Gourmets of Wine > Fantesca Estate & Winery 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
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[Wine Spies: Today's Deal] In 1898 the site was producing award winning Cabernet. Today, under the stewardship of Susan and Duane Hoff, the vineyards on the land are thriving, and Fantesca is producing wines of remarkable distinctiveness and incredible refinement .
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[DODTracker.com New Deals Feed] [The Wine Spies] 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon - $48.00 (Reg. $60.00): As a result, their 1000-case Spring Mountain District winery released its first wines in the fall of 2005 - the 2002 Fantesca Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2004 Chardonnay from the Los Carneros District.
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[Winehiker Witiculture] Spring Mountain boutique winery welcomes Heidi Barrett as new ...: Also from that newsletter: “Her 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet set a world record for the highest price ever paid for a bottle of wine. At the 2000 Napa Valley Auction, a 6 liter bottle of the cult Cabernet sold for a cool half million dollars.”
[Finance counsels] Renowned cult winemaker Heidi Barrett joins Fantesca Estate & Winery: But Barrett's own La Sirena Wines web site notes that she's currently the winemaker for a host of producers, including La Sirena, Amuse Bouche, Revana Family, Jones Family Vineyards, Barbour Vineyards, Paradigm Winery and Lamborn Family, and consulting winemaker for Kenzo Estate, Terrano and Meyer Family. Past clients include Screaming Eagle, Showket Vineyards, Grace Family, Vineyard 29 and Hartwell/Grace Vineyards, according to the La Sirena web site.
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[The Wino Depot] Fantesca Estate & Winery: The Cabernet Sauvignon bottling currently priced at $60 should only get better with years to come as the Hoffs now has full control of the property. Keep an eye out for the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, should turn out to be something pretty interesting.
[WineSEO Newsletter: Wine Marketing & SEO] Differentiation From Innovation: Dubbed “Fortune Corkies”, Fantesca promised to reward the wining quotes with a 1.5L magnum of the Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, with your “Fortune Corkie” as the cork. This created a way for their customers to interact with their product.
[San Francisco Bay Area Wine Tasting and Dinners] Fantesca Estate and Winery: The Hands-on Harvest day-long package includes: Fresh fruits, baked goods and coffee to fuel the Crew A hands-on exploration of a day in the life of a winemaker during harvest Learning how to determine ripeness, pick and sort fruit Educational information about the Spring Mountain District, Fantescas 9-acre vineyard and their rigorous farming practices A rare tasting of Fantescas 2002 and 2003 Cabernet Sauvignons, as well as a component tasting of the 2004 vintage in Fantescas cave A harvest lunch at Proprietors Susan and Duane Hoffs home; sunning, swimming and sipping the afternoon away Six signed bottles of Fantescas 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
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[Living in the Whine Country] Not all wines are from huge corporations meet a few of Napas ...: Several years of careful research and planning followed, and by 1986, production began on small quantities of their Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, which the two friends sourced from Napa Valleys rugged Mount Veeder Appellation.
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