Smasne Cellars

Smasne Cellars & Gård Vintners to Host Charity Wine Tasting

Smasne & Gård to release 2 new charity wines; celebrate winery anniversaries August 4, 2009 – Smasne Cellars and Gård Vintners will host a charity wine tasting for the public, including the release of two new charity wines, and will also celebrate Smasne’s 6th anniversary and Gård’s 3rd anniversary. A $5 tasting fee will be donated to charity, as well as proceeds from the two new charity wines being released. Light hors d’oeuvres will be provided, as well as live music by
singer/songwriter McKenzie Paige from 3‐7 pm.

2008 Smasne Cellars Rosella Rosé: All proceeds will be donated to support Pacific Northwest
youth programs and Lower Valley Hospice.

2008 Gård Altruism Riesling: A portion of proceeds will be donated to the MS Society’s Greater
Washington Chapter.

In addition, Smasne Cellars will be pouring two library releases for an additional $5 fee for each wine
(free to Smasne and Gård wine club members).

Attendees will also receive special anniversary discounts on select cases and other special offers.
Smasne and Gård wines share the common vision of winemaker Robert O. Smasne, and their wines are
produced in Grandview, Wash. Gård Vintners sources its grapes from its family‐owned estate vineyard, Lawrence Vineyards, on the Frenchman Hills near Royal City, Wash.
In addition to tasting a large variety of premium and award‐winning wines, attendees will have the
opportunity to meet the winemaker, owners and viticulturists connected with Smasne Cellars and Gård Vintners:

Robert O. Smasne, Proprietor/Winemaker for Smasne Cellars and AlmaTerra, and Winemaker
for Gård Vintners

Josh Lawrence, Proprietor/Viticulturist for Gård Vintners/Lawrence Vineyards
The tasting room is located in Woodinville’s popular warehouse district, which features 30 other
wineries within a one‐mile radius.

Regular hours for the tasting room: Fridays from 2‐7 pm, and Saturday and Sundays from noon‐6 pm. In addition, the tasting room is also open by appointment and for private parties.

For more information, please visit: smasnecellars.com and gardvintners.com

ABOUT MCKENZIE PAIGE, SINGER/SONGWRITER
Singer/songwriter McKenzie Paige was discovered by Northwest blues diva, Linda Hornbuckle, at the age of six during a Wine and Blues Festival. Singing Stevie Ray Vaughn numbers with a voice twice her size, she was instantly dubbed “the little girl with the great big voice”. She performed for a crowd of fiftythousand plus at the Portland Red, White and Blues Festival by age eight and had written and recorded her first song by eleven. Now, at age eighteen, McKenzie has grown into that ‘great big voice’ and performs at festivals and resorts from California to Washington. She has jammed with Grammy winning artists in Southern California, performed songs written by the Best Songwriters in Portland and she, herself, has won many singing competitions and a Seattle recording studio’s demo contest. McKenzie has sung with Women in Blues, Linda Hornbuckle, members of Body and Soul and has been on the same bill with John Lee Hooker, Shamika Copeland and Double Trouble. Mentoring under Mark Bosnian of Mark Bosnian Vocal Studios, she has developed texture in her powerhouse vocals and added guitar, keyboards and ukulele to her musical arsenal. McKenzie Paige is a girl you’re going to want to watch grow up!

MEDIA CONTACTS
Lisa Lawrence, Marketing Director
Gård Vintners
lisa@gardvintners.com
509‐346‐8726

Echo Smasne
Smasne Cellars/Alma Terra
echo@smasnecellars.com
509‐305‐1007

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