Hartford Court - Freemark Abbey Tasting

Join us TODAY at the Vine Post from 5:00 - 7:00 for a tasting of two prestigious wineries. Our guest speakers will be Tom Rozner, U.S. VP of Sales for Hartford Court and Barry Dodds, National Brand Ambassador of Freemark Abbey. Today's event is $15 per person and will include 10 wines! If you can't make todays tasting, the wines we're featuring will be available on the bottom of this e-mail if you'd like to purchase. 10% discount on a mixed case or more purchase. 

Tom Rozner-

U.S

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VP of Sales for Hartford Court, might as well be part of the family. Hartford wines run thick through Tom’s blood.

Barry Dodds-National Brand Ambassador for Freemark Abbey, a wine historian and South African extraordinaire in his own right.

Hartford Court

Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1994 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford’s appreciation for the wines, the people, and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific Coast.

High Personality Wines

Making delicious wines of high personality is directly related to the difficult locations of our vineyard sources, the limited production of our bottlings and the varietals we use. “Character through adversity” is an expression that we believe applies to people and grapevines and surviving adversity builds character, and personality, in both.

Single Vineyard and Limited Bottlings

Hartford Family Winery specializes in making wines from single vineyard sites. In recent vintages we have made about 25 different single vineyard bottlings. Small and low-yielding vineyards deliver expressive and personality-rich wine. Our single vineyard Hartford Court Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays total as few as 93 cases, up to about 800 cases. Likewise, our Hartford Old Vine Zinfandels are produced in small quantities. Our single vineyard wines are highly allocated.

Freemark Abbey

The genesis of Freemark Abbey dates back to 1881 when Josephine and John Tychson purchased 147 acres in the Napa Valley. Five years later, after John’s death, Josephine built her original redwood winery on our current site in St. Helena. In addition to her legacy of innovation and hard work, Josephine earned a place in the history books as the first female vintner in California.

Eight decades later, Freemark Abbey helped launch the modern era of California wine. In the 1960s and early 1970s, the winery’s Bosché Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was considered one of America’s most iconic bottlings. Its Chardonnay proved that California could produce stunning world-class wines from this noble variety. Freemark Abbey was one of 12 American wineries chosen to compete in the historic Judgment of Paris tasting in 1976. It was the only producer with entries in both the Cabernet and Chardonnay flights.

Ted Edwards has been Freemark Abbey’s winemaker since 1985. His intelligent approach combined with the sheer length of his experience in the Napa Valley – the Rutherford Bench in particular – makes him one of the region’s leading vintners. Today, thanks to Ted’s efforts, Freemark Abbey’s Bosché and Sycamore Vineyard bottlings are among the most coveted wines in the Napa Valley.

Limited Supply on the highlighted wines

Freemark Abbey, Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley 2016 $22 per bottle

Freemark Abbey, Merlot, Napa Valley 2013 $29

Freemark Abbey, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2013 $43

Freemark Abbey, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford 2013 $65 (Brian's personal Fav)

Hartford Court, Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 2016 $26

Hartford Court, Seven Benches, Chardonnay, Carneros 2016 $64

Hartford Court, Land's Edge, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast 2014 $45

Hartford Court, Far Coast, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast 2013 $70

Hartford Court, Zinfandel, Russian River Valley 2016 $35