Chateau Julien wine diner at Fandango's Restaurant

This weekend was the "Great Wine Escape" weekend in Monterey. The Chateau Julien wine dinner has held at the world famous Fandango Restaurant in Pacific Grove. The Proprietors of this incredible restaurant are Pierri and Marietta Bain. If you have never dined in this great restaurant, you have missed a great experience!

New Packaging for Chateau Julien BBL Selected Wines

New packaging will start to be released with the current bottling of Chateau Julien Barrel Selected wines. The Pinot Grigio was the first to be released, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon. By early spring of 2010, all four BBL Selected products will be available in the National Market with the new package.

Take a quick look at the bottling line "in action".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLuzsCPxyvc

2009 Sangiovese in Carmel Valley - Ready to harvest

It's been a long time since Bill picked some grapes. This year he was out in the field due to a shortage of folks picking the grapes. Good excercise!

Sometimes you forget the picture!

Just poking around the sales files and came up with this great picture. The First Lady of California with us!

Happy Halloween from everyone at Chateau Julien

What can happen with an early Winter Storm!

An early winter storm brought 5 inches of rain to Carmel Valley. Our grapes were still not mature enough to harvest prior to the rain - so here is what happened. The weight of the rain, the amount of rain and then 30 mph winds severly damaged the vineyard. We were able to reset the vines after the storm, however we cannot repair the damage until winter. Stay tuned!

As Reported by "Ferrari market Letter" about the Vintage Concours at Chateau Julien Wine Estate