MCV FARM NEWS - 3.26.10 - Born to Be Wild!!!

Morning Ya'll,

      It was a busy week around here at the vineyard and this will continue right through the weekend.  Last weekend's Wine Club event was a great success.  I had a sneak preview of the 2009 Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling.  These were warmly welcomed by the folks that attended the event.  Larry Kolar of LK Catering provided some delicious noshes for people to taste and Victor from Arthur Murray Dance Studios of Southampton and Patchogue led a group dance lesson.  Merengue was the flavor of the evening along with a bit of Hustle led by James of Arthur Murray in Merrick.  The event was a lot of fun and I look forward to our quarterly releases.

     The vineyard continues to get pruned and Jim has been spending a lot of time preparing the vineyard for the upcoming growing season.  In addition Jim is starting to prepare for his Vines to Wine program which will launch this Spring.  Check it out at: http://marthaclaravineyards.com/VinestoWine.shtml  It will be a great way for someone with an interest in wine and especially viticulture to take their interest to a whole new level.  
     If you are into great wine, African Art, Weddings, Egg Hunts, and/or Wild Women then Martha Clara is the place for you this weekend!  We have an events calendar chock full of great stuff!!!  I know for sure that the JuanMaker is into Wild Women, but that guy is just off of his rocker!  God Bless the lady that can tolerate the JuanMaker... 

     Lastly, I attended a delicious dinner with colleagues at Love Lane Kitchen hosted by Lenn Thompson on Wednesday evening.  It was an eclectic mix of 12 people from the industry.  Each of us brought a wine to be tasted blindly and it was mix of local and non-local wines.  The local wines that were peppered into the tasting showed quite well.  I can say without hesitation that our wines can stand up against wines from anyplace in the world and it is great to be part of an industry that can produce such a diverse array of high quality wines.  Quite frankly drinking local is real easy to do when their is such a high caliber of wines being produced right here in our backyards.  I am quite excited about tasting more of the liquid goodness being produced right here on the East End.  DRiNk LoCaL, EaT LoCaL, Word!     

   Cheers,

         - Juan.

Juan Eduardo Micieli-Martinez
Winemaker - Martha Clara Vineyards
6025 Sound Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11901
Email: phermentation1@aim.com
www.marthaclaravineyards.com

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