2006-02-27
JUDD’S HILL RELEASE PARTY
AT VINTNERS’ COLLECTIVE
UKELELE MUSIC, NIBBLES, NEWLY RELEASED CABERNET
Judd’s Hill Winery will celebrate the release of their 2002 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon on March 11 from 2-5:00 p.m. at The Vintners’ Collective, 1245 Main Street in downtown Napa. There will be food available as well as a live performance by The Maikai Gents, Judd Finkelstein’s Hawaiian band, playing its signature ukulele-based music.
If you are a member of Vintners’ Collective Wine Club or Judd’s Red Wagon Wine Club (the winery’s wine club), there is no charge; if not, there is a $25 per person cost. Tickets can be purchased at www.vintnerscollective.com . To join Vintners’ Collective, to RSVP or for more information, call 707/255-7150. To join the Vintners’ Collective Wine Club or the winery’s wine club, please visit either www.vintnerscollective.com or www.juddshill.com.
Current releases from Judd’s Hill to be poured at this event are 2002 Napa Valley Cabernet ($40), 2004 Napa Valley Pinot Noir ($28), and 2002 Petite Sirah ($28)
The band’s CD, The Wiki Wiki Grog Shop, consists of 16 vintage Hawaiian songs, runs for 53 minutes and retails for $15.00 at www.mkgents.com. You can listen to a tune or two at www.mkgents.com or www.juddshill.com.
Judd’s ‘day job’ is as part of the highly regarded winemaking team at his family’s winery---Judd’s Hill. His family has been making fine Napa Valley wines for over 25 years. The winery will be relocating to a new facility at 2332 Silverado Trail in Napa this August. Judd’s father, Art Finkelstein, had been an architect in Los Angeles who began making wine at home in the early 1970s. After winning many awards over the years, Art and his wife Bunnie and son Judd decided to relocate to the Napa Valley. In 1988 they moved to a vineyard in the eastern hills of St. Helena, where they built Judd’s Hill. The idea was to produce no more than 3,000 cases of wine per year, an amount which would allow them to bring a hands-on approach to every aspect of wine production.
The family has another business, Napa Valley Custom MicroCrush (www.nvcmc.com), where since 1992 they have been making small lots of handcrafted customized wine for a range of clients, ranging from vineyard owners to wine enthusiasts. The service is all-inclusive, from fruit sourcing through bottling. Napa Valley Custom MicroCrush has helped launch several commercial brands, including Clark-Claudon and Black Coyote. The Finkelsteins’ winemaking expertise is regularly sought by wine industry trade groups who ask them to speak at seminars on how to vineyard owners can better market their grapes.
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