| 2012 ~ DOUBLE OAK VINEYARDS & WINERY |
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Will be the 27th harvest for Double Oak Vineyards
Will be the 16th vintage for Double Oak Winery |
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Mountain Grown Fine Wine |
EVENTS & NEWS ~ FEBRUARY 2012
EVENTS
AN EVENING OF WINE & FOOD with Club 141 & Double Oak Winery
Saturday, February 18th ~ 5:30 pm
At Club 141 in Grass Valley
Taste and delight in the fine foods and wines of this meal while learning about creating food and synergy. Jim E of Club 141 and Bob Hilsman of Double Oak Vineyards & Winery bring you this fine food & wine tasting experience full of gustatory delight. Jim and Bob are food and wine experts and artists, who both tremendously enjoy their fine gustatory art.
There will be five courses; each course will be paired with 2 oz. pours of a different Double Oak wine. (Additional wine available by the glass.)
Here is the complete menu & the wine pairings:
Sauté Scallop in Miso Sauce ~ 2010 Chardonnay
Middle Eastern Lamb Stuffed Tomatoes ~ 2007 Zinfandel
Ham & Potato Gratin ~ 2007 Merlot
Beef Stroganoff ~ 2007 Cab Sauvignon
Triple Chocolate Bread Pudding ~ 2004 Zinfandel
$55 (includes tax & gratuity) The featured wines will be available to purchase by the bottle to take home at a 10% discount.
Reservations Required: Call Club 141 at 530-273-3600 or Double Oak at 530-292-3235
Space at Club 141 is limited. Reserve your place at the table soon!
Looking forward to your joining us at Club 141 on February 18th!
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11th Annual FOOTHILLS CELEBRATION
Saturday, March 3, 1 - 4 pm
A unique event, blending wine, food, music, art, ambiance and shopping.
 Downtown Grass Valley mixes its eclectic Gold Rush feel with a festival featuring the region's exceptional wines, gourmet food and live music, and then combines it all with a downtown stroll of the town's boutiques, restaurants and galleries.
The Foothills Celebration is a collaborative event of the Grass Valley Downtown Association and the Sierra Vintners. This annual favorite has sold out the last 3 years at 1,200 tickets!
Get Your Tickets Now ~ Only $30. Save $10/ticket. Reg.Price $40.
Offer ends Feb. 24.
To buy your tickets online: visit www.sierravintners.com/.
Double Oak Winery will be pouring our fine wine at the delightful venue 151 Union Square on Mill St. Come visit us.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Double Oak Wine Tasting, Tours & Picnicking ~
We welcome your visits for wine tasting and sales, picnicking and tours!
We are open every Saturday, 11-5, February through December.
We are also open by appointment, January-December.
Groups are easily accommodated. Bring your friends with you for a delightful outing to our artisan winery and family farm.
Click here for more information about visiting Double Oak.
Double Oak Wine Club Trios & Sextets ~
February, May, August, & November.
Click here for more information about the Double Oak Wine Club.
Sierra Vintners 14th Annual WINE TRAIL
Saturday, June 2 & Sunday, June 3
Tour of wineries and vineyards in Nevada County, California
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DOUBLE OAK NEWS
In the Double Oak Vineyards…
2012 ~ Will be the 27th harvest for Double Oak Vineyards!
Dormant Season in the Vineyards
The grapevines are dormant. Vineyard pruning began in late December and is about half done. All the pruning is done by hand. When it is finished, we pull the prunings into the middle between the rows, where they will get shredded in the early spring mowing, and will eventually return to the soil, further improving the tilth of our vineyard. The vineyard floor is green with the cover crop we maintain. It adds to the tilth of the vineyard and provides a place for the beneficial insects to live until the grapevines are again in leaf. Budbreak is months away, coming in May, hopefully after the last frost of the season.
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In the Double Oak Winery...
2012 ~ Will be the 16th vintage for Double Oak Winery!
WinterTime in the Winery ~ Winemaking Continues
The grapes from the 2011 harvest are finishing their fermentation and are aging gracefully in barrels in the winery. The barrels have already been racked once (moved from one barrel to another) leaving behind some of the sediment that drops out during the aging process.
The 2010 vintage red wines are in their second year of barrel aging. They still must be racked every few months. In the in-between months when the barrels of wine are not racked, they are "topped"; the wine that has escaped through evaporation is replaced, so there is not an air space at the top of the barrels. While aging wine in barrels is a lot of work, the results are superior to aging the wine in tanks and adding oak chips.
The 2009 vintage red wines, which were bottled just before the 2011 harvest, have transitioned gracefully through “bottle shock” and are tasting delicious. They will be released for sale at different times throughout the 2012 season.
What an ultimate slow food!
February Wine of the Month ~ 2007 Zinfandel
Sale Price $10 (Regular price $13) (Quantity discounts apply).
For more information, visit the Wines Page.
For a complete list and description of currently available Double Oak wines, shipping & discount information, and for information about the Double Oak Wine Club, click here.
Estate Grown & Produced Energy ~
Double Oak is very pleased with the photovoltaic system we installed three years ago. This 4 kw clean energy system is providing approximately 95% of the electrical needs at Double Oak. While we are already energy efficient, the solar system moves Double Oak into being a producer of electricity. Even when a well pump is running, we are still able to supply a surplus of green, clean energy to our neighbors. We are so glad we put our energy into building this very worthwhile system.
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In the Double Oak Landscape…
2012 ~ Our 40th year on this wonderful land!
WinterTime
This is our rainy season, but unfortunatey there has only been 14" of rain up to February 9. That is only 25% of the average rainfall for an entire rainy season (August – July), which we're already halfway through. Hopefully, these next few months will make up for it.
The lack of rainfall didn't deter the visiting birds who arrive here every year to stay most of the winter: lots of robins and Oregon juncoes among the many other birds. And as usual, we see deer (outside the fence hopefully) grazing the grasses that are thriving after we cleared excess brush from the Double Oak woods. The large manzanitas in our outer yard have started blossoming; they blossom early every year. And the bulbs are pushing up, presaging spring.
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Double Oak Wine Awards
Double Oak received several awards in 2011 wine competitions ~
 Double Oak has had many "multiple award winning" wines. To quote Rod Byers from The Union newspaper: “....a Double Gold, when all four judges vote Gold, is so rare. They all must agree on the highest level, on the same wine, at the same time......Winning Double Gold and Best of Class at one competition is huge, winning Gold at another is further proof of that wine’s high quality.“ And: “There is another factor to consider as well, multiple awards for the same wine from different competitions.“ Double Oak has won both.
This picture shows Bob and Ginny at the CA State Fair event Taste the Best which celebrates the wines and wineries that won awards in the State Fair Wine Competition.
DOUBLE OAK AWARDS RECEIVED IN 2011
2009 Chardonnay: Double Gold & Best of Chardonnay Class (Amador County Fair); Gold (El Dorado County Fair)
2008 Zinfandel: Silver (CA State Fair); Bronze (Calaveras County Fair)
2008 Cabernet Sauvignon: Bronze (CA State Fair); Bronze (El Dorada County Fair)
More award winning Double Oak wines that are currently for sale at the Double Oak Tasting Room (at the Double Oak Winery):
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon: Best of Cabernet Sauvignon Class & Silver (CA State Fair, 2010)
2007 Merlot: Gold (El Dorado County Fair 2010); Bronze (CA State Fair)
2007 Zinfandel: Bronze (Amador County Fair) & Bronze (Calaveras County Fair 2010)
2006 Zinfandel: Bronze (CA State Fair, 2009)
2004 Zinfandel: Gold (El Dorado County Fair 2008) & Silver (Calaveras County Fair 2008)
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We look forward to your visit in this New Year.
Wishing you very Happy Valentines,
Bob & Ginny Hilsman
Double Oak Vineyards & Winery
At Double Oak we produce outstanding fine wine
from our nine acres of deeply rooted mountain vineyards.
We believe it’s all about balance and harmony with nature.
Expressing terroir is elemental for Double Oak.
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