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The Celebrated News of Calaveras County & Beyond for Thursday February 7th...Weekend Entertainment Edition "Live" at 10pm
Arnold, CA...From our studio in Arnold, come John and Kim Hamilton "Live" at 10pm for our Weekend Entertainment Edition. Tonight we would like to thank our New's sponsor, Chatom Vineyards. On Tonight's news we discuss Chatom Vineyard's famous "She Wines" story and how they are contributing to "Heart Month", Their Mardi Gras Dinner Being held this Saturday eve and the Alchemy Winemakers Dinner on Tues eve which will feature Chatom's "She Wines." We ....
will also discuss other weekend happenings, local news and more!
The "She Wines" Story by Chatom Vineyards.
The beginning of Chatom Vineyards has always been a talking point. The fact that in 1980, Gay Callan moved alone from San Francisco to a remote ranch in Calaveras County, with a vision to start a vineyard - makes a lot of people stop in their tracks. Especially when you throw in the fact that Gay’s education and professional career had been based in technology & marketing and that the majority of the local ranchers thought she was completely crazy for planting a vineyard in the Esmeralda Valley. Since then however, Gay has built and preserved one of the most respected wineries in the Sierra Foothills - a winery that for a large part of it’s history, has been operated almost entirely by women. However, we must not leave out the fact that there has always been men working in the vineyard and the cellar as well. In fact, the same two men David Bassham & Larry Rush have managed the vineyard since it first began in 1981. For the most part though, Gay has always kept a talented group of women in key positions on her team.
Women like Mari Wells, a very accomplished winemaker that became part of the Chatom team in 2002. Chatom Vineyards had then become a winery not only owned by a woman and mostly operated by women, it had a female winemaker as well! That fact began to get around and Chatom became known as the “female winery.” So when in date, Mari had extra Zinfandel in the cellar, she had the idea to blend it and create a red wine made “by women, for women” and to call it “She Wines.” The idea took off from there and the first She Wine was released in July of 2004.
Today, Chatom can’t exactly call itself the “female winery” anymore. Mari has moved on and in her place Gay hired an incredibly talented winemaker, named Mark Künz. Mark embraced the She Wines and helped to produce the next vintages released in 2005 and 2007. In keeping with the “Girl Power” theme Chatom also decided to donate proceeds from the She Wines to women’s health related charities ~ donating partial proceeds from the She Red towards Heart Disease Research and partial proceeds from the She White towards Breast Cancer Research.
Not only is today's woman spicy, sexy, smooth and sensual, she also looks out for her sisters!
And on Saturday, February 9, 2008, from 6:00pm-10:00pm Chatom will be hosting their annual Mardi Gras Dinner!
Mardi Gras Menu will include...
Baby Crawfish Cakes on Buttered Toasts with Remoulade Sauce
Tiny Corn Muffins with Honey Ham and Orange Marmalade
Paired with 2004 Gitano~Sangiovese and 2005 Semillon
Sweet Potato Soup with Chive Creme Fraiche
Paired with 2005 Chardonnay
Spinach & Mixed Greens Salad with Candied Pecans, Comice Pears, Maytag Blue Cheese and Maple Balsamic Dressing.
Paired with 2004 Zinfandel
Blackened Mixed Grill with Andouille Sausage, Chicken & Pork Tenderloin served with Sauce Gribiche. Accompanied by Baked Acorn Squash with Apples and Braised Greens and a cornmeal tart.
Paired with 2004 Cabernet Suavignon
Bread Pudding with Bourbon Soaked Raisins, Caramel Sauce and Cinnamon Whipped Cream
Paired with 2004 Port
Music by the "Bayou Boys"
Regular Dining $80.00/person
Wine Club Dining $70.00/person
We Encourage Costumes! Call for Reservations!
On Tuesday February 12th, Alchemy Market will be having another one of their famous "Winamaker Dinners!"
From 5:00-8:00pm Come for dinner and enjoy Chatom Vineyards She Wines Red for $5.00/glass or $20.00/bottle.
A portion of the proceeds of this BIG, BOLD, SEXY BLEND of Merlot, Zinfandel, Sangiovese, Syrah & Touriga Nacional go to Heart Disease Research
Call Alchemy at 209-728-0700 for Reservations or Contact Chatom Vineyards.
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