Beer Tasting!!!

Come join Brad the beer guy (the foremost beer expert in the state) for a kick butt Oktoberfest beer tasting. We will also be sampling the new Pizza’s from Leonardo’s. Beer and Pizza for $10 you cannot go wrong with that!!!

$10 for beer tasting with Joe Falkowski, another major beer geek that will put on one heck of a show!!!

We will also be sampling Pizza from Leonardo's Pizza in Mahtomedi. They are under new ownership and want to show off their new product!!!

• When November 18th Thursday
• Where: Cedric’s Landing Apartments-in their party room
  5680 Hadley ave N Oakdale 55128 (the large apartment complex next to Fleet Farm)
• Cost: $10 per person.

What: Make Your Own Wine for The Holidays
featuring Matt Smith from Blacksmith cellars

What an opportunity for your holiday gift giving. Matt Smith will be in town with samples for you to create your very own wine. You make the blend that night and he will bring it back to California and bottle it for you. What a great gift idea for the holidays.

• When: Thursday November 11th
• Time: 7pm
• Where: Cedric’s Landing Apartments-in their party room
  5680 Hadley ave N Oakdale 55128 (the large apartment complex next to Fleet Farm). See map below.
• Cost: $10 per person.

Come Join Michael De Loach
Owner of Hook and Ladder Vineyards
for a Very Informative Wine Tasting
from One of the Legends in the Wine World

 • When: Thursday September 23rd
 • Time: 7pm
 • Location: Dellwood Hills Country club
 • Cost: $20 per person

Born in San Francisco and raised in Sonoma, Michael grew up in the wine business. He started working in the vineyard at age 11 and in the cellar at 15. He completed courses of the study in winemaking at the Napa Valley School of Cellaring as well as the University of California at Davis. He also served as president of De Loach Vineyards.
This is a very unique opportunity to meet and socialize with a legend in the wine business Michael De Loach.

3rd Annual Party on the Patio

Thursday June 10th 5:30-7:30 pm (Dinner at 6pm)

Where: The wine Company Patio (one of my distributors they have a really cool patio)
What: Wine tasting, Music, BBQ and Bocce ball.
Price: $15 per person for food, entertainment and lots of killer wine.

Space is limited sign up now!!

The Wine Company’s Patio
425 West Minnehaha Ave
St Paul, MN 55103

Thursday June 10th
5:30pm

Cost: $15.00 per person
for wine tasting and dinner

Come Join Annie Shull owner and operator of
Raptor Ridge Winery
in the
Willamette Valley of Oregon.
Taste some of the best Pinot Noir’s in the world!!!

• When: April 14th
• Time 7pm
• Location: Dellwood Hills Country club
• Cost $20 per person includes appetizers

How did a St. Paul Gal End up Owning a Winery in the Willamette Valley?

Raptor Ridge Proprietress, Annie Christensen Shull is a native of St. Anthony Park in St. Paul. After graduating from Como Park High School, briefly attending the U of M, Annie then finished her undergraduate at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. Her first career path landed her in the Silicon Valley, from whence she was recruited to company headquarters outside of Portland, Oregon. There Annie met her future husband, Scott Shull, a budding winemaker, who launched his first commercial vintage in 1995. These two high tech refugees combined forces, and with their joint business acumen, marketing, education, and sales skills, have grown a 500-case production to 6500 in the last 15 years. Scott, self-taught and learning from every vintage, focuses his artistry and drive to make his acclaimed wines in the finest New World pinot-producing region: the Willamette Valley. Annie leads the sales and marketing efforts of Raptor Ridge, as well being a leader in the Oregon Wine Industry. Annie is a Director on the Oregon Pinot Camp and Wineries of the Willamette Boards. The Shulls are both very involved in the Salud Wine Auction and more recently, the International Pinot Noir Celebration. Traveling the US to promote Raptor Ridge, Annie tries to stop by and see the folks at home as often as possible. She can frequently be found presenting her wines at Twin Cities tastings, wine dinners, and charity events.  The Shulls look forward to opening their own Estate Winery in the Fall of 2010.

Find Raptor Ridge at www.raptoridge.com