NEWS FLASH AND REVIEWS:

Yields of 2.5 tons/acre for the Alta Mesa Grenache and 2.25 tons/acres Alta Mesa Mourvedre.

CORE announces the release of 03 HARD CORE ($29.00), ELEVATION SENSATION ($34.00) and CANDY CORE ($25.00), half bottles are available as well.  Use the order form on our homepage or email us.

Shipments outside of the West Coast started on October 16.  If we ship wine to you give it a week or so to settle down! You are always welcome to pick up your order at our winery. Call ahead to 805-714-5057 for Dave or 805-598-5050 for Becky.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING CORE WINES!

Current releases: 03 Blend 442, CORE Ferment (6 cases remaining) and 04 Rose (3 cases remaining), CANDY CORE, HARD CORE AND ELEVATION SENSATION.

To purchase wine or get on our MAILING LIST, contact DAVE AT 805-714-5057, BECKY AT 805-598-5050 OR EMAIL your request to dave@corewine.com or becky@corewine.com. We accept most major credit cards, checks, money orders and cash.  Be part of our exclusive MAILING LIST and get first dibs on small lot wines and pre-release prices.  For 2005 the mailing list will be limited to 125 MEMBERS (ONE PER ADDRESS AND/OR PERSON AND 6 BOTTLE MINIMUM INITIAL ORDER).  Allocations held until December 1, 2005.

CORE top 5 retail:  1-Wine Sellar and Brasserie in San Diego, 2-Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant in San Francisco, 3-Liquid in Chatsworth, 4-Gaffney's in Encinitas and 5-The Wine Cask in Santa Barbara.

CORE top 5 restaurants: 1-Town Hall in San Francisco, 2-Sow's Ear in Cambria, 3-Bouchon in Yountville, 4-Sona in Los Angeles, 5-The Park in San Luis Obispo.

CORE top 5 reviewers (responsible for most direct sales and new accounts): 1-Andy Abramson, 2-Reviewers of our wines on web blogs, 3-Robert Parker, 4-Los Angeles Times, 5-Wine Enthusiast

Vineyard News:  The greatest vintage yet!

Wine News:  The 03's are even better than the 02's if you can believe that!  All of the wines have more structure and are a little bigger.  Part of this is due to greater clonal choices and 03 was the first year we completly controlled the vineyard. The 04 whites were blended on June 10 and one of the 04 red blends.

Recap of the 04 vintage- All wines went through 7-10 day cold soaks before fermentation started.  Fermentations lasted 21-27 days. Almost every lot was co-fermented, I find that the wine integrates much better. 

Current purchasers of ALTA MESA fruit: Mcprice Myers,  Ethan Lindquist, Bryan Kane and Summerland.

Welcome to our website! 

IMBIBE CORE IN 05 WORLD TOUR:

OCTOBER-Havest!  Come and visit.

NOVEMBER 2- Ferry Plaza Wine Merchants in San Francisco, release party.

NOVEMBER 9- Vine restaurant winemaker dinner in San Clemente.

NOVEMBER 10- Gaffney's in Encinitas, release party.

NOVEMBER 17- Winemaker dinner at the Westgate Hotel in San Diego

PAST WORLD TOUR NOTES: CORE welcomes The Pacific Dining Car in Los Angeles as our newest restaurant account. Our out of state lineup includes: New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina, Thkx to  Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant, Town Hall, Bacar, The Sow's Ear, The Wine Sellar and Brasserie, Sona, The Lark Creek Inn, Frascati, Arterra, The Wine Room, Patrick's Side Street Cafe and Liquid for the re-orders. 

HERE'S THE LINEUP OF OUR CURRENT CORE ACCOUNTS:

1. Vino Divino retail in Santa Barbara 805-682-7484.

2. Chef Rick's Ultimately Fine Food in Santa Maria www.chefricks.com

3. Wine Country retail in Los Olivos 805-686-9699 www.syvwinecountry.com

4. Wine Cask wine store and restaurant in Santa Barbara 805-966-9463 www.winecask.com.

5. Frascati restaurant in San Franciso 415-928-1406.

6. One Market Restaurant in San Francisco 415-777-5577 www.onemarket.com.

7. The Loading Dock in Orcutt.

8. Muzio's deli and retail in San Luis Obispo 805-543-0800.

9. Bellavino restaurant, wine bar and retail.  805-557-0212 www.bellavino.com in Westlake Village 

10. Absinthe Brasserie and Bar 415-551-1590 www.ABSINTHE.COM, Amphora Wine Merchant 415-863-1104 www.arlequinwine.com in San Francisco.

11. Pacific Coast Grill 858-794-4632, www.pacificcoastgrill.com in Solana Beach.

12. Biba Ristorante Italiano 916-455-2422 www.biba-restaurant.com in Sacramento.

13. Bouchon restaurant 707-944-8037 www.bouchonbistro.com in Yountville.

14. Hoppe's Garden Bistro 805-995-1006 hoppesbistro@charter.net in Cayucos.

15. Paradise Wines 805-641-9440 www.paradisewines.net in Ventura.

16. Sow's Ear cafe 805-927-4865 www.thesowsear.com in Cambria.

17. Arterra restaurant, 858-369-6032, www.arterrarestaurant.com in San Diego

18. The Wine Room, retail, 949-585-wine or 866-585-wine, www.wineroom.com in Irvine.

19. The Park restaurant 805-545-0000 in San Luis Obispo.

20. Grande Foods Market 805-489-1584 in Arroyo Grande.

21. Wine Gallery 949-675-3410 www.cdmwinegallery.com in Corona Del Mar

22. A16 restaurant 415-771-2216 in San Francisco www.a16sf.com

23. Wades Wines 818-597-9463 www.wadeswines.com in Westlake Village

24. Boulevard restaurant 415-543-6085 in San Francisco.

25. The Wine House 800-626-9462 or 310-479-3731 in Los Angeles www.winehouse.com.

26. The Golden Truffle restaurant 949-645-9858 in Costa Mesa www.goldentrfl.com.

27. Gaffney's Wine Bar 760-633-1011 in Encinitas www.gaffneyswinebar.com.

28. The Wine Sellar and Brasserie 858-450-9557 in San Diego www.winesellar.com.

29. Sona restaurant 310-659-7708 in Los Angeles www.sonarestaurant.com.

30. The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills 310-278-2855 www.cheesestorebh.com.

31. twelve fifteen in Paso Robles. 805-239-4999.

32. Farallon restaurant 415-956-6969 in San Francisco on Post St. www.farallonrestaurant.com.

33. Vine Wine Country Cuisine restaurant 949-361-2079 in San Clemente www.vinesanclemente.com.

34. Lavanda restaurant and wine bar in Palo Alto.

35. Town Hall restaurant 415-908-3900 in San Francisco www.townhallsf.com

36. La Toque restaurant 707-963-9770 in Rutherford www.latoque.com

37. Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant 415-391-9400 in San Francisco www.fpwm.com

38. Amazing Grapes retail 949-888-9463 in Rancho Santa Margarita www.amazinggrapeswinestore.com

39. The Cheesestore of Silverlake 323-644-7511 in Los Angeles www.cheesestoreSL.com

40. New Pioneer Coop in Iowa.

41. Bistro 45 626-795-2478 in Pasadena www.bistro45.com.

42. Bliwise in New Jersey, 908-233-1133.

43. Pebble Beach Market in Pebble Beach 831-622-8771.

44. Bacar Restaurant in San Francisco.

45. Liquid Wine and Spirits in Chatsworth, 818-709-5019, www.liquidwineandspirits.com.

46. Lazy Acres in Santa Barbara 805-564-4410, www.lazyacres.com

47. Marche restaurant in Menlo Park 650-324-9092.

48. Patrick's Side Street Cafe in Los Olivos 805-686-4004, www.patrickssidestreetcafe.com

49. Falstaff Restaurant in San Francisco.

OUT OF STATE: Okoboji in Iowa and South Dakota, New France Wines in Minnesota, Martin Scott in New York and New Jersey, Ultimate in Georgia, Moon Distributors in Arkansas, Grape Expectations in North Carolina, JJ Gazzoli in Missouri, Bacchus Imports in Kentucky and Lakefront in Illinois.

Many thanks to all of our new CORE merchants.  You can order directly from most of these locations on the web or from us.  Don't forget to visit them when you are in their area.