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Every Thursday from 4:00 until 8:00 pm we open a special bottle of wine and offer to you at a highly discounted price.
The wines are typically 90 points or better and are discounted 20-40%. Sometimes even more! when we can get special pricing from our vendors , we pass the savings along to you!!
Come in on Thursday and sample. If you can't make it, call us and we can put some aside for you!! 
(All purchases must be accompanied by a credit card.)

Meyer Family

Syrah


2013
 Mendocino, California
98% Syrah, 2% Petite Sirah
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From the family who founded Silver Oak Cellars!!
Matt Meyer literally grew up at Silver Oak Cellars, helping his father Justin Meyer make Silver Oak one of the top cult wineries in the world. We fell in love with this bottling and Matt & Karen’s winery about 8 years ago, both their Syrah and Cabernet are  pure labors of love, but production is smaller than tiny and only a little of their wine and port trickle into Virginia.
They are unique as they delay releasing a wine until they think it’s ready to drink, hence the 2013 is the current vintage. You may recognize their Bonny’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon as one of our favorites. Because they are so small and have a cult following themselves they don’t submit their wines to the various wine critics. Most vintages are sold out before the next one is ready.
 

Our Tasting Notes.........

2013 was a warm vintage which bursts with a ripe mixture of huckleberry, blueberry, and plum. Behind the fruit, a savory backdrop of violet, pepper, and subtle earth. The acidity of this wine is again present on the palate and complemented by a touch of grippy tannins provided by the small percentage of Petite Sirah blended into the wine. Two years in barrel has softened the palate and added aromas of vanilla, cedar, and clove. The bottle aging only adds to this wines beauty.

Our Regular Price $32.99
Special Sale Price 
Only $24.00 a bottle

$114.00 for six! ($19.00 a bottle)
That's 43% Off!!!!

What's in the shop is all there is.

Call us to order at 703-668-WINE(9463)

Meyer Family Harvest Notes…..
Back to back, 2012 and 2013 are two of the best vintages that we have experienced since the mid-nineties. Talking to neighbors and folks in other appellations, there was a lively debate as to which was a better year. In the end we all agreed both were superb, and each was a reflection of the individual vineyards’ reactions to timing in the weather. In 2013, easy weather in the spring led to good set, although with slightly less crop than the previous vintage in Oakville. The summer temperatures were about average, with no major heat spikes during the year. The grapes filed into the winery in orderly fashion as fall brought about a typical cooling change. The fruit composition seemed remarkably similar to the previous year, with the only obvious difference being a richer palate in the 2013, most likely owing to a lower crop level.

This family tree is a grapevine…..
The Meyers of Meyer Family Cellars Karen Meyer’s passion for enology took her to countries far from her home in Western Australia; Napa Valley native Matt Meyer also traveled to distant harvests in the quest to master his craft. Matt even spent time in Australia, years before meeting Karen during the 1999 crush at Argyle Winery in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Once the harvest was over, the two young friends went their separate ways – for a while. Karen had more travels ahead on her way to becoming a vintner; Matt had a master’s degree to earn, and a lot to live up to as the son of Napa’s larger-than-life Justin Meyer, co-founder of Silver Oak Cellars. But love, like winemaking, makes little of distances. Karen found Matt a harvest job in New Zealand for the 2004 crush. Later that year Karen joined Matt at Meyer Family Cellars, in the Yorkville Highlands District of Mendocino County’s remote Anderson Valley wine region.
It’s a small operation – literally a “mom and pop” winery, with just three employees. But Karen knew what she was getting into. Her parents owned a wine shop in Perth, Western Australia, so she learned early in life what it takes to run a family business: abundant time, boundless energy and passionate commitment. “It’s more than just a job; it’s all-consuming,” she says. “Our lives and the winery are so intertwined.” A glance into the spotless Meyer Family barrel room makes her meaning clear: A stroller and play chair for the couple’s little daughter Sidney share space with the family forklift and a pair of friendly felines named Sonny and Cher.
 The Meyers live over their winery, where Matt and Karen work closely together to make syrah, cabernet sauvignon and aged tawny port. For the fi rst year of Sidney’s life, it wasn’t unusual to see her sleeping in her stroller while Karen operated the family fork lift. “She was born just before crush, so she’s spent a lot of time in the cellar,” Karen says. “I don’t think she realizes she’s at a winery,” adds Matt. Famous grandparents She may not realize it yet, but little Sidney is not just any winery baby. Her grandparents, Justin and Bonny Meyer, made California winemaking history at their Silver Oak Cellars in Oakville, Napa Valley. Justin Meyer, the vintner whose cabernet sauvignons made Silver Oak the valley’s first cult winery, learned his craft as a member of the Christian Brothers in St. Helena, where he was groomed to succeed the famed Brother Timothy in making the order’s wine. His love for life led Meyer out of religious orders in the early 1970s, when he married and co-founded Silver Oak Cellars with Bonny. The couple raised three children while establishing Silver Oak’s reputation as the Napa Valley’s preeminent cabernet house. “I probably got dropped off by the school bus more often at the winery than at home, because that’s where my parents were,” says Matt, who didn’t realize what a destination Silver Oak had become until major-league baseball players began stopping by. “That made an impression on me more than anything, because I really liked baseball,” he recalls. Matt also enjoyed the atmosphere at Silver Oak, where his parents and their partners shared their success with the staff , taking everyone – families and all – to Hawaii one year as thanks for their service. “Everybody seemed to be very, very happy to work there,” he recalls. “In 25 or 30 years, only a couple of people left.” “And I really enjoyed the people, they were a lot of fun to hang out with. I fi nd that in general, in the wine business, people are more easygoing. It’s just a nice industry.”