Dog Days of summer

Well, it is the "dog days of summer" here in Nashville for sure just now. It has been 100 or hotter for 12 of the first 18 days of Aug. which is an all time record. Even with this weather our Hawks Nest Red is selling very well. The new price of $20 a bottle is leading to more sales by wine drinkers with a lower budget. Thirteen cases sold this last week. We are happy that more people can now try our wine. I have been going to some of the local stores to sign bottles and visit with customers and that has helped to raise the awareness of our wine. This is a slow time is the red wine business all over the US south it seems. Of course it is still winter back home in NZ and our remaining 05 wine is about sold out there. We will have our new 06 available in NZ by the first of October and also in the stores in Tennessee by Thanksgiving. (hopefully). We are still waiting for final US approval of our 06 label before we can print, label, and then ship out wine over. Hopefully we will get that approval very soon!!!!

We also have our first wine tasting event of this summer coming up next Saturday afternoon as you can see below from the announcement.

If you are reading this in Nashville do try to drop by next Sat. afternoon and join us!!!!!

More when it cools down;

Dr Jim in shorts and sweating a lot!!!

FREE WINE TASTING

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Hawks Nest Orchard Block REd

Tired of paying for wine tasting events around Nashville?????

If so, we would like to invite you to join us for a special Saturday afternoon of FREE wine tasting organized by Mark Johnson at Vinea Wine at 2410 12^th Ave. S. I will be pouring some of our NZ red from our 2005 Hawks Nest Vineyard vintage- Orchard Block Red. (a super wine for a 100 degree summer dayJJ)

When? 2-5 on Saturday August 25^th

Where? Corrieri’s Formaggeria (just behind Vinea Wines)

What? Fine fellowship and lots of free wine tasting!!!

Mark, Kristen, and the staff at Vinea Wine look forward to seeing you there as do Sandra and I.

It is never too hot to drink good wine so try to come and please pass this on to your wine loving friends or invite them to come with you this coming Saturday afternoon to learn a little about NZ and especially to get a taste of the God Zone downunder- where the high today was 55.

Sandra and Dr. Jim Daniell

Hawks Nest Vineyards, Matakana, N. Z. and Nashville