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Muns Vineyard Pinot Noirs win Best of Appellation Gold
Medals from AppellationAmerica.com.
Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noirs:A
Special Mountain Vineyard,
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through August 25: Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos Join us for some cool jazz in the plaza Wednesday evenings in Los Gatos. Our Rosé of Pinot Noir is the 'official' Rosé of Jazz on the Plazz. You can purchase it from us (only $18), from our website at www.munsvineyard.com, or email or call. Concerts are 6:30-8:30pm in the park next to the post office. See the Jazz on the Plazz website for the complete concert schedule. |
| July 10, 1:00-5:00pm: 2nd
Saturdays in Los Gatos, at Restaurant James Randall We will pour our Pinots this 2nd Saturday in June for this special event in Los Gatos. Purchase a Riedel glass (for $20) and taste our wines from Muns Vineyard and several other local wineries paired with appetizers prepared by Chef Ross - truly a culinary genius when it comes to pairing food and wine. The day is like a street fair, and we will be on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. Come out for a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Los Gatos, sip some wine with us, and check out the special offers at the shops in town. Be sure to make a reservation for dinner at Restaurant James Randall! 303 No. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos 408-395-4441 |
| July 9: Friday Winemaker Tasting at Los
Gatos Gourmet. 6-9:00pm. We will be pouring a vertical of our Pinots from four different vintages at Los Gatos Gourmet, cheese & wine shop, charcuterie, deli and gourmet grocery located at the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. Los Gatos Gourmet, 109 W. Main St., Los Gatos |
| Saturday, July 17, 12:00-5:00pm: Vino Locale
for Passport Day. Ed and Mary will pour our Muns Vineyard Pinots at Vino
Locale in Palo Alto. Vino Locale is a European-inspired enoteca and gallery
in Palo Alto in an historic old Victorian just off of University Avenue - very
warm and inviting. Owner Randy Robinson is a long-time proponent of the Slow
Food movement, and Vino Locale reflects his support of local food, wine and
art. Please join us! Vino Locale is also a wine shop and you can buy
our Muns Vineyard Pinots there any time. Vino Locale 431 Kipling Street Palo Alto 650-328-0450 |
| Tuesday, July 27: Winemakers
Dinner at The Red Crane, Cupertino:
featuring a vertical tasting of our Pinots. Details soon! This is going to be an incredible dinner, pairing Pinot Noir with 'fusion' (contemporary Asian) cuisine prepared by Chef Royce Mori. We know what a transporting experience it is because we had the opportunity to taste test the pairings with Chef Royce - and his artful preparations brought out flavors in our wines that we had not experienced before! His cuisine paired with our wines create a synergy that surpasses the individual element. Who knew that Pinot Noir could pair so well with Asian food? It does when Chef Mori works his magic in the kitchen at The Red Crane. Come and join us for this 5-course discovery - it will be truly a unique dining experience.
Menu:
First Course Mixed Green Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Red Onions and a Creamy Ume-Shiso Dressing Wine Pairing: 2009 Muns Vineyard Rosé of Pinot Noir Second Course Mushroom Pizza with Mascarpone Cheese, Shimeji and Enoki Mushrooms, Thai Basil, Parmigiano-Reggiano and White Truffle Oil Wine Pairing: 2004 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir Third Course Seared Dayboat Scallops with Ginger-Cherry Gastrique and Brown Butter Wine Pairing: 2006 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir Fourth Course Star Anise Lacquered Pork Belly served over Shiitake Polenta Wine Pairing: 2005 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir Dessert Warm Berry Crumble Strawberries, Raspberries and Bing Cherries topped with an Almond Crumble and served a la mode Wine: 2007 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir |
| Muns Vineyard's Rosé of Pinot
Noir is featured
in the Good Times Santa Cruz, March 3, 2010. Rosé
is becoming one of reviewer Josie Cowden's favorite wines, and she really likes the
Muns Vineyard: "(The Muns Vineyard) Rosé of Pinot Noir has everything going for it— it’s light and fresh and not overly sweet. Dry and crisp, this fragrant Rosé has gorgeous flavors of cherry, watermelon and cinnamon spice. As the warmer weather comes around, this would be a perfect wine to take on a picnic, or to have with your spring and summer greens." Try it! We think you will really like this delicious Rosé. |
| Muns Vineyard Pinots are featured in a
story in the Santa Cruz
Sentinel, with recipes from local vintners - including Mary's now famous
recipe for pan-roasted Brussels sprouts, that pairs deliciously with our 2004
and 2005 Pinot Noirs. |
| Ham Radio Creates a Vineyard! - Ed is quoted in the 17
October 2009 article in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times,
"Amateur Radio Operators on Front Lines During Loma Prieta Quake".
Although Ed wasn't one of the active hams helping with that local disaster,
the article notes that the property that eventually became the current Muns
Vineyard was selected for ham radio purposes by Ed. The first day of
land clearing for the home occurred on 17 October, 1989, the day of the
destructive Loma Prieta Earthquake, whose epicenter was just five miles south
of the property. |
| Read about
Muns Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (September 12, 2009), in
an article about the 2009 harvest. It includes a number of photos of
harvest at Muns Vineyard. |
| Read about
Muns Vineyard in the San Jose Mercury News. Laurie Daniel,
about Pinot Paradise: "The 2006 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir ($40) is dark and spicy, with black cherry,
clove, cola, a hint of sage and firm structure." |
| Read about
Muns Vineyard in
the March 15 issue of the Prince of Pinot's PinotFile newsletter.
The Prince reviews our 2004, 2005, 2006 and as yet unreleased 2007 Pinots.
About the 2007, the Prince says, "A consistent Muns Vineyard style is beginning to evolve with this wine which shows similarities in structure and character to the 2006 vintage. This wine exhibits admirable complexity with nicely spiced red and black fruits, herbs, forest floor and mocha. There are still tannins to shed, but these are ripe and fine and will integrate nicely with a little more bottle age. The acidity is spot on. This should prove to be a very stellar wine. |
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Well-traveled Pinot ... enjoyed on a sailboat in Croatia!
(Thanks, Dave Aslin, for purchasing at Gene's Market
in Saratoga and taking to the Mediterranean for vacation.)
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Muns Vineyard awarded Best of Appellation Gold Medals for our
2004, 2005 and 2006 Pinot Noirs from
AppellationAmerica.com |
2004 120 cases produced. Our first bottling, this wine shows fresh, bright fruit, characteristic of the new vineyard. This wine continues to develop beautifully in the bottle, flavors melding and deepening. Delicious! $40
| Gold Medal, Appellation America 'Best of Appellation' Award |
2005 180 cases produced and released in March 2007. $40
| 91 Points, Wine Enthusiast |
| Gold Medal, Appellation America 'Best of Appellation' Award |
2006 360 cases produced and released in June 2008. $40
| Gold Medal, Appellation America 'Best of Appellation' Award |
2007 150 cases produced and released in Fall 2009. $40
2008 40 cases produced and released in June 2009. $15
2009 30 cases produced and released in May 2010. $18
We grow premium Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir with exquisite attention to quality so as to produce the very finest wine. The wines we produce reflect our high standards in the vineyard, as well as one of the best locations for growing Pinot Noir in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a prime growing region for this luscious winegrape. The first commercial vintage was in 2003 based on a half-ton harvest. Soquel Vineyards blended half of the wine into a Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir and the other half was bottled under the Muns Vineyard label. Grape tonnage increased rapidly in succeeding years:
2004: About four tons were harvested from four acres and again the wine was produced by Soquel Vineyards. 125 cases were produced as a Muns Vineyard designate under the Soquel Vineyards label and another 125 cases under the Muns Vineyard label.
2005: Almost twelve tons were harvested from six acres with five tons going into the Soquel Vineyards label as a Muns Vineyard designated wine. The other seven tons went into a Muns Vineyard designate wine on three labels produced by Silver Mountain Vineyards: Silver Mountain Vineyards, Sonnet Wine Cellars and Muns Vineyard. Tony Craig, of Dave Bruce fame, made these three wines.
2006: Nearly 24 tons were harvested from seven acres with 10 tons going to Soquel Vineyards and 14 tons crushed at Silver Mountain Vineyards for the same three labels as in 2005. This was an abnormally large yield, as it was for many California vineyards, due to abundant winter rains that produced record cluster sizes.
2007: Fruit set this season was been superb, but nature presented some challenges. Two nights in April produced 25 degree temperatures a large low area of the vineyard where over a acre of fruit and even some vines were lost. Later in the season, dehydration further reduced the crop. Over 16 tons were harvested on 4-6 September all going to Silver Mountain Vineyards for production under three labels: their own, Sonnet Wine Cellars and Muns Vineyard.
2008: This is the first year all vineyard blocks are producing--twelve acres of Pinot Noir and one acre of Syrah. Pinot Noir was harvested from 29 August to 2 September, our earliest. The yield is our lowest ever at around 1.5 ton/acre. Vineyards across the state are reporting much lower cluster weights, so while it looks like there is a lot of fruit, there really isn't. 3 tons of Syrah was harvested the third week of September.
2009: This vintage was like 2006 in terms of yield. With the entire vineyard now producing, we harvested 36+ tons of Pinot Noir and 2 tons of Syrah. We had lots of winter rain and a somewhat cooler growing season. This resulted in first irrigation in August, compared to April in 2008 following a drought winter. Harvest was the latest ever for this vineyard, during the third week of September for the Pinot Noir and the first week of October for the Syrah.
2010: The winter leading into this season was even wetter than 2009, but the rain came in measured amounts so there was minimal erosion and maximum absorption into the soil. Bud break was delayed due to consistently cool spring temperatures and no frost periods occurred after bud break, a first for this vineyard in ten years! If there is enough fruit, we may harvest 3-4 tons early for our first sparkling wine, all Pinot Noir.
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