Carlsbad Wine Merchants

June Happenings at “The Merchants”

By Kathy, Posted in Events

Thursday Night Happy Hour & Music
Join us and listen to the exotic tunes of
Vic Moraga
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Zinfully Delicious Wines…
all weekend long!
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Friday Night Wine Tasting
Chapin Family Vineyards
Featuring the Inaugural release of
Chapin Zinfandel!
5:30-8:30PM
Meet the Winemaker Steve Chapin
Friday Night Wine & Music
With Carla Bizzett
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Saturday
Zinfest & Music
Wine Tasting 2PM to 8:30PM
Music 5:30-8:30PM
Featuring Gregory Micheal
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Sunday
Chill with Kathy
A new selection each Sunday of Kathy’s favorites
Beer & Appetizers available
New Hours!!!! 2PM-7PM
Dog Friendly on the Patio
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You are invited to enjoy the wines of…

Chapin Family Vineyards

Temecula Boutique Winery & Vineyard

and the beautiful music of

Carla Bizzet

Appetizer Plates Available
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Meet the Winemaker

Steve Chapin

Chapin Family Vineyards is one of a handful of the Temecula “boutique winery culture” that we feel can hold its own against the established vineyards
of Paso Robles. Steve Chapin owner/vintner has under five acres, located near Lake Skinner, and right across the street from Doffo Winery, the acreage of vines were planted back in 2002. In 2008 Chapin saw its first two releases….. a 2006 estate grown Syrah, and a 2006 estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon both found their way to CWM shelves and as Wine Club picks. Seeking only quality fruit, Steve says, “I estimate we drop 40-50 percent of our crop……” ;On the back of the wine label, Steve further says, “The
Chapin Family vines were farmed meticulously, maintaining the proper amount of
clusters for each individual shoot. This technique produces a very intense wine
that captures the flavors of our Temecula site.” Under the watchful eye of winemaker, Dr Enrique Ferro, “We use a destemmer, but not the crusher,” says Chapin. “Instead, we do whole-berry maceration
for more fruit character. and we ferment in open bins. And I keep the barrels
really topped up.” Chapinand his consultants, local winemaking consultant Enrique Ferro and
international viticultural consultant Marco Cavalieri monitor the success of each vintage and crop. Steve feels “investing in consultants is well worth the money,. trial and error is not the way to go.” (A winemaking friend recommended Ferro, and Ferro found Cavalieri in Argentina.) We are very excited to be the first to feature Steve’s inaugural release ofZinfandel. Many of our customers tasted his barrel samples at our and enthusiastically gave him the encouragement to “get it in the bottle” for release!!! We will be tasting the entire line-up of Steve’s wines Friday Night!

Tasting Fee $20

Wineclub 1/2 price

The Wine List

2006 Zinfandel “Inaugural Release”

2006 Syrah

200 Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine club members July Wine Club 5-7PM
Pick-Up Party WedJuly 9th & Thurs July10th
Winemaker Wine Club Tuesday July 8th 5-7PM
Don’t forget if you refer a friend you will receive a one month upgrade to the next club level
&
On-going….Special offer for new members
If you decide to join wine club during our tasting events 1/2 of your tasting fee will be applied toward your membership!

On Going … Music is in the Air and the wine is Great!

By Kathy, Posted in Music & Wine Events

Join us each week for Music & Wine

Enjoy a glass of wine or beer and listen to the sounds of some of the best local musicians from San Diego!

Every Thursday, Saturday & some Saturdays from 5:30-8PM join us for an evening of smooth tunes and great wines & beers. Different musical artists each night.

The Happenings at Carlsbad Wine Merchants

By Kathy, Posted in New Arrivals

You are invited to enjoy Wine by the Glass, great imported Beer and the #1 Italian coffee in our newly expanded wine and espresso bar!
Appetizer Menu
We now have an appetizer menu that will give you more reasons to relax and enjoy our wine tasting room. “To tantelize you”

here is a sampling of what is on the menu! Individual plates start at $12.00

Espresso,Wine by the Glass and Beer! Stop by and enjoy an Espresso, glass of wine or beer any day of the week. Our espresso bar and wine tasting room is open every day. Appetizer menu available daily!
We are serving the famous Illy coffee the #1 coffee of Italy and a variety of world class beers with…more beer choices on the way!

Online Specials

By Kathy, Posted in Wine Specials

Join our Wine Club!
Smart Buy Club, three months for only $55.00. For that Special Person or just yourself… Give a 3 month membership to our Wine-of-the Month club!

…”Pick-Up Party” for Wine Club members- Wine club wines are always released for Pick-up the second week of the Month. We host a Pick-up party for our Club members to pick-up and taste a selection of wines. For your convenience you can choose either Wednesday or Thursday from 5-7 PM to pick-up and sample a selection of the Wine Club wines!

Fabulous Gift Baskets!
Our personalized gift baskets are legendary. We can ship!
Current Wine Specials!
JarHead Red … $12.99 a bottle. Wine made by Marines for Marines. Proceeds benefit the Marine Corp Scholarship fund for children of fallen Marines!

Added Benefit – Wine Club Members

April Dates

By Kathy, Posted in Music & Wine Events

Enjoy Music & Wine in our Tasting Room from 5:30 to 8PM.
Thursdays, Saturdays & some Fridays!
Check out our April Wine & Music artists:

2nd – First Thursday TBA

3rd – Friday TBA

4th -Saturday TBA

9th -Thursday TBA

11th – Saturday TBA

16th – Thursday TBA

17th – Friday TBA

18th -Saturday TBA

23rd -ThursdayTBA

25th – Saturday TBA

30th – Thursday TBA

June Happenings at “The Merchants”

On Going … Music is in the Air and the wine is Great!

The Happenings at Carlsbad Wine Merchants

Online Specials

April Dates

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