Join us Friday, March 19th at Antonello Ristorante for Sodaro Estate’s first pre-release dinner showcasing our upcoming 2006 vintage, including the Felicity and the limited Sodaro Estate Reserve Blend.

Total cost for this 5-course meal is $109 per person, all inclusive.  See below for the full menu.  For more information go to http://www.antonello.com, or to make a reservation, call 714-751-7153 or email Steve@antonello.com.

SPACE IS VERY LIMITED, SO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!

Sodaro Estate Reserve Blend

Assaggini

Chef’s selection of Passed hors d’ Oeuvres

Wine pairing:
Sodaro Estate Felicity Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Antipasto

Bresaola e Burrata
Thin slices of cured beef topped with Burrata drizzled with organic extra virgin olive oil

Wine pairing:
Sodaro Estate Felicity Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Primo

Lasagna Casareccia
Layers of pasta, béchamel, and beef ragu topped with a light San Marzano tomato sauce

Wine pairing:
Sodaro Estate Felicity 2006 preview

Secondi

Costata di Cervo
Oven Roasted rack of Venison with dried fig and port wine sauce served over carrots puree

Wine pairing:
Sodaro Estate Reserve Blend 2006 preview

Dolce

Cioccolata e Zabaglione
Chocolat fudge topped with creamy zabaglione and fresh berries

Sodaro Estate photography was recently featured in the article “Vacations for Women- 6 Great Destinations” on Squidoo.com

Click below to view:

http://www.squidoo.com/vacations-for-women-great-destinations#module80794531

Early this morning, Michael Wolf and his Vineyard team harvested our Petit Verdot and the last of our Cabernet Sauvignon.  By noon, Dawnine Dyer and her crew finished up sorting, destemming, and transfering everything safely into the fermenters before an incoming rainstorm made its presence felt.

Our Cabernet Franc is now all that remains to be harvested, and its not quite ready just yet.  All of the lots have looked and tasted great, and our Vineyard Manager Mike Wolf is in high spirits, remarking this is turning out to be a terrific vintage.

We pulled one ton of Malbec grapes from the Sodaro Estate vineyard on Monday, and so far the 2009 harvest looks to be of exceptional quality.

Fall Harvest at Sodaro Estate

As appeared in “It’s Time For Wine” by Monty and Sara Preiser on 8/20/2009.

New Finds and Interesting News in 09

PART ONE of THREE

One of our best received series of columns each year deals with the new wineries we have discovered and recommend during our summer spent in California. For purposes of this article we use the term “wineries” in the broadest possible sense, meaning that while we include the traditional facility, we also include wines that have an independent label and are custom produced at a facility not owned by the wine’s producer. In other words, the vintner owns a wine, but not a brick and mortar winery. S/he merely rents the winemaking facility.

This year we have found some real beauties we will mention about below, along with a word or two about some of our favorite bottles of wine from each.

Sodaro Estate:

Some wineries sit on gorgeous properties but cannot produce wine to match. Others craft a wonderful product without a showcase winery at all. Sodaro Estate, however, has it all. The panoramic scene will grab you as soon as you arrive, and will influence you throughout your tour with Kari DiFabio (appointments necessary) and the subsequent tasting of two special wines at prices that are stunning.

-2005 Felicity Cabernet Sauvignon ($40): Bright red cherries and black plums brilliantly burst on the mid palate. There may be some 2004 available, but we preferred the 2005.

-2005 Sodaro Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ($65): We think this wine reflects the more & more recognizable Coombsville characteristics of big fruit &  “dirt” on the finish. The approachable tannins want meat, especially with hints of clove & peppercorn throughout.

A new video tour and tasting at Sodaro Estate Winery is located on our MEDIA page. Click to view this short clip featuring our Winemaker Dawnine Dyer and our Director of Sales & Marketing, Kari DiFabio.

In an excerpt from Monty & Sara Preiser’s newsletter, “It’s Time for Wine”, Sodaro Estate Winery’s Felicity Cabernet Sauvignon is noted for its exceptional quality and price.

IT’S TIME FOR WINE

by

Monty and Sara Preiser

August 3, 2009

COMPARING VINTAGES, GREAT WINES FOR UNDER $65, CHAPPELLET, & NORMAN

We Know Where to Find Some Excellent Ones with Gentler Pricing

If you are one of the many who put stock in the wine scores awarded by the Wine Spectator, then you may have been as depressed as we were to read the Cabernet Sauvignon report published by that magazine a couple of months ago. Not chagrinned at any lack of quality, mind you, because surely California Cabs have never been better, but dismayed over the cost of these wines. And in a time of economic challenge, our concern seems to be pandemic.

Well, we have been in Napa for two months this summer and are here to list for you some excellent Cabernet Sauvignons for prices that might pass these days as reasonable (arbitrarily chosen by us as $65 and under). For those of you who are regular readers, you know that we do not favor awarding scores to wines, but rather putting them into categories of recommendations.

-2005 Sodaro Felicity ($40): Features a brilliant burst of bright red cherries and black plumbs on the mid palate.

To be frank, we had almost forgotten how many good wines and producers there are in Napa. Certainly we love (and buy) some very expensive bottles, too, but you will not go wrong enjoying any of the wines we have listed above, even with some of the best food you can imagine.

Auction Napa Valley benefits local Napa charities including health care organizations, youth services, and low-income housing.

Bid on Sodaro Estate Winery - Lot 483 HERE

Details:

Don and Deedee Sodaro invite you and five guests to join them and their award-winning winemaker, Dawnine Dyer, for a private luncheon among the hillsides and alluvial terraces of the winery and vineyard. As a special gift, the winner will be presented a limited-edition, specially etched double magnum of our 2005 felicity Cabernet Sauvignon. Less than 10 of these ornate large-format bottles exist. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience a side of Napa Valley that few ever have! To be scheduled for a mutually agreeable date.

Don’t wait around to receive your wine

Sodaro Estate Winery is now offering 2-day and Overnight shipping on all wine purchases.  Go to www.sodarowines.com and check out our new shipping options and pricing.

The sun is shining and the fresh smells of summer hang in the air.

We’d like you and five friends to join us for a private luncheon overlooking the beautiful rolling landscape of the one-of-a-kind Sodaro Estate Vineyard.  With plenty of wine and food to go around, you will be hosted by owners Don & Deedee Sodaro, and joined by our Winemakers Bill & Dawnine Dyer.

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This Day is For You

You work hard.  Come relax and enjoy good food, good friends, and a view you have to see to believe.  We’ll drink wine, have some good laughs, and give you an inside look at winery life that few ever see.

A Special Gift

When our day together comes to a close, we’ll present you with a limited edition Double Magnum of our 2005 felicity Cabernet Sauvignon.  Less than 10 of these bottles are in existence.

How to Win

On May 22nd, the Napa Valley Vintner’s E-Auction will open.  Simply bid on Sodaro Estate Winery’s lot, and keep up with ongoing results until the auction closing on Friday, June 5.  All proceeds go to non-profit organizations in the Napa Valley.

For more information, go to the Napa Valley Vintner Website at http://www.napavintners.com, and check back with us as the event gets closer.  We’ll have specific log-in information available for your convenience.

We can’t wait to meet you.