CIMA COLLINA NEWs, reviews & EVENTS

JUNE 1: PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO SHIP TO ILLINOIS PENDING THE APPROVAL OF OUR DIRECT SHIPPING PERMIT. IT IS IN PROCESS AND WE HOPE TO RESUME SHIPPING TO IL SOON. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.

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Upcoming events for Cima Collina:

Calling all Pinot Fans 

Join winemaker Annette Hoff  for Pinot Noir Night, Friday, August 1 from 5-7 pm at the Cima Collina Tasting Room & Art Gallery

~ Featuring the new 2006 Monterey County Pinot Noir

~ Taste all of our Pinots

~ Meet Tasting Room Manager Jane Beery

~ Enter our drawing for Cima Collina logo wear

Reserve today – limited to the first 30 guests.  Call 831 620 0645

C3 wine club members - free,  $5.00 - non club members

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Join us for the 16th Annual Winemakers’ Celebration - Saturday, August 9, 2008 from 12-4 pm at the Custom House Plaza in downtown Monterey.  Over 45 Monterey County wineries pouring special wines, food, music, educational wine displays and unique seminars will be offered, plus an extraordinary silent auction. Call 831.375.9400 or visit www.montereywines.org for details. 

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The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering - Friday, August 15, 2008, 10 am - 4 pm 

With a limited number of tickets available, the Quail provides an unequalled lifestyle experience that combines landmark automobiles, a culinary presentation able to please the most demanding palate, and the best Monterey County wines, including Cima Collina.

For tickets call: (831) 620 8887 or (877) 734 4628  E-Mail: thequail@quaillodge.com

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Taste Cima Collina wines at the Family Winemakers of California Trade and Consumer Tasting - San Francisco, August 24-25, 2:00 - 6:00 at the Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center. For more information and tickets, call 916/489-750.0

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We have teamed with Classical KBOQ radio at 103.9 FM to present the K-Bach Wine Minute. Heard 3 times a day on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at approximately 1:25, 3:25 and 5:25 p.m., with the Wine Guy, Tom Simoneau. To learn more, click here.

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Our 2006 Howlin' Good Red blend is available exclusively at our Tasting Room, benefiting the SPCA for Monterey County. We'll let our cellar dog (and label model) Sweetie tell you more - to hear and see her, click here...  

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Down in Monterey: Wineries place tasting rooms in locations convenient for tourists

WINERIES NEAR THE AQUARIUM AND IN CARMEL

By Laurie Daniel for the Mercury News Article Launched: 04/13/2008 02:26:42 AM PDT

A trip to Wine Country can be an appealing diversion, but two or more hours on the road while burning gas at the rate of nearly $4 a gallon can take a lot of the pleasure out of the excursion.

But if you're headed to the Monterey Peninsula for an aquarium visit, a round of golf or some gallery stops in Carmel, it's easy to make a quick detour for wine tasting. Several tasting rooms are within a couple of minutes' walk from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Others are tucked into the small streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea or just off Highway 1.

No, you won't see any vineyards, fermentation tanks or oak barrels. But with the money you save on gas, you could buy a bottle of wine for a picnic overlooking Monterey Bay - a view that easily rivals the most picturesque corner of any wine country.

CARMEL

Cima Collina

The essentials: San Carlos Street, between Ocean and Seventh streets, in the Paseo Courtyard. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Monday; $5 for up to six tastes. (831) 620-0645.

The ambience: Art lovers' heaven. The tasting room went into a space occupied by an art gallery, and a gallery has remained, featuring the works of Carol Chapman and Fred Slautterback. The tasting bar occupies a small spot.

Don't miss: The Chula Vina Vineyard chardonnay is one of my favorites; the pinot noirs are also very good.

Information: www.cimacollina.com

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An art gallery tour of Carmel

Charyn Pfeuffer Sunday, December 9, 2007

Cima Collina Tasting Room

& Art Gallery

... Finish up your rounds across the street at Cima Collina Art Gallery and Wine Tasting Bar. Tucked in a courtyard away from the hustle and bustle of San Carlos Street, this unsuspecting art forum features a trove of portrait, landscape and abstract pieces by longtime Carmel resident Carol Chapman; mixed-media works by Fred Slautterback; and art by a rotating cast that most recently included Norton Wright, a former television producer. Chapman's work has appeared at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Christie's in London, New York and Tokyo.

As you wind down the day, soak it all in over a glass of Cima Collina's Monterey County Pinot Noir. With wine, there should always be a sense of place, or gout de terroir. After checking out some of the most promising talent coming from the Monterey Peninsula, one can see that the same philosophy is putting Carmel galleries back on the map.

Cima Collina Art Gallery and Wine Tasting Bar, San Carlos Street between Ocean and Seventh avenues. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday through Monday. (831) 620-0645, cimacollina.com.

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