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PRESS RELEASES
2005 Impact
'Hot Brand' Awarded to Barefoot® Cellars AGAIN!
Santa Rosa, California, March 8, 2005 -Barefoot Cellars,
the famous lifestyle California brand was named as Impact 'Hot Brand'
for the second consecutive year. The Hot Brand Award is presented
annually by Marvin Shanken, editor of the Wine Spectator, Impact
and Market Watch Magazine, to brands in the alcoholic beverage industry
which meet tremendous growth criteria.
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Academy of Friends Celebrates with Barefoot Bubbly™
SANTA ROSA, California- March 1, 2005- For the past 12 years,
Barefoot Cellars has been one of the predominant wine suppliers
at the annual Academy of Friends event held at the Fort Mason building
in San Francisco. Thousands of dollars raised at this event go to
organizations dedicated to helping the lives of over 200,000 people
affected by HIV and AIDS including but not limited to: Tenderloin
AIDS Resource Center, STOP AIDS Project, Project Inform, New Leaf
and other important organizations.
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Barefoot Cellars
Receives the Adams Beverage Group Fast Track Growth Brand Award
for 2004
SANTA ROSA, California- February 10, 2005--The Adams Beverage
Group, producer of Beverage Dynamics, Cheers and StateWays magazines,
has awarded Barefoot Cellars Winery the Fast Track Growth Brand
Award for sales in 2004. In order to qualify for this award, a brand
must be at least 5 years old, exceeded sales of 100,000 nine liter
cases, and have double digit growth in each of the previous 4 years.
Barefoot not only met, but exceeded all of the qualifications and
is on track to do even better in 2005.
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Best Booth at
ZAP!
Barefoot Cellars Celebrates Hawaiian Style
Santa Rosa, California- February 4, 2005- Barefoot Cellars
started the year off in style….Hawaiian style that is! This
fast track brand has been known for its irreverent take on the wine
business over the years along with its commitment to quality, consistency
and most of all fun. This year's Zinfandel
Advocates and Producers (ZAP) event at Fort Mason
in San Francisco was no different. In true 'Barefoot Style' the
winery assembled a booth that was unmatched, bringing in their own
"tiki" bar to the event where over 300 wineries attended
and poured Zinfandel.
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Barefoot Cellars
Takes 17 Medals at The American Wine Society's Commercial Wine Competition
January 7, 2005 - Sonoma County, CA - Barefoot Cellars
capped off another record breaking year, receiving 17 medals at
the American
Wine Society's Commercial Wine Competition, November
10-11 at State College Pennsylvania, including a gold medal for
its California
Merlot.
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Barefoot Cellars Named 2004 Winery of Distinction
SANTA ROSA, Calif.--Nov. 22, 2004--Imagine
Judging over 1,300 world renowned wines from 178 wineries. That's
the task given to the 110 judges at VinoChallenge International
2004 held in Atlanta, Georgia. From this field, Director Parks Redwine,
the Dean of American Wine Competitions, recently announced Barefoot
Cellars as the 2004 Winery of Distinction. The award is granted
to the winery that has the overall best weighted performance as
determined by the number of medals versus wines entered in the competition.
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Winemaker, Jennifer Wall, Celebrates
9 Years at Barefoot Cellars
September 21, 2004 – Santa Rosa, California: Barefoot
Cellars Winery, recent recipient of the Impact 2004 Hot Brand Award,
is pleased to announce the nine year anniversary of Winemaker
Jennifer Wall. Jennifer joined the Barefoot Cellars
team prior to harvest in 1995. She is responsible for all of the
wines produced under the famous "Barefoot" label. Barefoot
Cellars, renowned for producing the "Best Wine at the Best
Price" garners hundreds of medals annually.
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Georgia Has Barefoot on Their Mind
SANTA ROSA, Calif.--June 3, 2004--Barefoot Cellars California
wine sales are soaring in the South East! In an effort to complete
their national distribution coverage, Barefoot Cellars identified
the great state of Georgia as a key market to expand into in 2003.
In April 2003, Barefoot Cellars chose National Distributing Company
as their brand partner in Georgia to service the entire state, and
now, with just over 12 months of distribution, sales are soaring
and wine fans "Get Barefoot" all over the "Great
Peach State."
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Barefoot Cellars Receives Best of Show
at the 2004 New Orleans Wine and Food Experience
SANTA ROSA, California, May 24, 2004 - Barefoot Cellars California
Winery is proud to announce the receipt of the BEST OF SHOW award
for their 2001 Barefoot Reserve Alexander Valley Merlot at the 13th
annual New Orleans Wine and Food Experience (NOWFE) Fleur de Lis
wine competition. Barefoot Cellars will join 250 other wineries
from around the world which will pour over 800 wines from various
vintages at the NOWFE events which will be held Wednesday, May 26
through Sunday, May 30, 2004. Barefoot Cellars will pour the Best
of Show Barefoot Reserve Merlot, the Gold Medal winning 2001 Barefoot
Reserve Dry Creek Zinfandel as well as other award winning wines
from Sonoma County.
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Barefoot Cellars Forms Alliance with Republic
Beverage and Block Distributing In the Great State of Texas
Santa Rosa, California, May 5, 2004 - Grape Links, Inc., producer
of Barefoot Cellars wines, has appointed Republic Beverage and Block
Distributing as their new state wide distributor. Effective April
30th, 2004, Barefoot Cellars will have full distribution of all
their brands throughout Texas. The Barefoot Cellars portfolio includes
Barefoot California, Barefoot Reserve Sonoma County, Barefoot on
the Beach and Barefoot Bubbly 100% Chardonnay Champagne.
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Barefoot Cellars Forms Alliance with Premier
Wine and Spirits in Metro New York and Letchworth Wine and Spirits
in Upstate New York
SANTA ROSA, Calif. April 8, 2004--Grape Links, Inc., producer
of Barefoot Cellars wines, has appointed Premier Wine and Spirits
as their new distributor in Metro New York. As of April 1st, 2004,
Barefoot Cellars will have full distribution of all of Barefoot
Cellars brands in Metro New York area. Additionally, Letchworth
Wine and Spirits will assume distribution of the Barefoot Cellars
portfolio in upstate New York as of May 1, 2004. The Barefoot Cellars
portfolio includes Barefoot Cellars California, Barefoot Reserve
Sonoma County, Barefoot on the Beach and Barefoot Bubbly 100% Chardonnay
Champagne.
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Barefoot Cellars Celebrates 18 Years of
Success; Wines Bottled for the First Time in 1986.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. March 30, 2004--Just over eighteen years
ago, from their home on the former Fred McMurray Ranch in the heart
of Sonoma County's Russian River Valley, Michael
Houlihan and Bonnie
Harvey were planning the first bottling of their
newly developed label, Barefoot Cellars. After designing the label
(which is actually Harvey's foot), and researching all of the production
and winemaking aspects of their project, they were ready to bottle
their first case of wine.
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Barefoot Cellars Forms State-Wide Distribution
Alliance with J. Lewis Cooper in MI.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. Feb. 23, 2004--Grape Links, Inc, producer of
Barefoot Cellars wines, has appointed J. Lewis Cooper their new
distributor in the state of Michigan. This will give the Barefoot
Cellars brands full state-wide distribution.
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2003 Sonoma County Harvest Fair Results:
Barefoot Reserve Wines Sweep the Harvest Fair Competition
Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, California, September 30, 2003- Grape
Links, Inc., producer of Barefoot Reserve Sonoma County wines, is
proud to announce the results of the 2003 Sonoma County Harvest
Fair Wine Competition. Barefoot Reserve Sonoma County wines were
awarded FOUR GOLD MEDALS at this prestigious competition; only one
other Sonoma County Winery took more Gold Medals than Barefoot Reserve
Wines. Barefoot Reserve Sonoma County wines were also awarded Silver
and Bronze medals at this event as well.
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