Cline Cellars named Winery of the Year by Read Review as seen in the Wine & Spirits Annual Buying Guide, Winter 1999 Issue. CELEBRATE 2000! Cline Cellars CELEBRATES 2000! No, not more of the millennium hype! Cline Cellars hit the 2000-ton mark on November 6th, which is equivalent to 134,000 cases, over 4400 picking pins and 8800 labor hours. Y2K translated in the cellar means "Why? 2000 tons!" (Our crew is ready for a little R & R). ¤ Harvest1999Update As the harvest winds down after two solid months of 14 plus hour days, our crew is looking forward to some rest. But, not for long, because it is time to dust off the bottling line and get geared up for the 1998 reds. As the grapes came pouring into the winery this harvest, cases have been pouring out. Looks like all our fans are stocking up for fall and winter festivities. In early December the 1998 California Zinfandel will be release. The "Cal Zin" is a great wine and a great buy (suggested retail $10). The wine is produced from a multitude of appellations throughout California - particularly old, head-trained vines growing in well-drained soils. With fruit which is rich and full of black fruit flavors with some spicy elements. Drink now and enjoy with friends. Also, look for Cline Cellars new addition under the California appellation, the 1998 California Syrah...more information on the Syrah to come in the next Cline Times. WINEOFTHEMONTHTRIO Côtes D'Oakley 1998 Vin Blanc | 1997 Vin Gris 1997 Vin Rouge Tasting Room Special 15% of bottle and 25% of case Contact the tasting room for shipping costs and wine availability 800/546-2070. Cline Cellars can ship wine only to RECIPROCAL STATES: California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin. For a list of Cline Cellars wines visit our Wine Page.

Cline Cellars, Sonoma, CA is named as one of Wine & Spirits Magazine American Wineries of the Year - Mulit-Source. Winery of the Year is separate into four distinct catergories: Multi-Source producers, which purchase and grow from more than one wine growing appellation; Regional producers, which purchase and grow from within one wine growing appellation; Estate producers, which own and manage all their grapes, and Aritisan producers, which produce less than 25,000 cases annually. Cline Cellars was selected as a Multi-Source Winery of the Year. The winery has demonstrated consistent excellence in its wines over the past year. W&S selects producers with the highest-scoring wines and the greatest percentage of wines recommended. HeritageVineyard Harvested An early October morning in Oakville, California, a group of University of California, Davis workers harvested the Heritage Vineyard. Within one hour, even before the sun burned through the morning fog, 2.382 tons of historically important Zinfandel grapes were picked. Our winemaker, Matthew Cline has been selected to produce the 1999 Heritage Vineyard Zinfandel. The Heritage Vineyard is a collection of rare and famous Zinfandel vine cutting grown throughout California. The "Zinfandel safari" began in 1989 with UC Davis Professor and Chair of Viticulture & Enology Department, James Wolpert; UC Extension Viticulturist Emeritus, Armand Kasimatis; and UC Extension Farm Advisors Ed Weber from Napa County and Rhonda Smith from Sonoma County. They brought back clippings from Sonoma, Mendocino, Napa, Contra Costa, San Luis Obispo, and San Joaquin Counties, and the Sierra Foothills. The research team selected vine cuttings from vineyards planted before 1930. The 0.76 Heritage Vineyard acre is located within the UC Davis Oakville Research Station in Napa Valley, California. It contains 7 vines each from 63 different Zinfandel vineyards, with 456 vines currently planted in the bale clay loam soils. The vines are grafted onto St. George rootstock and each vine is head-trained and spur-pruned. These practices are not as typical today, since they result in a low quantity but high quality yield. Zinfandel Advocate and Producers (ZAP) began producing wine from this historical vineyard in 1997. The first Heritage Vineyard Zinfandel (HVZ) was harvested by ZAP winery producer Nils Venge of Saddleback Cellars and Mary Buckles Pisor of PlumpJack Winery in Oakville. The 1998 vintage by Robert Biale of Biale Vineyards in Napa and the 1999 vintage is trusted in our very own Matthew Cline. Cline Cellars is extremely proud to have the opportunity to take part in such critical research for such a vital grape variety. Zinfandel has and always will be a major player for Cline Cellars. "We are very fortunate to have this collection of old-vine Zinfandel vines and through the Heritage Project we look forward to persevering the variety for future generations. Being able to produce wine from the 63 selections of Zinfandel is very exciting for me," states Matt Cline. The Heritage Vineyard research will enable the wine industry to study Zinfandel and preserve one of America's historical agricultural products into the next millennium. Thanks to ZAP it has donated over $50,000 to the Heritage Vineyard. A limited amount of 1997 HVZ was sold at the annual Blue Jeans to Black Tie Auction & Dinner in January 1999 to help raise funds for the UC Davis research. The 1998 HVZ will be sampled at next year's 2ThouZin Zinfandel Festival Blue Jeans to Black Tie Auction and Dinner on Friday, January 28, 2000 in San Francisco to a limited amount of consumers. For more information about ZAP, 2ThouZin Zinfandel Festival or the Heritage Vineyard email: zaprr@oro.net. Heritage Vineyard Source: Resource Guide to Zinfandel available through ZAP 530/274-4900 or zaprr@oro.net