2009 Vintage Newsletter

We are proud to introduce our 2009 GTS (still showing off!) and to announce that with the 2009 vintage the Nancy's Fancy is back! Much like other vintages of Nancy's Fancy, the quantity this year is very limited and we have done our best to offer you a generous allocation. As we mentioned last year, we can't say for certain going forward what years we will produce Nancy's Fancy. We do know that each year is up to what the vines dictate and our winemaker decides. We are particularly excited about the 2009 Nancy's Fancy and agree with Thomas's tasting notes that the Nancy's Fancy has grown up so much since the 2005 vintage.

2011 was an exciting year for Seaver Vineyards. We have continued the work we started last year, focusing on streamlining and simplifying how we do business, but this year we turned our sites towards branding and how we are recognized to keep in step with the quality of our product. After much thought and discussion, we decided the name Seaver Vineyards reflects more accurately who we are as a company and as a brand. We invited designer Casey Dillon to lead our team and Casey has done an excellent job of polishing our appearance while respecting our history.

But it's the biggest news of this past year that has Tom walking on air. In October we received our very first rating when the 2008 GTS was reviewed and received 97 points from the Wine Spectator. The subsequent interest in the vineyard was amazing and we sold out of the 2008 vintage in a matter of weeks. Then in December, the 2009 GTS (part of the allocation we are offering you in this current release) received 92 points from The Wine Advocate! Both reviews are available for you to read on the News page of our website. It was such exciting news and reminds us, yet again, how fortunate we are to have Thomas Brown as our Winemaker and Tom Seaver walking the rows of the vineyard. We hope you enjoy the 2009 as much as we do!

Tom & Nancy Seaver