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March 2010
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Fitzpatrick Winery & Lodge Newsletter
All the News that's Fitz
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Greetings!
What a way to kick off the Green Month of
March with the SacBee article this past
Sunday. Our tasting room was overrun with new
faces either carrying in the article or
stating that's why they're here. And set a new
record sales day that morning at the
Sacramento Farmers Market.
And in anticipation of the SacBee article, my
webmaster Timothy O'haigin and I began
scurrying to finish as many pages as we could
and launch our new website late Saturday
night. And after some on and off again
challenges Fitzpatrick's new website launched
into cyberspace Sunday by 0930 hours. The new
site is chock full of information with more
to come as time permits me to keep on
writing. We love the look and feel and we
hope it serves you, our customer, well.
You're sure to find glitches and typos so
don't be bashful - let me know with your emails.
Keep reading for everything that's happening
in March and beyond. With all this rain we
are going to put on a real show with
wildflowers this spring too.
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Homemade Irish Potato Soup every weekend in March |
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from Katie's Kitchen
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in remembrance of Ireland Great Hunger 1840s - 1850s
Come wine tasting on any Saturday and Sunday
during March and nourish yourself with
Katie's homemade potato soup and hearty
bread. And that can be a beginning to lunch
here at the Tasting Room.
Then on March 13th & 14th and the day of St.
Patrick's Day itself March 17th, Katie's
Kitchen will be adding our Irish stew and
Irish Brown bread to our healthy food
offerings. So come join us at the Tasting
Room for our wines, homemade Irish food,
Irish beers and carry out some lucky deals from
our pot of Gold.
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Let's Go to Ireland 2010 |
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Brian Fitzpatrick your guide and host
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14 days to explore the Emerald Isle
Been dreaming about going to Ireland someday?
Don't dream your life, live your dream and
let's go in 2010. We leave the end of October
for two weeks into November, the tourists are
gone and it's just us and the Irish and
that's plenty enough. We'll see Ireland
through Irish eyes.
Read all about it on our new website, click
on the link below. And remember we travel
light and with a small group of just 10
adventurous fun-loving travelers traveling in
the comfort of our own transportation able to
go anywhere and do anything we want to do.
The King and the Queen (you might remember
them from our King's Red Medieval banquets)
are coming and that leaves only space for 6
more.
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We're back in some upcoming Fair Play Wine and Poker Runs |
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We're holding rooms with tickets to make it a very special weekend
We pick out four dates for 2010 that we'll
join in the Fair Play Wine and Poker Runs:
starting May 15th, August 14th, October 9th
and November 20th. So here's fair warning to
give you, Fitzpatrick customers a chance to
get not only your tickets but package it up
with a stay here to.
The ultimate package will be a two night stay
Friday and Saturday nights with our
wood-fired oven pizza on Friday night and
Wine and Poker Run on Saturday which includes
an awards dinner too. So you can just come
home to the Lodge and relax. So stay with us
for two nights, buy your two tickets and
we'll comp you a pizza of your choice.
Saturday night is available too as a one
night stay with two Poker Run tickets but we
highly recommend two.
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March Whereabouts |
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where's Brian
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Grass Valley, Napa, San Francisco
In the month of March I may be coming to a
town near you. Saturday March 6th I'll be in
Grass Valley pouring our wines at their
Foothills Celebration on E. Main Street in
the Bon Bon Salon (next to the Can Can?).
I have 4 tickets worth $40 each to give to
you - Call me 530-651-3890 asap wine
tasting goes from 1-4pm.
Then on Sunday March 14th from 2-5pm I'll be
pouring at the Rutherford Grange Hall in the
Napa Valley for the first ever Irish themed
wine and food tasting called "When Irish
Wines are Smiling". Now this should be a good
time. Does anyone want to help me pour?
On Saturday March 20th in downtown San
Francisco the El Dorado Wineries' road show
comes to San Francisco town. Hosted by
Postrio Restaurant, 25 El Dorado wineries
will be represented and poured first for the
trade followed by a ticketed event for the
wine drinking public. This is a first for El
Dorado wines in SF. Tickets are available at
www.vinunderground.com .
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Morrissey's Journey 2006 |
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ruby port of Syrah
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uncork the magic
A wee bit extra age on this rendition of
Morrissey's Journey makes for an even
mellower experience. What can I say but that
Syrah is a natural for a rich rewarding ruby
port style dessert wine.
We always bottle in 375 ml size bottles which
we did this time too until we ran out and
then finished up with a handful of cases of
750 ml bottles.
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Contact Information
phone:
530-620-3248
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