Clintonville market Saturday 4pm Onwards

1st, 'cos they're great...

We're at Clintonville Community Market, this Saturday, 4pm-9pm.

You'll be able to taste 3 of our 4 wines, but we'll bring the 4th wine for those Jorro-Ma officianados who phone us about its availability - yes, you know who you are.

Michael will cover the entire time.

Paolo will duck out to see Michelle play at espresso Yourself Music cafe, in Powell, @ 6pm, but be back for the 8-9pm piece.

Reg - hope to see you.

Labels.

Our label run for the 2007 wines should be with us tomorrow or early next week. Lots of laborious labelling to look forward to, but we have sucker, err friend in Joe who said he would come up to help.

Clintonville - Feb 6th

RESCHEDULED TASTING EVENT
Friday Feb, 6th, 6pm to 9pm.
Come see and taste at Clintonville Community Market.

If you have a Via Vecchia button, please wear it. If not, we will have a supply on hand.
Thanks

Barrels, Tastings & Opportunities

Last week we tried out our new bottle filler. It did a barrel in about a third of the time, maybe less - so 3 hours do do @277 bottles down to 1 hour. It honestly took longer to set it up and clean it, although with familiarity that aspect of it will improve.

The French Oak barrels are ordered and are on their way; scheduled for arrival next Wednesday. We will rehydrate them so they swell and don't leak, and turn then periodically until we're ready to move wine into them from secondary fermentation.

Next Tuesday we will have a visit from a prospective retailer who is putting together a wine shop independent of a distributor and therefore free to take whatever she tastes and believes to be good and unique. Personally, I feel it would benefit to know which outlets are "Free Houses" and can select what they want.

Next Thursday we're at Jungle Jim's emporium in Cincinnatti where we get a shot at having them carry our wine. This is due to the Doctor who attended La Tavola's first wine pairing dinner earlier in the month. We love customers like this. Thanks, Doc!

Next friday we're at the Clintonville Co-Op. Eugene - tell us what you want and we'll bring some reserved just for you!

Inventory Update
JorroMa (syrah) is almost gone.
Pinot Noir (un-named as yet) is going to be so good it will not form part of any tastings unless bottle price is paid as it's an extremely small production - and it's very good. It will also first go on release to those on the mailing list for first chance to buy. It will be first come, first served. Availability around May or June this year for this fresh 2007 pinot noir.

Sales Outlet Update

Thought it was about time to update the list of where you can get our wines, outside of the web.
Apart from Whole Foods, please call them for availability...remember, we'll deliver too!

a), Shane's Gourmet Catering & Market

447 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus, OH 43215-5534

Phone: (614) 358-5555 Fax: (614) 358-7777

b), Simple Indulgences

20 West William Street, Unit A Delaware, Ohio 43015

Phone: 740.363.5763

c), Clintonville Community Market

200 Crestview Road, Columbus, OH 43202

Phone: (614)-261-3663

d), Whole Foods Market

1,
3670 W.Dublin-Granville Road
Columbus, OH 43235
(614) 760-5556
2,
1555 W. Lane Avenue
Upper Arlington, OH 43221
(614) 481 3400

e) House Wine
644 High Street
Worthington, OH 43085
(614) 846-9463

f) The Winery
8231 N.High Street
Columbus, OH 43235
(614) 847-8115

f), Buy From Us Direct

The ship kits are here we have FedEx lined up, so place your order for our wines.

We take VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, Debit. If paying by check, you have to mail your check in first.

Phone - (614) 893-5455

email: viavecchiawinery@yahoo.com