Important Update to Jan 24-25 Food & Wine Pairing

Hi friends, family, and faithful Tanis Wine fans! Thank you again for being a part of our first exciting year.

We have some unfortunate news about the wine and food pairing weekend that was scheduled for January 24-25. We've run into a glitch with local government conditions prohibiting food service, and have been made aware that offering food service will require a special permit. In an effort to cooperate with the powers that be, we must sadly cancel the food pairing.

But we WILL still be here at the winery and would LOVE to see you and appreciate your support in 2009! Although we are not having an 'event', Andrew & I will definitely still be 'celebrating' our first year as we enjoy the weekend in the tasting room, visiting and enjoying some fabulous wine and friendly folks. I'll have copies of the recipes for the foods that paired so well with our Tanis wines, so you can experiment at home! My favorite was the Cocoa-Rubbed Pork! It's amazing with the Barbera!

We will still have samples of our specialty wine gift chocolates out Jan 24-25 and the entire month of February, as part of our normal operations.

Life is full of challenges, but like our label says, they can certainly produce perseverance and character if we let them. So we'll press on into year 2 of our possibly crazy and definitely daring winery adventure, and see what 2009 has in store! We hope it's a wonderful year for you and yours, and we hope you can join us for a few delicious downtime moments in the near future.

Thank you again!

Jill & Andrew

Wine & Chocolate at TANIS Vineyards!

Well, 2008 was a wild ride! ...and Tanis Vineyards has been open for one year at the end of this month! Thanks to all of you who stopped by for wine tasting this past year. We're glad you were able to be a part of our beginnings. To celebrate, we're bringing back Chef Mark Ballard of South Paw Catering and providing food and wine pairings the weekend of January 24th-25th. Please join us at the winery for a fun time!

In February, join us for Chocolate & Wine pairing the weekends of February 7th-8th and Valentine's Day weekend the 14th-15th. We'll be pairing delicious 2006 Tanis releases with specialty chocolates like Tanis TNT Jamaican Jerk seasoned "Dynamite Explosion," Chocolate Covered "Cherry-Bomb Poppers," and our "TNT Tremors" Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans!

For those of you who have not tried our 2006 Barbera yet, we can't wait to share it with you! It'll knock your socks off!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!