Wine feature in Kansas City, Kansas

Bobby gets his first Holiday feature in Kansas City, Kansas at Lucas Wine & Liquor. This display features our new Holiday Case Card and our new Mail-In Rebate coupon.
Great job Bobby!

The Ultimate Beverage Challenge results are in.

The Results of the Inaugural Ultimate Wine Challenge Are In!


June 22, 2010 (New York, NY) - The first Ultimate Wine Challenge was conducted at Astor Center in New York City this past June 7-11. Operated by Ultimate Beverage Challenge, a New York-based beverage competition and events company created by award-winning journalist/author F. Paul Pacult, David Talbot and Sue Woodley, Ultimate Wine Challenge set a new standard for how wines should be evaluated by panels of judges.


The Chairman’s Trophy 2010 winners are:

Champagne: Piper-Heidsieck Rare 1999, $275.00

Red Blend: Chateau Julien la Conviviance 2006, $90.00

For the complete list of results, go to www.ultimate-beverage.com/uwc2010-results/

Four panels of best-of-the-best judges led by Judging Chairman F. Paul Pacult - specifically Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan MW, Mary Ewing-Mulligan MW, Laura Maniec MS, Steve Olson, Nick Passmore, Ed McCarthy, David Lusby, James Conley, John McClement, Michael Apstein, Patricia Savoie, Mary Gorman and Sean Ludford, Assistant Judging Chairman - carefully assessed nearly 500 domestic and international wines. The judging panels did not know the identity of any of the entered still, sparkling, fortified and sake wines in order to promote a completely level playing field for all entrants. Entrants were judged on the 100-point rating system in multiple stages to arrive at the top wine per category. All wines were judged in flights according to price, grape type and region. The highest scoring wine in each category was awarded the coveted Ultimate Wine Challenge Chairman’s Trophy.

Said Pacult of the first Ultimate Wine Challenge, “With UBC’s emphasis on integrity, method and credibility, coupled with the enormous experience of our world-class judges, we’ve created an innovative, exciting and authentic way for wines to be assessed and then presented to consumers.”

Chateau Julien's La Conviviance rated 94 points - Exceptional

BEVERAGE TASTING INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO:

Château Julien 2006 "La Conviviance", Monterey County $90.

Now-3 Yrs
from
2010-02-08
Rich garnet color. Lovely aromas of toffeed chocolate rice bars and baking spices follow through on a round, supple entry to a dryish medium-to-full body with great depth and a tangy, lively, lightly meaty finish. A fun sipper or table wine to experiment with haute Asian cuisine.



WORLD WINE CHAMPIONSHIPS AWARD: Gold Medal


RATING: 94 points (Exceptional)

New Distributors for California

Chateau Julien Wine Estate and Emerald Bay are proud to announce that J &L Wines and Megawines will distribute our brands throughout California. See the below map and details for the company that carries our great wines!

Greetings!
I thought it prudent to notify everyone, with details, of our new California distributors. Please find attached a map of our state with color coded counties. Counties in Blue being MEGA WINE Inc. and counties in yellow being J&L WINES.
Mega Wines Corporate / Southern California Office:14718 Raymer Street, Van Nuys, CA 91405 T: 877-MEGAWINE
T: 818 781 9686 Fax: 818 781 9292 e-mail: info@megawine.com
Web: http://www.megawines.com/

Mega Wines Northern California:8359 Elk Grove Florin Rd, Suite 103-171 Sacramento, CA 95829 Tel: 916 686 2144 Fax: 916 686 1574

J & L Wines
P.O. Box 2399Paso Robles, CA 93447 OFFICE: (805) 239-1377FAX: (805) 239-2466EMAIL: manager@JandLWines.com
Web: http://www.jandlwines.com/



Thank you!
Lisa Belle Kaufman
National Sales & Marketing Manager
Chateau Julien Wine Estate
T 831-624-2600
C 831-224-2224

This weeks trip to Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK

I spent the last week in Alaska with our distributor - Alaska Distributors (established in 1933). From Anchorage to Fairbanks the introduction went well. This is one big State with plenty of opportunity. Thanks to those folks at Alaska Distributing for their distribution efforts.