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» Writeup in Menus From Mendocino, Summer • Fall 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 11, 2003

Contact: Jed Ayres, 707/937-6737, jed@mendowinetours.com

Mendo Wine Tours is pleased to offer you something brand-new to add to your list of favorite day-trips in Northern California: a semi-private wine-tasting tour by chauffeur-driven limousine of the best boutique wineries of the Anderson Valley.

Luxurious but affordable, this is a great excursion for locals and/or their visitors from out of town or abroad, and a delightful adjunct to any wine-fancier’s stay in Mendocino. We feel sure that our wine-tasting tour by limo—the first ever in Mendocino County’s scenic Anderson Valley—has all the makings of a California classic.

We want to extend an invitation for you to join us for our launch date on the weekend of Friday, December 5th, or any weekend thereafter, for a day of pleasure and leisure in the Anderson Valley. The brainchild of three locals born and raised in Mendocino, Mendo Wine Tours is founded on the idea of connoisseurship without snobbery. Enjoyment paired with safety. Luxury that doesn’t leave out the fun.

Spend the night in any one of our charming and delightful participating inns along the Mendocino Coast. At 10:00 on any Friday, Saturday or Sunday morning, our stretched luxury SUV will pick you up and take you on a quick scenic jaunt along the Mendocino Coast before turning inland towards the wine-growing region of the Anderson Valley. Ride in style through hauntingly beautiful old-growth redwood forests as we wend our way to some of California’s finest—and least known—boutique wineries.

There are over 40 wineries and 16,000 acres of vineyards in Mendocino County. Although the wines made here are garnering more and more accolades from connoisseurs of California wine, the wine country of the Anderson Valley has long been an insider’s secret.

We think it’s about time more people found out about this treasure. And we believe we’ve thought of the most delightful way to allow visitors to experience it without putting their lives in peril by drinking and driving along the Valley’s serpentine roads.

We’re offering royal treatment without asking a king’s ransom—at $125 per person, our daylong tour winds up being a bargain. Local sparkling wine, and delicious bread and cheese are all part of the package, along with a gourmet picnic lunch prepared daily by chefs of the acclaimed MacCallum House Restaurant and served at one of the wineries.

Our guests will also be treated to discounted pricing at each of the participating wineries, with opportunities for barrel and reserve tasting, behind the scene tours, and one-on-one discussions with the winemakers. Mendo Wine Tours has arranged for guests to be able to purchase limited production wines unavailable to the general public.

Our limousine can also be hired for private service, tours and events.

Please check out our web site for more details. We hope you’ll be able to join us soon in Mendocino for a day of discovery in California’s other wine country.