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The Dine, Wine and Spirits Show | Interview with Hugh Davies
The Dine, Wine and Spirits Show | Interview with Hugh Davies
Tim McNally, host of The Dine, Wine and Spirits show on WGSO 990AM (New Orleans) interviewed Hugh Davies on November 24, 2015. In the interview, Hugh discusses the 50th Anniversary of the craft sparkling wine producer and the developments that have occurred since Jack and Jamie Davies first began the venture in 1965, particularly the intensive vineyard site exploration in the Napa Valley and throughout the North Coast as well as the story behind the Davies Vineyards still wine program. During the broadcast, Tim tastes the 2007 J. Schram Rosé and the Davies Vineyards 2012 Pinot Noir, Nobles Vineyard (clip...
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Vintner Hugh Davies celebrates Schramsberg Vineyard’s 50th anniversary
Vintner Hugh Davies celebrates Schramsberg Vineyard’s 50th anniversary
“It saddens me to see so many California family wineries being sold to publicly traded beverage companies. Thus 50 years of Schramsberg vintages are truly something to celebrate. Congratulations to the Davies family, who has kept Schramsberg in their possession and control since Jack and Jamie Davies purchased the Napa Valley property in the 1960s. The Davies reestablished the Schramsberg property while establishing America’s first sparkling wine house in 1965, the year their son and current vintner and winemaker, Hugh, was born. “Seven styles of Schramsberg’s sparklers are produced using Méthode Champenoise at this California Historical Landmark on Napa Valley’s...
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American Wine Royalty: Schramsberg
American Wine Royalty: Schramsberg
“When I started Opening a Bottle last year, I didn’t realize that I would get the chance to meet so many winemakers so quickly. And I also didn’t realize that so many winemakers would be such approachable, wonderful people. “It makes sense, however. They spend much of their time outside, they form a close bond with the land, they take enormous personal risk for the love of their end product, and they have to have a knack for people-skills in order to organize labor and to market and sell their product. “All of this was once again affirmed recently when I was invited to attend...
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Newsday: Drinks
Newsday: Drinks
“Schramsberg Vineyards, one of the country’s top producers of sparkling wines, has reason to be bubbly. The winery is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In 1972, when President Nixon hosted Chou En-Lai, premier of China, at the state dinner remembered for the “toast to peace,” the 1969 Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs was the beverage. “Schramsberg’s sparklers have been poured at state dinners, White House dinners and luncheons, an economic summit and President Reagan’s 75th birthday party. They’re uniformly exceptional wines. But you don’t have to drop $175 for the limited-edition Late Disgorged sparkling wines that herald the birthday. There are several...
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Schramsberg and Davies Vineyards: 50 Years of Exploring Ideal Vineyard Sites
Schramsberg and Davies Vineyards: 50 Years of Exploring Ideal Vineyard Sites
ST. HELENA (October 26, 2015) —50 years of intensive vineyard site exploration in the Napa Valley and throughout the North Coast provides the Davies family and its winemaking team with an extraordinary range of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon with which to craft fine wines, sparkling and still. Since the beginning, when Jack and Jamie Davies set out to produce sparkling wines of character and distinction using low-yielding premium Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes sourced from growers in the northern Napa Valley — Calistoga, St. Helena and Spring Mountain — the famed California sparkling wine house has never relented...
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The 25 Best Wineries in California
The 25 Best Wineries in California
"When wine-lovers talk of California sparkling wine — and despite the other fine producers in the state, including several launched by the great French Champagne houses — it is Schramsberg that they talk of first and foremost. There has been a winery on the spot since Jacob Schram founded one in 1862, but it was the purchase of the property in 1965 by Jack and Jamie Davies that made it a vital player in the modern California wine game. The wines are impeccable — lively, fresh, and complex — and have won countless awards and other honors (Richard Nixon and Chou Enlai toasted...
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Happy 50th anniversary Schramsberg
Happy 50th anniversary Schramsberg
“The grove of olive trees that covered his head weren’t as tall as they are now when Hugh Davies was a boy growing up among them. The area in which he welcomed guests to his winery’s 50th anniversary celebration – a tree-lined grove with flanking vineyards – was, in his childhood, not an area to receive business guests and associates, it was part of his family upbringing. 'We called it the picnic area,' he said. “The area now known as Jack and Jamie’s Grove, named for Hugh Davies’ parents and the founders of Schramsberg Vineyards, played host to some 200...
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Popping the Cork on 50 Years of Bubbly
Popping the Cork on 50 Years of Bubbly
“Sparkling wine doesn't get a chance to age in my cellar. We drink it too quickly. Most of you are probably in the same position. That's why it was such a rare experience when Schramsberg Vineyards opened its cellar recently for a retrospective tasting that celebrated the Napa winery's 50th anniversary. “For Hugh Davies it is a bittersweet time, reflecting on the past and looking to the future. The president and CEO, Davies was born in fall 1965, just as the winery was finishing its first harvest. His parents, Jack and Jamie Davies, have passed away and during the tasting...
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Schramsberg Vineyards Nominated for Wine Enthusiast’s American Winery of the Year
Schramsberg Vineyards Nominated for Wine Enthusiast’s American Winery of the Year
ST. HELENA, CA (August 28, 2015) — Schramsberg Vineyards has been named one of five nominees for Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Star Award for American Winery of the Year, the winery’s third nomination for the prestigious honor in five years. Each year, the editors at Wine Enthusiast Magazine select nominees based on their achievements in the beverage industry and Schramsberg, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has once again proven itself as a driving force in the wine world. Wine Enthusiast supports its selection, noting that the winery “has long topped California’s list of incredible sparkling wine producers. Acclaimed for its...
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Consumers Wine and Dine with Schramsberg Vineyards to Celebrate Golden Jubilee
Consumers Wine and Dine with Schramsberg Vineyards to Celebrate Golden Jubilee
ST. HELENA, CA (August 24, 2015) — In celebration of 50 years of producing world-class sparkling wines, this coming fall Schramsberg Vineyards will draw on its history in promoting an American food and wine culture by hosting a nationwide series of winemaker dinners. The dinners will occur in eight cities across the country, educating consumers about the wines produced by Schramsberg and demonstrating how well sparkling wines pair with food. Schramsberg has long created educational opportunities on the topic, including the bi-annual Camp Schramsberg program, hosting food and wine events at its property and developing winemaker dinners at top restaurants...
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