General
Clark Braxton’s
Release
of Castello Da Vinci’s Xantaeus
You
are cordially invited to attend the unveiling
ofGeneral Clark Braxton’s release
of Castello Da Vinci’s Xantaeus.
This
first ever Xantaeus, Cabernet Sauvignon
(produced to his demanding palate by Cline
Cellars) will be released to the general
public on the evening of Wednesday, December
14th, 2005.
General
Braxton (Chairman of Defense Therapeutics,
http://www.defensetherapeutics.com)
is featured as a major character in a
new thriller by author Lewis Perdue (founder
of Wine Business Monthly and Wine Business
Insider) who will also be in attendance
and available to sign his newly released
book, Perfect Killer (http://www.perfectkiller.com).
This
unprecedented event will be held from
17:00-19:30 in the Barrel Room at Cline
Cellars, 24737 HWY 121, Sonoma.
RSVP
by December 2, 2005 - 707.940.4082.
Light
hors d’oeuvres and Castello Da Vinci
Xantaeus 2003 will be served.
Please download and print out the official
invitation (http://www.castellodavinci.com/XantaeusLaunchInvitation.pdf)
and present it at the door.
A
map of the event location may be found
here: http://www.castellodavinci.com/clinecellars-map.gif
How
the Castello Da Vinci Brand Came To Be
My
newest investigative thriller, Perfect
Killer, is as much fact as it is fiction.
Perhaps more fact than fiction as evidenced
by all the Freedom of Information Act
documents, the bibliography, Col. Gabriel's
Afterword, the Virtual Tour and especially
by the real people in the book. I interviewed
many people including General Clark Braxton
(U.S. Army, Retired)
One
afternoon, following one of the many sessions
with Gen. Braxton at Castello Da Vinci,
(http://www.castellodavinci.com)
he took me on a tour of his remarkable
wine cellar carved out of his estate's
the volcanic knoll overlooking the Napa
Valley. We tasted one of the rare bottles
of his own privately vinted wine.
General
Braxton mentioned that he had many demands
for his wine, many more than he could
possibly fulfill. Besides, he stressed,
the government regulations, permits and
bureaucratic torture associated with selling
wine to the general public was more than
he wanted to deal with. "I will not
be held hostage by some power-hungry bureaucrat,"
were his exact words.
Over
the next several months, we talked about
this and I suggested that perhaps we could
find a fine vintner willing to make a
limited amount of specially made wine
for retail sales.
That
led me to Cline Cellars. I've known Fred
and Nancy Cline for years. Their children
go to school with mine. And significantly
-- my wife and I have probably consumed
more Cline Cellars wine than any other
single winery in the world.
The current release of Xantaeus Red 2003
is the joint venture that resulted. While
most wineries and wine brands start with
a fantasy of some sort, the Castello Da
Vinci, Xantaeus 2003 is the first to make
the transition from fiction to fact.
Cline
Cellars, General Braxton and I are all
partners in this new venture which we
hope will bring you great pleasure, sipped
thoughtfully as you read your copy of
Perfect Killer.
Other
Related Links:
Castello
Da Vinci’s Xantaeus Release Pdf
