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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington's Founding Winery, Releases History Book Chronicling Its 50-Year Contribution to the Wine Industry

Woodinville, Wash.

Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington State’s founding winery, continues its year-long 50th anniversary celebration with the recent release of its coffee-table style history book, “Chateau Ste. Michelle: The First 50 Years (1967-2017).” The beautifully illustrated hardcover book, featuring more than 100 pages of Washington wine chronicles, details the rich story of the state’s wine industry and Chateau Ste. Michelle’s leadership in bringing it to the forefront of the American wine industry. While supplies last, the book will be available for purchase for $30 on site at Chateau Ste. Michelle’s wine shop or online at www.ste-michelle.com.

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Prunotto Winery and Urbani Truffles Announce 2017 White Truffle Festival

Expanding on last year’s New York City White Truffle Festival, Prunotto and Urbani will offer pairing specials at high-end restaurants in select markets

New York, NY - Prunotto, one of the oldest and most prominent wineries in Piedmont, Italy, and Urbani Truffles, the leading global purveyor of fresh truffles and truffle products, have teamed up for the second year to present the 2017 White Truffle Festival, taking place November 3-12. After launching exclusively in New York last year, this year’s week-long festival will also expand into Houston, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Portland, allowing wine and truffle lovers to indulge in decadent truffle-based dishes at the country’s best Italian restaurants.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle Celebrates Opening of Newly Renovated Visitor Center September 2 & 3

Woodinville, Wash.

Continuing the Winery’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the Newly Renovated Visitor Center in Woodinville, WA – just outside of Seattle – will Offer Innovative Wine & Culinary Experiences for Visitors

Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington State’s founding winery, will celebrate its new, state-of-the-art visitor center over Labor Day Weekend (Sept 2 and 3) in Woodinville, WA, 30 minutes outside of Seattle. In a year when the company is celebrating many milestones over its past 50 years, the new visitor center represents a significant investment for the company, totaling $7 million, and a look towards the next 50 years of continued innovation.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle Becomes Number One Wine Brand Sold in Food Stores Nationally

Woodinville, Wash.

Washington’s founding winery, Chateau Ste. Michelle has come out on top as the number one premium table wine brand sold in food stores nationwide.

Chateau Ste. Michelle received the ranking of the highest-selling wine brand in the premium category by data and ratings company Nielsen, which tracked the volume of sales in the U.S. across 52 weeks ending on June 17th, 2017.

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Conn Creek Winemaker Mike McGrath Retires After 35 Years; Elizabeth DeLouise-Gant Appointed New Head Winemaker

St. Helena, Calif.

After 35 years of winemaking at Conn Creek and sister winery Villa Mt. Eden, winemaker Mike McGrath has announced his retirement in August.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle to open new Visitor Center in August as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations

Woodinville, Wash.

Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington State’s founding winery, will open a brand-new Visitor Center in August at its Woodinville Chateau, outside of Seattle. The new visitor center represents a significant investment for the company during its 50th anniversary year, totaling $7 million.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle Washington State's founding winery, releases Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Special Bottling Cabernet Sauvignon

Woodinville, Wash.

Chateau Ste. Michelle — Washington State’s founding winery celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year — is set to release a limited edition bottling of its 2015 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, featuring the original label from the first 1967 vintage, the year the winery was founded. The 50th Anniversary Special Bottling bottle will be available beginning April 1, 2017 at retailers nationwide.

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Bob Betz MW returns to Col Solare as Consulting Winemaker

Col Solare, the landmark joint venture between Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and the Antinori family on Washington State’s Red Mountain, today announced that Bob Betz MW has returned to the winery as Consulting Winemaker.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle Announces its 2017 Summer Concert Series as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebration

Net Proceeds to Benefit Regional Charities

Woodinville, Wash. - Chateau Ste. Michelle winery will kick off its 2017 Summer Concert Series on Thursday, June 1 with Elvis Costello as part of its year-long 50th Anniversary celebrations. Tickets for the winery’s concerts will go on sale Saturday, March 25th at 10 a.m. online at www.ticketmaster.com

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Columbia Crest and 14 Hands Named Impact Magazine’s “Hot Brands” for 2016

March 14, 2017 - Two Ste. Michelle Wine Estates brands, Columbia Crest and 14 Hands Winery, were named “Impact Hot Brands” for 2016 in the March 1 & 15, 2017 issue of Impact magazine. 14 Hands was named a Hot Brand for the ninth consecutive year and Columbia Crest received its first since 1994 making it its seventh award.

In total, 19 domestic wine brands earned Hot Brands honors for 2016. This year’s Hot Brands features a lengthy list of returning brands as well as promising upstarts.

To earn Hot Brand status, wines must have achieved double-digit growth in each of the past three years, or they must be established brands with at least 15% growth, or top-10 volume leaders with at least 5% growth in 2016 and at least 15% growth since 2015. Significant new products also can qualify. The minimum volume requirement is 250,000 cases.

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