MAY | 2012
celebratingwineweddingsart&cuisine
southern california wine country
MUST
(from the Latin, vinum mustum,
“young wine”).
Freshly pressed grape juice containing the skins, seeds and stems of the fruit.
The first step in winemaking. This is wine with all its potential before it.
|[ORANGE COAST WINERY]|
by
Debbie Wiens
[Editor's note:
If you've had a pulse over the past decade, you're well-aware of Wiens
Family Cellars in Temecula Valley.
Writer Debbie Wiens' lucky man is none other than Doug Wiens, Winemaker extraordinaire at
the Winery.
As for Ms. Wiens, she provides Wine Country with a lively romp in the form of
The Winemakers Wench blog.
Not content to
stand on their laurels, Debbie & Doug have opened Orange Coast Winery in
Newport Beach.
We encourage readers to visit Southern California Wine Country's newest addition].
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My Winemaker
and I have given birth. NO! Not to a real baby! We've given birth to a bouncing,
bubbly winery in We
purchased the name, location, and complete inventory.
One immediate love was with the dry, brut style Beach Bubbly
sparkling wine we acquired and plans are in the works to bring back a fun white,
Beach Blend White. In the meantime, a flirty, fruity Rosé has nicely
filled out our menu along with two new Chardonnays. A stainless steel lovely
that has everyone buzzing and an enticing Reserve Chardonnay with just the right
amount of butter and oak. Break out the clambake and lobster! As the inventory
started to deplete, we were excited about Doug batching and blending the rest of
the wines still in tanks and barrels. |
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My wily Winemaker had a few other tricks up his sleeve, including one last batch of Malbec from my brother's vineyard in Paso Robles. This deliciously spicy, yet smooth, Malbec is especially dear to our hearts since my brother recently sold his Five Oaks Vineyard. This Malbec is a beauty and does its swan song exquisitely, while perfectly pairing with lamb and mint jelly. Another surprise was a couple of Zins that Doug was able to snag - one from Paso, one from Temecula - each one complex and different as if they weren't even from the same grape family. The Paso Zin is bold and jammy in the traditional "Zinse" that made Paso Zins famous. The Temecula Zin is rich and fruity with a burst of pomegranate pelting your taste buds. A
mainstay on the menu is a delightful Beach Blend Red, our workhorse table
wine.
The release of the new “Dougifide” Beach Blend Red has received a
hearty welcome! This over-achieving Winemaker decided, "What could be
better than the Beach Blend Red?" A |
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On
warm days (which is often in Newport!), we open up the warehouse garage door and
let the sun shine in as the balmy breezes float by and the enticing combination
of wine and surf fill the senses. Doug
and I extend an invitation for you to visit us at Orange Coast Winery in We're
open Friday and Saturday from 12-6 and on Sunday from 12-5. Wine tasting
includes six one-ounce tastes of our premium wines and our logo glass for
$10.00. All of our wines are reasonably priced between $19 and $39. Local.
Sustainable. Warm. Friendly. Fun ... less than a mile from the Join our wine club and enjoy quarterly shipments of six wines or twelve. As wine club members you'll receive 20% off all purchases including retail items, exclusive wine-club-only events and - yes - free wine tastings! Catch the Wine Wave and make plans to visit us soon. |
ORANGE
COAST WINERY
869 West 16th Street
Newport Beach, California 92663
949 | 645 0400
www.orangecoastwinery.com
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|[WE GET LETTERS]|
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|[THEY SHOOT WEDDINGS, DON'T THEY?]|
photo by justin hulse
hulse photography
|[HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE]|
TEMECULA VALLEY WEDDING PROFESSIONALS
Starry Night Bridal Soiree
Wiens Family Cellars
April 7, 2012
wine country art gallery van roekel winery
temecula valley wine country
rancho california road
|[FURTHER WINE COUNTRY WEDDING NEWS ]|
FESTIVAL OF BRIDES
May 6, 2012
Sunday
11 - 4
Ponte Winery
Returning to Ponte Winery for their second show, Festival of Brides - which has been presenting extraordinary Bridal events for over 20 years - again promises to feature Temecula Valley Wine Country's most sought-after Wedding vendors. Come smell the flowers, page through the photo albums, savor the cakes, watch the Bridal-gown shows, listen to the live entertainment ... and taste the wines!
Surrounded by the Winery's vineyards for a backdrop, along with the Ponte Vineyard Inn for spending the magic night, Ponte Winery is the ideal Wedding location for engaged couples looking for the perfect venue for the most important day of their life!
PONTE WINERY
35053 Rancho California Road
Temecula, California 92591
951 | 694 9444
info@pontewinery.com
www.pontewinery.com
|[SIGN OF THE TIMES]|
briar rose winery
temecula valley wine country
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HAWAIIAN LYIN' Once upon a time, on a tropical isle far, far away, the MÚST staff had the good fortune to live in Hawaii. We spent our first year on the Island of Lana'i and then moved across the channel to spend 4 years on Maui. "Maui Nō Ka 'Oi!" (Maui's The Best!). While there, we belonged to the Maui Wedding Association. The group consisted of 200 businesses involved in the Wedding industry. We pooled our dues, used the money to promote the devil out of Maui in the newly-launched Martha Stewart Weddings magazine and managed to surpass Oahu as the favored destination for Hawaii Weddings! Alo-ha! |
But aside from our aggressive, take-no-prisoners marketing strategy, the Association was known to party. At one gathering, we were at a classic Hawaii estate where the lawn and coconut palms stretched down to the sea. Groups of us spread out across the lawn, enjoying Mai Tais & Pupus.
In the center of the lawn was an attractive couple obviously in the throes of flirting. Periodically, a hush spread across the lawn as the nosey guests (us!) trained our ears on the couple's conversation.
At one point, we heard the gentleman ask the lady, "How old are you?" She replied, "31." There was moment of silence and then a muted snicker spread among those of us listening. The reason being, the woman was obviously closer to 41, than 31.
On the way home from the party, we were chuckling about the incident, puzzling why - if one were going to lie about their age - they would choose a number less than their true age, rather than one higher?
The fetching 41-year-old woman told the gentleman she was 31, which elicited a snicker from everyone within earshot. However, if she had claimed to be 51, the reaction would have been ..."51?! She looks fabulous!"
refrigerator at the múst sanctum
sanctorum
[editors note: on occasion, we go through a phase of not finishing a bottle of
wine with dinner.
the result being, at week's end we break out the funnel and create
a "múst meritage."
... or we could just tap that firestone ipa on the left].
|[AND FINALLY]|
final storm of the
season april 2012
de portola wine trail
photo by michael cartwright
|[PHOTO FINISH]
beauty & the beast
on being a photographer: the final curtain is always dropping. deadlines. hammer
time!
sometimes you just have to say ... w t h ... this bud's for me!
self-portrait by j-lo. (jackie lovato).
lovato images
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