by Brooke on January 5, 2009
It’s 2009! Looking back on 2008 at Michel-Schlumberger I realize how much has happened here during the
past year.
In the past year we’ve hosted guests here at the winery for luncheons and dinners on 20 different occassions.
We’ve participated in 3 different annual weekend long Russian River Wine Road Events (http://www.wineroad.com), during which we saw close to a thousand people each weekend!
We had our weekly Friday night courtyard music series on 20 Friday evenings between May and October.
We threw 3 wine release parties, 3 open houses, 2 Cellar Stash Sales, and 2 off-site winery events (a cruise and a hike/picnic).
These don’t include the various off-site tastings I and the rest of the MS Team poured at: Sonoma Showcase Weekend, Pick of the Vine, SF Chronicle Wine Tasting, Copia’s Winery of the Week series, Rhone Rangers and the list goes on….
…or the various national events our 2 vp’s of sales and winemaker have been part of around the country: Taste of Vail, the James Beard Dinner in NYC, Macarthur’s Annual California Barrel Tasting in DC, the Nantucket Wine Festival, Sonoma in the City (SF), and more.
What’s my point? We see a LOT of people, pour a LOT of wine, and spread a LOT of fun around. Our wine club members make up more than 1/2 of the folks at most of our winery events- that means they’ve caught on…….. With Michel-Schlumberger there’s never a dull moment. And there’s much, much more in store in 2009 — stay tuned!
by Brooke on October 9, 2008
Going into our 5th week of harvest luncheons this season, we are no strangers to festivity here at Michel-Schlumberger. For a small estate winery - we offer a lot of opportunities for folks to come and spend time with us in lots of different settings. As a hospitality manager, I often wonder which of our events are people’s favorites? And more than that, what are people’s favorite types of events in general?
Question: What is your favorite Michel-Schlumberger winery event that you’ve ever attended (if you haven’t been to one of ours, than tell us about another small winery’s event that you had a lot of fun at)? Where was it? Why was it your favorite? Was it the food? the ambiance? the people? the mood? I’d love to hear your thoughts — feel free to comment…and feel free to contact me with your ideas for great wine events we can stage high on the hill above Dry Creek Valley at Michel-Schlumberger!
by Brooke on September 19, 2008
Stargazing may seem a bit like a romantic past time, but it’s a great theme for a evening event if, like us you’re out where few city lights impede the breathtaking views of the skies on a September night above the vineyards.
Last year we had our 1st annual Stargazer’s Winemaker Dinner at the estate. It was a great evening of a delectable 4 course meal with stellar (no pun intended) wines we specially selected for the event. After dinner we headed out for a walk out onto the moon and starlit estate and in the vineyards with our trained astronomer host, Mike Brunson-our winemaker, and Jacques Schlumberger. The skies were something unbelievable to behold out in such a remote location. We pointed out constellations, caught multiple shooting stars whizzing by, and enjoyed the rare quiet calmness that comes in the evening after everyone has left the winery for the day.
People liked the event so much last year-we decided to make it an annual event. Saturday, Sept 27th is the date this month. We’ll be meeting in the winery courtyard at 6pm for wines, appetizers, and conversation. Our winemaker will be there, wearing his usual gleeful and mischievous grin and happy to answer everyone’s questions about this year’s harvest with his usual eloquence, patience, and humor. Anyone who’d like to join us or to find out more can give me a call (707)433-7427. You don’t even have to have a date-just bring yourself. Juliana, Mike & I will keep you company!
past year. 
