by Joyce | Sep 29, 2013 | events, purchase wine, Villa del Monte Winery, wine, wine club, wine tasting, winery
Make plans to visit Villa del Monte Winery during The Summit Wineries Harvest Festival. On October 5 and 6, The Summit Wineries, a wine trail consisting of five wineries in the Summit Road vicinity in Los Gatos, will host special tastings*. Villa del Monte...
by Joyce | Aug 2, 2013 | events, Villa del Monte Winery, wine, wine tasting, winery
It’s here–bottling day. Well, actually it’s bottling weekend. This is an exciting time at Villa del Monte Winery. We are planning to bottle several new releases this weekend, including: 2012 Pinot Santa Cruz Mountains 2011 Syrah Santa Clara Valley...
by Joyce | Oct 26, 2012 | events, Villa del Monte Winery, wine, wine club, wine tasting, winery
Hooray—we’re done!!! We have picked, crushed, pitched, pressed, scrubbed, cleaned, and tasted! All-in-all, the 2012 harvest has been very successful for us. Winemakers John Overstreet and Neil Perrelli have a right to be a bit exhausted too! Here are the 2012...
by Joyce | Oct 20, 2012 | events, Villa del Monte Winery, wine, Wine and food pairing, wine tasting, winery
October has been a blur of harvest activities. In early October, we crushed and pressed Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot and Cabernet as well as Santa Clara Valley Syrah and Zinfandel. Then, last week, we crushed five tons of Carneros Merlot. The Carneros Merlot is now...
by Joyce | Apr 2, 2012 | purchase wine, Villa del Monte Winery, wine, wine tasting, winery
Recently, at both the Santa Cruz Area Business Fair and the Coastal Home and Garden Show, we had hundreds of people asking, “Where can I buy your wine?” But, as a small family-owned winery with limited production, we can only place our wine in so many places. So,...