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Reveillier 2007

ART SHOW AND WINE TASTING - Feb 10 and 11

Reveiller is our annual juried art show recognizing local artists: 60 - our biggest show yet - in various media:  painting, sculpture, photography, installation.  (The tab at top left shows only paintings.)  Wine and food pairing stations were set up throughout our winery.  Wines available for tasting included our table wine, Visao (made from Tinta Roriz) available only at the winery.  The show is next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, February 10 and 11.   

WINE AND CHOCOLATE WEEKEND    

Reveiller is held in conjunction with Wine and Chocolate Weekend, organized by Madera Vintners, a group of small wineries who have joined together to form the Madera Wine Trail.  A wine glass ($15.00) purchased at any winery allows tasting at all 9 venues. 

For more information, follow the links above or call the winery at 1-800-733-8068. 

Essensia had its moment of fame today

Delectable Dessert Buffets

Why Have Just One Dessert When You Can Have Many? (accd to CBS news Early Show)

A dessert buffet was the topic this morning for Tori Ritchie, chef and cookbook author on CBS Early show's Five Minute Chef (scroll down and click on the picture with Essensia).  Tori had called us several times in the past few weeks to alert us that Essensia would be on her show as the featured dessert wine to go with an orange upside cake.  On this morning's show, the bottle of Essensia was prominently shown and described properly as an Orange Muscat wine. She explained that it didn't contain oranges but has an orange flavor from the grape variety used.  Only one little mistake:  she said Essensia wasn't fortified.   Actually it is fortified to a moderate (compared to Madeira and Port) 15% alcohol level.

The dessert was described on the Early Show website as "individual Orange Butter Cakes".  According to their site, one should:  "Serve these cakes with an orange Muscat wine. With the mellow flavor and delicate scent of apricots and a light almond aftertaste, orange Muscats complement many fruit desserts, including these individual cakes made from fresh orange segments. Ritche serves this with crème anglaise and a glass of Muscat."

We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
   

Drunken Figs and the Chocolate Show

We showed our wines at the 2006 Chocolate show last month in New York where one of the more unusual features was a chocolate fashion show.      We met Avril Pendergast-Fisher from Cocoa Vino an eco friendly and wine friendly chocolatier who is using Essensia in Wassailing Figs and Starboard Batch 88 in their Drunken Figs. 

Chocolate dresses at the Fashion Show.