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June 2009 Fitzpatrick Winery & Lodge Newsletter
All the News that's Fitz
Greetings!
All the news that's Fitz (fits) is so apropo for our monthly eNewsletter. It never hits me how much is going on here at Fitzpatricks until I sit down to pack it all into our monthly eNewsletter. Wow! June is no exception. Starting with the the 25th Annual Fair Play Wine Festival next weekend, Friday Wood-Fired Oven Pizza Nights, up close with Tempest June 13th, our new Winetasters' Menu served every Saturday & Sunday, Fathers' Day, our Davis, Sunrise and Sacramento Farmers Markets and the grand opening of the Earth Island Farmers Market at the Metreon in San Francisco and the list goes on - details on each below.

And all these activites revolve around our humble refreshing line-up of wines. Grenache is the pick of the month and our beautiful Grenache grapes pictured above. The Buy the Box Club Selections for June are the elegant "you gotta try" 2006 Merlot, the "flavor powered" 2006 Syrah and by popular demand for summertime "poolside sipper" the 2007 Sierra Dreams - all at 40% OFF by the case (box). WF members get an extra 10% OFF too! Mix and match a case or more of June's selections for 30% OFF. These offers are good through June 30th so make your appropriate investment before then.

25th Annual Fair Play Wine Festival
  June 6 & 7 This Saturday and Sunday
16 wineries of fair Play will be participating this year and if you've never been what makes this festival unique is that we don't all meet under one roof somewhere. You visit each winery on their own grounds to discover their own uniquely different open house festivity over the two day period. And just in from this morning winery association meeting, due to a typo in our advertising our $30 tickets at the door will be only $15. What a great deal, cheaper than our Sunday only ticket so gather your friends and come join all the fun both Saturday and Sunday for $15.

Fitzpatrick Winery & Lodge catapults into its 4th decade of winemaking in Fair Play with major additions to its repertoire of good times and fine wines. We welcome Fair Play Wine Festival goers to come see and experience the enthusiastic change afoot. You'll notice big changes as soon as you step out of your car. You're invited to try an offering from our new Winetasters' Menu for ½ price. The famous and most talented folk/rock duo Anderson and Gram will entertain you with familiar covers as well as their own hits. Our new lineup of our Certified Organically Grown estate wines will impress you and our modest prices plus special festival values will make it well worth your while. Slainte!

Tempest is coming June 13th!
limited tickets available   Dinner Concert starting at 6PM Saturday
All things considered over a lifetime of concert experiences, a night out on the deck under the stars at Fitzpatrick's with an up close and personal concert with the high energy Celtic/Rock band Tempest will forever rate high on your memory scale. Most guests keep on coming back every year.

The food is always great and plentiful and roasted in the wood-fired oven by the ovenmaster/winemaker himself. Dessert is included and served between musical sets. Fitzpatrick wines are the drink of the night but there's a full range of Irish brews to enjoy too. By night's end you'll be up and dancing just to top off a perfect night. Call us at 800-245-9166 for reservations asap.

Wood-Fired Oven Pizza Nights
every Friday through mid-October   Live Music June 12, 19, 26
June 5th "Peace and Pizza" (no live music) Just you and the stars above and of course great Pizza and wine.

June 12th "Johnny Mojo and Friends"Blues maestro Johnny Mojo puts together a collection of friends for each performance.

June 19th "Tessa Evans Band"Tessa belts out beautiful and heart wrenching melodies in a Jazz Fusion style.

June 26th " Anderson & Gram"Handsome voices and musical prowess deliver an evening of folk/rock hits including their own.

We're now in San Francisco at Earth Island Farmers' Market
7 days a week all year round   located at the Metreon on 4th acrooss from Moscone Center
Having just opened May 14th, San Francisco's Earth Island Farmers' Market at the Metreon is open 7 days a week. Right across from the Moscone Center with a door that opens onto Yerba Buena Park, the market offers all the produce, food vendors, select wines (like Fitzpatrick) and more. And the managers are trying to think of everything to make your shopping not only fun but convenient. For instance you can come shop on your lunch hour or break and valet your groceries for a pick up on your way by after work. You just call ahead and a runner will have your bags at the curb waiting to load you up - pretty cool, huh.

I've stocked the market with almost all our wines with a good inventory. There will be tastings of select wines daily too. And I'll be there every other week on Wednesday and/or Thursday to meet and greet and sell our wines. Our wines will be available 7 days a week in San Francisco. Enjoy! And if you have a special order, I can bring it down with no shipping charge.

Davis, Sunrise & Sacramento Farmers Markets
Every Saturday & Sunday   Fitzpatrick Wines as convenient as going to the market (Farmers Market that is)
Don't forget Fitzpatrick wines are available every Saturday at both the Davis Farmers Market and the Sunrise Farmers Market (behind Sears) and on Sundays in Sacramento under the freeway at 6th and X. These are year round markets with everything you need to enjoy life and be healthy. I bring just about our whole lineup of wines and always have Farmers Market Specials as well as our current tasting room deals. This is the way life should be - check it out!
Fathers' Day at Fitzpatrick's
June 21st   Try something from our new WineTasters' Menu
We've expanded our food offerings on Saturdays and Sundays beyond our famous Ploughmans' Lunch. Don't get me wrong the Ploughmans Lunch will always remain as our foundation stone but how about some more homemade choices like mini crab cakes, hearty Turkey sandwich, Irish Cobb Salad, Katie's Hummus and medley of chips, a Chocolate Lover's Plate, Go Nuts medley of organic nuts, seasonal specials and more. The idea is the winetasting experience is much better with food whether enjoying food standing at the bar as you taste our wines or taking a break and relaxing on the deck with some more substantial fare.
New Rules about Picnics
  Please Read before you Assume
Part of our new look entering our fourth decade is to service our customers better. We've been the only winery to offer a nourishing break from the rigors of winetasting since we started serving our Ploughmans Lunch in 1988. Now we're stepping up to offer you more choices and ways to enhance your wine tasting experience. This takes extra staff and resources and time to develop but we know the need is there and Fitzpatrick's better than any other winery has the ideal location and facilties to meet the challenge.

We need your cooperation and respect to succeed. At Fitzpatricks we live by two Irish Commandments: 1) Take nothing for granted (Ask first). 2) Be Good or Be Gone. Follow those two rules and life will be wonderful and a good time will be had by all.

The New Rules regarding Picnics are 1)Ask First (this privilege is at the discretion of the Fitzpatricks), 2)Pay a $5/person cover charge, 3)No beverages allowed other than those offered by Fitzpatricks, 4)Be Responsible for cleaning up your area, 5)Be Good or Be Gone. What's sad of course is those that read this probably don't need to and naturally show the appropriate respect. So you'll understand then if we need to confront those that don't.

 

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