Fabbioli Cellars

Dear Friends,

The Crushing is finished for the year!

It is great to be at this point in the year but it is also a little anticlimactic. We had some crazy days, some new faces show up in the middle of the season, some familiar faces leave and all throughout, the process of winemaking never stopped. The varieties that we brought into the cellar were Merlot, Petit Verdot, Tannat, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Tinta Cau, and Chambourcin along with lots of Raspberries and pears. The wineries that have some of their wine here are Furnace Mountain, Hiddencroft, Notaviva, and North Gate. Although these names may not be recognizable yet, they will be in the next year or two. Keep your eyes open for these as they are getting a great start in our little homemade nursery for wine. Among all of this fruit, we brought in Cabernet Franc from 6 different vineyards. I look forward to tasting these wines with others so we can compare and learn more about the wines, the growing and what makes them taste different.

Holiday Time is Here Again It seems that the Christmas decorations are always up before the last grape is off the vine. And so it goes. This year we will be camping out at Mom’s Pie Shops in both Leesburg and Warrenton before Thanksgiving. This is a great chance for you to buy your wine and pie at the same time. If you are shopping online, go to www.momsapplepieco.com to get those fresh bake goods for Thanksgiving.

Also, we will have our Holiday Open House on December 1 and 2 at the winery. We are offering a special price of 20% off of all cases, any mix. We are doing this for the simple reason that many of you already share our wines with friends and family. This will give all of you a chance to do that with us sharing a little bit of the cost. The spirit of this business has been built around making great wine and sharing it with others. We need to pay our bills, staff and make a living but we are not looking to trade in the Toyota for a Ferrari (OK, maybe Matt is looking for that). We hope you stop out to take advantage of this offer, as this is a rare thing from us.

Green Friday It is really great to see an idea come to fruition. The concept of Green Friday was not my idea even though I did carry the idea for a while to keep it alive. Melissa Piper Nelson from the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development inherited the idea and has brought it to a point of action for this year. On Friday November 23rd at the Lucketts Store from 10am to 3pm, there will be a market area set up with local growers, producers and artisans to sell gift type products to the holiday shoppers. In addition to this, there will be other stores in the county featuring local products and crafts to shoppers this holiday season. For more information on locations and participants, visit www.loudounfarms.org.

Newsletter Upgrade After producing twice as much wine as last year, we need some bigger tools to help do the rest of the work around here. Our newsletter program has been upgraded to send more newsletters at once and to have some better links. The Old Town Crier column that I write is available through the link on the right column along with the list of events. We are also in the process of reorganizing the website to provide more links and information.

What is the next upgrade? We did upgrade the bottle for the 2006 Tre Sorelle and the Port Wines are the next efforts to create a package for. We are just finishing a large shed to keep the equipment out of the rain and snow. We hired Ryan Henderson to continue the multitasking jobs of carpentry, farming, production and sales, which he did as our intern. He is free to work with us until he is sick of my kids and cats or he gets a better boss, whichever comes first. We are going to continue with the Friday and Saturday tastings at the winery through the winter. We will keep you informed and hope to see you all soon. Thanks so much for supporting us and making what we love to do a part of what you love to do.



Dear Friends, The Crushing is finished for the year! It is great to be at this point in the year but it is also a little anticlimactic. We had some crazy days, some new faces show up in the middle of the season, some familiar faces leave and all throughout, the process of winemaking never stopped. The varieties that we brought into the cellar were Merlot, Petit Verdot, Tannat, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Tinta Cau, and Chambourcin along with lots of Raspberries and pears. The wineries that have some of their wine here are Furnace Mountain, Hiddencroft, Notaviva, and North Gate. Although these names may not be recognizable yet, they will be in the next year or two. Keep your eyes open for these as they are getting a great start in our little homemade nursery for wine. Among all of this fruit, we brought in Cabernet Franc from 6 different vineyards. I look forward to tasting these wines with others so we can compare and learn more about the wines, the growing and what makes them taste different. Holiday Time is Here Again It seems that the Christmas decorations are always up before the last grape is off the vine. And so it goes. This year we will be camping out at Mom’s Pie Shops in both Leesburg and Warrenton before Thanksgiving. This is a great chance for you to buy your wine and pie at the same time. If you are shopping online, go to www.momsapplepieco.com to get those fresh bake goods for Thanksgiving. Also, we will have our Holiday Open House on December 1 and 2 at the winery. We are offering a special price of 20% off of all cases, any mix. We are doing this for the simple reason that many of you already share our wines with friends and family. This will give all of you a chance to do that with us sharing a little bit of the cost. The spirit of this business has been built around making great wine and sharing it with others. We need to pay our bills, staff and make a living but we are not looking to trade in the Toyota for a Ferrari (OK, maybe Matt is looking for that). We hope you stop out to take advantage of this offer, as this is a rare thing from us. Green Friday It is really great to see an idea come to fruition. The concept of Green Friday was not my idea even though I did carry the idea for a while to keep it alive. Melissa Piper Nelson from the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development inherited the idea and has brought it to a point of action for this year. On Friday November 23rd at the Lucketts Store from 10am to 3pm, there will be a market area set up with local growers, producers and artisans to sell gift type products to the holiday shoppers. In addition to this, there will be other stores in the county featuring local products and crafts to shoppers this holiday season. For more information on locations and participants, visit www.loudounfarms.org. Newsletter Upgrade After producing twice as much wine as last year, we need some bigger tools to help do the rest of the work around here. Our newsletter program has been upgraded to send more newsletters at once and to have some better links. The Old Town Crier column that I write is available through the link on the right column along with the list of events. We are also in the process of reorganizing the website to provide more links and information. What is the next upgrade? We did upgrade the bottle for the 2006 Tre Sorelle and the Port Wines are the next efforts to create a package for. We are just finishing a large shed to keep the equipment out of the rain and snow. We hired Ryan Henderson to continue the multitasking jobs of carpentry, farming, production and sales, which he did as our intern. He is free to work with us until he is sick of my kids and cats or he gets a better boss, whichever comes first. We are going to continue with the Friday and Saturday tastings at the winery through the winter. We will keep you informed and hope to see you all soon. Thanks so much for supporting us and making what we love to do a part of what you love to do. Doug, Colleen, Matt and Sammy	Events Saturdays Leesburg Winter Farmers Market, 9am-12pm November 17,20,21 Mom's Pies, Warrenton and Leesburg, 11am-5pm November 23 Green Friday. Lucketts Antique Store December 1 & 2 Holiday Open House at the Farm, 20% discount on case sales December 8th Paeonian Grocery and Gourmet, 1-5pm Old Town Crier November Article October Article Newsletter Archive Click here to go to the newsletter archive on our website.

	Tastings Our tasting room is open every Friday and Saturday, 11am-5pm. Private tastings also available - call 703.771.1197 or email Doug.