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"Jean-Charles Boisset is bringing new energy to a venerable St. Helena winery"
August 28th, 2010
There was a great write up in our local newspaper about Raymond's history and our current evolution!! Check out the article through the Napa Valley Register website HERE.
Raymond Vineyards Celebrates Cabernet Day!
August 23rd - September 2nd 2010
It is the social media event of the fall! Over the next week we will be offering specialty tastings on some of our single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons! Even if you cannot join us at the winery to celebrate Cabernet Day on September 2nd, you can participate online by using the #Cabernet hash tag on Twitter, Facebook, FourSquare and any other social media sites you use. Don’t forget to mention @raymondwine when you do! On September 2nd, help us celebrate #Cabernet Day, a worldwide Twitter and in-person event devoted to tasting Cabernet wines. You can stop by our newly-renovated tasting room throughout the day to taste a special vertical tasting of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon. We will be open from 10am to 4pm on September 2nd so mark your calendars!
However, there is no need to wait until September to celebrate global #Cabernet Day! Starting today, August 23rd, you can purchase any three current release, 2006 District Cabernet Sauvignons: St. Helena, Oakville and Rutherford – for the special price of $135 (regular price: $180).
If you cannot make it to the winery please take advantage of this offer on our website! CLICK HERE to check out our current District Cabernet Selections. Be sure to enter the promotional code “Districts” if you plan on purchasing through our website!
Raymond Vineyards Theater of Nature: Beginning to Take Shape
August 15, 2010
In conjunction with our focus on sustainable farming through organic and biodynamic processes, we have been creating our very own Theater of Nature to serve as an example of what it means to farm sustainably. Over the past week the transformation has truly begun with crops beginning to grow and sheep now inhabiting a section of the once open field.Of course there is more to come, but we would like to begin to celebrate with a contest to name our newfound friends! We will be accepting name suggestions that will be pooled into a random drawing. Those names that are picked out of the drawing are eligible for a free bottle of wine! Please send your suggestions to us by clicking HERE. Good luck, and we hope to see you soon!
Raymond Vineyards Donates 10,000 Boxes to Redwood Empire Food Bank
July 23, 2010
As part of Boisset Family Estates' on-going relationship with the Redwood Empire Food Bank, Raymond Vineyards has donated 10,000 wine boxes to those in need. The Redwood Empire Food Bank, Sonoma's largest hunger-relief organization, acquires food and distributes it in Sonoma County through its own food assistance programs. These wine boxes will prove useful in delivering meals and other household items to a number of charitable organizations in the area.To find out more about the Redwood Empire Food Bank or how you can help please click HERE.
Raymond Vineyards 2007 Reserve Selection Cabernet
July 3, 2010
90 Points and declared Wine of the Week from Blue Lifestyle! Find out more HERE!
Anthony Dias Blue's Blue Lifestyle.com
"Juicy plum and smooth texture with notes of cherry and blackberry; sweet earth and oak with pepper and a lovely, smooth finish."
Raymond Vineyards Napa Valley Live Auction Lot #8
May 12, 2010
Raymond Vineyards & Cellar
35 bottles of wine
Dinner for 8
Tour and tasting for 8
Dinner for 8
As the winning bidder of this lot, you’ll receive one bottle from the entire history of Raymond Vineyards & Cellar one wine from every vintage spanning 1974 through 2008.
In addition to this remarkable vertical showcasing Raymond’s pioneering history in the Napa Valley, we offer an opportunity to be a part of Raymond’s future. The winning bidder and seven guests will join owner Jean-Charles Boisset, fourth-generation vintner, Raymond Vineyard’s winemaker Walter Raymond, Raymond consulting winemaker Philippe Melka and the new Raymond Vineyards winemaking team in a dinner commemorating Raymond’s history, including specially selected library wines from 1974 through 2008, as well as barrel samples from the 2009 vintage to celebrate Raymond’s future. To be scheduled for a mutually agreeable date.
The E-Auction is getting underway! Find out more about the auction HERE and feel free to view our auction lot through the Napa Valley Vintner’s website HERE.
Protect Your Right to Receive Wine at Home ... Free the Grapes!
May 04, 2010
We usually refrain from any political activism, but as this matter pertains to your rights to receive the wines you love directly from an out-of-state winery, we thought you should be aware of this issue so you can fight for your rights before they are taken away from you.In an effort to turn back the clock on the direct shipment of wine to consumers, a bill has been introduced in Congress recently that would, in effect, overturn the 2005 “Granholm v. Heald” U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped pave the way for wineries to ship wine directly to consumers around the country.
H.R. 5034, crafted by the National Beer Wholesalers Association, would make it practically impossible to bring legal action against states’ wine shipping laws that violate the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause by prohibiting wine shipment from out of state, while permitting their own in-state wineries to ship direct. The end result would be a return to discriminatory wine shipping laws within the states, creating economic hardship for wineries such as ours that consider direct shipment an important sales channel and greatly restricting choice among wine consumers nationwide. Essentially, you would only be able to purchase wine directly from wineries in your state. If you live in California, you would still be able to buy from us directly; however, consumers in all other states would risk losing their right to purchase wines directly from the wineries they love.
We are asking all of our customers to help us fight this bill by writing to your local Congressman. It is important that Members of Congress from all across the country hear from consumers as to why H.R. 5034 is bad for them. Please visit Free the Grapes to personalize a letter to your local Congressman.
Here in California, we are doing all that we can to stop this legislation from passing but we need your voice in the rest of the country to help combat this bill. On behalf of us here at Raymond Vineyards, we thank you for taking the time to ensure that wineries such as ours can continue to exist and share our wines with you.
Thank you for your time and attention on this urgent matter.