25th Celebration - the last of the pictures!

Well, it has been two weeks since the Big Event. We are still talking about it and hope you are too. Stay tuned for "Part 2" of our yearly long celebration in July. Mark your calender for July 8th, the next part of our 25th Celebration!

25th Celebration pictures

This is a continuation of the two week post of the 25th Celebration pictures. What a great time.

Great Wine Scores in the 2007 World Wine Competition

Wow! - 89 Points in the 2007 World wine Championship competition for our 2003 Barrel Select Cabernet Sauvignon, Not too shabby. All the wines were "Highly Recommended" and rated from 85 points to 89 points. Hats off to Bill Anderson, our Winemaster!

More on the 25th Celebration

Local Celeb's enjoy the evening at the 25th Celebration of Chateau Julien Wine Estate!

Chef Kasky with his Chateau Julien jacket

Chef Kasky, while on vacation in Sienna, Italy, proudly wears his Chateau Julien Wine Estate jacket. Thank you, Jon!

The Vine Chronicles - Week 5 (April 10, 2007)

This was a week of dramatic growth. The warm temperatures set in (warm only at 45 degrees a night and 66 degrees daytime high). You can now see the actual clusters of grapes forming.

25th Celebration - The Guests

Now its time to look over the pictures of our 25th Celebration. It appears our guests are having a great time.

Wine Sales to Korea

As reported by Wine & Spirits Daily - "US WINERIES TO CAPITALIZE ON KOREA. Any South Koreans on the hunt for California wine are in luck. The US Trade Representative (USTR) has concluded free trade agreement with S. Korea that will eventually eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers for most goods, including wine."

Good news for us! We already have wine business in Korea!

Sorry - We were Blocked by our new Firewall!

Sorry for the lack of new posts since last
Wednesday, however we had a new firewall installed (for safety) and we were unable to post to the blog. As you can see I have posted a few new pictures from the 25th Celebration. These are the professional pictures taken by Scott Campbell. I will continue to post these pictures all week.

The Vine Chronicles - Week 4 (April 3, 2007)

The vines have finally started to show some serious signs of awakening after a long cold winter. The vineyard is completely grren with tender new shoots.

Did you know about the Headache?

According to Wine & Spirits Daily on April 2, 2007 "THE RED WINE HEADACHE, ONE OF LIFE'S LITTLE MYSTERIES. Many people claim they can't drink red wine because it gives them a headache ...., but there is still no proof for why that happens. However, recent evidence from the University of California at Davis suggests the headaches are caused by histamines in the wine stemming from malolactic fermentation (the conversion of tart malic acid to lactic acid). Smaller, more upscale wineries that prefer to allow the fermenatation happen naturally, produce a higher level of histamine, while larger scale wineries that use laboratory equipment to make things happen have a lower level of histamine. Only a few white wines undergo this type of fermentation."

Long story short - If you can't drink red wine try the white!

More, again and again, on the 25th Celebration

Well, our friend Vince of Pacific Coast Builders, (by the way if you need a good contractor, call him) offered us up some more good pictures of the event. More to come next week as we get the professional pictures.

More, again, on the 25th Celebration

Guests were greeted with a 25 year pictorial review of the "Wine Estate". Upon entering into the Chateau, the food presentations were available for all to enjoy.

More on the 25th Celebration

Thanks to our friend, Vince, the pictures posted were taken by him. Today we viewed the video of Dan Greens' - start of the ceremony! We hope to make this available on itunes for all to see.

25th Celebration - Dan Green as MC

Our 25th celebration was an incredible success with Dan Green (KSBW evening News Anchor) as Master of Ceremony. Pictured here is Dan with his Morning News Anchor wife - Kate Callahan (only Owen was missing). The party pictures continue!