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December 1, 2004

Mendocino Crab & Wine Days

Our 6th annual county-wide Crab & Wine Days event runs from Fri. Jan. 21 through Sun. Jan. 30, 2005. Last year the judges awarded our 2002 Semillon the Crab Trophy for "the best wine in the county to have with crab." Can Yorkville Cellars make it two years in a row?

Wine & Brewery Passports
Restaurants Feature Crab Dishes
Crab & Wine Cooking Classes
Winter Lodging Rates
Crab & Whale Watching Cruises
Crabbing Demonstrations
Crabcake Cookoff with Celebrity Judges

More details at: http://gomendo.com/events/crab/

Please feel free to call us if you have questions or you'd like lodging or restaurant suggestions.

Yorkville tastings in early '05

Here are a few tastings already on our schedule:

Fri. Jan 21- Crab & Wine Days Festival Kick-Off with Crab Chowder & Wine Tasting, Point Cabrillo Lighthouse (Ft. Bragg, CA) $15, Tel (707) 937-6120.
Sat. Jan 22 & Sun. Jan 23 - Semillon & Crab Hors d'oeuvres In Our Tasting Room (noon-3pm). $10 public tasting fee waved for our Hi-Rollrs Wine Club members. Part of the Mendocino Crab & Wine Days.
Wed. Jan. 26 - The Rendevouz Inn & Restaurant, Ft. Bragg, CA. Tel (707) 964-8142. Special WineMaker & Crab Dinner co-hosted by Yorkville Cellars & Kim Badenhop, Chef and Innkeeper http://www.rendezvousinn.com/
Sat. Jan 29 - Crab & Wine Days, Wine Competition and Pouring, Ft. Bragg, CA. More details at: http://gomendo.com/events/crab/
Sat. Jan 29 & Sun. Jan 30 - 14th Boston Wine Expo, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. Tickets at:

https://secure.ceio.com/wine-expos/boston.asp

Nov. 20th - Deborah (in blue) pours some of our older Malbecs to go with six mushroom appetizers as part of the Wine & Mushroom Fest. Jamie Rushing (in red) preferred the 1998 Malbec.

Our Holiday Gift Packs could be just the thing...

We've put together some special Gift Packs for holiday gift giving. They're meant to offer you a good selection in different price ranges. And until Dec. 15th we're offering Free Shipping & Handling, which saves $10 to $15 per shipment.

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There are 2-Packs, 3-Packs and 6-Packs. Some include a box of fine quality chocolates... Except for the 6-Packs the inside the shipping carton is a black presentation gift box that can include your gift message.

A few examples we're offering (plus tax if delivered to CA):

Royal Pair 2-Pack: Bottle each of our Eleanor of Aquitaine and our Richard the Lion-Heart with a box of fine quality Chocolates. $55 delivered.

Richard Vertical 3-Pack: Our Richard the Lion-Heart from the vintages 1997, 1998 & 1999; all three won Gold Medals. $99 delivered.

REDs 6-Pack: One bottle each of our vintage 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot and Richard the Lion-Heart. $130 delivered.

Other choices can be viewed on our website at:

This is part of our stated aim at the start of the year that "It's our 10th Birth day... but you get the presents all year long." Special monthly offer ends Wed. Dec. 15, 2004 and applies to web and telephone orders: (707) 894-9177.

FREE SHIPPING on the Special Gift Packs as well as 6 or more bottles shipped via UPS Ground.

As always we sincerely want to thank you for your continued interest in our wines and fantastic support.

Happy Holidays to you and your family!

Deborah & Edward Wallo

Founders and proprietors

Yorkville Cellars - Celebrating Our 10 Vintages!

Mile Marker 40.4 on Highway 128

Between Cloverdale & Boonville
Mendocino County, California
Phone: (707) 894-9177

www.YorkvilleCellars.com