[newsletter rcvd 25-Nov-1999]
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Dunham Cellars
November 1999

WOW!!  It's hard to know here to start since our last newsletter in May.
The 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon of about 370 cases was released in September
and sold out in less than a month,  The wine had earlier won a gold medal
and "Best of Show" from among 149 wineries at the Northwest Wine Summit
and another gold medal at the Seattle Enological Society competition.

It's also been a very busy year on the "charitable" side of the winery.
We attended the NW WineAuction in Woodinville, WA which benefits the
Children;s Hospital in Seattle, where our auction item brought in $20,000
for the hospital!  We also particiated in the Sun Valley Auction, Poncho,
Rapael House, Planned Parenthood, and the Blue Mountain Humane Society
events.

Also in September we released our wine to many of the best restaurants in
Seattle, Sun Valley, New York, Portland, Boston, Minneapolis and Las
Vegas.  You can read more about this on our upcoming website which is
dunhamcellars.com, available later this year.

We are very pleased to announce that Liz Wylie has joined our staff and
will be full-time at the beginning of the year.  Liz brings a wide variety
of talents to our winery and we are anxious for you to meet her.

CRUSH 1999
The 1999 crush was completed mid-November.  In addition to about 2,000
cases of Cabernet Sauvignon, we will produce our first vintage of Syrah of
approximately 150 cases.

HOLIDAY BARREL TASTING

Don't forget the first weekend in December for the Holiday Barrel
Tasting.  This very festive event is a MUST DO as the wineries in Walla
Walla open their doors and preview the wines to be released in the year
2000.  This year we will decorate the walls with hundreds of Christmas
poinsettias as well as the artwork of local artist Amy Glase.  We will be
open Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm.  Come sample the 1998 Cabernet
Sauvignon and taste our Moroccan Lamb Stew.  See you there!!!

VINEYARDS COMING THIS SPRING
Finally, we're expecting to plant our first vineyard, mostly Cabernet
Sauvignon, in the Spring up on the hill next to L'Ecole No. 41 winery near
Lowden, WA.

This vineyard will be about 20 acres with a portion of it terraced into
the bluff overlooking the Walla Walla Valley.  This will be a very
exciting project which we have looked forward to for some time.

RESERVING 1998 DUNHAM WINES

If you would like to reserve the Dunahm 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon due to be
bottled in March/April 2000 and released around November 2000, please give
us a call or email us at ericdunham@msn.com.  The mailing list will get
first priority for the 1998 Cab and your reservation will allow us to
better calculate our allocations.  We will send out the official order
form in the May newsletter and we will do our best to accomodate all your
requests.

UPCOMING WINE EVENTS

Dec 4 & 5 - Holiday Barrel Tasting
We will be open to the public this weekend on Saturday and Sunday
11am-5pm.

Mar 2-6 - NY & Wash DC Tour
We will tour with the WA Wine Commision along with 30 other WA Wineries to
promote our wines to area media and restaurants.

May 6-7 & May 13-14 - Winery Open
The winery will be open for two Spring events on the first weekend in May
and the following weekend for the Balloon Stampede.

150 E Boeing, Walla Walla Regional Airport, Walla Walla WA 99362
Phone: 509-529-4685, fax: 509-529-0201
email: ericdunham@msn.com or visit our website coming soon at
dunhamcellars.com