It is always a good feeling to be a part of something ground breaking. The global wine community is certainly no exception. Adobe Road Winery is extremely honored to have been selected to join Wine Spectator’s ultra-exclusive New York Wine Experience, October 19-21 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. This three-day event is a spectacular showcase of more than 250 of the world’s most unique and notable wine producers. Each producer has been rated 90+ by Wine Spectator’s board of editors and awarded a Critics’ Choice Award. Guided by the estate owners and winemakers themselves, this occasion provides attendees with possibly the most comprehensive wine tasting experience possible. Each attendee will have a chance to sample all of the featured wines, as well as meet the winery owners and winemakers. The event is enhanced with educational wine seminars, food pairings designed by distinguished chefs, and a black tie gala of the wine world’s most prestigious producers.
Owner Kevin Buckler and national sales manager, Sonny Martin, will pour the 2013 Adobe Road Napa Valley Beckstoffer Georges III Block-A Cabernet Sauvignon, which Wine Spectator awarded a stunning 94 points. Kevin and Sonny will also acquaint patrons with the award winning boutique brand and the exciting new winery project being developed and based at the gateway to California Wine Country in Petaluma. Adobe Road sources the very best grapes from Napa and Sonoma counties, producing a wide variety of single-vineyard sources and blended wines that are being recognized at the highest levels.
This credibility greatly enhances the already respected Adobe Road brand and shines even more attention on the Petaluma development project, which will see the winery expand to a new 15,000 square foot facility, anchoring the city’s downtown waterfront development. This new industry-leading complex will include the winery, tasting room, event space, outdoor entertainment area, multiple private VIP and corporate areas as well as a rotating multi-brand motorsports museum, carrying forward the legacy that has been achieved by Adobe Road’s sister company, The Racers Group.
“All of us at Adobe Road are truly honored to have been selected to participate in this years Wine Spectator Grand Experience,” Buckler says. “This is the Academy Awards of the wine world for us, having a ticket to attend is great, but being invited to participate as one the top global wineries is another. This event is full of icons from the wine world and we are most respectful and pleased to be in this company and will gladly take our seat at the table!”
The timing could not be better as Adobe Road’s new project is in the final planning stages and about to break ground. Buckler continued, “we are almost complete on our fundraise and are thrilled with our awesome “A” team of partners involved. Our wine scores this year have been crazy good and we have also assembled a winning team back home. Sonny and I look forward to proudly pouring our award winning Beckstoffer A-Block and highlighting just one of our winemaker Garrett Martin’s handiwork! A huge thanks to all of our guests, partners, wine club members and also our outstanding Petaluma community that has supported our dream back home. As the gateway to wine country and the close proximity to San Francisco, we look forward to doing outstanding things with the wine and corporate world, while continuing to shine a bright light on our charming and dynamic hometown -- Petaluma.”
