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AUGUST BRIGGS WINE TASTING

The heart of August Briggs Wines is winemaker August ‘Joe’ Briggs.  Joe received his degree in enology from Fresno State University in 1984 and went on to acquire a diverse range of winemaking skills in the 80’s and 90’s at wineries in Oregon’s Willamette Valley and the Central Valley of California. While working at La Crema Winery in the early 90’s, Joe continued to explore an interest in Pinot Noir that was sparked during his time in Oregon.  With an eye towards making wine in the Napa Valley, he began a career as a self-described 'gun for hire', a freelance winemaking consultant. Success and a growing reputation during this period allowed Joe to make the leap from consultant to proprietor; in 1995 Briggs & Sons Winemaking Company released three wines under the August Briggs label  - the first bottlings under what would soon become one of California’s most respected, artisanal labels. August Briggs Winery is a small family operation with Briggs' wife, Sally, handling sales, his mother working in the tasting room and his dad working in the cellar.  The Briggs' teenage boys help out, too, doing everything from building fences to driving the forklift to helping on the bottling line.

Join us at Sigel’s-Greenville (5757 Greenville Avenue) on Thursday, September 3rd from 5-7pm as we welcome Brian Harley, National Sales Manager for August Briggs Winery. Brian will lead us through a tasting of their current releases, including the hard to get Charbono (a tasting room favorite). We encourage everyone to bring a canned food donation to the event to help us with our Food Drive with Feed The Children benefitting the Central Dallas Food Bank.

WINES TO BE TASTED
Chardonnay Leveroni 08
Zinfandel 07
Charbono Frediani 06
Petite Sirah 06
Cabernet Sauvignon Napa 06
Cabernet Sauvignon Two Moons 04
Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Rosso 06