Cave Creek Wines

Hi all,

WINE TASTING – Tammy from Diamondback Wines will be showing us some of the wines we did taste in Sonoma this Friday, August 22nd. The wines are a SB from Sunstone, a white blend called Calico, the Norman Chardonnay, a Zin from Magito, the J Bookwalter Lot 22 Blend from Washington and a Cab from Baywood. It should be a good class!

The presentation Friday will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Remember this “ain’t LA” (thank goodness) so don’t be late. The wine class costs $10 per person and all the featured wines are 10% off. For the money you get to try the wines during the wine class and compliment them with the best food at any wine class in the state. We are limiting the class size to 45.

We’re going to do a special Zin Tasting on Saturday the 23rd from 5:30 to 6:30. Ron from Republic National hosting a preorder zinfandel tasting of wines from 100 year vines. The wines will be the St Francis Pagani Vineyards, their Sonoma Old Vines, Oak Ridge Moss Roxx, their OZV, the Steele Catfish Vineyards and Laurel Glen’s ZaZin. Maybe not surprisingly several are from Lodi.

MUSIC – Another great night of jazz is coming! Bryne Donaldson will be back with his sax on his regularly scheduled first Saturday of the month. That is September 6th. You will be impressed! Remember that there is no cover and no minimum. Just come in and listen to some really talented musicians play some really great jazz.

THANKS – Thanks to all of you that came by on Friday and Saturday. And thanks to Dwight and Russ for putting on a great show on Saturday.

OTHER – If you have ever seen our beautiful business cards they are from PDQ Printers just down Cave Creek Road. And they are PDQ too. They are conducting a “Sleeping Bag, Blanket and Hooded Sweatshirt drive” for homeless kids in Maricopa County. If you have any of those items or school supplies you can drop them off at 14644 N Cave Creek Road and feel really good about helping out.

We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

We have a new edition of the publication called Arizona Vines and Wines. It has a lot of information and is beautifully done. Look for it by the cash register next time you check out.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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Hi all,

WINE TASTING – Devin from Alliance Beverage will be showing us some of the wines we did taste in Sonoma this Friday, August 15th. We haven’t finalized the list but they are going to be from Folio Wines which was one of our favorites on the trip. They make wines that are sold under the I’M, Spellbound, Hangtime and Oberon labels. The I’M Chardonnay was wonderful as was the Oberon SB. Oberon also has a Cab and Hangtime a Pinot Noir that are great! We’ll probably also do the Spellbound Zin and get another to round things out.

The presentation Friday will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Remember this “ain’t LA” (thank goodness) so don’t be late. The wine class costs $10 per person and all the featured wines are 10% off. For the money you get to try the wines during the wine class and compliment them with the best food at any wine class in the state. We are limiting the class size to 45. Our apologies to those that didn’t get in on Friday.

We’re going to do a special Zin Tasting on Saturday the 23rd from 5:30 to 6:30. Ron from Republic National hosting a preorder zinfandel tasting of wines from 100 year vines. The wines will be the St Francis Pagani Vineyards, their Sonoma Old Vines, Oak Ridge Moss Roxx, their OZV, the Steele Catfish Vineyards and Laurel Glen’s ZaZin. Maybe not surprisingly several are from Lodi.

MUSIC – Another great night of jazz is coming! Bob Ravenscroft is still in Colorado so Russell Schmidt will be subbing on the piano and Dwight Kilian will be on the stand up bass this Saturday, August 16th at 6 PM until 8:30 PM. Russell’s resume is filled with accomplishments that would take another email to cover. You will be impressed! Remember that there is no cover and no minimum. Just come in and listen to some really talented musicians play some really great jazz.

THANKS – Chef Jimmy of Scott’s Place deserves a thank you for doing the food for the wine class last Friday. And thanks to all of you that came by too.

OTHER – If you have ever seen our beautiful business cards they are from PDQ Printers just down Cave Creek Road. And they are PDQ too. They are conducting a “Sleeping Bag, Blanket and Hooded Sweatshirt drive” for homeless kids in Maricopa County. If you have any of those items or school supplies you can drop them off at 14644 N Cave Creek Road and feel really good about helping out.

We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

We have a new edition of the publication called Arizona Vines and Wines. It has a lot of information and is beautifully done. Look for it by the cash register next time you check out.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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Hi all,

WINE TASTING – Scott Greenwold from Southern Wine will do the wine class this Friday, August 8th. We have decided to showcase some of the excellent wines and wineries that we missed in Sonoma on the wine trip last weekend. The wineries are Dry Creek, Simi, Foppiano, Sebastiani, Ridge and Ferrari Carano. It should be fun!

The presentation Friday will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Remember this “ain’t LA” (thank goodness) so don’t be late. The wine class costs $10 per person and all the featured wines are 10% off. For the money you get to try the wines during the wine class and compliment them with the best food at any wine class in the state. Chef Jimmy from Scott’s Place will be preparing the food. We are limiting the class size to 45.

MUSIC – Another great night of jazz is coming! Bob Ravenscroft on piano and Dwight Kilian on bass, as Inner Journeys, will play next on Saturday, August 16th at 6 PM until 8:30 PM. No cover and no minimum. Just come in and listen to some really talented musicians.

THANKS – Bryne Donaldson and his sax(es) are always good to listen to but last night he introduced us to some new stuff and he was fantastic! He will be back on Saturday, September 6th. And thanks to all of you that came by too.

And another special “THANK YOU” to Kim, Mark, Rene, Eugene and Kate for watching the shop while we were away in Sonoma. They did a great job and we couldn’t have gone without them.

OTHER – If you have ever seen our beautiful business cards they are from PDQ Printers just down Cave Creek Road. And they are PDQ too. They are conducting a “Sleeping Bag, Blanket and Hooded Sweatshirt drive” for homeless kids in Maricopa County. If you have any of those items or school supplies you can drop them off at 14644 N Cave Creek Road and feel really good about helping out.

We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

We have a new edition of the publication called Arizona Vines and Wines. It has a lot of information and is beautifully done. Look for it by the cash register next time you check out.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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Hi all,

WHEW!!! Just got back from Sonoma and another great trip with a bunch of great people. We tasted some spectacular wines and generally had a fine time.

WINE TASTING – None this Friday! Scott Greenwold from Southern Wine will do the next wine class on Friday, August 8th. We haven’t decided on the list yet but will soon.

MUSIC – Bryne Donaldson’s next gig will be this Saturday, Aug 2nd at 6 PM until 8:30 PM. No cover and no minimum. Just come in and listen to some really great sax.

THANKS – And the most special “THANK YOU” to Kim, Mark, Rene, Eugene and Kate for watching the shop while we were away. They did a great job and we couldn’t have gone without them.

OTHER – We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

We have a new edition of the publication called Arizona Vines and Wines. It has a lot of information and is beautifully done. Look for it by the cash register next time you check out.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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Hi all,

Better late than never.

WINE TASTING – None this Friday as we’re in Sonoma!

MUSIC – Bryne Donaldson’s next gig will be on Saturday, Aug 2nd at 6 PM until 8:30 PM. No cover and no minimum. Just come in and listen to some really great sax.

THANKS – Jacob Koller and Chris Finet were great on Saturday night! For a couple of young guys they blew us away with their fantastic jazz. Thanks too for Craig’s presentation on Friday night. And of course our thanks to you showed up to either event and our condolences to those that missed out.

NEW – We’ve got a terrific new wine for us from Beaulieu Vineyards. It is their 2004 Reserve Tapestry and is tasting great!

OTHER – We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

We have a new edition of the publication called Arizona Vines and Wines. It has a lot of information and is beautifully done. Look for it by the cash register next time you check out.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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Hi all,

WINE TASTING – The Sonoma Trip is coming up on the 25th so we’re going to get ready! This Friday, July 18th, Ron Feczko of Republic National is going to show us some of the wines and wineries we will be tasting and visiting. From Coppola will start with the sparkling wine called Sofia and finish with a great cab called Director’s Cut. From Benziger we’ll try their Sauvignon Blanc and their Merlot. And somewhere in there we’ll taste the Le Baron Ranch Petite Sirah and Zin. You that aren’t coming on the trip are welcome too!

The presentation Friday will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Remember this “ain’t LA” (thank goodness) so don’t be late. The wine class costs $10 per person and all the featured wines are 10% off. For the money you get to try the wines during the wine class and compliment them with the best food at any wine class in the state. We are limiting the class size to 45.

MUSIC – Bob and Dwight are playing in Colorado (not Chicago like I said last week) this Saturday, July 19, so pianist Jacob Koller (remember him from when he sat in for Bob Ravenscroft a couple of months ago?) will play with bassist Chris Finet on the 19th. No cover and no minimum. Just come in and listen to some really great jazz. They’ll start at 6 PM and finish at 8:30.

THANKS - Bryne Donaldson rocked the house last night with his sax! Thanks to him and thanks to you that came by. His next gig will be Saturday, August 2nd at 6 PM. Mark your calendars!

WINE TRIP – The 3rd Annual Cave Creek Wines Wine Trip is full and we are leaving on July 25th so there will not be a wine class that Friday.

NEW – We’ve got a terrific new wine for us from Beaulieu Vineyards. It is their 2004 Reserve Tapestry and is tasting great!

OTHER – We have WiFi available in the shop if you’d like to use it. Just ask for the password.

We have a new edition of the publication called Arizona Vines and Wines. It has a lot of information and is beautifully done. Look for it by the cash register next time you check out.

Have fun,
Liza and Bob

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