by Joyce | Oct 30, 2012 | events, Villa del Monte Winery, wine, Wine and food pairing, wine club, wine tasting, winery
We will release our November Wine Club wines next month. If you have not yet joined the Villa del Monte Wine Club, here are six reasons to do so: You get wine! Receive two semi-annual shipments of four bottles each. Save money! You get a 30% discount off retail...
by Joyce | Oct 28, 2012 | events, Villa del Monte Winery, wine, wine club, wine tasting, winery
Mark your calendar for November 17 and 18. From noon to 5 pm on both days, Villa del Monte Winery will be open for wine tasting and Wine Club pickups. On Sunday, November 18, our friends from the Monterey Chocolate Company will be on hand with samples of their...
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 | Oct 9, 2012 | Villa del Monte Winery, wine, wine club, wine tasting, winery
Here it is—early October and almost all of the grapes are in. So far, we have crushed and pressed Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot and Cabernet as well as Santa Clara Valley Syrah and Zinfandel. The Carneros Merlot is due later this week so we are looking forward to the...