Welcome to our first blog posting of 2009. We have been busy growing the winery from when we first opened in October, and now that we are catching our breath, expect to see more information coming your way on the blog. By the way, that's a picture of us, with our daughter, Paige. What you can't see is the jar containing Paige's tadpoles behind her on the table. Bella is not in the picture because she was chasing one of her favorite sticks.
Springtime has arrived in the Napa Valley and things are getting busier by the day at Lava Vine, and we're growing! The newest addition to our Lava Vine family is Christy Argast, in charge of our recently added private tasting room. To reach Christy directly to set up a private visit, email her at christy@lavavine.com. Her wine education background is a great complement to Mike Gordon, our Sales Director. Now that Joe has some time on his hands there will likely be more hammering and sawing going on around the property. He promises not to start that until next week at the earliest so a
s not to interfere with this Saturday's Calistoga Wineries Spring Celebration. Remember it is Cinco de Mayo weekend and Calistoga should be hopping beginning tomorrow. The Spring Celebration is an annual fundraiser for St. Luke's Preschool and last year raised $3500.00 Come on out, taste eight local, family-owned wineries, and help a good cause. Tickets are by donation, but a $35.00 minimum each is requested. This is our first year participating, but don't worry - Joe has the BBQ down to a science. Right now the tasting room is featuring our non vintage Portuguese style Port tasted with Michael Mischer chocolate.
Bring the kids and we can introduce them to Phoebe and Francis, our sheep who live on the property and are the weed control in our organic vineyard. They will be joined in a few months by the baby lambs. We will let you know when they arrive!
As a reminder, we are located at 965 Silverado Trail in Calistoga. If you are in the area this weekend, or anytime. Stop in and see us.
Thanks,
Joe and Jill Cabral
