Announcing Our Spring Release 2013!

Spring is in the air and we're excited to announce the Kingston Family Vineyards Spring Release with the arrival of our  2011 Lucero Syrah, 2012 Cariblanco Sauvignon Blanc, and 2011 Bayo Oscuro CJ’s Barrel Syrah (for Old Corral members) plus limited time free shipping on all case orders.  Here's the letter which we sent out to all the members of our mailing list to announce our Spring Release. If you'd like to be added to our mailing list, sign up here.

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Dear Friends,

We’ve just begun our tenth harvest at the Kingston vineyard.  One might think that, after farming in Casablanca for almost a century, ten years would be just another notch on the old fence post.  But I am amazed at the pace of change we’ve seen in Chilean wines over the past decade.

Ten years ago, we carried the first Kingston winemaking equipment down to Chile in ski bags.  We bottled only 400 cases of pinot noir and syrah from our family’s estate vineyard.  At a time when there was little appreciation in Chile for small-lot winemaking or cool-climate reds, we instead focused on expressing the unique characteristics of our western Casablanca terroir through our estate-bottled wines.

Fast forward a decade, and we are delighted to be among a dedicated group of winemakers making Burgundy-like quantities of pinot noir and syrah along Chile’s coastline.  We’re sharing space in our winery with other artisan winemakers, working side-by-side to delve into the world-class potential of handmade Chilean wines.  Meanwhile, young Chilean winemakers to whom we gave Kingston fellowships to work harvest abroad – such as Matetic Vineyards’ Julio Bastias and our own Evelyn Vidal – now make some of Chile’s most acclaimed bottlings.

This spring, we’re releasing our 2011 Lucero Syrah ($18), 2012 Cariblanco Sauvignon Blanc ($16), and 2011 Bayo Oscuro CJ’s Barrel Syrah ($36, for Old Corral members).  We hope you enjoy drinking these wines as much as we’ve enjoyed making them.

Sending our best from Casablanca.

¡Saludos!

Courtney Kingston