Fabbioli Cellars

Dear Friends,

Holiday Weekend - Happy 4th of July!
We will be open Friday and Saturday this weekend. We have berries fermenting and lots of seating available for picnics. Please stop by to taste the new 2007 Cabernet Franc. It is sure to be a blockbuster.

State of the Business Address
As we continue to grow in this industry, we learn more and more about what we do, what we like to do, what we are good at, and what takes away from what we are good at. I know that for this business to succeed, I need to focus on growing grapes and making wine. Nobody else can do this for me as I have spent my career learning to do this the best way I can. The more wines I make and the more grapes I grow, I learn even more about how to do it better. With this having been said, the state of the business is sound and growing every month. But, I am looking to be less involved in the tasting room and sales as I need to be very focused this summer and fall to make the best wine I can.

Starting Sunday July 13, we will be open on Sundays, noon until 5pm. This schedule will continue through October. We are doing this because sooner or later we need to accept that this is a business, and that if we are turning away business on Sundays, we cannot make the improvements needed here to make wine more efficiently, to employ the people we need to make this function and also increase production enough to balance on a comfortable and sustainable plateau. You may see a little less of Colleen and I in the tasting room, but we are dead set on doing this without burning out.

We are also going to be open on the weekends for U-Pick Raspberries. We have not set this up yet but we will be making this easy for our customers as well as for ourselves. This will start in the next few weeks with the Polana varietal. Don’t worry, we will have plenty of berries for the Raspberry Merlot and for the new Black Raspberry Surprise.

July 26th, 5pm til dark - Annual Evening Picnic and Vintage Tasting
Be sure to come out and enjoy this event. Bring a dish to pass, as we will have corn, sausages and hot dogs to eat along with plenty of soccer, music and a few fireworks. Come and celebrate the middle of summer with us.

August 17th, 2pm - Home Winemakers Class
This is a class for intermediate to advanced home winemakers to help define problems and make better wine this year and for years to come. We will also have some fruit available again this year. Please contact us for reservations.

Come visit us on Sundays starting July 13th, and pick a few berries while you are here!