Per Se Winemaker Dinner, September 13th - Very Limited Seating Still Available
Please join us for a dinner celebrating Michael Terrien, Founding Winemaker of Tricycle Wine Company and Winemaker, Grieve Winery
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 6:30 PM
Seven Course Tasting Menu
After receiving his Masters in Enology from the University of California, Davis, Michael produced one of Wine Spectator’s top 100 wines of the world for Acacia Winery and later went on to make highly acclaimed wines for Hanzell Vineyards in Sonoma. Michael founded Tricycle Wine Company in 1998 and he currently consults for Kenzo Estate Winery and Grieve Family Winery.
Michael Terrien will debut his 2007 Terrien Chardonnay on this night and present the portfolio of wines from the distinctive vineyards he works with in Napa, Sonoma and Lake County. For each wine served, he will explain how he developed his philosophy, method and recipes.
Grieve Sauvignon blanc (Lovall Valley, Napa)
Terrien Chardonnay (Sonoma Valley)
Kazmer & Blaise Chardonnay (Carneros , Napa Valley)
Kazmer & Blaise Pinot Noir (Carneros, Napa Valley)
Half Mile Red Wine (Red Hills of Lake County)
La Mejorada – Las Cercas (Castilla y Leon, Spain)
$325 per person plus tax kindly rsvp Meredith Rogers (212) 823 9398 mrogers@perseny.com
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2011 Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival
Grieve Family Winery will be pouring at this year’s Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival. From April 28-May 1, the best chefs in the country will come together with the finest winemakers to celebrate the best of the best in food and wine. Please come visit our tasting area at either the Opening Night Reception or the Grand Tastings on Saturday and Sunday. We hope to see you there. Directions and ticket information can be found at: Pebble Beach Food and Wine
Naples 11th Annual Wine Auction
Grieve Sauvignon blanc made its debut at the Naples Winter Wine Festival this past January
“One of the day’s unexpected superstars was the Grieve Family Winery, which dared to present its very first vintage: a 2008 sauvignon blanc. It proved to be a huge hit, as the winery’s Catherine Larsen hardly took a break from pouring throughout the afternoon.”
Highlights 2010
Grieve Family Winery Takes New York
Kathleen and I just returned from an amazing trip to New York City. Much to our delight, we were able to enjoy our very own Grieve Family Vineyard 2008 Sauvignon blanc while dining at some of the best restaurants in the city. Our 2008 vintage has earned its place on several of the best wine lists in the country, and we are very excited to share some of these locations with you. If you have the opportunity to dine at any of the following, please let the sommelier know that we recommended them.
per se Thomas Keller’s east coast incarnation of the French Laundry in Yountville. New York Magazine raves, “The food is beautifully conceived, elegantly presented, and as varied as the colors of the rainbow.” Sommeliers are Michel or Justin.
Tribeca Grill Robert DeNiro’s lower Manhattan hot spot. The most easygoing member of Chef Nieporent’s Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning restuarants, which includes neighboring Corton. Ryan Knapp and David Gordon are the sommeliers at Tribeca.
Eleven Madison Park Opened in 1998, it now ranks among the most alluring and impressive restaurants in New York. Sommelier is John Ragan. In 2010, Chef Daniel Humm received the James Beard Award for “Best Chef: NYC.”
21 Club Featured as the Best Restaurant for Wine in New York City in the Location Matters City Tasting Guide. Phil Pratt is sommelier.
Aureole A Charlie Palmer restaurant, and known to have one of NYC’s best wine lists. “There’s only one way to describe it: classic New York.” Ask for Justin Lorenz, sommelier.
As you dine out this holiday season, please be sure and ask your sommelier if Grieve Family Sauvignon blanc is on their wine list. If you are out and about in California, you can enjoy our wine at French Laundry, Village Pub , Balboa Café , Wayfare Tavern, Cafe La Haye , El Dorado Kitchen, V Wine Cellar, and Parkside Grill . If you can’t find the wine in your area, ask your local retailer find it for you or go directly to www.grievewinery.com and place your order.
We are officially releasing the 2009 Grieve Sauvignon blanc in January and it is as delicious as it is rare. We produced less than 700 cases for the entire world so order early. The only way to guarantee your supply of the best sauvignon blanc on the planet is to register to become an exclusive allocation customer. By registering, you will be allocated up to one case of the 2009 vintage and 2010 vintage as well as 3 bottles of the impossible to find 2007 Double Eagle Merlot. doubleeaglewine.com Watch for more information in the coming weeks if you would like to register for this very limited allocation.
Thank you for your continued support through what has turned out to be a very successful year for our little winery. We could not have done it without you. As our thanks, please enjoy 20% off all purchases through December 31st at www.grievewinery.com. Enter the coupon code “holidays” during checkout to receive your discount.
Wishing you season’s greetings and a happy new year,
David
Food And Wine Magazine Feature - 100 Bottles to Drink Right Now
We are very excited to be featured in the latest edition of Food and Wine Magazine. Their “100 Bottles to Drink Right Now” shows our Sauvignon blanc as one of the “Best Wine Trends”
100 Bottles for Drink Right Now
2010 Aspen Food and Wine Classic June 18-20
Grieve Family Winery will be attending the 2010 Aspen Food and Wine Classic this June. Stop by our booth for a glass and visit with David Grieve and Michael Terrien.
Additionally, we will be one of two featured wines at an exclusive, invitation only, VIP dinner hosted by Bombardier/LearJet where our wine will be paired with dinner prepared by Top Chef Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit in NYC and C-House Restaurant in Chicago. We are very excited to have been selected for what is sure to be an outstanding and memorable dinner.
Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance May 16, 2010
We will be pouring at the Sonoma Marin Concours d’Elegance this Sunday, May 16 at the Marin County Fairgrounds.
Enjoy a glass of Sauvignon blanc while enjoying this outstanding selection of 200 classic and special interest cars that will be on display alongside the lagoon on the grounds of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Civic Center, a landmark building that was the world-renowned architect’s last major project.
Robert Parker Review 90pts
March 2, 2010
Grieve’s sensational 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Lovall offers abundant aromas of honeyed melon, gunflint, and citrus blossoms in an exuberant, medium-bodied, dry, fresh, well-delineated style. Enjoy this terrific Sauvignon over the next 2-3 years. 90pts.
Wine Spectator: 12 Refreshing California Whites
Many of these juicy Golden State Sauvignon Blancs are priced at just $20 or less
MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator
January 25, 2010
California Sauvignon Blanc has a lot going for it. In the Golden State, it makes for a refreshing and aromatic varietal in a wide range of styles, it’s value-priced, it succeeds in many different regions, and it has benefited from a recent string of good vintages.
Among the dozen California Sauvignon Blancs featured here are two newcomers. One of the new faces to us is Grieve Family Winery, whose 2008 Sauvignon Blanc hails from a vineyard in the little-known Lovall Valley in southwest Napa. Winemaker Michael Terrien (most recently of Hanzell Vineyards) blends 12 lots from this single site, from two different pickings, a month apart. The result is intense, tropical and extremely mouthwatering.
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Wines and Vines Article, September 2009
West Coast Wine Industry Growth
Is the industry saturated? Not according to these hopeful entries
San Rafael, Calif. — Many would-be winemakers see room for their new ventures in emerging, sometimes untried regions across the continent, as we reported here yesterday. But the West Coast, where most of North America’s wine comes from, has thousands of established producers. With some growers suffering surplus supplies of premium grapes this year, it might appear to be overbuilt. Not so, according to budding vintners we meet, and press releases and news reports we read every day: New wineries and custom-crush facilities open doors; others expand or revamp their operations from Canada to California. Here’s a roundup.
2009 Texas Sommelier Conference in Dallas: Grieve Sauvignon Blanc
Via Dallas Food and Wine Blog
August 24, 2009
Today, Andrew Chalk talks with the two darling men behind Grieve Family Winery in Lovall Valley, California. The wine is 100% Sauvignon Blanc and Andrew felt it was “one of the most interesting white wines of the show.” The show being the TexSom Grand Tasting.
The Sorting Table: Grieve Family Winery
The plan - make the best sauvignon blanc in America!
Even for a local, finding the Lovall Valley isn’t easy. Nestled in the hills between the towns of Sonoma and Napa and just a knoll north of the Carneros district is the tiny little valley of Lovall, truly the coolest of cool. The cool air of the Carneros is trapped by the hillsides of Lovall to create the coolest region in the Napa Valley. Lovall Valley is rated a Region 1, the coolest on the average temperature scale for vineyard land.
David Grieve found himself moving from San Francisco to Lovall Valley for its beauty, tranquillity and proximity to a community airstrip, in this case the Napa airport. With a career in commercial real estate that has him flying all over the country, Lovall Valley seemed the ideal location to reside and the town of Sonoma provided a pleasant spot for his business office. When David purchased his 10 acre hill top home in 2002 part of the view from his backyard was a 60 acre plot that included some sauvignon blanc on the Lovall valley floor...
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What's In Your Bag and Bottle?
GOLF&Lifestyle Magazine
August 2009
David Grieve, President of A&C Ventures, Inc., when not working with one of their many clients such as Rite Aid, Office Depot or Pier 1 Imports, will most likely be found either on a golf course or at the Grieve Family Vineyard. With an index that hovers around 3.0 and memberships in the Sonoma Golf Club, Olympic Club, Santa Rosa's Mayacama Golf Club and the Pronghorn Club in Bend, OR, suffice it to say that golf is one of his passions. In fact he emphatically stated “Golf is one of the reasons I work!” Although David plays in numerous Pro Ams including the Bob Hope, AT&T, Callaway and the Dunhill, his favorite event is the Champions Tour Charles Schwab Cup which is held at the Sonoma Golf Club. As a firm believer in community involvement, he works as the Tournament General Chair with Leon Gilmore, the events Executive Director, to help ensure both substantial donations to local charities as well as a well run and memorable tournament...
