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December Newsletter
Happy Holidays from Pearmund Cellars, A Not from the Winemaker Harvest, upcoming events and Pearmund Cellars Winter Recipe Mulled Red Wine. |
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November Newsletter
Shelly's Spotlight, Pearmund Cellars Wine Making Team, Recipes from Lori Tolson and upcoming events. |
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October Newsletter
Shelly's Shout Out, Pearmund Cellars Harvest, Recipes from Lori Tolson and upcoming events. |
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September Newsletter
Shelly's Shout Out, Pearmund Honeybees Offer first time bounty to winery customers, Vint Hill Craft Winery and upcoming events. |
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August Newsletter
Vote to Select Virginia's Favorite Winery for 2009; Sangria & Guacamole, Girls' Night Out, Meritage Blending, Thank God It's Friday, Labor Day & La Grange 3rd Aniversary, Murder Mystery & Wine
Dinner; Vint Hill Craft Winery & Paradise Springs Winery Openings; New Medals from Virginia Wine Lovers Classic, Virginia State Fair & Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition, Congratulate D'Salvios for Winning Ameritage Blending Contest, Redmund's Recommedations: White Sangria, Red Sangria with Sweet Petit (Verdot)
& Flank Steak Recipe with Ameritage Reserve; Veraison, Preparing Equipment and Facilities for Harvest;
Mary Anne Wassenberg is Retiring; Partners: New Horizon Wines, Curious Grape, Sir Charles Napier Restaurant, Hotel Madera; Maryland Price Fixing Under the Sherman Antitrust Act, Free the Grapes, Winery Investment |
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July Newsletter
Independence & 6th Anniversary Celebration, Independence Celebration & Jewelry Show, Girls' Night Out, Sangria & Guacamole, Meritage & Ameritage Blending, Taste of The Islands Dinner, Thank God It's Friday, French Riviera Wine Dinner, Blue Ridge Bridal Showcase, Mon Ami Gabi's Best of VA Wine Dinner; Vint Hill Craft Winery & Paradise Springs Winery Openings on Facebook; Positioning Shoots in Canopy, Wine Blending, Indianapolis International Wine Competition Gold Medals for 2007 Ameritage and 2007 Petit Verdot; Mediterranean Cruise Recap, Rhone River Cruise Sign-Up, Jef Stebbens at La Grange, D.J. Leffin at Vint Hill and Kristen Parsons at Pearmund Cellars; Partners: Chief Technology Advisor, Norm's Beer and Wine, Mon Ami Gabi, Hampton Inn in Warrenton and Gainesville; Vocation Vacations
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June Newsletter
Girls'
Night Out, Thank God It's Friday, Winemaker's Dinner Theatre, Clifton
Wine Festival, Winemaker
Get-Acquainted Dinner, Father's Day Celebration, Manassas Wine and Jazz
Festival, Independence and Dog Days; Facebook, 2010 Rhone River
Cruise; Chardonnay Blooms, London International Trade Fair Critiics,
Writers, Importers, and Other Trade Attendees Love Virginia Viognier,
Petit Verdot, and Cabernet, Winery Investment Opportunity; Loyal
Customers, Bill and Edna Perdew;
Partners: Cows-N-Cow, Bon Vivant Market, Desiderio Restaurant, Montrose
Inn; Virginia Wine Lover Magazine, Vino! Virginia Restaurant Program
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May Newsletter
Relay for Life's
Team Jen
Shopping Day, Classic Car Shows, Classic Movie with Picnic,
Mother's Day Wine Dinner, Ameritage Reserve Vertical Tasting, Mother's
Day Chocolate Buffet, Mount Vernon Wine Festival & Sunset Tour,
Comforts of Home Dinner, Wine Cabinet's Wine Tasting & Bottle
Signing, Memorial Day Celebration, Girls'
Night Out; Jessie Mahr, Additional Evening Hours and More Varied
Activities, Brainstorming; Bud Break, High-90-Degree Days, Honey Bees,
300 New Vines; 2008 Viognier Bottling, Vineyard and Winery Management
Magazine's Great Harvest Competition: Gold Medal for 2007 Viognier and
Silver Medals for 2007 Old Vines Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and
Ameritage; Chris With Southern United States Trade Association at
London International Trade Fair, 10-Night Rome to Barcelona Wine Cruise
in 2009, 7-Night Rhone River Excursion in 2010 - Book Now;
Partners: U.S. Capitol Limo, Ye Old Spirit Shop, Market Salamander,
Mount Welby; Wine Spectator & Vinexpo Survey on Women's Wine
Preferences
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April Newsletter
Local Artists
Showcase, Classic Car Shows, Closed Easter Sunday, Try Lamb Stew Recipe
or Veal and Mushrooms Recipe, Habitat for Humanity's Taste of Virginia
Wine, Orient Express Wine Dinner, Barrel Tastings
&
Futures Sales, Classic Movie with Picnic, Cigar and Wine Tasting, Slow
Food Vast Wine Pairing and Auction, Warrenton Wine and Arts Festival,
Old Town Warrenton's 250th Anniversary, Relay for Life's Team Jen
Shopping Day; Best Grapes, Finest Wines, Most Enjoyable Winery
Experience, Testimonials, Promote Virginia Wine, Bubble-Wrap Wine
Sealers, Spring Fling Trio; Moving into Bluebird Trail, Swallows, Bald
Eagle, Two Laying Queen Bees; End of 2007 Viognier, Realease of 2008
Riesling, Introducing Sweet Verdot; Shelly Nasworthy , New General
Manager, Hear Your Concerns and Suggestions, Float Building;
Partners: Glenn Howell, Clifton Wine Cellars, Bavarian Chef, Keswick
Hall; New Brother Vint Hill Craft Winery: You are The Winemaker,
Vintner's Work Order
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March Newsletter
March Madness
Month, Barrel Tastings
&
Futures Sales, Adults-Only Chili Night, Comfort Foods Wine Dinner,
Double Luck of the Irish Sale, Alice's March Madness Wine Dinner,
Mid-Week Date Night, Farm-to-Table Wine Dinner; Beverage Testing
Institute's World Wine Championship: Gold for 2007 Ameritage Reserve
and, Silver for 2007 Ameritage, Easy Does It Pot Roast Recipe; Bleeding
as Sign of Bud Break, Bottling
2008 Sauvignon Blanc and 2008 Riesling; Vinturi Essential Aerator;
Partners: Images Remembered, Rainbow Hill, indebleu, Tides Inn; Career
Shadowing, Case Work, Continuing Education, Educational Tours, Vertical
Integration
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Fauquier
Times Democrat: Area Wineries Host Valentine's Day Events
"A Blue Ridge
WineWay event planned for Valentine's Day weekend will feature
vineyards in Fauquier County and throughout the region, offering superb
wines, delectable chocolates, and candlelight dinners, according to a
press release by the wine-promoting group. . . . Participating wineries
include Pearmund Cellars, located between Gainesville and Warrenton;
Mediterranean Cellars, just north of Warrenton; Philip Carter Winery in
Hume; and Rappahannock Cellars, which is between Front Royal and
Washington, Virginia."
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February Newsletter
Hot Dip & Wine
Weekends, Hearty Soup & Wine Weekends, Adults-Only Chili Night,
Virginia Wine is For
Lovers
Dinner, Valentine Chocolate & Wine
Tasting, Half-Shell Oysters & Wine for Two, Brass Cannon Wine
Dinner, Comfort Foods Wine Dinner, Barrel Tastings
&
Futures Sales, Alice's March Madness Wine Dinner; Mediterranean Wine
Cruise; Survey Says Results and Winner, Strategize and Organize;
Jessy's Wedding; Partners: Marnie Maree, Rick's Wine and Gournet,
Harry's Tap Room, Bloomingdale Inn; VINEXP Market Study, Winery
Investment Opportunities
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January
Newsletter
Survey Says Wine
Tasting & Drawing, Virginia Wine is For
Lovers
Dinner, March Madness Wine Dinner; New Releases: 2006 Cabernet
Sauvignon, 2006 Ameritage, 2007 Late-Harvest Vidal; Cozy Winter
Special: Game or Book with Favorite Varietal; Holiday Merchandise
Discount; Whole Foods Market
& Chef Emeril Lagasse Host Home for the Holidays; DJ Leffin Answers
Winemaking Questions, Pre-Pruning; Walker Elliott
Rowe's Rosewood Hill Blog; Partners: Viers Studio Glass and
Gallery, Paeonian Grocery and Gourmet, Thornton River Grille, Airlie;
Copia Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Proceedings |
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Planet Green, Whole Foods Market
& Chef Emeril Host Home for the Holidays
As part of his "Emeril Green" series on Planet Green, Chef Lagasse
recently cooked a delicious holiday meal with Sesame Street's Elmo. He
began his meal with a creamy Truffled Fondue made with
Pearmund Cellars Chardonnay.
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December Newsletter
Your Holiday
Party, Barrel Owners Open House, Christmas Around The World Dinner, How
Sweet It Is Vertical Dessert Wine Tasting, Closed Christmas & New
Year's Day; Survey Says Wine Tasting, Virginia Wine is For Lovers
Dinner, March Madness Wine Dinner; Mulled Wine Weekends, Seasonal
Specials & Gifts: Redmund's Favorite Doggie
Bags, Candy Cane
Gift Boxes, Holiday
Gift Baskets, Orchid Selections; Ultimate Gift: Private Tasting;
American Wine Society Competition: Gold Medal for 2007 Viognier, Silver
Medal for 2007 Cabernet Franc & 2005 Ameritage, Jefferson
Cup International Competition: Gold (Great Wine) Award for 2007
Viognier , Silver
(Certificate) Awards for 2007 Old Vines Chardonnay & 2005
Ameritage, Wines
of the South Competition: Gold Medal for 2007
Viognier, Concordance Goldfor 2007 Old Vines Chardonnay;
Reorganizing Case Storage, Restocking Winemaking Laboratory, Performing
Comprehensive Inventory Checks; Wine Library Catalog, Old Favorites for
Purchase; Vines Dormant; Thanking Our Part-Time Volunteers, Customer
Service Their Top Priority, Request for Survey Questions; Partners:
Leslie Punzi, Woodstock Café and Shoppes, Hamiltons' First and
Main, Gay Street Inn; Prohibition Repeal Day
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November Newsletter
Your Holiday
Party, Clara Thompson: Sine Art and Murals, Veterans Day Celebration,
Palm Restaurant Wine Dinner, Annual Beast
Feast Soldout, Christmas Around The World Dinner; Closed Thanksgving,
Christmas & New Year's Day, Take Wine to Share; United States Local
Business
Association Award, 2008 Town Point Wine Competition: Gold Medal for
2007 Viognier plus Silver Medals for 2006 Chardonnay and 2007 Cabernet
Franc; Harvest Finished, 100 Tons of Grapes, 6000 Cases of Wine; Jessy
Timmons, our Education and
Hospitality Manager; Partners: Jouney Through Hallowed Ground,
Forlano’s
Market,Nick's Airport Inn, Mimslyn Inn; Southern Foodways Alliance Oral
History Initiative Including Wines in the South; Investment
Opportunities |
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October Newsletter
Crush Monkey Fridays, Movie
Night Picnic Under The Stars, Blending Music and Wine: Keith Wesby Group and André
Fox, Monster and Ghost Hunt, Spooky Wine Dinner, Cab Frankenstein Trick
or
Treat, Annual
Beast Feast, Your Holiday Party; 2007 Riesling, 2005 Cabernet Franc,
and
2006 Malbec Soon Sold Out; Late Season Rains Caused Longer Hang Times
and Resulted in More Flavor Complexity and Richer Wine Styles, 2008
Vintages Better Than Average; WJFK Mike
O’Meara BYOB Friday
Show Podcast Shows Chris Pearmund's Wit; Partners: American Eagle
Limousines, Wegmans, South River
Restaurant and Paddock Wine Shop, Inn at Little Washington
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Blessing of the Vines
On September 13,
2008, the Knights of
the Vine (KOV) and St. John
the Evangelist Church blessed our Chardonnay vines. With
candles, incense, prayers, and song, the priests, knights, and choir
performed a brief ceremony of thanksgiving and supplication for a great
harvest.
-- Video Production by
Timothy Archibald of TDA
Multimedia Solutions
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September Newsletter
Alternate Route for Construction Closure, Movie
Night Picnic Under The Stars, Blessing
of the Vines, Last Beach Night Before
Harvest Dinner, Art Benefit Auction and
Art Shows, Crush Monkey Fridays, WJFK Mike O’Meara BYOB Friday
Show and Harvest Wine Pairing, Mount Vernon
Wine Festival; Vote for Your Favorite Winery, Fall Wine Specials,
Cruise Sold Out; Choosing the Best Time to Start Harvest, Chris
Pearmund and Gary Vaynerchuk Podcasts; New Distributor: Kysela
Père et
Fils, LTD, Partners:
MonkeySee, Aldie Peddler, Mill Street Grill, Middleton Inn; Atlantic
Seaboard Wine Association (ASWA) |
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Monkey See
- How to Make Wine
The monkey says, "Ever wanted to learn how to make wine? Well, now you
can with the help
of Chris Pearmund. Chris will walk you through the steps of turning
grapes into delicious wine all in the comfort of your own home." |
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August Newsletter
Alternate Route for Construction Closures, Blend
Your Own Meritage, Night at the Beach Wine Dinner, Gary Vaynerchuk
Podcast and Wine Dinner, Labor Day and 2nd La Grange
Anniversary, Virgina
Wine Academy, Harvest Wine
Dinner, Crush Monkey Fridays; 2006 Vin de Sol Sold Out, Summer Wine
Specials, Mediterranean
Cruise; Hail Damage and Grape Quality, Preparing for Crush; Staff and
Volunteer Interests: Linda
Hendrickson's Thriving Bluebirds, Keith Fletcher and Karla
Eisen's Beekeepers Association Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education Grant, D.J. Leffin's Sunflowers, George
McDonald's Fresh Produce; Partners: Artist Lu Harris, Classic Wine of
Great Falls, PF Chang's China Bistro, Inn at Meander Plantation; State
Corporation Commission for Dominion Virginia Power Plan, CorkSavvy
Phone Cam Connects to Wine Diary, Beer's Lead Over Wine And
Spirits, Anu
Garg's A.Word.A.Day:
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July Newsletter
Independence Day & 5th Pearmund
Cellars Anniversary, Redmund's
Dog Days of Summer, Vineyard Capers Wine Dinner, Blend
Your Own Meritage or Ameritage; Summer Wine Specials, Mediterranean
Cruise; Leaf Removal, Old Vine Designation, Planning Your Family
Reunion or Corporate Party; Vacation Photo Gallery; Partners: Point to
Point Limousines, Harris Teeter, Old Ox Grille, Blue Rock Inn; Fauquier
County's 250th Anniversary & Commemerative License Plate, Virginia
Wine Industry Investment Opportunities
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June Newsletter
Mediterranean Cruise Orientation, 2nd Clifton Wine Festival, Father's
Day Celebration, 4th Manassas Wine and Jazz Festival, Wine and Dine in
the Vines, Islands Wine Dinner, Independence Day & 5th Pearmund
Cellars Anniversary, Your Family Reunion or Corporate Party; Gift of
Virginia Wine, American Winery's Online Store, Rate Our Wines, Easy
Chicken Parmesan Recipe; Swarm of Bees, Northern Virginia Magazine:
Kathryn Morgan Selected 2005 Ameritage Reserve as Favorite, Simply Wine Today: Pearmund
Cellars as One of Virginia’s Finest, Bull Run Observer: Our
Artist; Partners: AmericanWinery.Com, Chateau du Reaux aka Culpeper
Wines, Jimmie's Market, Madison Tea Room, Kidwell Caterers, Inn at
Vaucluse Spring; Robert Mondavi: "Father" of California Wine, Reward
for Missing Wine Bottle Sign
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May Newsletter
Spring Fling Wine
Dinner, Movie Night, Mother's Day Celebration, Comedy & Wine
Dinner, Memorial Day Celebration, Your Family Reunion or Corporate
Party; 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Sale; Women's Wine Competition: Silver
Medal for 2006 Petite Verdot, Gold Medal for 2005 Late Harvest
Viognier, Double Gold and Best of Class for 2006 Ameritage; Spring Bee
Day at CBS, Cruise Holidays Mediterranean Voyage; Chris Pearmund: Vice
Chair of Tourism for the Fauquier County Chamber of Commerce;
Partners: Virginia Wine Adventures, Opera House Gourmet, Claire’s at
the Depot, Inn at Vint Hill; Virginia Winery Distribution Company |
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April Newsletter
Taste of Virginia Wine Dinner, Bavarian Inn Wine Dinner, Barrel
Tastings and Futures Sale, Corvette Club Car Show, Spring Fling Wine
Dinner, Mother's Day Celebration; 2006 Sauvignon Blanc and 2003
Late Harvest Vidal Sale; Buzzing Bees Think Globally. Pollinate
Locally!, Bottling of 2007 Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc; Dickey Rustin:
Wholesale Account Manager;
Partners: Frog's Leap Laser Art, Cleveland Park Wine and Spirits,
Apartment 2G, Bavarian Inn;
Maryland Direct Shipping Bills; Tolerant, Sensitive, or Hypersensitive
Tasters at Lodi International Wine Awards, Budometer
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March Newsletter
Barrel Tasting and
Futures Sale, North Vs. South Wine Dinner, Luck O'Redmund and Saint
Patrick, Shades of Green Wine Dinner, Lord Fairfax Wines of the World,
Taste of Virginia Wine Dinner; Greenmund's Irish Brew, Redmund's Green
Box ; Pruning Vines, 2008 Virginia Wine Showcase: Best Dessert Wine
for 2005 Late Harvest Viognier, Farthest Visitor; Christopher Day:
Director of Hospitality and Education;
Partners: Country Coach, WineSmith, Crescendo Bistro, Holladay House;
Maryland Direct Shipping: House Bill 1260 and Senate Bill 616
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February
Newsletter
Wine Cellar Management Course; Virginia Wine Showcase; Valentine's
Love, Wine, and Chocolate; One Block West Wine
Dinner; D.C. International Wine and Food Festival; Barrel Tasting and
Futures Sale; Redmund's Red and White; Riesling Release; Wine Trivia
Games; Planning for Planting Vines; San Francisco Chronicle Wine
Competition: Silver for 2005
Ameritage; Cold Hardiness, Vineyard Replants; Mark Parson's Farewell;
Partners:
Celebrating Virginia Magazine, Grapes of Taste, Angus Barn, Middle
Grove Inn; Red and Blue States, Wine Institute, Free the Grapes,
Virginia Wine Industry Investment Opportunities
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January
Newsletter
Comforts of Winter Wine Dinner; Taste of Italy Wine Dinner; Winemaking
101: From Vine to Wine; Virginia Wine Showcase; Cupid's Delight Wine
Dinner; Valentine's Love, Wine, and Chocolate; Cajun Romance Wine
Dinner; Barrel Tasting and Futures Sale; Wines of the South
Competition: Concordance Gold for 2006 Viognier, Silver for 2005
Ameritage and 2006 Petit Verdot; Cold Hardiness, Vineyard Replants; New
Neighbors: Sharon and Brian Roeder at Barrel Oak Winery; Partners:
Cecily Corcoran, Cecile Giannangeli's Fine Wine, Griffin Tavern, Silver
Thatch Inn; Pinot Noir Genome Sequencing
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