As a Gold Member you are invited to be our guest at Friday April 20th Wood-Fired Oven Pizza. And if you'd like to bring a friend who wants to become a Gold Member, they too can start their Wine Fellowship experience as our guests for Pizza Night. Please RSVP ASAP to hold a precious space for this Friday April 20th. Call us at 800-245-9166.

It's also time to pick up some new wines. The original projection of releases showed a March pick-up but we had to wait for the 2006 Sierra Dreams to be bottled. So here we are in April with the 2003 Merlot, 2006 Sierra Dreams and the 2003 Grenache ready for pick- up.

Join us at April 20th's Pizza Night or come by any time to pick up these stellar new wines.

Now I'm not known for my perfect timing, but, this year I captured the white wines of 2006 young and fresh and lively. Already bottled these whites are in perfect timing to enjoy with the season's onset of outdoor living and warmer weather.

Meet the new Eire Ban, our Sauvignon Blanc, which we captured by harvesting earlier in a lighter exceptionally food-friendly style. A seafood wonder, especially pairing with white fish, crustaceans and mollusks, this Sauvignon Blanc also longs for pairing with all things creamy from sauces to cheesy concoctions. Vegetables go naturally and wonderfully with this classic of table wines. This is one to keep an ample stock on hand because you and your guests can slip through a few bottles at a setting. Don't worry the price is very appealing by the bottle $10 or by case (only $7.50). But as our Gold memeber you get the $7.50 price from bottle one.

It's a new day for Fitzpatrick Chardonnay. Finally I got it. The 2006 Chardonnay delivers plenty of arousing aroma with a balance of fruit, toasty oak, a little creamy butter but in a lighter friendlier mouthfeel. You can rush home to this one and pour a cool glass to degas all that wound-up stress of another day in your life. And pour another as you fix dinner. And you'll still be standing and able to enjoy another glass with dinner because we made it lighter. Of course don't you dare go anywhere (no driving); just settle down and relax. And again no need to worry, this one is modestly priced too. $12 by the bottle or by the case (only $9). but as our Gold Members you get the $9 price from bottle one.

So, with timing so perfect releasing these whites just as the season warms up, I'm altering the wine release schedule and releasing these two wines right now for you to start enjoying. This leaves only one wine to pick up later tba in late May - the 2004 Syrah. The other two wines will be available in the next Wine Fellowship cycle.