Danica Rosé Wine
Premium French Rosé Wine
Danica Patrick, world-renowned retired race car driver and entrepreneur, has announced her new Danica Rosé Wine from Provence, France. Patrick has teamed up with Nechio Novak private equity group on the product, which is composed of former Budweiser executive Rick Nechio and successful multi-business owner and entrepreneur Damian Novak.
Danica selected Provence because it is the oldest winemaking region in France, where rosé is a specialty and a long-standing way of life. The region is perfectly suited to make rose thanks to the climate, terroir and grape varietals perfectly suited for rosé wine. For this release, Danica collaborated with the Margnat family, whose wine making traditions dates back to 1895 and spans four generations.
Danica Rosé wine comes in an elegant custom glass bottle that pays homage to the blends’ French origin. Danica Rosé is now available online and at select retailers in California, Florida, and New York. The brand is slated to expand into retail stores nationwide in 2021.
Danica Patrick’s path to appreciating wine came from her racing days in England, where she discovered her love of wine. As her world travels took her to Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand and South Africa, her passion for wine led her to purchase a vineyard in Napa Valley and started her own wine brand, Somnium. Danica Rosé is just the latest expression of this passion. “My appreciation for wine and the winemaking process has grown tremendously over the past 15 years. The Danica Rosé is the type of French rosé that I enjoy drinking year-round, it is crisp and light with well-balanced acidity.”
To launch her new wine, Danica Patrick has partnered with Omaze for a national, online campaign beginning on June 30th, that supports Folds of Honor, a non-profit organization providing educational scholarships to the children and spouses of our fallen and disabled service members.
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São Lourenço do Barrocal
São Lourenço do Barrocal is a hotel and monte alentejano, located in a wild corner of the Alentejo, Portugal, in the foothills of medieval Monsaraz and nearby the Alqueva lake.
Within a 780-hectare estate that has been in the same family for over 200 years, it has its heart at an ancient small farming village, which has been brought back to the rhythms of rural daily life as a remarkable hotel of understated luxury, set amidst ancient holm oaks, olive groves and vineyards.
Here, all the comforts of a contemporary lifestyle are cultivated so guests can have the utmost experience while staying on a working farm, in communion with nature, heritage and people of all ages, being part of a budding community.
São Lourenço do Barrocal comprises a winery for the creation of its first-class single-estate wines, a farm to table restaurant respecting the flavour and simplicity of the food of Alentejo, a farm shop selling Portuguese contemporary crafts, regional delicacies and the estate’s own produce and a spa by Susanne Kaufmann, the renowned Austrian brand of organic treats. It also features an outdoor pool, an organic vegetable garden and orchard, stables with a horse
riding ring and a set of indoor and outdoor activities.
THE HOTEL SÃO LOURENÇO DO BARROCAL
Our 40 key five-star hotel offers beautiful accommodation – 22 guest rooms, 2 suites and 16 cottages –, where guests can enjoy the laid-back natural atmosphere and evidence the quiet heritage of ancient farm buildings and local craftmanship.
5 Winery Rooms - These rooms (50 to 85 sq. m.) are located on the pathway to the winery, offering views of the grain silos and/ or the reflecting pool. They include an antechamber, bathroom with bathtub, two washbasins and underfloor heating, a generously sized desk and a reading chair. Some of the rooms give access to an outdoor terrace (15 to 20 sq. m.) which features garden furniture and pergola shading.
5 Courtyard Rooms - Overlooking one of the most beautiful courtyards of the ‘monte’, with a reflecting pool, and the landscape of Monsaraz, these rooms (60 to 65 sq. m.) include an antechamber, bathroom with shower cabin and/ or bathtub, two washbasins and underfloor heating. All rooms contain a generously sized desk and a reading chair and give access to a private terrace (25 sq. m.) which features garden furniture and pergola shading.
12 Farm Rooms - These rooms (50 to 60 sq. m.) have the entrance in the main street of the ‘monte’ (for the most part), marking the former homes of the farm workers and their families. They include an antechamber, bathroom with shower cabin and/ or bathtub, two washbasins and underfloor heating, a generously sized desk and a reading chair. Rooms give access to a private terrace (25 to 35 sq. m.) which features outdoor furniture and pergola shading.
2 Suites - With privileged access to the surrounding landscape and a spectacular view towards Monsaraz castle, each suite (90 sq. m.) includes a living room with sofas, coffee table and dining table for 6 people. The bedroom contains a generously sized desk and a bathroom with shower cabin and a freestanding bathtub, two washbasins and underfloor heating. They also offer an outdoor terrace with view to a reflecting pool.
1 One-bedroom Barn Cottage - This cottage (175 sq. m.) has an outdoor terrace (60 sq. m.), offering views to the countryside, the old sheep pen and to the life unfolding in the ‘monte’. Its spacious bedroom contains a bathroom with shower cabin and freestanding bathtub, two washbasins and underfloor heating. It comprises a living room, a fully equipped kitchen with Gaggenau and Smeg appliances and a dining area with a table for 6 people, with access to an inner courtyard.
4 Two-bedroom Yard Cottages - Overlooking the gentle hill in the background of the rooftops or the other farm buildings, these cottages (135 to 190 sq. m.) are privileged places for connecting with life in the ‘monte’. Each one has 2 bedrooms (each with a private bathroom), a spacious living room with sofas, television and coffee table, a fully equipped kitchen with Gaggenau and Smeg appliances and a dining area with a table for 6 people. Some give access to an outdoor terrace (13 sq. m.), which includes garden furniture and pergola shading.
3 Two-bedroom Barn Cottages - These cottages (150 to 190 sq. m.) offer ample spaces, filled with natural light, reflecting their former use as barns, stables or cowsheds. They have 2 bedrooms (each with a private bathroom), a spacious living room with sofas, television and coffee table, a fully equipped kitchen with Gaggenau and Smeg appliances and a dining area with a table for 6 people. Cottages give access to an outdoor terrace (10 to 40 sq. m.), which includes garden furniture and pergola shading.
6 Two-bedroom Meadow Cottages - These cottages (155 to 175 sq. m.) have private outdoor terraces (40 to 120 sq. m.), offering unrestrained views to the ‘barrocais’ landscape and its wild meadows. Each cottage comprises a spacious living room with sofas, television and coffee table, a fully equipped kitchen with Gaggenau and Smeg appliances and a dining area with a table for 6 people. Each one of its 2 bedrooms include a bathroom, with shower cabin or bathtub and underfloor heating,
2 Three-bedroom Barn Cottages - Single or two-storey, these cottages have large areas (185 to 220 sq. m.), and unique features for hosting families or groups of friends. They give access to an outdoor terrace (30 to 85 sq. m.), offering views to the countryside and to life unfolding in the ‘monte’. They comprise bathrooms with shower cabin or bathtub and underfloor heating, a spacious living room with sofas, television and coffee table, a fully equipped kitchen with Gaggenau and Smeg appliances and a dining area with a table for 6 people.
2001 Bond Melbury
Bond is an Oakville, California, winery that makes widely acclaimed single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons based on an unusual business model. Founded in the late 1990s by H. William Harlan, who in 1984 founded Harlan Estate, Bond uses grapes from five vineyards that Harlan does not own. The winery refers to its offerings as “a portfolio of wines that are diverse in their geographic representation…” The name Bond was selected to highlight the “bond” between Harlan, his winemaking team, which includes his longtime associate Robert Levy, director of winegrowing, and the independent growers who supply the grapes. Each of the “grand crus,” as Harlan calls his Bond wines, has been given a proprietary name, such as Vecina and Melbury, meaning that although the goal is to make Cabernet Sauvignons using only single vineyard grapes, Bond reserves the right to blend if necessary. Besides the “grand crus” Bond makes Matriarch, a second wine. The vineyards Bond leases are 7 to 10 acres each.
Ao Yun
A blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc, this is a bold, dramatic and compelling debut wine from winemaker Maxence Dulou. Particularly impressive is the strong sense and imprint of place which is partially revealed by its saturated colour, exquisite ripeness, silky, grainy tannins and exciting freshness. The palate also provides sweet black and red cherry fruit overlaid with cool graphite, camphor as well as notes of juniper, pepper and cumin. Most surprising of all is the 15.1% alcohol which is both balanced and well hidden in the texture and freshness. It’s difficult to predict how long the wine will age and develop. But all the elements are there for a long and happy life.
Read more at http://www.decanter.com/reviews/china/ao-yun-2013/#PtHKJ67U8bYCAILP.99
Cheteau Lafite Rothschild
“Lafite has a soul, a beautiful, generous, kindly soul. Lafite turns bare earth into heaven. Lafite is harmony, a harmony between man and nature, because without our magnificent winegrowers, nothing would be accomplished.”
Baron Eric de Rothschild
In 1815, Guillaume Lawton said of Château Lafite, “I consider it to be the the most elegant and delicate, with the finest substance of the three (Premier Crus). The location of its vines is one of the finest in the Médoc”. In 1855 the Château was ranked as a Premier Grand Cru in the famous classification that was prepared for the Universal Exhibition of that year.
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Metaphora-Pinot Noir
An extremely elegant wine with concentrated fruit, and structure that makes this wine powerful, yet graceful. is is a well-balanced and rened wine with elegant avors of Bing and black cherry, cranberry, sassafras, sarsaparilla, caramel, toee, and a kiss of pomegranate. e silky long avor persistence makes it refreshing and longing for another glass.
