Past Events
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Saturday October 1st
Groth 2008 Reserve Release Day
10-3pm.
Join us at our open house to celebrate harvest in Oakville. Try a barrel sample, nibble on artisan cheeses and flatbreads, stroll through the insectary garden. We will be showcasing our Cabernet Collection and some older vintage Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons.
$25.00 per person. Complimentary for TRS Members.
Saturday June 18th
Retrospective Tasting of Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
(Lunch will be included)
SOLD OUT!
If you like cabernet you are bound to ask yourself at some point….how long is this wine really going to last? It is a complex question that really only has one solution, start pulling corks on some aged bottles. Groth invites it’s wine club members to an exclusive look at its long-lived Reserve Cabernet’s. The history of this particular wine from Groth starts in 1982. Then winemaker, Nils Venge, approached Dennis and Judy Groth for the permission to make a single vineyard Cabernet from their Oakcross Vineyard out of ‘Block 1.’ He was familiar with the high quality of cab coming out of this spot after working next door at Villa Mount Eden. Neighbor, Justin Meyer from Franciscan and Silver Oak, had also given him the heads up. Dennis and Judy said no until he convinced them it was a good idea the following year. Since that 1983 effort we’ve made a wine from the Reserve Vineyard only in years the family and winemaking team agree is of Reserve Quality. In 2000 current winemaker, Michael Weis, made the difficult decision to replant the 30 year old vineyard. This gave him the perfect opportunity to make decisions on the right clones and root stock for this 21 acre vineyard.
The rocky, well drained soils provide Michael with elegant and complex cabernet that he blends with merlot. Come and taste with Michael Weis in this vertical blind tasting. He’ll be presenting his uniquely qualified opinion on why Groth Reserve Cabernet ages so well.
$150 per person, Limit 10 people
Saturday May 14th-Groth Cabernet Blending Seminar-10:30am
Join winemaker Michael Weis and Suzanne Groth in our Cabernet blending seminar. Learn the secrets of making wine. Each participant will use wine lab tools to create their own unique blend of Cabernet using several lots of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Lunch is served after the event paired with all of Groth’s currently released wines. The blend closest to Michael’s for the 2009 vintage will be invited back to the winery for the bottling of the wine. The hands on experience makes this easily our most popular event.
Price $75 per person plus tax, event capacity 24 people
*NEW*
Friday October 8th & 9th
Cab Camp Weekend!
Friday 9:00 AM-2:00 PM, Crush Crew, Lunch Included
Saturday 9:00 AM–2:00 PM, Cellar Crew/Cooking Class, Lunch Included
Saturday 6:30 PM Cab and Slab Dinner
Come work crush 2010 with winemaker Michael Weis and his crew. Start your morning in the cellar or taking grape samples. Prepare to come and get your hands dirty! Have lunch with Suzanne Groth and the crush crew and take home the satisfaction of knowing…I touched that wine! Saturday morning will be cooking with Kimball and prepping for the Cab and a Slab Dinner or back to the cellar and vineyard “ramblings” with Suzanne!
Price $250 per person plus tax (for this event, you must attend both daytime events and Cab and Slab Dinner), event capacity 16 people.
*Call the Napa Valley Lodge@ (707) 944-2468 and ask for Nancy Morgan to inquire about the room block under Groth-$295 per night. The Napa Valley Lodge is located at 2230 Madison Street, Yountville, CA 94599-1340. To view the property, visit www.napavalleylodge.com. Rooms will be held in the block until 30 days prior to arrival. Once you have secured your room prior to that date, you have a 7-day cancellation policy with the hotel. All charges incurred at the Napa Valley Lodge are the responsibility of the individual.
Cab and a Slab
Great steaks and great Cabernet Sauvignon are celebrated in this exclusive dinner for Team Red Stripe members. We’ll be raiding the wine library for older vintages and celebrating with Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon.
A la carte price for dinner only $150.00 plus tax per person, event capacity 36 people
Saturday October 2nd
Groth Open House
10-3pm.
Join us at our open house to celebrate harvest in Oakville. Try a barrel sample, nibble on artisan cheeses and flatbreads, stroll through the insectary garden. We will be showcasing our Cabernet Collection and some older vintage Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons.
$25.00 per person. Complimentary for TRS Members.
*Canceled *
Saturday July 17th-Groth Ag-Adventure-10:00am-2:00pm
Let's meet at "The Barn"! Get up-close and personal with the Groth Family, our Winemaker Michael Weis, our Vineyard manager Ben Benson and other notable Groth denizens while you learn why Oakville wines are truly "Wines of Place"! We'll give you the straw hat; just be sure to wear long pants, socks and sturdy shoes. Boots are preferred, especially if you decide to wear shorts. You will be given maps of our Oakville Estate as well as a list of areas to visit. This scavenger hunt will lead you through the vineyard where you will have to identify various areas, learn about our farming techniques, soil types, sustainable farming techniques, even bugs...everything from our vineyard to the bottle.
Bring your photo cell phones if you have them. We'll have them if you don't. You'll need to document your progress as you make your way through our "terrior"! Then, back to the Reserve Block and The Barn for an authentic Fiesta lunch! This will prove to be a GREAT family activity; so, feel free to bring the kids!
Price for Adults $75.00 plus tax per person
Children 20 years and younger $35.00 plus tax per person
Saturday April 17th-Groth Cabernet Blending Seminar-11am
Join winemaker Michael Weis and Suzanne Groth in our Cabernet blending seminar. Learn the secrets of making wine. Each participant will use wine lab tools to create their own unique blend of Cabernet using several lots of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Lunch is served after the event paired with all of Groth’s currently released wines. The blend closest to Michael’s for the 2009 vintage will be invited back to the winery for the bottling of the wine. The hands on experience makes this easily our most popular event.
Price $50 per person plus tax, event capacity 24 people
Saturday October 17th Cab and Slab Dinner and WII Bowling competition 6:30pm
The house that Atari built will be hosting a Nintendo WII bowling match in the Reserve Cellar. Sometimes you have to go back to your roots. Suzanne and Andrew Groth (G2-second generation Groth Vintners) host dinner at Groth Vineyards & Winery. When we were growing up in Silicon Valley, our dad was the CFO at Atari video games, and we had the best Asteroids score in the neighborhood. Let’s see how we WII.
Great steaks and great Cabernet Sauvignon are celebrated in this exclusive dinner for Team Red Stripe members. We’ll be raiding the wine library for older vintages and celebrating our high gaming scores with Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
$150 per person, event capacity 50 people.
Suzanne Groth Pouring some Fantastic Groth Library wines. Chef Kimball Jones and son Morgan preparing the feast.
Friday October 16th- CAB Crush, Dawn-2pm
You've asked for it, so here it is. Come work crush 2009 with winemaker Michael Weis and his crew. Start at daybreak with grape sorting and be sure to come prepared to get your hands dirty. Have lunch with the crush crew and take home the satisfaction of knowing...I touched that wine!
$50 per person. Limit 5 people
SOLD OUT
Saturday October 3rd -The 2006 Groth Reserve Cabernet Release Party, 10am - 3pm
An open house to celebrate the release of the 2006 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. You'll be receiving your pre-order form for the 2006 Reserve Cabernet if you want to get more than the 2 bottles (or 3 bottles for the Cab only club) we'll ship automatically for the TRS club. Or look on line in the Team Red Stripe section of our web site. We'll be tasting the wine and pairing it with some fabulous hors 'douvres. Club members will also enjoy a library selection of Reserve wines in the reserve room.
Complimentary for TRS Members
Saturday May 30th- Groth Cabernet Blending Seminar, 11am
Join winemaker, Michael Weis and Suzanne Groth, in our Cabernet Blending seminar and learn the secrets of making great wine. Each participant will use wine lab tools to create their own unique blend of cabernet using several lots of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Lunch will be served after the event, paired with all of the Groth’s currently released wines. The blend closest to Michael’s for the 2008 vintage will be invited back to the winery for the bottling of the wine.
This hands-on experience makes this easily our most popular event!
Price: $50 per person, Event Capacity: 30 people
707-754-4240 or redstripe@grothwines.com
The Groth Team Red Stripe Events for 2008 are as follows:
Saturday, April 19th
The Groth Oysterodeo dinner and Sauvignon Blanc Release-5pm.
For the first time ever we welcome Michael Watchorn, cowboy and founder of Hog Island Oysters. He’ll be shucking and you’ll be slurping oysters and SB (winespeak for Sauvignon Blanc). This should be tons of fun and I’ll be giving the fastest shucker/sucker a case of the 2007 Sauvignon Blanc to take home that night. Dinner will also be served. Call us for details.
$100 per person.
Saturday May 31st -Groth Cabernet Blending Seminar-11am
Join winemaker Michael Weis and Suzanne Groth in our Cabernet blending seminar. Learn the secrets of making wine. Each participant will use wine lab tools to create their own unique blend of Cabernet using several lots of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Lunch is served after the event paired with all of Groth’s currently released wines. The blend closest to Michael’s for the 2007 vintage will win a case of Groth 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville and be invited back to the winery for the bottling of the wine.
Price $50 per person, event capacity 30 people
Thursday June 5th-Auction Napa Valley Open House and book signing by Nadia Gordon-They Mystery of Oakville –4-6pm
Come and celebrate the opening of the 27th annual Auction Napa Valley. Groth will be hosting an open house featuring our donation to this year’s auction E Lot or silent auction which will launch on-line in mid may. Come and feel the excitement of this year’s auction, drink Groth wines, enjoy some hors deuvres and maybe get on-line, bid on our E Lot of Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005. Our lot is an Oakville Mystery of the disappearing Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. As you all know we’ve replanted the vineyard since the 1999 vintage and since then we have not produced a Reserve Cab. The 2005 released later this year marks it’s return, mystery solved. Our good friend, Nadia Gordon, is a writer of mystery novels that are set in the Napa Valley. A complete, autographed set of her wine related ‘Sonny McKoskey series’ novels are included in this lot. Nadia will also make the winning bidder a named character in her next mystery novel. Click on the link below to learn more about Auction Napa Valley and E Auction.
http://www.napavintners.com/anv/index.aspx
Open house Complimentary for all TRS members
Saturday September 20th- The 2005 Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon pre-release tasting. 4pm-6pm.
We’ve been waiting 8 years to say this….come and get your Reserve! After years of replanting and patiently waiting for the Reserve vineyard to start producing the grapes then carefully making and aging this wine we are finally ready to release it. You’ll be receiving your pre-order form for the 2005 Reserve Cabernet if you want to get more than the 1 bottle we’ll ship automatically for the TRS club. Or look on line in the Team Red Stripe section of our web site
www.grothwines.com. We’ll be tasting the wine and pairing it with some fabulous hors ‘douvres from Chef Peter Hall.
Complimentary for TRS Members.
Saturday October 18th Cab and Slab Dinner 6:30pm
Suzanne and Andrew Groth (G2-second generation Groth Vintners) host dinner at Groth Vineyards & Winery. Great steaks and great Cabernet Sauvignon are celebrated in this exclusive dinner for Team Red Stripe members. We’ll be raiding the wine library for older vintages and celebrating the Return of the Reserve.
$150 per person, event capacity 50 people.
Please contact Groth Vineyards & Winery to reserve your space at these events. 707-754-4240 or redstripe@grothwines.com
