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• HEDONIST IN THE CELLAR • WHAT'S THE MOST POPULAR PHOTO IN THE WINE WORLD? St. Helena, Napa Valley, September 2004---A dramatically beautiful image of fog creeping over steep rows of mountain vineyard at Smith-Madrone Vineyards, taken by photographer Chuck O?Rear in 1988, may well be the most popular photograph in the wine world. See photos and read full text. •SMITH-MADRONE CHARDONNAY WINS PLATINUM-BEST OF SHOW San Diego, CA, June 2004---Smith-Madrone Winery’s 2001 Chardonnay was awarded the Critics’ Platinum Award and tied with the 2003 Vionta Albarino for Best of Show-White Wine at the Critics Challenge wine competition in San Diego, held May 29-30. The Chardonnay is grown at an elevation of 1,800 feet on top of Spring Mountain in the Napa Valley. • 3 SPRING MOUNTAIN DISTRICT WINES HONORED BY WINE SPECTATOR Smith-Madrone, Pride, Paloma chosen in "Top 100" issue. Dec. 2003 Three wines from one of Napa Valley's oldest and least-known appellations---the Spring Mountain District---received enormous honors in The Wine Spectator's annual "Top 100" issue now on newstands. Read full text • It's Déjà Vu All Over Again: Re-Release of the '97 Riesling Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery is taking the unusual step of re-releasing a limited quantity of its 1997 Riesling this fall. Why?... • Summer 2002 Press Release HOW MANY GOLD MEDALS CAN ONE WINE WIN? Learn more about the method (and madness?...) behind our Medal Standings! Read full text • April 2002 Press Release Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery was awarded a sweepstakes gold Medal for its 1999 Chardonnay and a bronze medal for its 2000 Riesling at the Monterey Wine Competition.. Plus, about our new WEB SITE Read full text. • February 2002 Press Release 2 GOLDS AT SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE WINE COMPETITION "Congratulations to Smith-Madrone for its gold medals! The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is one of the top ten wine competitions in the country for the number of entries. We salute Smith-Madrone for their excellence in winemaking," said Bob Fraser, the Competition's Executive Director. Read full text. |
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A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine has just been published by Alfred A. Knopf. This is a compilation of Jay McInerney’s wine reporting over the past several years for Conde Nast House & Garden Magazine. Known for his ground-breaking book Bright Lights, Big City, McInerney has published seven works of fiction as well as an earlier book about wine, Bacchus & Me. The book profiles many winemakers and wineries from around the world; the only Napa Valley winery profiled at length is Smith-Madrone Winery, in a section of the book called “Lovers, Fighters and Other Obsessives.” The chapter about Smith-Madrone (“Mountain Men: The Smith Brothers of Smith-Madrone”) appeared originally as McInerney’s House & Garden wine column in June, 2005. This section includes profiles of Michel Chapoutier, Greg Brewer and Steve Clifton, Remirez de Ganuza, Willy Frank and Randall Grahm.