Uncorking: The Fall Celebration

Join us in the celebration on Friday, September 5th from 7pm until 9pm with the spooky sounds and sights of Halloween and raise your glass to our newest Halloween and fall collectibles!

Wines

We’ve returned to Lodi, California, to offer two new wines. The first—available with either Judi’s Santa portrait label or as the second-edition label featuring Arthur Rackham’s illustrations of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—is a unique blend of Cabernet, Merlot, and Petite Sirah. Aged for 18 months in charred Tennessee bourbon barrels, this wine delivers a bold, barrel-aged finish. Most notably, it has excellent tannin structure and is beautifully balanced, thanks to Lodi’s warm days and cool nights, which allow the Cabernet grapes to mature fully. Although the harvest was small, the grapes were picked at 24° Brix, cold-soaked for three days, and small-lot fermented over a 10-day period. In short, this wine is the embodiment of the Christmas spirit—inside and out. Both wines are from the 2023 vintage and showcase bold, robust character with prominent notes of blackberry, cassis, and dark chocolate.

The second wine is a wonderful 2024 Sauvignon Blanc featuring a new label designed by Luke that pays homage to the Christmas angel. The wine is whole-cluster pressed and cold-settled, with an extended fermentation period of 30 days. Crafted to be crisp and clean by fermenting it in stainless steel, the non-oxidative handling is maintained post-fermentation through bottling to ensure freshness. Sourced from California, this Sauvignon Blanc has a light, pale gold color and a clean, fresh taste of honeydew and lime, with subtle mineral notes on the nose often associated with Chardonnay.

Fall Chalkware

Coming soon…

We hope that you join us for an evening that will usher in the fall season.