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Newsletter 19 February 2016
Beach Club Wine Dinner
Featuring Saint HelenaWinery, NapaValley
Saturday, February 6
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Founded in the year 2000, Saint HelenaWinery was created to promote estate
grown Cabernet Sauvignon that appeals to curious and cultured wine buyers
looking beyond big wine brands for new discoveries. “Our wines are for people
who collect and enjoy rare items for personal indulgence”.
Winemakers Aaron Pott and Elizabeth Tangney guide the creation of three
estate Cabernet Sauvignons, a Chardonnay and a few very small lots of
estate specialties. “When you open a bottle of our wine, you are experiencing
something few people will ever know – a wine reflecting the craft of our small-
but-stellar team of farmers and winemakers and our unique place in NapaValley”.
“Kudos to Aaron Pott who appears to have put himself in the top hierarchy of NapaValley’s
most illustrious winemaking consultants.” - Robert Parker
Gourmet Wine Dinner
Featuring Kermit LynchWines
Thursday, February 11
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Kermit Lynch was raised in San Luis Obispo, but his name has become
synonymous with French and Italian wines. In 1972, with a $5,000 loan and
maybe a bit of gumption, this writer/musician opened Kermit Lynch Wine
Merchant with thirty-five cases of wine stacked on the floor. Attracted by
the Old World wine cultures of Europe, Kermit became a retailer, distributor,
and national importer for authentic wines that express their terroir. Much like
his close friends, the late food writer Richard Olney and Chez Panisse’s founder Alice Waters,
Kermit’s influence has been enduring.
He has had so much success shining the spotlight on small, artisan producers that he has won
two James Beard awards and was knighted by the French government with their prestigious
“Legion d’Honneur.”
Kermit’s creative nature continues to extend beyond the two doors of his Berkeley storefront.
In 1998, he purchased the historic Domaine Les Pallières in Gigondas in partnership with his
friends, the Brunier brothers of Domaine duVieux Télégraphe.
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