Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery and Clos LaChance Winery Officially Open Backyard Wineries Tasting Room.Wineries to Celebrate Los Gatos Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. Tasting Room Ribbon Cutting Ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which on January 10 LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Backyard Wineries, a tasting room jointly operated by Clos LaChance Winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker and Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery, will celebrate their Grand Opening on Wednesday, January 10 with a special ribbon cutting ceremony featuring several local dignitaries, city officials, and winery owners Greg Jenkins and Peggy Fleming Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968. Biography In 1961, when Fleming was 12 years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 along with the rest of Jenkins and Bill and Brenda Murphy. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 6:00 p.m. This special ceremony will be followed by a Grand Opening Weekend celebration on January 12-14 to introduce wine lovers to this new tasting room experience. Backyard Wineries, located in downtown Los Gatos, features a selection of wines from both Clos LaChance and Fleming Jenkins that visitors can sample and purchase on site. The tasting room displays a casual elegant decor and an inviting environment for wine lovers to enjoy delicious wines from these two local family-owned and operated wineries. The shop also offers a wide variety of Wine Country related merchandise, including glassware, logo apparel and books. "Both our families have been connected to the Los Gatos community for more than two decades," says Bill Murphy William R.W. "Bill" Murphy (born May 9, 1981 in Anaheim, California) is a left-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Murphy attended Arlington High School in Riverside, California. , co-owner of Clos LaChance Winery. "It's only fitting that we have opened Backyard Wineries in this great community -- sharing wines, which literally grew out of our backyards not far from the new tasting room." Backyard Wineries was chosen as the name for the tasting room given that both wineries were founded in the backyards of their respective owners. Brenda and Bill Murphy started their venture into winemaking after planting vineyards in their Saratoga backyard in the 1980's. Soon thereafter, the Murphy's met Peggy Fleming and Greg Jenkins, and encouraged them to install a backyard vineyard of their own. Fleming Jenkins celebrated their first vintage in 2001 -- also with Chardonnay from a one acre backyard vineyard nestled in the rolling hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. above Los Gatos. With the opening of Backyard Wineries, the friendship forged between these two wine families has grown into a business. "This is a very exciting time for the Fleming Jenkins brand," said owner Greg Jenkins. "With the opening of Backyard Wineries, we now have a tasting room where customers and wine lovers alike can sample our wines and better connect with our brand." Backyard Wineries is the primary tasting room for Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery. It is a secondary tasting room for Clos LaChance, enhancing its flagship Tasting Room and Hospitality Center at their 60,000 case winemaking facility in San Martin, CA. Backyard Wineries is open daily and is located at 45 West Main St. in downtown Los Gatos. Operating hours are seasonal. About Clos LaChance Winery Clos LaChance (www.clos.com) is a family-owned winery located in San Martin, California San Martin is a census-designated place (CDP) and an unincorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The community has been considering incorporating into either a city or town since 2004, but no official action has been taken as of 2006. , 30 minutes south of San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. and 45 minutes north of the Monterey Peninsula The Monterey Peninsula in central California comprises the cities of Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, some unincorporated area of Monterey County and the private community of Pebble Beach. . Owners Bill and Brenda Murphy strive to provide customers with high quality, stylistically consistent wines that are varietally distinct. Clos LaChance takes its name from the small fenced-in area encompassing a vineyard (Clos) and from co-owner Brenda Murphy's maiden name maiden name n. A woman's family name before she is married. Used of a surname that is replaced by a woman when she marries. Also called birth name. . The Clos LaChance Winery features a state-of-the-art winemaking facility, estate vineyards and hospitality center. For further information, please visit www.clos.com. About Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery Fleming Jenkins (www.flemingjenkins.com) is a family-owned winery located in Los Gatos, California “Los Gatos” redirects here. For the Argentine rock band, see Los Gatos (band). Los Gatos is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 28,592 at the 2000 census. . Owners Greg Jenkins and Peggy Fleming Jenkins planted a Chardonnay vineyard on their property high above the town of Los Gatos in 1999. That experience inspired them to go to the next level and launch their own winery. Peggy and Greg continue to farm and harvest their home vineyard and make wines at the Historic Novitiate Winery in Los Gatos. Their passions for fine wine and Greg's attention to the winemaking detail have resulted in memorable wines that are reflective of the land and the vineyards. NOTE TO THE MEDIA: Digital Images Available |
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