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Summerset Events
Progressive Holiday Dinner
December 12, 2009 • 6:30 – 9:30 pm • $68.00/per person
Celebrate the holidays with an intimate dinner hosted by Ron & Linda Mark. The evening will begin in the tasting room with a Prima Donna Cheese Table, assorted artisan breads, dipping oils, seasoned olives and Summerset Festiva. In the background, Steven Kennedy will be performing holiday music on his classical guitar. We will move to the back banquet room for Tuscan salad with proscuitto, tomato and melon, an assortment of Summerset’s white wines will be offered, Steven still strumming... Upstairs for the main course: Filet mignon, garlic and bacon mashed potatoes and glazed baby carrots, Summerset reds will be poured. Simpson Madrigal Singers will perform a medley of Christmas carols for your entertainment. Then, to the cellar for dessert; a Trilogy of Chocolate: hand–dipped chocolate truffles, mini chocolate ganache tarts and devils fudge brownie bites. Steven will continue to perform and Summerset’s Ruby LaBelle, a Port style wine, will be served. Seating is limited to only 40 so make your reservations early! Food will be prepared by Christiani's VIP Catering. Reservations can be made by calling the winery at 515–961–3545.
Holiday Open Houses, November 27, 28, 29 and December 24. 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Share the spirit of the season with your friends at Summerset with warm mulled wine, holiday treats, wine tasting, tours, seasonal music, custom–made gift baskets and special discounts on store merchandise. Unique shopping for the connoisseur or novice — you'll find it at Summerset!
Game Day Saturdays, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Bring a board game or use one of ours. Sit in the back with your family and friends, drink Summerset wine and enjoy your day off the Summerset way! Feel free to bring your own food!
Summerset Winery's Sunday Tunes...
Summerset Winery Presents Tony Valdez and Don Jaques
November 15, 2009
2:00 – 5:00 PM
On Sunday, November 15th, listen to Tony Valdez and Don Jaques perform from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the winery. The ever–popular Tony Valdez will perform his Latin infused jazz and blues. Whether it's Tony and Don, The Tony Valdez Large Band or the Retro Rockets, there's music for everyone to enjoy. Tony's upbeat jazz and blues will have you up and dancing in no time!
www.tonyvaldez.com
Summerset Winery Presents Soul Searchers
November 22, 2009
2:00 – 5:00 PM
On Sunday November 22, listen to Soul Searchers play an awesome mix of traditional blues with health doses of rockabilly and swing. "The band that's obviously meant to play the blues."
www.TheSoulSearchers.net
Please note: All wines purchased for consumption during Sunday Tunes must be bought at the winery on that day only. Sunday wine sales help Ron & Linda pay for the band and staff for your afternoon pleasure on these days. Thank you!
There is a cover charge to attend Sunday Tunes concerts; $3 per person or $10 a car. Case Club members get in free. In addition to great Summerset wine, patrons may also purchase pop, water, cheese, crackers, and summer sausage to enjoy during the concert or to take home. Bring your own chair! Seating is limited so it is highly recommended that guests bring their own chair to sit in during our Sunday Tunes.
Thank you for helping support live music.
Our live music events are open to the public. Complimentary wine samples are available. Select one of our fine bottles of wine for your afternoon enjoyment.
Patrons are welcome to sit back and enjoy a relaxing chair massage by Heartland Prairie Massage. For more info, contact
bcarnol56_123@msn.com
NO DOGS OR OTHER PETS ARE ALLOWED ON THE SUMMERSET WINERY PROPERTY. NO OTHER ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED ON THE SUMMERSET WINERY PROPERTY. VIOLATORS WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
Wine News
Our Mead is back!! Just in time for the holidays we have brought back not only our much missed Mead — but also our Festiva and Vidal Blanc! For those of you that aren't familiar with our Mead, it is fermented honey and is the perfect cold weather hot toddy when served warm and mulled with our special blend of spices. You can also enjoy it chilled all by itself. The Festiva is a sparkling wine similar to an Asti Spumante. It is a delicious, sweet bubbly blend of white grapes. Our Vidal Blanc is a delightfully crisp and refreshing dry white wine with a citric finish.
Tasting and Talking About Wine – VESTA Workshop at Summerset Winery
Thursday, December 10 – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Open to the public
Ray Johnson will lead this one day seminar. Ray is one of California's most admired wine experts and serves as the Assistant Director of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. The author of The Good Life Guide to Enjoying Wine, Johnson also teaches in the Wine Studies Programs at Sonoma State University and the Santa Rosa Junior College in Sonoma County, with UC Berkeley Extension in San Francisco and most recently with VESTA throughout the Midwest. He earned his Master's in Wine Business from the University of Adelaide in South Australia. He gives workshops nationally and "is admired for his down to earth approach to wine, where the price to value relationship of a bottle is more important than pedigree." You can read his latest reviews at: www.rjwine.com/blog
Topics include: Tasting Methodology, Faults and Flaws in Wine, Sensory Test Methods, U.S. Wine Labels, Entertaining with Wine at Home, Food and Wine Pairing, Restaurant Rituals and Wine Lists, Retail Strategies
For more information or to RSVP, please contact: Julie Stevens at stevensju@portal.nicc.edu or 563.542.1145.
SPACE IS LIMITED! Please RSVP by Nov 13
Workshop Total: (Includes Pairing Lunch and Pairing Desert) $190
VESTA Contribution: $50
Your Total: $140
Proudly sponsored by: VESTA (Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology Alliance) www.vesta-usa.org and NICC (Northeast Iowa Community College) Viticulture and Enology Programs www.nicc.edu
Away Events
November 14
Solsma's Punkin Patch in Sanborn, hoilday tasting event, 5:00 – 9:00 pm. Reservations required.
November 18
Marshalltown Hy–Vee Holiday Show at Best Western Ballroom, 7:00 – 8:30 pm.
November 21
Harvest Market at Captial Square Downtown Des Moines, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
December 11
Taste of Indianola, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 8:00 - 10:00 pm
A Summerset Thanksgiving
With each course of your Thanksgiving feast Summerset offers the perfect complement for every flavor. To start your meal off right, open up a bottle of Vidal Blanc, Matina Blanc or Kiss Me. These white wines are crisp, refreshing and divine with a light salad. Depending on your taste the Vidal is dry with a citric edge, the Matina is semi–dry, full flavored and smooth, comparable to a Pinot Gris and the Kiss Me is semi-sweet comparable to a Riesling.
The Summerset signature wine, Caba Moch, is a gold medal winner and is absolutely delicious by itself, but to add a new twist this year try it with your traditional turkey dinner and dressing. This Rosé style wine is light, fruity and slightly sweet that will not overpower the delicate flavors of your turkey — it creates a mouthwatering appeal that will enhance the flavors of your food for a perfectly balanced meal. If serving red meat offer up the Marechal Foch. Another gold medal winner, this dry red has soft tannins, spice, is lightly oaked and possesses the essence of raspberry and strawberry.
It's time for dessert… so pull out a bottle of Vintage Red or Concord. These reds present an ideal addition if serving a heavy dessert. The Vintage Red is a semi&3150;dry blend, full flavored and robust with hints of cherries, currants & spice. The Concord is a deep red, full of intense grape flavors. On the lighter side, the Edelweiss, Harvest White or LaCrosse would enhance the flavors of a fruity dessert. The Edelweiss is light and sweet with a green apple tart and hints of grapefruit and pineapple. The Harvest White, our number 2 seller, is an international gold medal winner and is made primarily of Catawba grapes. It is sweet and tart with a hint of sweet pink grapefruit in the finish. The LaCrosse is smooth and sweet with the essence of pear, peach and honey.
Your meal is complete... now take a nap
Women & Wine 2009 was a hit!
Photo Courtesy of
Jeff Gilbert Photography
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The ladies at Women & Wine 2009 had a fun-filled day drinkiing wine, getting pampered, shopping and enjoying lunch al fresco! With almost 150 ladies in attendance, 23 vendors showcasing their services and products and our fabulous speakers and entertainers, the day was full of fun experiences.
Thank you to all of our wonderful vendors for making this day a success along with Ultra Salon for providing hair styles and make-overs while Morning Rain Massage & Day Spa offered henna tattoos, ear candling, massages, and spray tans.
A special thank you to our guest speakers and performers! Spenser Hardin for her exquisite strumming of the harp strings. Off the Cuff Quartet for entertaining us with their sassy & silly melodies. Julia Freel for sharing her skills in self defense, Amy Plymat for showing us scarf tying tricks and Mary Sigmann for showing us how to "create a clutter free life!"
Click here to see more photos from Women & Wine
Save the date for Wild Women on Wine, January 30, 2010 and Women & Wine, November 13, 2010.
Oct. 31 Case Club Party a Hoot!
by Linda Mark
As I was taking invitations at the door of Summerset Winery's semi–annual Case Club Party, I looked up to see…. Ron and Linda. Yep, there I was, complete with a vest, reading glasses hanging off my nose on a string, and a big wine glass! And there was Ron too, a little shorter in height, beard a little longer, but definitely Ron with his pink hat and big wine glass. Thing 1 and Thing 2 attended, as well as the garden gnomes. Jerry Garcia and Janice Joplin made their appearance, and there was Octo–mom. A farmer with a chain saw was mad about the rain, belly dancers were ... belly dancing, jail birds were prisoners of love, and pirates, and cops, and a wine bottle, and a corkscrew, a drink tester...and so many more. Gremlins and goblins danced the evening away to the great tunes of Big Daddy Blues. What a great time! Thank you to all our great Case Club members! Thanks for supporting Summerset Winery!
Governor Declares November as Iowa Wine Industry Month
Governor Chet Culver has signed a proclamation declaring November to be Iowa Wine Industry Month. The proclamation will help celebrate the outstanding contributions made by Iowa's wineries to the state of Iowa and the winemaking industry as a whole,
Grape growing and winemaking is relatively new in Iowa. Nevertheless, over the past 20 years Iowa's winemaking industry has increased in profile and made the state recognizable as a producer of quality wine. Iowa is gaining a wine–making reputation, and that reputation is drawing tourists to the State's vineyards, wineries, and wine trails.
Please join www.IowasWines.org in toasting Iowa's wine industry during the month of November.
Click here to read Governor Culver's proclamation.
Heart of Iowa Wine Trail Introduces 2010 Passport
The Heart of Iowa Wine Trail is pleased to announce that the 2010 Wine Trail Passport is now available for purchase. The 2010 Passport provides Iowa wine lovers the opportunity to visit each of the fifteen member wineries here in the "heart of Iowa" and receive a special passport discount or gift with their visit. The passport contains details of the promotions available at each member winery. Each winery will stamp the passport with their own unique winery stamp, turning the passport into a unique commemorative souvenir of the winery visits.
In addition to individual winery promotions, the 2010 Passport provides passport holders with a 10% discount on admission to wine trail events such as the Tropical Wine Festival scheduled for February 2010. 2010 passport holders also receive a 10% discount on the purchase of the 2011 passport. The Heart of Iowa Wine Trail Passport offers Iowa wine lovers many unique and interesting experiences including the opportunity to sample a variety of wines with a broad range of tastes and styles from sweet dessert wines to fruit wines to dry crisp whites and full–bodied reds.
The 2010 wine trail passport may be purchased at any of the fifteen Heart of Iowa Wine Trail wineries for $25. The passport is also available for purchase through the wine trail's online store at www.heartofiowawinetrail.com
The Heart of Iowa Wine Trail is an organization made up of fifteen central Iowa wineries located within convenient driving distance of Des Moines. The wine trail's purpose is to promote the wine industry in central Iowa through events, marketing and promotions that build visibility for affiliated wineries and the quality wines they produce. The fifteen member wineries are:
Dale Valley Vineyard – Stuart, IA
Eagle City Winery – Iowa Falls, IA
Grape Escape Vineyard and Winery – Pleasantville, IA
Jasper Winery – Des Moines, IA
John Ernest Vineyard and Winery – Tama, IA
LaVida Loca Winery – Indianola, IA
Penoach Winery – Adel, IA
Prairie Moon Winery – Ames, IA
Rosey Acres Winery – Runnels, IA
Snus Hill Vineyard and Winery – Madrid, IA
Southern Hills Winery – Osceola, IA
Summerset Winery – Indianola, IA
Tassel Ridge Winery – Leighton, IA
Two Saints Winery – St. Charles, IA
White Oak Vineyards – Cambridge, IA
Summerset Winery Gift Shop & Tasting Room
The tasting room and gift shop are open Tues–Sun, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Tours are available upon request. Located in the rolling hills south of Des Moines, Iowa, Summerset Winery is located 7 miles south of Southridge Mall or 5 miles south of the Hwy 5 bypass on Hwy 69 and 2 miles east on Summerset Road. Follow the Blue Highway signs. For more information contact the winery at www.summersetwine.com Summerset wines are also available at over 100 retail gift shops and grocery stores across Iowa. Check our website for the store closest to you, www.summersetwine.com.
This promotion is sent to you by:
Summerset Winery
15101 Fairfax
Indianola, Iowa 50125
Phone (515) 961–3545
Fax (515) 953–2282
SummersetWine@msn.com
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