Wine Reviews Spectator Selection Syrah Los Carneros 1998 91 Points Buying Guide for the Dec.31, 2000-Jan. 15, 2001 Issue Distinctive California version, with a Côte-Rôtie-like spiciness and personality. Shows excellent concentration, with earthy flavors of cherry game, leather and currant. Tannins are firm on the finish. Drink now through 2005. J.L. December 2000 Issue of Sunset. The Wine Guide by Karen MacNeil-Fife Cheese and Wine: Peerless pairs page 156. Cline Cellars 1998 Live Oak Zinfandel is paired with aged gouda-- "Big drama here--a larger-than-life combo." November/December 2000 Issue 93 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar The consumer's passport to fine wine 1997 Jacuzzi Family Vineyard Reserve Merlot - 85 pts. 1998 Mourvedre Small Berry Vineyard - 86 pts. 1998 Mourvedre Ancient Vines - 88 pts. 1998 Zinfandel Big Break Vineyard - 88pts. 1998 Zinfandel Live Oak - 91 pts. 1998 Syrah Los Carneros - 85 pts. The International Wine Cellars is now on-line by subscription only. For more details contact IWC 800/WINE-505. For more great Cline Cellars wine reviews visit our Current Accolades page. Check-out The Wine Skinny and ijamming websites for their reviews on Cline Cellar wines. While visiting the winery enjoy sampling our award-winning wines. Come visit CLINE CELLARS' beautiful winery, located in the Carneros District in Sonoma Valley.Tours everyday at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m..Call our Tasting Room for a reservation 800/546-2070 or 707/935-4310.Cline Cellars 24737 Hwy. 121, Sonoma, CA

Zinfandel Festival 2001 Let's celebrate! ZAP 10TH Anniversary of the Zinfandel Festival January 25, 2001 Good Eats & Zinfandel Pairing at Rosenblum Cellars January 26, 2001 Blue Jeans to Black Tie "An Evening with the Winemakers" at Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco January 27, 2001 Zinfandel Tasting - ZAP 10TH Anniversary at Herbst and Festival Pavilions, Fort Mason, San Francisco Begin the Festival at Rosenblum Cellars where an infusion of flavors awaits you! Experience the diversity of Zinfandel with the Bay Area's best restaurants. On Friday night, mingle with the world's best Zinfandel producers, bid on fabulous winemaker dinners and on rare and special Zinfandel bottlings. And for the grand finale the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Zinfandel Tasting on Saturday. Over 250 wineries participating, pouring barrel samples of 1999 vintage. Public Ticket sales begin October 1, 2000 through the Fort Mason Box Office in San Francisco. To Join Zap or for more information visit ZAP's new website! ZAP, P.O. Box 1487, Rough & Ready, CA 95975 530/274-4900 Question of the Month? Where did the poem come from that is listed on the back label of your California Zinfandel? Winemaker Matt Cline is extremely familiar with the poetry that graces the back label of the Cline Cellars California Zinfandel. In fact, he had been sitting on it for well over ten years. As a passionate young student of enology at UC Davis in the mid-1980's, Matt stumbled across a little poem that struck a resonate chord in his vinous imagination. Pressed into a corner of his wallet, this curious verse had long since been forgotten...That is, until the introduction of the California Zinfandel program. Who wrote it? After extensive literally searches the closest we came was the Bible with the obvious changes. Know me, stranger, For I am thy life blood and thy nectar. I shall wet thy lips, parched by the winds of deprivation. And nourished shall be thy body, desicated by the scorching inferno of temperance. Rest thy head upon my bosom, Lose thyself in the ecstasy of my caresses, And know me, For I am ZINFANDEL! Authour Unknown Wine Question? E-mail epcline@sonic.net We would love to hear from you. Comments to Cline Cellars and Winemaker Comments to Fred Cline, President Comments to Tina Hoogs, Sales & Marketing Manager Comments to Pepe Burns, Special Events Director

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