Walter Dacon Le Grand Crew Dinner Party and Dance

July 24th was a terrific afternoon at Walter Dacon Wines.  The weather was perfect as over 100 wine club members, Le Grand Crew, gathered on the lawn to celebrate our 5th year anniversary and partake in a cedar planked salmon dinner with all the trimmings prepared by Randy McIntosh and Vern's Restaurant.  The dance floor was ready as our band from Tacoma, The High Rollers, performed amazing dance music.  Everyone was up and dancing.  BJ a 95 year old guest from Hartstine Island and a former Radio City Rockette, danced every dance. Thanks to everyone for helping us celebrate our fifth year milestone.  To commemorate our fifth year, we introduced 2007 C'est Syrah Belle magnums, personally signed by the winemaker.  Again, thanks to everyone for making the wine club dinner and our 5th anniversary very memorable.

Facebook LIKES for Walter Dacon Wines, Shelton, Washington

 Karan Wade-James of Olympia became Walter Dacon's 500th follower on Facebook, April 11th 2010, three months after our page went live.  We now have 576 and we can't wait to congratulate number 1,000. Any guesses on when that might be? Post your guess here; whomever comes closest to the actual date we hit 1,000 will be invited to the winery for a photo-op with the winemaker and a bottle of Walter Dacon Syrah to take home!

Walter Dacon Wines, Shelton, WA Bring Home Fabulous Ratings from Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Wow! We just received advance word from the editors of Wine Enthusiast Magazine. They recently reviewed our wines and gave us the following scores:
Editors’ Choice * 2007 Boushey Vineyard - Appanage 92 (50 cases)

2007 C’est Syrah Magnifique 91 (77 cases)

2007 C’est Syrah Belle 91 (250 cases)

2007 C’est Syrah Beaux 90 (22 cases) 2007 Sangiovese 90 (85 cases)

So, look for the August 2010 issue of Wine Enthusiast Magazine the end of July on a newsstand near you.

Cheers!

Lloyd and Ann Anderson
Walter Dacon Wines

* Special Designations: Editors’ Choice wines are those that offer excellent quality at a price above our Best Buy range, or a wine at any price with unique qualities that merit special attention.

Memorial Day Weekend - Seminar Series, June 2nd All at Walter Dacon Wines, Shelton, WA

Please join Lloyd and Ann Anderson

at the winery for our

Memorial Day weekend event, May 29th, 30th and 31st,

noon to 6 pm each day

Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

We welcome back, by popular demand, Teacher, our very talented local musical sensations for the three day weekend.

We’ll be serving our traditional

Walter’s Steamed Clams,

all fresh from Taylor Shellfish Farms, rustic French bread and humus – yummy – something for everyone!

Bring your friends, relax on the patio, sip delightful Walter Dacon wines, enjoy fabulous music and nibble on wonderful steamed clams.

Le Grand Crew – $5
Walter’s Friends – $10

Join us for our next Seminar June 2nd, 6:30 pm at the winery

Olive Oil - Why does it make a Difference?

Cold Pressed, Virgin, Extra Virgin, France, Spain, Italy!

What is the difference, and how do I use these different olive oils? 

We will be talking and tasting Olive Oil!
Please, no scents or perfumes, as we will be relying on our sense of smell for this event.

The cost is $20.  Seminars are limited to 20 members and fill up early, so please RSVP (we only have 6 spaces left).  Call 360 426-5913 or email ann@walterdaconwines.com

You will be treated to a glass of wine, artisan breads and gourmet cheeses during the seminar.

A Day at the Legislature (well, part of a day)

Walter Dacon co-owner, Ann, who is a board member on the Washington Wine Institute, was asked to testify in favor of SB 6719, having to do with charitable events, pouring and selling wine to benefit the sponsoring charity.  She said it was a blast!

THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE

Walter Dacon Wines is taking the bold step of entering the Social Media swimming pool (Hopefully with a minimum of sharks!). 

Our website http://www.walterdaconwines.com will be completed shortly. 

Many of you have already joined us on our Facebook Fan Page
http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Walter-Dacon-Wines/269160882719?ref=ts
and we deeply thank you for all your generous comments. 
Bring on More! 

As we get used to this new world, we want you to feel comfortable coming to our Fan Page for the latest and greatest information about the winery, our winemaker Lloyd Anderson, and Ann Anderson's beautiful work creating the world's friendliest tasting room that is staffed by none other than the lovely, intelligent and talented Holly House. 

You will be kept up with all the newest events and tastings, along with release updates and special

happenings!

And finally, we've tweeted a tad and would love to have you join us there

http://twitter.com/WDWINES.

Shortly, we'll be adding special #HashTags to our wines so that the entire world can come to know what we in the little old town of Shelton already declare:

Walter Dacon Wines really do ROCK!