Tibet, exploring
life and all things wait on that. Where are her priorities?!?
March
9, 2005 It’s
in the bottle! Ready to go. We’ve got tired eyes but we
can’t wait until our next big event – Family Winemakers tasting inPasadena, Ca.
March 25, 2005 Our website is live and we’re taking orders. We launch the Crushers’
Club.
March 29, 2005 Family Winemakers tasting in Pasadena, Ca
April 1, 2005
No fooling! We had a great time at Family Winemakers, and aquired
our first fans (no relation to us in any way, I swear)!
May
3, 2005
Wine sales? Who cares! We're all a little distracted at
the ranch - the newest baby Amazon arrives - our beautiful nephew
Jackson!
May 11, 2005
Hurray! We get our first placement at a restaurant. The
elegant Bay Leaf Restaurant in Napa adds our Viognier to their wine
list.
May, 2005 Uh-oh
- we lose our Sales and Marketing Director - Allan has
a day job! He gets the truly wonderful opportunity to join the
family winery of Mayacamas Vineyards as Assistant Winemaker.
He's thrilled , but now Kristin has to work on sales and marketing?!?!?
We're in trouble.
August 13, 2005
Our "official" 2004 Viognier Release Party! We have a blast
and already can't wait for next year's party. We even set a
tentative date - August 26th, 2006. SAVE THE DATE!
August
21 & 22, 2005 Family Winemakers tasting in San Francisco,
Ca. We can't wait to pour our wine for public and trade alike,
