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Channing Daughters Winery 1927 Scuttlehole Road Prsrt Std PO Box 2202 U.S. Postage Bridgehampton NY 11932 PAID Spring/Summer 2004 Permit #96 631-537-7224 FAX 631-537-7243 Bridgehampton www.channingdaughters.com NY 11932 Letter From The Vineyard Channing Daughters Winery

BLENDING WINE at Channing Daughters and Beyond Blending is a crucial aspect in the produc Some wines are quintessential blends like tion of fine wine All of the great wines in the Champagne and Sherry These wines are mostly world are the product of some sort of blending nonvintage products and are blended across process This could be the blending of different variety# vineyard and vintage seeking a consis barrels# vats and tanks# different vineyard plots# tency of character This is an awesome achieve different vineyards# different regions# or different ment in detail and balance Vintagedated wines grape varieties At some point a decision has to are blended to provide the best balance# the most be made as to what will go with what complexity and the greatest enjoyment a partic There are two words in French that are ular year# grape variety or varieties and place associated with blending: ‘coupage’ and ‘assem have to offer In Bordeaux# five grape varieties Channing Daughters blage’ The Oxford Companion to Wine says are blended to make the red wines and three for Current wine availability coupage “means literally ‘cutting’ and retains a the whites Each barrel# tank# cask or vat con slightly pejorative overtone# tending to be taining different varieties from different portions reserved for wine blending at its least glam This idea of a symphonic blend 2003 Sauvignon Blanc $18.00 SCULPTURE GARDEN orous” It defines assemblage as the “French 2003 Pinot Grigio $18.00 SEASON OPENING word for the important operation in the produc is what our Vino Bianco and the 2003 Vino Bianco* $29.00 tion of fine wines of deciding which lots will be 2003 Tocai Friulano** $24.00 As the sun shines brighter and our days great blends of Northeast Italy assembled to make up the final blend” 2003 Sylvanus** $24.00 grow longer, Walter Channing’s Sculpture are all about. 2003 Scuttlehole Chardonnay $14.00 Garden at Channing Daughters Winery will Obviously coupage is not something we are con 2001 Cuvee Tropical Chardonnay $17.00 reopen to the public. Visit us any summer cerned with and while people may still stretch of the vineyard or vineyards is tasted# judged 2001 Brick Kiln Chardonnay $20.00 weekend afternoon (starting May 30th) and lots of wine by blending inferior products into and selected to be blended into the first label# the 2002 L’Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay $35.00 enjoy a glass of wine as you tour our unique superior ones and profit on an appellation or second wine or possibly declassified and sold off 2002 Fleur de la Terre Rose* $16.00 outdoor artistic space. Outside the tasting brand# this is mostly a bygone practice During In Burgundy the wine may be made from only 2003 Fresh Red Merlot $15.00 room our vines wander through towering the /0th century it was not uncommon for Pinot Noir or Chardonnay# but a ‘Bourgogne’ is a 2002 Mudd Vineyard Merlot $25.00 wood sculptures complementing your enjoy- Algerian wine to be blended into classified blend of wines from different appellations A ‘vil ment of our new releases. Experience the growth Bordeaux# and wine from southern lage wine’ like a Meursault is likely a blend of dif * June 2004 Release symmetry and unity of the acres of farm- France into wellregarded Burgundy Domaines ferent vineyards# and a ‘premier cru’ or ‘grand ** Summer 2004 release land, vines, nature and artistry on the What we are concerned with# maybe even a little cru’ may be a blend of different parcels within estate. obsessed by# is the act and art of blending wines# that vineyard# and is certainly a blend of several Visit our website at grapes# plots# vineyards and styles to create the different barrels In the New World each country www.channingdaughters.com best# most complex# joyous and fun wines to has their own ideas about what can be blended drink with what and each even has their own laws (BLENDING article continued from page 1) There is another school of thought about about what percentage of a wine must be the blending to create symphonic wines showing an UPCOMING EVENTS AT Channing Daughters’ grapeValpolicella variety that the wine is called In the even greater obsession with a particular place or United States it is seventyfive percent more precisely “terroir” JeanMichel Deiss a THE WINERY Growing Wine Club Nicolas Belfrage in his book Barolo to wonderful immensely talented and demanding CHANNING DAUGHTERS CHANNING DAUGHTERS Primary access to our limited devotes an entire chapter to blends wine grower in Alsace France is the leading pro Winery Events Wine Tasting Classes releases free tastings in the In his discussion he draws a beautiful analogy to ponent of the Vin de Terroir These are wines Tasting Room for you and music and states “In wine terms the ‘Solo’ is the from specific vineyard sites that are made with May 6A Saturday Season Opener: May 61 Friday KFpm your guests invitations to pure varietal even if oak and/or fermentation or many different grape varieties that are all grown Wine Club Event (Wine club Cha exclusive events at the win teaun maturation aromas may somewhat complicate together harvested together and fermented G eufd ery and opportunities to taste members will receive an invi reat G uPap the issue The ‘Concerto’ – where a single grape together to create a wine that is a unique expres rena e and tation Please contact the K5 by reservationcheB Othe new wines with the winemak ased W r represents a dominant component of a blend sion of that given terroir The wines are then winery to join the wine club) ines ers are just some of the bene still falls near the definition of varietal The named after the vineyard from which they come June 1F Friday KFpm fits of joining our rapidly ‘Ensemble’ where only grapes of a particular We are intrigued by this concept and by these Fac June 6E Sunday (5Fpm) Salsa Party e Off: growing wine club Wine Club It Taste Al stheac differences and family — say the Bordeaux family — are used wines and have seized the opportunity to create aly e vs N Members receive K shipments Join us for a fabulous 12piece North would still I would argue be classifiable a Vin de Terroir of our own Our wine named similarities in the wines fromeast of two different bottlings of Latin band dancing wines and these two exciting wine regions varietally under the heading of its lead player “Sylvanus” is a field blend of Muscat Pinot Grigio our wine per year with the picnicking on the lawn 65 in (Riesling Gewurztraminer since the primary aromas of all players are inter and Pinot Bianco all harvested and vinified advance I2 at the door Blends etc) opportunity to purchase new related Such a blending I would describe as a together to create a unique wine expressing the Admission includes a glass of K5 by reservation releases at special discounts ‘marrying in’” We see examples of the ‘Solo’ in our terroir of our vineyard Sylvanus It is important wine Members also have access to Channing Daughters’ Chardonnays Pinot Grigio to note that the blending here starts in the vine July 15 Thursday KFpm all wines before they are and Tocai Friulano as these wines are 1223 of yard Complantation is the practice of planting The released to the public There August 1J Saturday (KFpm) Allur the said variety But these are still blends of different many different grape varieties on one site even Blanc/Biancoe of P Gris/Grigio Wine & Cheese inot: is no fee to join barrels tanks and vineyard parcels This is the within single rows This is something we did in Join us for our fabulous pair Meunier Noir K5 by reservation Burgundian model We see examples of the ‘Concerto our vineyard and is something that Deiss suggests ing of artisanal cheeses with Join now in time for the much Ensemble’ in our Merlots and Cabernets where strongly In a book entitled The New France he anticipated release of the exquisite wines set amongst August 1A Thursday KFpm often there is 53 of this 123 of that or 63 of says “How can I spell my name with one letter? the ripening summer vines 622I Tocai Friulano 622I Cha this to provide structure flesh spice or fruit all in How can my terroir express itself in one syllable? mpag Vino Bianco and Long Island’s F2 by reservationne an d Spa the aim of creating the best Merlot or Cabernet How can I make music with one note? To write rkling first Vin de Terroir—Sylvanus Wine Franc This is the Bordelaise model But Mr a phrase I need consonants vowels commas September 1E Friday KFpm Call the winery (KI15IEE66J) Belfrage speaks of another type of complex blend full stops verbs subjects complements I need BENEFIT EVENTS: Trad to join or for further informa itiona when he writes “what we are talking about here contradiction Syntax is a way to organize con HELP US HELP Au l Red V tion stria & Varie is the fourth type the ‘Symphony’ — the blend tradictions so that you understand the message K5 by reservation Nor ties fr OUR COMMUNITY! theas om of grapes of mixed generally unrelated aromatic Terroir is a space that takes contradictions and t Italy or structural styles This would be ‘marrying organizes them in a logical manner so that you July 12—”CMEE Under the November 1A Friday KFpm CDW Gift Basket C out’” This is something truly exciting and some can recognize them” lassic C Stars” Benefit Event for the Caber Reminder thing we at Channing Daughters along with Even from our brief exploration we see E5 by reservationnet Sa Children’s Museum of the East uvign many people in Italy and Spain and California that blending plays a huge role here at Channing on End Tickets/Info KI15IEF652 If you haven’t seen our beau and Australia indeed all over the world are Daughters and beyond Beginning in the vine tiful gift baskets you are miss crazy about This idea of a symphonic blend is yard and carried through the cellar and into the July 1K—”EEGO at the Tasting Classes are led by ing out They are wonderful what our Vino Bianco and the great blends of bottle blending decisions of all sorts are para Winery” Benefit Event for Channing Daughters Winemaker as house gifts when visiting Northeast Italy are all about Chardonnay blended mount From the symphonic complexity of a the East End Gay Christopher Tracy and Executive locally or abroad We have with Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Grigio and Tocai blended wine like Vino Bianco to the unique Organization Winemaker Larry Perrine They several made at the winery Friulano A blend of clones A blend of oak bar expression of time and place with a Vin de Tickets/Info KI1I6AJIAF are unique opportunities to sam but are happy to custom rels stainless steel barrels and tanks A blend of Terroir like our Sylvanus to the familiarity of a ple 121J wines per class which design and ship for you as vineyards A blend of vineyard parcels A blend of ‘solo’ act like our different Chardonnays to the August 1I—Wm Brian Little explore a range of each of these well Please call or stop by the fermentation processes These are all the differ warmth of a ‘concerto’ like our Merlots and Concert Bridgehampton Chamber grape expressions Space is limit Tasting Room ent players families and cultures that come Cabernets one understands that these wines Music Festival Tickets/Info ed and early reservations are rec together from disparate places to marry together would not be possible without the act and the KI15IEI52E or 616EJ1A2EI ommended 123 off with regis to create a beautiful complex wine art of blending tration in four or more classes (BLENDING article continued from page 1) There is another school of thought about about what percentage of a wine must be the blending to create symphonic wines showing an UPCOMING EVENTS AT Channing Daughters’ grapeValpolicella variety that the wine is called In the even greater obsession with a particular place or United States it is seventyfive percent more precisely “terroir” JeanMichel Deiss a THE WINERY Growing Wine Club Nicolas Belfrage in his book Barolo to wonderful immensely talented and demanding CHANNING DAUGHTERS CHANNING DAUGHTERS Primary access to our limited devotes an entire chapter to blends wine grower in Alsace France is the leading pro Winery Events Wine Tasting Classes releases free tastings in the In his discussion he draws a beautiful analogy to ponent of the Vin de Terroir These are wines Tasting Room for you and music and states “In wine terms the ‘Solo’ is the from specific vineyard sites that are made with May 6A Saturday Season Opener: May 61 Friday KFpm your guests invitations to pure varietal even if oak and/or fermentation or many different grape varieties that are all grown Wine Club Event (Wine club Cha exclusive events at the win teaun maturation aromas may somewhat complicate together harvested together and fermented G eufd ery and opportunities to taste members will receive an invi reat G uPap the issue The ‘Concerto’ – where a single grape together to create a wine that is a unique expres rena e and tation Please contact the K5 by reservationcheB Othe new wines with the winemak ased W r represents a dominant component of a blend sion of that given terroir The wines are then winery to join the wine club) ines ers are just some of the bene still falls near the definition of varietal The named after the vineyard from which they come June 1F Friday KFpm fits of joining our rapidly ‘Ensemble’ where only grapes of a particular We are intrigued by this concept and by these Fac June 6E Sunday (5Fpm) Salsa Party e Off: growing wine club Wine Club It Taste Al stheac differences and family — say the Bordeaux family — are used wines and have seized the opportunity to create aly e vs N Members receive K shipments Join us for a fabulous 12piece North would still I would argue be classifiable a Vin de Terroir of our own Our wine named similarities in the wines fromeast of two different bottlings of Latin band dancing wines and these two exciting wine regions varietally under the heading of its lead player “Sylvanus” is a field blend of Muscat Pinot Grigio our wine per year with the picnicking on the lawn 65 in (Riesling Gewurztraminer since the primary aromas of all players are inter and Pinot Bianco all harvested and vinified advance I2 at the door Blends etc) opportunity to purchase new related Such a blending I would describe as a together to create a unique wine expressing the Admission includes a glass of K5 by reservation releases at special discounts ‘marrying in’” We see examples of the ‘Solo’ in our terroir of our vineyard Sylvanus It is important wine Members also have access to Channing Daughters’ Chardonnays Pinot Grigio to note that the blending here starts in the vine July 15 Thursday KFpm all wines before they are and Tocai Friulano as these wines are 1223 of yard Complantation is the practice of planting The released to the public There August 1J Saturday (KFpm) Allur the said variety But these are still blends of different many different grape varieties on one site even Blanc/Biancoe of P Gris/Grigio Wine & Cheese inot: is no fee to join barrels tanks and vineyard parcels This is the within single rows This is something we did in Join us for our fabulous pair Meunier Noir K5 by reservation Burgundian model We see examples of the ‘Concerto our vineyard and is something that Deiss suggests ing of artisanal cheeses with Join now in time for the much Ensemble’ in our Merlots and Cabernets where strongly In a book entitled The New France he anticipated release of the exquisite wines set amongst August 1A Thursday KFpm often there is 53 of this 123 of that or 63 of says “How can I spell my name with one letter? the ripening summer vines 622I Tocai Friulano 622I Cha this to provide structure flesh spice or fruit all in How can my terroir express itself in one syllable? mpag Vino Bianco and Long Island’s F2 by reservationne an d Spa the aim of creating the best Merlot or Cabernet How can I make music with one note? To write rkling first Vin de Terroir—Sylvanus Wine Franc This is the Bordelaise model But Mr a phrase I need consonants vowels commas September 1E Friday KFpm Call the winery (KI15IEE66J) Belfrage speaks of another type of complex blend full stops verbs subjects complements I need BENEFIT EVENTS: Trad to join or for further informa itiona when he writes “what we are talking about here contradiction Syntax is a way to organize con HELP US HELP Au l Red V tion stria & Varie is the fourth type the ‘Symphony’ — the blend tradictions so that you understand the message K5 by reservation Nor ties fr OUR COMMUNITY! theas om of grapes of mixed generally unrelated aromatic Terroir is a space that takes contradictions and t Italy or structural styles This would be ‘marrying organizes them in a logical manner so that you July 12—”CMEE Under the November 1A Friday KFpm CDW Gift Basket C out’” This is something truly exciting and some can recognize them” lassic C Stars” Benefit Event for the Caber Reminder thing we at Channing Daughters along with Even from our brief exploration we see E5 by reservationnet Sa Children’s Museum of the East uvign many people in Italy and Spain and California that blending plays a huge role here at Channing on End Tickets/Info KI15IEF652 If you haven’t seen our beau and Australia indeed all over the world are Daughters and beyond Beginning in the vine tiful gift baskets you are miss crazy about This idea of a symphonic blend is yard and carried through the cellar and into the July 1K—”EEGO at the Tasting Classes are led by ing out They are wonderful what our Vino Bianco and the great blends of bottle blending decisions of all sorts are para Winery” Benefit Event for Channing Daughters Winemaker as house gifts when visiting Northeast Italy are all about Chardonnay blended mount From the symphonic complexity of a the East End Gay Christopher Tracy and Executive locally or abroad We have with Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Grigio and Tocai blended wine like Vino Bianco to the unique Organization Winemaker Larry Perrine They several made at the winery Friulano A blend of clones A blend of oak bar expression of time and place with a Vin de Tickets/Info KI1I6AJIAF are unique opportunities to sam but are happy to custom rels stainless steel barrels and tanks A blend of Terroir like our Sylvanus to the familiarity of a ple 121J wines per class which design and ship for you as vineyards A blend of vineyard parcels A blend of ‘solo’ act like our different Chardonnays to the August 1I—Wm Brian Little explore a range of each of these well Please call or stop by the fermentation processes These are all the differ warmth of a ‘concerto’ like our Merlots and Concert Bridgehampton Chamber grape expressions Space is limit Tasting Room ent players families and cultures that come Cabernets one understands that these wines Music Festival Tickets/Info ed and early reservations are rec together from disparate places to marry together would not be possible without the act and the KI15IEI52E or 616EJ1A2EI ommended 123 off with regis to create a beautiful complex wine art of blending tration in four or more classes Channing Daughters Winery 1927 Scuttlehole Road Prsrt Std PO Box 2202 U.S. Postage Bridgehampton NY 11932 PAID Spring/Summer 2004 Permit #96 631-537-7224 FAX 631-537-7243 Bridgehampton www.channingdaughters.com NY 11932 Letter From The Vineyard Channing Daughters Winery