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Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) April 7, 2008
Bryan Kane, owner and winemaker of VIE, located north of Napa, California, in the Red Hills Appellation, will host and pour five of his small-production, highly-allocated wines at the Wine Lab Newport on Thursday, April 10, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The VIE wines that he will pour include the 2007 Belle-Amie Ros (85 cases produced), 2006 L'Imaginaire Grenache (75 cases produced) , 2006 Las Madres Vineyard Syrah (125 cases produced), 2006 Beatty Ranch Zinfandel (75 cases produced), and 2006 L'Etranger Zinfandel Blend (100 cases produced). The tasting includes five, two-ounce pours of each wine and the cost is $20.00 per person.
Wine Lab Newport is located at 2901 West Coast Highway, just one-fourth mile south of Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach. Free validate parking is provided. For more information visit http://www.winelabnewport.com or phone 949-515-VINO (8466).
About Bryan Kane
Bryan has been a wine enthusiast and collector for years. While his first exposure to the wine industry was as a consumer, his passion for distinct and interesting wine lead him to become immersed in the wine industry — first as a collector and then as a home winemaker. With limited access to unique Rhone varietals and limited allocations from top California producers like Sine Qua Non, Bryan found himself focusing on making wines from Rhone varietals, sometime blending in a little Zinfandel — another grape of great interest to Bryan.
Through attending classes at UC Davis and learning as much as he could from the winemakers he respected, Bryan honed his winemaking skills. But, after years of begging top vineyards for “seconds” (grapes left on the vine by the purchasing winery) or commercial winemakers for a couple of hundred pounds of grapes for his home winemaking, it was time to take the next step. In 2004, Bryan was convinced by a friend (and fellow home winemaker) to begin making wine commercially at his crush facility. In a pursuit to share his passion for great Zinfandel and Rhone based wines with others, Bryan formed VIE.
Outside of his studies at UC Davis and learning through fellow winemakers, Bryan has worked harvest along side of several established winemakers. First, Bryan worked two harvests along side of Scott Shapley who worked as Assistant Winemaker at Siduri and Novy Cellars and currently heads up winemaking efforts at Roessler. Bryan continues to work along side of Scott as they both make their wines out of Copain's crush facility. In addition, Bryan worked with Kian Tavakoli of Clos du Val and Opus One and Mike Zitzlaff of Girard and Yarra Valley's Oakridge Estate in Australia. The experience working with Scott, Kian and Mike have been invaluable to the Bryan's transition from a home winemaker to his commercial efforts at VIE. Bryan is also the winemaker of Sol Rouge.
More information about Bryan Kane and his wines can be found at http://www.viewinery.com or http://www.solrouge.com.
Related Reading:
The Wine BibleTHE MOST COMPLETE WINE BOOK EVER. A must for anyone who loves wine, whether they are a pro or an amateur. Thorough, authoritative, and entertaining. (Robert Mondavi, founder and chairman emeritus of the Robert Mondavi Family of Wines)"The most informative and entertaining book I've ever seen on the subject." (Danny Meyer, co-author of The Union Square Cafe Cookbook)
The essentials: The romance and intrigue of Burgundy of sauvignon blanc and the surprising elegance of Spain's top Riojas. Italy, one of wine's most enchanting and ancient homelands. What makes a great wine great? The reason behind Champagne's bubbles. The precise and food-friendly wines of Germany. California, wine's Camelot. The lip-smackingly good wines of Australia. The complexities of Port revealed. How a vineyard profoundly affects a wine's character.
Plus, matching wine with food - and mood. The secrets of professional wine tasters and how to expand your wine-tasting vocabulary. And everything else you need to know to buy, store, serve, and enjoy the world's most captivating beverage.
The shimmering elegance of Veuve Clicquot, affordable luxury in a glass, page 185.
Ravishing, elegant, and rich, Petrus in Ingrid Bergman in red satin, page 156.
Some wines are like people... they get better as they get older, pg. 64.
Sherry, the world's most misunderstood and underappreciated wine, page 437.
