ADVISORY/Chalone Wine Group's 31st Annual Shareholders' Celebration Features Release of Woodward's New Book.Business & Lifestyle Editors/Food & Wine Writers ADVISORY...for Saturday (May 20) MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2000 Upward of more than; above. See also: Upward 1500 Chalone chalone /chal·one/ (kal´on) a group of tissue-specific water-soluble substances that are produced within a tissue and that inhibit mitosis of cells of that tissue and whose action is reversible. Wine Group (Nasdaq:CHLN) shareholders will trek to the remote site of Chalone Vineyard Chalone Vineyard is located in the Chalone AVA south of San Francisco, California, United States, on an unusual geological formation called the Gavilan benchland. The soil is rich in limestone and calcium carbonate and also contains a significant amount of decomposed granite. -- situated high above on the rugged Gavilan Mountain Range and nestled at the base of the primitive volcanic spires known as the Pinnacles -- for the company's 31st Annual Shareholders' Celebration on Saturday, May 20, 2000. Food and wine naturally take center stage when shareholders come from across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to indulge in wines from Chalone Wine Estates and cuisine catered by the highly acclaimed Highlands Inn from nearby Carmel. Each of CWG's nine wineries will host a pavilion with a fun theme to show off their newly bottled wines, some of which are not yet available to the general public. Chalone Vineyard Chardonnay, a California benchmark wine as well as the first wine produced in the Chalone Wine Group portfolio, is always served. The highlight of this year's event will be the release of CWG CWG Conversations with God CWG Core Working Group CWG Certification Working Group (WiMAX Forum) CWG Collaboration Working Group CWG Commercial Working Group (TAT-14) Chairman Philip Woodward's new book, "Chalone: A Journey on the Wine Frontier," which he wrote with former Wine Spectator Wine Spectator is a lifestyle magazine that focuses on wine. Founded as a newsprint tabloid by Bob Morrisey in 1976, it was purchased three years later by publisher Marvin R. Shanken. In 2005, paid circulation was over 382,000 and the magazine reached an estimated 2. editor Gregory S. Walter. "The book explains how we were able to grow from 500 cases a year to more than 400,000 because of our philosophy as a wine company and the contribution of our shareholders as well as others who made the company what it is today," elaborated Woodward. Revenues from the book's sale, along with the proceeds from live and silent auctions at the Celebration, go to the Chalone Wine Foundation, a charitable brainchild of Woodward's that has raised more than half a million dollars in its first two years. The Shareholders' Celebration was originally part of Chalone Wine Group's annual business meeting. But as attendance grew over time and it became apparent that many shareholders bought shares solely to attend the Celebration festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. rather than the business meeting, these events became separate. Today, the company boasts 13,000 shareholders from all 50 states and 6 countries. Chalone Wine Group estate wineries and vineyards include Chalone Vineyard, Acacia acacia (əkā`shə), any plant of the large leguminous genus Acacia, often thorny shrubs and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Winery, Jade Mountain, Carmenet Winery, Edna Valley Vineyard, Echelon Vineyards, Sagelands Winery, Canoe Ridge Vineyard, Chateau Duhart-Milon. Chalone Wine Group shareholders can make reservations to attend this year's event by calling 707/254-4250 by Monday, May 8. Note to Editors: Members of the media planning to attend the event must make reservations by Thursday, May 11 by calling 707/254-4264. |
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