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Duke of Bourbon

Rare Wines • Fine Spirits • Personalized Service

David, Judy and Ron Breitstein
20908 Roscoe Blvd.
Canoga Park CA 91304
Phone: 818/341-1234 or 800/4-FINE-WINE
Fax: 818/341-9232

"Exploring What Makes
Great Wines Great"
Featuring
Arns
Chateau Montelena
Fife
Long Vineyards
Silver Oak

Dear Wine Associates:

With great pleasure, we invite you to join us on Wednesday, February 11, 1998, as we explore "what makes great wines great." A most distinguished and knowledgeable group of guests will guide us in our exploration as we sample and discuss a truly outstanding selection of "great" wines.

To lead our discussion, we are delighted to welcome noted wine authority, writer and teacher Karen MacNeil. Karen, who is married to Dennis Fife, has a long list of credentials. Her articles have been published in more than 50 national magazines and newspapers including: The New York Times, Food & Wine, Sunset, Saveur, Metropolitan Home, Playboy, Wine Spectator, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. In addition, she has just completed The Wine Primer, the first encyclopedia on wines of the world written by an American author. Karen is an instructor at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, frequently appears on national television and has just completed a television pilot for PBS called "Wine Country." Karen will speak on many subjects throughout the evening, with major emphasis on "what makes great wines great" and the importance of personality in wine. We are expecting a lively interplay between Karen and our other guests.

Dennis Fife, who has had a long and varied career in the wine industry, established FIFE VINEYARDS in 1991 and has been producing absolutely stunning wines. His winemaking philosophy is to seek out grapes with personality and distinction, handle them minimally and allow them to be expressed in wines of concentration, focus and purity of fruit. All this will be evident in the four Fife wines presented this evening. We are pleased to welcome back our long-time friend Sandi Belcher, co-winemaker at LONG VINEYARDS and co-owner, along with John Arns, of ARNS. Sandi has been involved in the huge success of Long Vineyards wines for over 20 years and her fledgling Arns wines have been extremely well received. We look forward to her commentary as we present five outstanding new releases from Long Vineyards and an exciting pre-release showing of the Arns 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Also on return engagements will be Susan Cannon, the Southern California Sales Director for SILVER OAK, and Christie Gerlach, the Los Angeles Regional Representative for CHATEAU MONTELENA. Both of these lovely ladies are well-spoken and knowledgeable about their respective wines. The Silver Oak 1993 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is the second release of this highly coveted wine since the famed Bonny's Vineyard grapes were added to the blend. The highly acclaimed Chateau Montelena 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon, which will be released on March 1, is considered by the winery to be the most balanced, in a California style, of their great '90s vintages.
FIFE VINEYARDS

1995 Barbera, California
1995 Zinfandel, Old Vines
1995 Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley
1995 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
LONG VINEYARDS

1997 Pinot Grigio
1996 Chardonnay
1996 Sangiovese
1995 Cabernet Sauvignon
1996 Johannisberg Riesling, Botrytis
SILVER OAK

1993 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
ARNS

1994 Cabernet Sauvignon - Pre-release Showing
CHATEAU MONTELENA

1994 Cabernet Sauvignon - Pre-release Showing


The cost for this seminar is $33.00 each for the member and the first guest. Additional guest and non-member reservations are $37.00 each. Full payment must accompany your reservation. No tickets are issued; you will be notified if your reservations cannot be accepted. Cancellation deadline for full refund is February 9. While bread and cheese will be served, we recommend that you have dinner prior to the event. The Marriott's lovely Parkside Restaurant serves Early-Bird dinners. Please call 818-887-4800 for information. For seminar information, please call the DUKE OF BOURBON at 818-341-1234.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998
TIME: 7:15 PM
PARKING: In parking structure compliments of The Wine Association - please ask us for an exit pass.
LOCATION: WARNER CENTER MARRIOT
21850 OXNARD STREET
WOODLAND HILLS, CA
(One-half mile north of the 101 Freeway at the south-east corner of Topanga Canyon and Oxnard.)
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