2007 GRAPE HARVEST

GRAPE HARVEST
2008
Get your order in today!
( Mail, FAX, or In Person at The Shop, Only )
Quantities of these super-premium varietals are

very limited and we sell out very fast!

It's first ordered, first reserved, until sold out!

Ultimate care is taken to bring to you the finest example of each variety.

The micro-climate, the clonal selection, and the professionalism

of the grower are mutually important.

It's also very essential that you take the time to read
"The Rules of the Harvest", below, regarding your responsibility
to be here when the grapes are ripe and ready!

VARIETALS AVAILABLE	APPELLATION	PRICE
CHARDONNAY **	MONTEREY CO.	$26/GALLON
CABERNET SAUVIGNON*	PASO ROBLES	$1.80/LB
MERLOT*	PASO ROBLES	$1.70/LB
PETITE SIRAH*	LODI	$1.60/LB
PETITE VERDOT*	PASO ROBLES	$1.80/LB
SANGIOVESE*	SANTA BARBARA COUNTY	$1.70/LB
SYRAH*	PASO ROBLES	$1.50/LB
SYRAH*	SANTA BARBARA COUNTY	$3.00/LB
ZINFANDEL/EAST*	PASO ROBLES	$1.50/LB
ZINFANDEL/WEST*	PASO ROBLES	$2.30/LB

*Minimum order of 100 pounds

**Minimum order of 6 gallons

100 lbs GRAPES or 6 gallons JUICE, will make 5-7 gallons of finished wine, or 25-35 bottles.

50% DEPOSIT REQUIRED! DUE WITH ORDER!

Volume Discounts: Varietals, order size, and different vintners may be combined. We will need one responsible person on the order form.

(500 Lbs. and/or 35 Gals. = 10% OFF)

(1000 Lbs. and/or 70 Gals. = 15% OFF)

(2000 Lbs. and/or 140 Gals. = 20% OFF)

Click Here for "Grape Order Form 2008"

Price of your order includes:

The finest grapes and their transport to Camarillo (Camarillo Custom Crush Winery).

Use of our De-stemmer (at The Winery, Camarillo)

& Press (at The Shop, Woodland Hills)

Step-by-step instructions.

French yeast cultures and MLF culture.

The Grape Help Hot-Line (818-884-8586).

"Post-Crush Clinics" to check and advise about taste/smell, pH, and completion of MLF.

Plus, personalized, professional assistance and a lot of concerned hand holding so that you will make fine wine!

(Click Here for "Grape Order Form 2008")

VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS

CHARDONNAY: The El Camino Real Vineyard in the Arroyo Seco region of cool Monterey County, produces a wine with lush tropical fruit flavors that finishes delightfully crisp and lingering.
Arrives as pre-settled juice.
Total availability is limited to only 500 gallons!

CABERNET SAUVIGNON (Paso Robles): Located in the Templeton Gap with its cooler climate and the rarest of chalky soils is St. Hilaire Vineyard. Their grapes retain the elegant and elusive varietal character that is usually cooked out in warmer micro-climates. Expect rich, lingering flavors and lovely dark cherry/violet/coffee highlights.
Total availability is limited to only 3 tons!

MERLOT (Paso Robles): Located in the Templeton Gap with its cooler climate and the rarest of chalky soils is St. Hilaire Vineyard. Expect rich, soft flavors with boysenberry highlights, with true varietal character.
Total availability is limited to only 3 tons!

(New!) PETITE SYRAH (Lodi): From the Lewis Vineyard (block Clenents Hill-Harney Ranch) premium vineyard in the Lodi appellation. Expect rich, dark, and fruit forward wine, yet very complex. Total availability is limited to only 2 tons!

PETITE VERDOT (Paso Robles): A very limited offering from St. Hilaire Vineyard in the Templeton Gap, with its cooler climate and the rarest of chalky soils. Expect deep, rich, mouthfilling flavors with blueberry/nutmeg highlights. Keep separate or blend into the Cabernet or Merlot.
Total availability is limited to only 1 ton!

SANGIOVESE: Be a Chianti Caballero with these, the principle grapes for Italy's great Tuscan reds. These wines are easy to like with a lush, unpretentious, inviting quality. Super dark clone from White Hawk Vineyards, Cat Canyon, between Santa Ynez and Santa Maria. White Hawk Vineyard, cult-like in popularity, has fantastic grapes. Total availability is limited to only 2 tons!

SYRAH (Paso Robles): For all you Rhone Rangers. Mill Road Vineyard, Paso Robles, actually has the authentique French clones from the Rhone Valley. Lush fruitiness and lingering elegance make this a wonderful wine.
Total availability is limited to only 2 tons!

SYRAH (Santa Barbara County): Expect exceptional, refined fruit with velvet-like tannins from this "Coastal Partner's" vineyard. Located in the gentle rolling hills above the Los Alamos Valley, and a mere 1/2 mile away from our Sangiovese vineyard, this special, low yield, reserve block, has the same sunny hillside exposure; sandy well-drained soil; long, slow growing season; max intensity of blackberry/blueberry fruit and a rich lingering mouthfeel. Previous harvests have gone to the likes of Ojai and Sine-Qua- Non wineries.
Total availability is limited to only 2 tons!

ZINFANDEL/EAST: From San Juan Vineyards, eastside Paso Robles, comes an excellent example of California's almost native grape. 35 year old vines. A rare find. Rich, ripe, raspberry and spice Zin.
Total availability is limited to only 3 tons!

ZINFANDEL/WEST: From Oso Libre Ranch, westside Paso Robles, comes a superb example of lush, ripe, black pepper spiced Zinfandel.
Total availability is limited to only 1 ton!

(Click Here for "Grape Order Form 2008")

Guesstimated Harvest Dates

These dates are just guesses, based on last year's harvest. Do not plan your life around these dates. Harvest time can speed up or slow down due to any number of variables. As is stated in the "The Rules of the Harvest", below, you are responsible to be here when the grapes are ripe and ready!

Updated 5/1/08

CHARDONNAY **

MONTEREY CO.

Early Oct.

CABERNET SAUVIGNON*

PASO ROBLES
Mid Sept.

MERLOT*
PASO ROBLES
Late Sept.

PETITE SIRAH*
LODI
Early Sept.

PETITE VERDOT*

PASO ROBLES
Early Oct.

SANGIOVESE*

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
Early Oct.

SYRAH*

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
Early Oct.

SYRAH*

PASO ROBLES
Mid Sept.

ZINFANDEL/EAST*

PASO ROBLES
Mid Sept.

ZINFANDEL/WEST*

PASO ROBLES
Mid Oct.

A little hotter weather speeds ripening.

Rain and/or cool weather will slow things down.

So, don't plan your vacation around these dates.
They are only guesses at this time.

We'll up-date you, weekly, via email,
as we get closer to harvest.

Hang loose. Be ready.
Get your equipment well before harvest time.
After the end of August, stay in weekly contact with The Shop. Tuesday, after 4:00, after we've talked to the growers,
is the best time to call. 818-884-8586

(Click Here for "Grape Order Form 2008")

RULES OF THE HARVEST!

You, or your replacement, must be here when
the grapes are here!

No refunds except in the event of a natural disaster!

Cancellation only until one week before harvest!

If you are going to be out of town, be sure to have a team/someone ready to pick up and process your order!

This is not a big deal. They just need to bring your container for the crushed grapes or Chardonnay juice. There's always plenty of hands available to help.

Call us for scheduling solutions! 800-559-9922

Plan to pay your balance when the grapes arrive.

Checks, charges, or exact cash.
Your grapes are picked at maximum maturity.
The grower dictates the date and time.
This is the only way to get the best fruit that we all expect.

You will be crushing the day/night your grapes arrive!
This usually means a weekday. Late afternoon, early evening, and early the next day. We highly suggest that you make the effort needed to fit this schedule!

Grapes not crushed by you when they arrive, will be crushed, sulfited, acidified, and put into the walk-in for your pick-up on the following Sunday AM. They will have to be bucketed, by you, from our bins into your fermenter and weighed. This is only a labor disadvantage.

All grapes will be processed, by you and your team, at The Daume Winery ("Camarillo Custom Crush") in Camarillo.

We'll call you for an appointment time the moment the grower calls us.

It is your responsibility to know when the grapes are due
to arrive and to be there at the appointment time!

Please call us as often as possible, at least once a week, as it gets close to harvest, since the grower only knows a few days ahead of the harvest date.

(Tuesday, after 4:00 is the best time) 818-884-8586

It's expected that you will arrive promptly at your appointment time!

Plan to relax and enjoy yourself.
Help out those winemakers before you.
Then stay and help the newer ones.
It's a lot more fun this way and we all can use the help.

Absolutely No Lines. We'll get you in and out as fast as possible. Only one person or group of friends can go at a time.

Pick up the handouts. Enjoy and share the wine and snacks that you've brought. Socialize. Pitch in and help each other.

When called forward, pay off your order (check/exact cash/charge); pick up your specialized yeast and M-L culture (one empty wine bottle/100 lbs is needed) and step-by-step instructions.

Then, using our commercial de-stemmer, process your red grapes. (You'll need one 20 gallon food grade, extra strong bucket per each 150 lbs grapes)

Or, pick up your white juice. (You'll need plastic bottles or buckets) No Glass Permitted at the crush!

Add SO2 and adjust pH, as instructed..…and, smiling, head for home.

When your grapes are ready to press, bring them to The Shop in Woodland Hills. The use of our big press, by you, is part of the price.

Get your equipment now! Do not wait until it’s sold out.

There will not be any equipment

to sell at The Daume Winery.

Get what you need at The Shop, well before crush time!

ORDER FORM! ORDER FORM!

2008 HARVEST

Mail, FAX, or Bring in now!

(NO E-MAIL ORDERS) (NO PHONE ORDERS!)

To: The Home Wine/Beer/Cheesemaking Shop

22836-2 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills, Ca. 91364

(FAX: 818-224-3812) (Phone: 800-559-9922)

(Sorry, no e-mail or phone ordering.)

PRINT CLEARLY

VARIETAL QUANTITY $/Lb or Gal. $ AMOUNT

_____________________ _____________ __________ ____________

NAME ______________________________________

ADDRESS ____________________________ GRAND TOTALS $____________

_____________________________ ZIP___________

(-) QUANTITY DISCOUNT $____________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: _________________________________________

DAY PHONE ( )-___________________ SUBTOTAL $____________

CELL PHONE ( )-___________________

EVENING PHONE ( )-___________________

I'll be out-of-town from _________________ (-) 50% DEPOSIT $____________

My back-up is __________________________ Phone ________________

AMOUNT OF CHECK or CHARGE ENCLOSED $____________

Visa/MC/Disc/AMEX # _________________________________________________

Signature _______________________________ Expiration date _______________

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CHARDONNAY **	MONTEREY CO.	Early Oct.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON*	PASO ROBLES	Mid Sept.
MERLOT*	PASO ROBLES	Late Sept.
PETITE SIRAH*	LODI	Early Sept.
PETITE VERDOT*	PASO ROBLES	Early Oct.
SANGIOVESE*	SANTA BARBARA COUNTY	Early Oct.
SYRAH*	SANTA BARBARA COUNTY	Early Oct.
SYRAH*	PASO ROBLES	Mid Sept.
ZINFANDEL/EAST*	PASO ROBLES	Mid Sept.
ZINFANDEL/WEST*	PASO ROBLES	Mid Oct.