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We've added yet another stellar winery to our list of premium boutique wine producers from the Napa/Sonoma regions: White Rock Vineyards.

Read the winemaker's notes and reviews for the 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2007 Chardonnay and visit their Boutique Winery page to read more about this historic vineyard.

White Rock Vineyards produces world class Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, using only the fruit from their own vineyard. The 36-acre family run estate is situated in its own small valley in the southern foothills of the Stag's Leap Range on the historic site of White Rock Vineyards, which dates back to 1870. 


 

We're starting off 2010 by continuing our holiday savings on  Flat Rate Shipping* for all wines. Get fantastic value on our top listed gold and silver medal-winning boutique wines – all are small production and hand crafted from Napa and Sonoma wineries.

We taste all of the wines we list and sell! Click on the wines below, check out their tasting notes and read about them on our Boutique Winery page at  SelectWinesOnline.com.

*Flat Rate Shipping =  $10 for 1-3 bottles; $20 for 3+ bottles AND cases!
Enter the Promo code:  multi-case at check-out to get your $20 flat-rate on 1 or more cases

Elements of Sonoma 02 Cabernet Sauvignon
DOUBLE Gold Medal Best of class –Best red wine 2008 Indy International Wine Competition

Kastania 2006 Pinot Noir Proprietors Reserve
Gold Medal winner!  Best of Class
2008 North of the Gate Wine Competition
Silver Medal Winner! 
                                 2008 National Womens Wine Competition


Fichtenberg Vineyards  2008 Pinot Noir Saignee
Gold Medal winner!
Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition


Flying Horse 03 Cabernet
DOUBLE Gold Medal! 
2008 SF Chronicle Wine Competition


Mulas Family Vineyards 2004 Syrah
Silver Medal Winner!
2007 North of the Gate Wine Competition



Robledo 05 Los Braceras
Gold Medal winner!
2009 Florida State Fair



Robledo Family Winery 2007 Sauvignon Blanc Lake County
Gold Medal winner! 2009 West Coast Wine Competition
Gold Oyster: 2009 Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition

With prices starting at $7.99/bottle, you can afford to serve our fantastic, hand-crafted wines from small production, family wineries. Most of our wineries make less than 1,000 bottles a year!
It's not too late to order Award Winning Boutique Wines from SelectWinesOnline.com!

Are you a wine lover and/or "foodie" on a tight budget for your Holiday party this year?

Well, don't get your jingle bells all in a rattle!! You can still throw a champagne event on a beer salary!

Just let Select Wines Online supply your guests with our VERY AFFORDABLE, quality, hand-crafted wines from the boutique wineries of Napa and Sonoma.

We're also available to pour the wines, give your guests some history on the wines and wineries, and organize tastings, too.

Pre-party, ask us which wines will go best with your party menu; we'll take guess-work out of it, you'll be less stressed, have more fun at your party, and your guests will think you're AMAZING!!

For more information, send an email to Select Wines Online at: info@selectwinesonline.com

AND:  For bargain basement case prices on MORE boutique wines from our winery clients, check out our WineBuyTheCaseClub.com site.

*One barrel of wine equals 20 cases which equals 1200 glasses

*A ton of grapes makes about 720 bottles of wine or 60 cases

*One vine annually produces between four and six bottles of wine, or between 20 and 3o glasses

*Each bottle of wine contains about 2.8 pounds of grapes; that means each five ounce glass of wine contains a little over half a pound of grapes

*There are between 15 and 18 clusters of grapes per vine

*One acre of land is home to between 900 and 1300 vines

*Napa’s wine region reputation in the world of wine is huge, yet, Napa Valley accounts for only approx. four percent of California’s total wine           production

*Napa Valley is 30 miles in length and to five miles in width

*In the late 1850’s Los Angeles had ten times as many vines as did Napa

*There are approximately 850 wineries in California. Roughly half of these sell less than 5,000 case per year

Facts are based on estimates. Exact figures may vary based on yields, planting widths, age of vines and wine grape variety among other factors

By the way, if you'd like to receive notices on winery specials, new releases, winery news, or special events e-mail me at rick@selectwinesonline.com

Enjoy a grape and if not a glass of wine!

One of our clients, Elements of Sonoma, recently won THREE MORE medals at the Sonoma County Harvest Fair for their hand-crafted, small production wines. We've sampled them all, and you truly can taste the quality of the "elements" that winemaker Murlin Barker maintains are critical for the best wines:  the soil, the grapes, and the winemaker's skill. 

We carry FIVE wines from Elements of Sonoma...If you're looking for a truly special wine selection to serve during the holidays, check out Elements of Sonoma.

GOLD
Elements of Sonoma 2005 Malbec
Elements of Sonoma 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon

SILVER
Elements of Sonoma 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
 

We hosted a tasting last night of our "Wine Buy The Case Club."  All of the wines we offer in the "Wine Buy The Case Club" are from Napa, Sonoma or Lodi boutique wineries, which means they are hand-crafted, quality vintages that are either extra inventory or need to sell in order to make room for the wineries' new releases. We'll be pouring once a month for members of the club, which is FREE if you'd like to join. You can send us a quick email and join "Wine Buy The Case Club" on the website here.

There were approximately 30 people in attendance, and we poured wines from Castle Vineyards, Barrell Stop Winery (Monet's Palate), Century Oak (a Cab and a Zin), Catacula Lake (the Sangiovese and the Old Vine Zin),  and Regalat (Zinfandel).

It's so interesting to pour from several different wineries, as opposed to several vintages from one winery! We were really surprised to find that although there were definitely favorites that almost everyone agreed on, there were "top picks" from a good number of people that were surprising to us. Not because they're not "good" wines, they ALL are! It was a good reminder to us just how subjective and personal wine tastes are!

In fact, the wine tasting event was so much fun...it occurred to us that it would be really neat to pour wines for YOU and YOUR GUESTS this holiday season...if you'd like to host a wine tasting in your home for family and friends, send us an email. We have lots of great wines to choose from, and Rick is quite the charming host!! Send us an email:  info@winebuythecaseclub.com

I'll be pouring the wines of winebuythecaseclub.com on Thursday October 29th from 6 pm to 8 pm

at the

Moose Lodge

300 English St

Petaluma, CA

Call or e-mail me with for details and how you can get a free bottle of one of our premium wines

Sincerely,

Rick Keith
Leaf and Vine Marketing & Wine Wholesale  
405 East D St
Petaluma, CA 94952
707.225.1895
http://www.leafandvine.com
http://www.selectwineonline.com
http://www.winebuythecaseclub.com

Buy a case or more and pay only $20 flat rate shipping TOTAL, that's it!...that's $20 even if you buy THREE cases, four cases, etc. That is an amazing deal. It's practically FREE SHIPPING on CASES of fabulous wines from the boutique wineries of Napa and Sonoma – Wines from award-winning wineries like DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER Elements of Sonoma 2004 Malbec, Corte Riva 2004 Cab Sauv, Kastania 2004 Pinot Noir Estate, and so many more.

To get your FLAT RATE SHIPPING, SIMPLY ENTER THE PROMO CODE:  multi-case   

during the check-out process....then click Update Items/Total

and see your low $20 shipping rate calculated for you!

We taste and choose every wine on our site and proudly promote and sell these hand-crafted vintages from small boutique wineries that typically produce under 1,000 cases a year of award-winning, artisan wines. Our goal at Select Wines Online is to give those wines the attention they deserve and make them available to you with the most cost effective shipping we can...great wines, great value. Stock up for the holidays!