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Upcoming Events
Saute, Sip and Swirl Cooking Class
Saturday, May 20th, 2006
Join us for our second hands-on cooking class hosted by rising star chef James Corwell of the Wine Spectator Restaurant at the CIA Greystone. Chef James will teach you the key to a perfect grilled salmon wrapped in vine leaves, and give you insider know-how on the best way to make homemade chicken and sausage fideo. There will be plenty of Fantesca wines to keep your palate primed throughout the day!
Your apron and pairing knife is waiting for you in Fantesca’s home kitchen! To make reservations for this event, please contact Heather Hemquist at 707.968.0890 or email heather@fantesca.com. Classes are $100 per person and include the class, a seated lunch with wine pairings, tax and gratuity.
In case you’ll have to miss this event, here is where we will be the rest of the year!
Winefest No. 11: A Toast to Children’s Health
Minneapolis, MN
May 12-13, 2006
Auction Napa Valley
St. Helena, California
June 1–4, 2006
Post-Auction Pool Party
Hosted by Duane and Susan Hoff
Fantesca Estate and Winery
St. Helena, California
June 4, 2006
(Limited to attendees of Auction Napa Valley)
Sauté, Swirl and Sip Cooking Class
Fantesca Estate and Winery
St. Helena, California
September 16, 2006
2nd Annual Hands-On Harvest
Hosted by Christopher Aken of Stomp
Fantesca Estate and Winery
St. Helena, California
September 30, 2006
Sauté, Swirl and Sip Cooking Class
Hosted by Jude Wilmoth of Cook
Fantesca Estate and Winery
St. Helena, California
November 11, 2006
» Click here for the full 2006 calendar of Upcoming Events
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Dear Fantesca friends and family,
We hope you had a wonderful winter season and that you have made some fun-filled plans for the upcoming summer months. Should your plans include a trip to Napa, we would love to see you at one of our events.
In true Fantesca fashion, the last few months have been as busy as ever! Susan has been traveling to the finest wine regions in the world as a member of the 12-person Wine MBA program based out of Bordeaux, France. After trips to Bordeaux and Australia, she’ll be heading south to Chile to further her worldly wine expertise. Duane has been keeping his finger on the pulse of all sales and operations at Fantesca and is gearing up for a busy summer and harvest at the winery.
We hope to see you soon!
Cheers,
Susan & Duane
Winery & vineyard update from Associate Winemaker Jon Leahy
 This winter and early spring has certainly given us a bounty of water! According to the winery weather station we are sitting on a 25.25-inch surplus of rain so far for this season.
January saw some incredible flooding here in the valley, and it was a sight. Thankfully no damage to our vineyard here on Spring Mountain, just a few waterfalls!
Currently we are all waiting to get back into the vineyards for early spring chores and clean up. We will have to keep an eye on the soil nutrients with all the extra water carrying away some of the trace minerals we rely on. This is a small price to pay for such a wonderful growing area to have.
Winter racking of the 2005 wines has proceeded nicely. The wines have all finished their ML fermentations and have been put to bed for the remainder of the winter and early spring. 2005 is shaping up and developing with surprising sophistication for such young wines on Spring Mountain
To put some minds to rest about the rain and the crop of 2006, the rains can keep up for now with no worries, however we would like to see sunny warm and dry weather by mid May for our pollination to take place. Right now the winery is very focused on the vineyard. This is the time we actually start to make wine, with every decision made now in the vineyard is significant. When it comes to harvest time, the quality of the fruit stops developing as soon as it is picked, so now is the time to insure a fantastic harvest.
2nd Annual Hands-On Harvest
 Attention to all the budding vintners out there! Fantesca has announced its 2nd annual Hands-on Harvest to take place on Saturday, September 30. In celebration of harvest in the Napa Valley, we invite you to test your harvesting skills in this true hands-on experience. At Hands-on Harvest you will spend the morning harvesting and sorting Fantesca grapes. Once you have worked up a hearty appetite join Fantesca Proprietors Susan & Duane Hoff at their home for a family-style harvest meal, paired with Fantesca wines.
To make reservations for this event, please contact Heather Hemquist at 707.968.0890 or email heather@fantesca.com. The day-long event is $175 per person and includes breakfast, a morning spent as a winemaker, an afternoon harvest lunch and a component tasting of Fantesca wines.
Shipping Changes for Our Fellow Minnesotans!
We are pleased to announce that the government is lightening their legal load over the wine business, making it easier for you to bring a little piece of Spring Mountain to your doorstep. If you are a Minnesota resident, you can now place orders via email, online ordering and fax. You no longer have to pick up the phone!
Online ordering: http://www.fantesca.com/store/
Phone: 952.324.8988
Fax: 952.324.8999
Email: info@fantesca.com
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