... Our Bin Number 2 - Happy May Day! ...

Aloha dear winemaker:

Welcome to the 2nd edition! We hope everyone is enjoying their spring and early summer... All of our students are counting the days, & flower shops & all are gearing up for graduations... For the rest of us, its just nice to enjoy sooo much sunshine this time of year! Certainly something to raise a glass and toast to!

Thanks to all who commented to our first letter... with a positive word, encouragement, complements to our website, & feedback. ;)
We constantly work on improving and striving to do our best, & always love to hear it all, so mahalo a nui!
Please, if you have any suggestions, from your wishlist of things you'd like to see, winery suggestions, improvements to our website or to our emails - please let us know!

Also, if you'd like to forward this email to a friend, there's a link down below that will take you to a page to do so! . (Or just click right here and send it!)

... (a belated) Happy Earth Day/Month!

As a company and organization, we try to act as environmentally conscious as we can, & are personally committed to doing our small part. All the recently escalating attention over global warming simply highlights something that has been building for decades - we do affect the world around us, which will come back to affect us. So lets all do our parts, & commemorate with a toast to try and do something about it!

For our part, we would like to encourage you to do something - RECYCLING!
For One - do your part & bring those bottles & cans to your nearest recycling place. With or without the five cents!
For Two - if you are a past winemaker, re-use your old bottles for your next bottling! As an added incentive, if you do, we'll give you a $10 credit towards your next barrel! (thats sure better than 5 cents a bottle!)
For Three - you are always welcome to recycle your wine bottles from us here with us anytime.

Stipulations... The bottles must be rinsed clean & the label stripped (simply soak the bottle for 5 minutes in hot water and it should easily come off!) No trash in the bottles please. There must be at least 2-cases / 24-bottles for the discount to apply. And try to only use our WTX bottles. Some standard commercial bottles might be ok, but others will not fit our corker & our foiler - so that is your chance. If you can drop off the bottles at least 1 week ahead, we can be sure to have them ready when you arrive.

On a personal aside - congratulations to our winemaking 'bird friends', for getting Manu o Ku, the threatened White Tern (Gygis Alba), named as the official bird of the City and County of Honolulu! You know who you all are & keep up the good work!

& For those who still haven't had a chance to visit, please check out our website, www.winetheexperience.com! Its got lots of great info, a downloadable wine list, maps for your friends, & our ongoing news. Hope you like it!

... Wine updates! ...

We sadly said good-bye to our last batch of the Oregon Yamhill County Pinot Noir. If you still have bottles or a barrel in the making, I recommend saving a few for a next year celebration. It will be a lovely velvety treat. Also, we just (yesterday) found out the Premier Santa Ynez Syrah is now discontinued, so the remaining 8 we have is all we'll get. If you want it, come & get it.

If you were a fan of the dense cherry fruit and distinctly smoky earth-iness of the late Oregon Pinot, we have you a new treat. We recently bottled our Limited Australian Grenache-Mourvedre, & it is a delicious reincarnation! A little heavier bodied, with lush black cherry fruit, mouthy jam, & a lovely dose of clove spice. We're all smiling.

Another note - we only have 2 Limited Australian Verdelho left. This was a joyful surprise - full of crisp melon fruit, bright citrus & a refreshing acidity. It flew off the shelves, so if you want any of this light fruity yet dry delish summer wine, now is the time.

We have THREE special batch treats.
1) Oregon Yamhill Pinot Gris Toasted - little hints of caramel vanilla match nicely to the green apple pinch of this crunchy white.
2) Aussie Shiraz Bin 4 - we heated this one up a notch! a nice dense mouth filler, packin a whopping 16% abv. (limited! only 4 available)
3) Pacific Chardonnay Bin 2 - made in the same style as our classic Pacific Chardonnay, but fermented with a different yeast strain! comparitively, loads more tropical fruits to it, & the usual extra oak aging is tempered by that flavorful abundance of orange and pineapple, while still retaining its subtle butterscotch and creamy finish. as Melissa says, "it finishes like an orange creamsicle". :) . this one won't be added to the regular list, so if you want it please ask!

... ALOHA.

One final thing... We are excited to announce that Melissa Carr is our new Assistant Manager! Melissa has been with our ohana for almost two years now, & we are thrilled and honored to have her in this new capacity.

Its always a pleasure. As a small token of continued appreciation (& since you're still reading!), come in & get one of the above "wine updates" wines started during the month of May, & we'll give you a pair of the new Eisch breatheable glasses! . OR Start any two batches yourself, & get a $50 credit towards out retail items! (What a great way to find something for Mom or Dad! Hmm...)**

We look forward to seein y'all at the store. A hui hou!
the WINEtheExperience ohana & Maka.

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** While supplies last. Offer subject to change. 1 per group of friends/households. Retail credit cannot be used for Eisch glasses. Offer expires 5/31/07. Cannot be combined with any other offers/promotions.

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Honolulu, HI 96816
(808)738-0738