Open every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5pm for Wine Tasting.
For the wine enthusiast we provide a place to enjoy wine tasting and learn about wine while sampling the wares of three very different winemakers, varietals, and styles. Stop by soon and meet our winemakers – Jeff Fadness of La Vie Dansante Wines, Ted Medeiros of Medeiros Family Wines, and Ron Mosley of TASS Vineyards and Winery.
Blended, a Winemaker’s Studio is dedicated to supporting and growing wine and winemakers in the Santa Clara Valley. We provide the infrastructure, production space, equipment, education, and a retail outlet for up-and-coming winemakers who have the talent and ability to be successful but who may be lacking the resources necessary to enter this highly competitive and regulated industry on their own.
News
May
Last month we thought the weather was changing… no such luck. Here we sit at the beginning of May and it’s still cold and rainy – with more in the forecast! It’s not the rain that bothers us so much, but rather the lack of heat. Last year we got fooled early in the summer by thinking that although it was a cool spring “we’ll make it up in the summer”. It didn’t happen, the entire summer was cool, which led to some of the grapes, especially La Vie Dansante’s Rhone varieties like Mourvedre and Petite Sirah not ripening fully. It’s a lesson we don’t want to repeat so there’s beginning to be a little angst amoung the winegrower community here at Blended.
Other than that things are rolling along nicely. We’re looking at the Outdoor Tasting Area and making plans to make it a little more beautiful and inviting. Maybe some Adirondack chairs and better landscaping? There’s also that pesky paver project that still waiting for a moment of insanity when we think it’s a great idea to spend a week on our knees laying blocks. We’ll see what the summer brings. It’s always a balancing act between time, money, and winemaking.
Winemaker Happenings
Tasting Room:
Stop by and sample the wines of three distinctly different winemakers every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5pm. We have a $10 tasting fee (refunded with the purchase of a bottle).
On Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays the Tasting Room is open for La Vie Dansante Wines only. Come in and try the full spectrum of their wines and meet Jeff, the winemaker.
May
5/11 – Saturday, 6pm to 9pm – Medeiros Family Wine Club Release Social
June
6/08 – Saturday, 6pm to 9pm – La Vie Dansante Wines Spring Wine Club Release. Watch for more details as we get closer to the event.
6/20 – Thursday, 7:00 to 9:00 – La Vie Dansante Wine Symposia; Blending the Perfect GSM. A hands on seminar in learing to blend the three primary southern-Rhone varietals. Tickets are $45 each ($36 for Wine Club Members) and include a fun lecture, Q&A time, and two glasses of wine!
July
August
8/10 – Medeiros Family Wine Club Release Social
8/22 – Thursday, 7:00 to 9:00 – La Vie Dansante Wine Symposia – One Grape, 5 Styles – Syrah Around the World. Tickets are $45 each ($36 for Wine Club Members) and include a fun lecture, Q&A time, and two glasses of wine!
September
9/06 – 9/30 – Wineries of Santa Clara Valley 2019 Fall Passport.
9/07 – Saturday, 6pm to 9pm – La Vie Dansante Wines Spring Wine Club Release. Watch for more details as we get closer to the event.
October
10/18 – Thursday, 7:00 to 9:00 – La Vie Dansante Wine Symposia – Boutique Winemaking – How We Make Wine at La Vie Dansante etWines. Tickets are $45 each ($36 for Wine Club Members) and include a fun lecture, Q&A time, and two glasses of wine!
November
11/09 – Medeiros Family Wine Club Release Social.
December
12/07 – Saturday, 6pm to 9pm – La Vie Dansante Wines Spring Wine Club Release. Watch for more details as we get closer to the event.
12/20 – Blended’s Fourth Annual Holiday Party